The Nelson Mail back issues from August 2008:
Weather creates unwelcome visitors
Aug 01, 2008; ... Paula and Martin Herring spent yesterday cleaning out whatremained of their kitchen, while Barry Burrows was just thankful hischildren were not standing in his when the storm hit. Residents throughout Nelson, Stoke and Richmond spent much ofyesterday assessing the damage caused by ...
Storm to cost millions; Power, water still cut off in some areas
Aug 01, 2008; ... Insurance claims worth millions of dollars for damage caused bythe storm that wreaked havoc in Nelson and the upper south have beenlodged as a huge clean-up continues. Hundreds of homes in the Nelson area were still without powerthis morning and some households were coping with ...
Driver's close encounter a video hit on the Internet
Aug 01, 2008; ... A near miss on a Nelson street has been seen by tens of thousandsof people around the world. Footage of a falling tree on the corner of Collingwood and HardySts coming within a fraction of crushing a car, which was filmed byNelson man Dave Finlay on his cellphone during ...
Richmond pair feared for their lives on cruise ship
Aug 01, 2008; ... A battered Richmond couple have described an "absolutelyterrifying" experience as their cruise ship rolled in huge seasduring the storm battering New Zealand. The Pacific Sun, with 1732 people on board, struck trouble 600kmnorth of Auckland on Wednesday night, when it ran into ...
Hira may face third night with no power
Aug 01, 2008; ... Hundreds of households in Hira and its connecting valleys mayface a third night without power, with the devastated area's schooland kindergarten remaining closed today. Vast tracts of forestry trees were toppled by the strong windsthat appear to have funnelled up the valleys in ...
Foresters count the cost of devastation
Aug 01, 2008; ... Nelson foresters are counting the cost of large losses fromWednesday's storm, with one looking at almost a complete loss oftrees that were close to being harvested. Murray Gill, of Thackwood Farm, Wakapuaka, said he was looking ata 90 percent loss of his forest from the Glen ...
NEWS - STORMS
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Fear factor times 30 - and he's volunteering
Aug 01, 2008; ... WHAT'S ON THE LIST Grant's challenges for 30 days: 1. Sky Jump -A 192m freefall off the Sky Tower. 2. Visit a haunted houseattraction where actors scare you. 3. Winter swim at Tahunanui Beachat 7.30am. 4. Stand on a busy roundabout at 8am with a banner saying"Have a great day at work" ....
Storms stall rig's exit
Aug 01, 2008 ... The region's stormy weather has further delayed the departure ofthe Ensco 56 oil rig from Port Nelson. Rig manager Stuart Johnstonesaid they were now hoping to start the two-day voyage to Taranaki ...
Cliff under scrutiny
Aug 01, 2008 ... Transit New Zealand's assessment of the stability of the cliffoverlooking Rocks Rd was disrupted by Wednesday's high winds andwill continue next week, central operations manager Mark Owen ...
Man escapes booth fire
Aug 01, 2008 ... A man working in a spray booth at a commercial business inVanguard St escaped injury when fire broke out in the booth lastnight, firefighters say. Senior Station Officer Rob Allan of theNelson Fire Service said the damage from the fire was ...
Charity concert
Aug 01, 2008 ... St Andrews Uniting Church in Motueka will hold its annual charityconcert ...
Police roundup
Aug 01, 2008 ... A 17-year-old Nelson man was charged with dangerous driving,drink-driving and failing to stop after police pursued his vehiclein Nelson about 5am today. Police could give no further detailsabout the chase this morning. Vehicles were damaged at two car yards in Nelson on ...
Launch spreads anti-violence message
Aug 01, 2008 ... The message coming from the Church Steps at the top of TrafalgarSt was simple: "Let's make Nelson-Tasman violence free". About 100 people yesterday attended the launch of Violence FreeAugust, an initiative led by the Nelson Tasman Te Rito FamilyViolence Prevention Network, which ...
Govt in denial over clean-up: Smith
Aug 01, 2008; ... Nelson MP Nick Smith says the Government is in denial and Mapuaresidents deserve an apology over the botched Mapua clean-up. But Environment Minister Trevor Mallard says he is withholdingjudgment about whether his ministry broke resource consents in thelengthy $12 million clean-up ...
SAR effort scaled back
Aug 01, 2008 ... The search and rescue operation for missing Richmond man Ian(Bert) Collins is being scaled back four days after hisdisappearance. The 56-year-old businessman left Richmond on Monday morning forStaveley in Canterbury, but failed to arrive at his destination onMonday evening ....
Motueka River 'one of finest for fly fishing'
Aug 01, 2008 ... The latest issue of Singapore Airlines' in-flight magazine hasnamed the Motueka River as one of the finest fly-fishingdestinations in the world. American fishing guide Eric Stroup placed ...
Storm damage around the region
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Petrol prices fall
Aug 01, 2008 ... Petrol prices have dropped for the fourth time in two weeks, dueto further falls in the international prices of refined petrol anddiesel. Shell led the way with a 4c a litre cut at midday yesterday,taking unleaded 91 down to $2.02 a litre, higher octane fuel to$2.07 and diesel to ...
All Blacks deserve nation's backing through thick and thin
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, Of all the stats dropping out of the last All Blacks loss tothe Wallabies, one stat hit me, and lingers still. It was the 25percent of surveyed Kiwis who openly backed the Wallabies againstthe ABs, simply because of Robbie Deans. Feckless treachery is onething, but 25 percent of us? ...
Why sell assets?
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, It would appear that as the election draws closer, GrahamHann (Mailbox, July 28) finds his enthusiasm for getting rid of theGovernment waning because he fears National might sell assets. Thisis in spite of a commitment not to sell assets in its first term. So why have asset ...
Pinatubo eruption effects
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, Ted O'Regan is very reluctant to accept facts (Mailbox, July29). He mentions Pinatubo in connection with "localised'' climaticeffects, but is apparently unaware that the sulphur dioxide aerosolcloud from the 1991 eruption had spread around the NorthernHemisphere within two weeks, ...
Rocks Rd rain danger
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, The rather dramatic picture on the front page of yournewspaper on Friday July 11 raises the serious question about themanagement of the risk to the users of Rocks Rd during futurerainstorm events. As you have reported, one of the people on thescene at the time observed, "it was ...
Experience of truth
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, The absolute confidence in scientific proof so frequentlyexpressed in these columns has suffered a recent dent in that thesame scientists have been doggedly discrediting one another'sreasoning with opposing scientific arguments concerning globalwarming. Where is the certainty? ...
Collingwood 150th
Aug 01, 2008 ... Collingwood 150th Sir, Collingwood Area School celebrates itssesquicentenary at Easter 2009. The outlying district schools,Dall's Creek, Rockville, Kaituna/Aorere, Silverstream, Bainham,Ferntown, Pakawau, Puponga, Rakopi and Mangarakau, none of which nowexist, will be included in this ...
Thank you, linesmen
Aug 01, 2008 ... Sir, Congratulations to all the linesmen who, working inatrocious conditions, did such a magnificent job yesterday restoringpower to the many Nelson districts. I spoke to a gang at ...
Education for all, but at what cost?
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nobody wants to see discrimination against the disabled, but thetest that the IHC is setting the Government through its complaint tothe Human Rights Commission might prove impossible to pass. Pointingout that the Education Act gives all children the right to attendtheir local school and ...
Patience pays with bird shot
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nelson photographer Rose Blois has spent hours trying to capturethe perfect shot of birds in her Campbell St garden. While she still thinks there are some things she can improve on,she's pretty happy with her shot of a silver-eye in a sapote treethat scooped last month's Nelson ...
Wheels put recycling on to the fast track
Aug 01, 2008 ... One week into the Ecofest Waste Challenge and Kent and MandyRobertson are becoming experts on recycling, Ecobulbs andcomposting. -------------------- Using a simple trolley from Mitre10 Megastore to cart theirrecycling bins up and down their steep driveway, Mandy and the ...
Heaps of help to be self-sufficient
Aug 01, 2008 ... NZ Gardener magazine is encouraging Kiwi gardeners to grow theirown food with expert advice for sowing vegetable crops from seed -and a step-by-step guide to grafting fruit trees for free. "Despite the wintry weather, August is the perfect time to startordering and sowing ...
Compost topic of club's August meeting
Aug 01, 2008 ... The August meeting of the Marybank Garden Club will be held onTuesday at 7.30pm at the Jaycees room, Founder's Park. The guestspeaker will be from the Waimarama Gardens and the topic ...
Relegation battle looms for Richmond
Aug 01, 2008; ... Richmond Athletic has ended its goal-scoring drought and a fewmore would be a huge boost going into an almost inevitablerelegation battle. On Sunday the league cellar dweller will have much more to playfor than fourth-placed Western, which it faces at home at JubileePark ....
Runners in mood to go country
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nelson will field a strong team at tomorrow's nationalcrosscountry championships in Waikanae, just north of Wellington. Belinda Wimmer, coming off a win in the Wellington half marathonon June 22 over former world mountain-running champions Melissa Moonand Katie McIlroy, will ...
Families to the fore in giant slalom
Aug 01, 2008 ... For the first time in many years, the Citizens Watches GiantSlalom was run at Rainbow on its scheduled date. Lack of snow depth has meant its postponement to August for thepast few seasons. This year, Rainbow has a marvellous snow coverage and 47 racersaged from eight to 74 ...
Final round a two-team race
Aug 01, 2008; ... The final week of the Challenge Round of premier netball will beplayed at the Saxton Field Courts tomorrow and after some topsy-turvy results in the last two rounds it comes down to either JacksOffice Products Depot or Prices Pharmacy taking the honours. After four completed ...
Lots of summer events to prepare for
Aug 01, 2008; ... As I write this, it's late Wednesday afternoon. Pieces of treeare flying through the air. A large pittosporum in our back gardenhas snapped off at its base and a few other trees have branchesdangling. A couple of sirens have just shot by, as emergency services dashup the Brook ...
Benchmark tour resumes with Woollaston Classic
Aug 01, 2008 ... SERIES POINTS Points after four rounds: Men's classification:Gordon McCauley (Benchmark Homes Cycling Team) 64 1, Paul Odlin(Trek) 63 2, Tom Findlay (Subway Cycling Team/Under 23) 37 3, ChrisNicholson (Star and Garter-Tasman/Master) 36 4, Craig Lawn (Scott-Penny Sport Cycles/Master) 26 ...
Nelson 40, 25 on tomorrow
Aug 01, 2008 ... Cycling Nelson launches its winter programme with the annualNelson 40 tomorrow. The 40km course will take riders around the Coastal Highway toMapua, turning into Seaton Valley to complete two circuits of theBest Rd Block before heading back to the Redwood Rd finish via ...
Nelson driver top seed
Aug 01, 2008 ... Nelson driver Kieran Hall in his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 5 is thetop seed in a quality field of 80 for tomorrow's Gore Rally. Hallwon the Eastern Southland Car Club's Catlins Coast Rally last yearand returns this year to contest the Gore event that alternatesevery second year with Catlins ....
Media in-joke sharp and funny
Aug 01, 2008; ... I've always had mixed feelings about Jaquie Brown. She was greatfun on music TV, but as roving "light relief reporter" for CampbellLive, she ran hot and cold. She was nowhere near as self- indulgently bad as Dylan Taite was,but her reports either worked brilliantly or ended up ...
Makos sink in a swamp
Aug 01, 2008; ... The Bay of Plenty Steamers are starting to burn a hole somewheredeep in the SBS Tasman Makos' psyche. Three times the teams have met and each time the Steamers havebanked the championship points - last night winning their openinground Air New Zealand Cup rugby match 8-7 on a ...
Children get the inside story
Aug 02, 2008; ... Jet Jones has 1kg of skin, a 2.5kg skeleton, 1.2kg of internalorgans and 4kg of muscle. The Nelson four-year-old was one of the first to be privy to anarray of somewhat esoteric information about the human body in thechild- oriented exhibition Body In Action, which opened today at ...
Battle to fix water supply; Engineers mount massive effort
Aug 02, 2008; ... Emergency water tankers will remain stationed on the streets ofNelson this weekend, as engineers work around the clock to fix theMaitai pipeline and restore the city's water supply. Mammoth efforts during Nelson's big clean-up have seen power andwater restored to most homes, but ...
Video conferencing a big help for parents
Aug 02, 2008 ... Parents of special needs children can now be linked, thanks to ahigh-tech solution unveiled in Nelson this week. National disability support network Parent to Parent New Zealandhas launched a video conferencing centre in Nelson, linking the citywith 12 other New Zealand centres ....
School makes complaint over special needs
Aug 02, 2008; ... Riwaka School has lodged a formal complaint with the Human RightsCommission over government funding for special needs students. The complaint was made on Tuesday, two days before IHC lodged asimilar complaint backed by affidavits from principals, teachers,parents and school boards ...
Property watch
Aug 02, 2008 ... Consent sought for hotel A Christchurch-based company is seeking resource consent todemolish two homes and build a 14-unit hotel called Century ParkMotor Lodge at 197 and 201 Rutherford St. Brent Ennor, the developerwho built the Palazzo Motor Lodge just down the road, is a ...
Nelson babies make breast of record bid
Aug 02, 2008; ... A few participants were too early off the mark and at least acouple didn't start at all, but the Big Latch On in Nelson, andnationwide, shattered records for having the most womensimultaneously breastfeeding. At exactly 10.30am yesterday, 55 Nelson babies at the VictoryCommunity ...
Player withdraws guilty pleas
Aug 02, 2008 ... A Nelson rugby player diagnosed with life- threatening cancer isexpected to stand trial on charges that include assaulting a female.Osea Seru Namatalevu, 21, this week withdrew his guilty pleas to ...
Off-road bike victim flown out
Aug 02, 2008 ... A 30-year-old man suffered serious leg injuries in an off-roadmotorbike accident yesterday. St John Ambulance team manager JonLeach said the accident happened at Turimawiwi, south of Mangarakau.The man was flown to ...
Dancers off to nationals
Aug 02, 2008 ... Hip-hop dancers from the Nelson region will compete at a nationalevent in Wellington next month, after winning competitions inChristchurch. Fargher Academy of Dance coach Gemma Laing said theacademy's girls' senior and junior teams won their grades at theregional Fitness International ...
Yacht blown over at port
Aug 02, 2008 ... The yacht blown over in Wednesday's violent storm and pictured inThursday's Nelson Mail was on the hard ...
Police roundup
Aug 02, 2008 ... A car crashed into the Mapua Village Inn at 12.30am today,damaging an external staircase. Constable Steve Lamont of Motuekapolice said a 43-year-old Mapua man had lost control of his car onAranui Rd and was taken to Nelson Hospital. Police were stillinvestigating the accident and were ...
Pharmacists face abuse
Aug 02, 2008; ... Pharmacy staff are facing verbal abuse following a bitteragreement between Nelson's health board and the region's 24pharmacies. There are also calls for a re-look at the controversialdispensing fee that has sparked the outrage. Following lengthy mediation, in late June the ...
Taking a leap of faith
Aug 02, 2008 ... Nelson man Grant McNeill has conquered the first of his fears. The 32-year-old has set himself a challenge to face 30 of hisgreatest fears in 30 days. Yesterday he tackled the first - jumping off Auckland's SkyTower. He said it was "real scary" standing on the ...
Trash greets family on river visit; Dumping spurs call for action
Aug 02, 2008; ... When Mason Fisher took his young daughters and dogs to theAppleby River for a runaround, the last thing he expected to beconfronted with was rotting pigs' heads and dirty nappies. Unfortunately that was the sight he saw last Sunday, along withcar parts, glass bottles, paint and ...
Property firm in liquidation
Aug 02, 2008 ... A property investment company owned by Nelsonians Anne and PhilipHarrhy has gone into liquidation and an application has been made toliquidate a second company belonging to them. Liquidator David Parke said Hunter Ralfe solicitors was owed justunder $3000 in legal fees by Baileys ...
Artist pays tribute to former school
Aug 02, 2008 ... A successful artist has returned to her former Nelson school topresent her work. Marina Pessione, 42, has Down's Syndrome but this has nothampered her artistic success. She has sold her work to buyers fromaround the world and exhibits regularly in central Otago, where sheis now ...
History tells us that markets always turn
Aug 02, 2008; ... In these economically dismal times, it might be a comfort toreflect on a quote from Sir John Marks Templeton, who died recently.Templeton was "one of the world's greatest investors andphilanthropists" according to the Financial Times of London. "He is credited with warning that ...
Working for the business
Aug 02, 2008; ... GENERATING STEREOTYPES Traditionalists (age 63 plus): Digitalaliens. Family, religion, rules, hard work, respect for authority,conformity, sacrifice and duty before pleasure are some of theircore values. Baby Boomers (age 44-62): Digital immigrants. Growingup through the prosperity of ...
Beware freeloaders hitching in cyberspace
Aug 02, 2008; ... On Sunday, a young man approached my door, introduced himself asBen from Lightsabre Computers and launched into a spiel about myunsecured Internet and how anyone could access it. He wanted to showme how easy it was to do. I sent him away. That my Internet was easily accessible was ...
Fallen cypress had special significance in reader's family tree
Aug 02, 2008 ... Sir, Luckily the tree on the corner of Hardy and Collingwood Stsdid no damage when it met its demise at the hands of the ragingeastern storm. I wonder if a replacement will be found? This tree had special significance for my father, as during thewar years of 1944 he used it as a ...
Thanks for storm help
Aug 02, 2008 ... Sir, A huge thank you is due to all emergency personnel,infrastructure and maintenance teams, electric company, Nelmac etcfor a fantastic response to yesterday's weather. They have been up well into the night, under daunting ...
Wood bonanza too late
Aug 02, 2008 ... Sir, Nice one, God! Very funny, sending down these stormy actssupplying us all with mega heaps of fallen ...
Photo highlights problem
Aug 02, 2008 ... Sir, In response to Mark Quinney's letter (Mailbox, July 31), Ithink everyone would have been offended by this photo. That'sbecause it is offensive behaviour to urinate in public. My main reason for giving the photo to the Nelson Mail was todraw attention to the problem of ...
User-pays facilities
Aug 02, 2008 ... Sir, A couple of days ago, one Ted Calder wrote to you with agood suggestion regarding a user-pays scheme for the new facilitiesof sports stadiums and conference centres (Mailbox, July 30). Essentially the idea was that some citizens might be willing tobuy discounted tickets for ...