The Nelson Mail back issues from April 2009:
Action planned over stench
Apr 01, 2009; ... The Nelson City Council is to take action against the companythat runs the Wakapuaka sewage treatment ponds, as more peoplecomplain about the stench from them. For nearly two weeks, the smell has been drifting over parts ofNelson after the ponds breached resource consent ...
Body found in burnt-out car at Kina
Apr 01, 2009 ... The charred remains of a body were found in a burnt-out car atBaigent's Reserve on the tip of Kina Peninsula this morning. A local resident walking his dog made the grisly discovery about7.30am, said Senior Sergeant Grant Andrews of Motueka police. Detective John Nicholls ...
Brightwater girl 'made up' abduction story
Apr 01, 2009 ... A 16-year-old girl who complained she was abducted inBrightwater, prompting an extensive investigation, made the storyup, police say. The teenager told police she was walking alone along Ellis Stabout 9.20pm last Wednesday night when she was dragged into a car bya man and driven ...
Tax cuts miss most Nelson families
Apr 01, 2009; ... WHAT IT'S WORTH A table of weekly tax cuts for workers who do notreceive the Independent Earner Tax Credit: SalaryTax cut$45,000$11.54 $50,000$18.46 $55,000$18.46 $60,000$18.46$65,000$18.46 $70,000$18.46 $75,000$19.42 $80,000$20.38$85,000$21.35 $90,000$22.31 $95,000$23.27 $100,000$24.23 ...
Owner seeks to expand use of Fellworth House
Apr 01, 2009; ... A plan to expand the use of historic Fellworth House in Nelsonwould secure the future of the heritage building, a Nelson CityCouncil planner says. However, seven of 10 submitters to a resource consent applicationto allow other practitioners to operate in the private home ...
Network weighs up cabling options
Apr 01, 2009 ... Network Tasman is weighing up whether to invest in a Crown-ownedcompany that would finance fibre- optic cabling for speedy internetuse in Richmond, Nelson and Blenheim. The Government has announced a plan to roll out $1.5 billion offibre- optic cabling to 75 per cent of New ...
Nelson businessman appointed to ACC board
Apr 01, 2009; ... Privatisation of ACC would be a policy set by the Government andhas nothing to do with the corporation's board, newly appointedmember and Nelson businessman John McCliskie said today. Labour MP David Parker has criticised changes to the ACC board,saying it has been purged of ...
Norman to speak on RMA changes
Apr 01, 2009 ... Green Party co-leader Russel Norman will speak at a party-ledpublic meeting in Nelson tonight on the proposed changes to theResource Management Act. The National-led Government wants to make more than 100 changesto the act, which it says will streamline and improve the ...
New Maitai River warning
Apr 01, 2009 ... Dog owners are again being warned not to let their pets swim inthe Maitai River in Nelson. The Nelson City Council has been forced to reissue a warning forowners, following a report of a dog having a fit after swimming inthe river recently, and the reappearance of the blue-green ...
New life for shark's jaws of death
Apr 01, 2009; ... Richard de Hamel is the guardian of Mapua's biggest set of teeth. The Mapua Touch the Sea aquarium marine educator is looking afterthe dried jaws of the 460kg mako shark that died last year afterfloating into the Waimea Inlet near Mapua. The shark was publicly dissected in ...
Motel for cancer patients
Apr 01, 2009 ... Nelson cancer patients who travel to Christchurch have a newplace to stay, after the Canterbury- West Coast division of theCancer Society bought a 23-unit motel. The society has purchased theChelsea Wing, which is part of Scenic Circle's Cotswold Hotel inPapanui Rd. The society already ...
Car set on fire in carport
Apr 01, 2009 ... Nelson detectives are investigating a suspected arson attack on acar at a Tahunanui property at 4.30am today. Detective SeniorSergeant Wayne McCoy of the Nelson CIB said the car was parked in acarport in Stafford Ave. He said detectives would be visiting thesite this morning to ...
Quake southwest of Nelson
Apr 01, 2009 ... An earthquake of 4.6 magnitude shook the northern South Islandyesterday. It struck at 4.28pm and was centred 40km ...
Car crash-lands in driveway
Apr 01, 2009 ... The occupants of a house on The Ridgeway, Stoke were lucky that acar that rolled over a bank and into their driveway yesterday didnot crash into the building, firefighters say. Stoke Volunteer FireBrigade station officer Tane Simpson said the car veered across theroad ...
Cannabis grower cops fine
Apr 01, 2009 ... A 41-year-old Motueka Valley man has been fined $750 for growingcannabis. Jason Phillip Chapman appeared in the Nelson DistrictCourt yesterday and admitted a charge of cultivating cannabis onMarch 3. The plants were found in bush near his house during ...
Red Puppy appeal this week
Apr 01, 2009 ... Volunteers from the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind'sannual Red Puppy Appeal will be out collecting from Friday to Sundayin Nelson. The appeal is being held to raise money for puppies sothey can become guide dogs. Guide dogs are provided to theorganisation's members for free ...
Awards for young volunteers
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Nelson Tasman Youth Volunteer Awards have opened fornominations. The awards, run by Volunteer Nelson, the New Hub andthe Nelson and Tasman youth councils, celebrate the voluntaryefforts of people aged 12 to 25. Ten awards will be presented toyoung people from Nelson city and Tasman ...
Coroner wants death reassessed
Apr 01, 2009 ... A Nelson-based company that employed a Tapawera man killed in anaccident on a Taranaki farm last year has been put "on notice" thatit might need to take legal advice, after a coroner took the unusualstep of urging the Department of Labour to reconsider layingcharges. The inquest ...
Whitley appeals $40,000 fine
Apr 01, 2009 ... Richmond businessman Philip Whitley, who last year was accused ofscamming more than $5 million from investors in NearZero Inc, isappealing a $40,000 fine imposed on him last year. In August, Whitley, 48, was ordered by Judge Richard Russell topay a fine of $40,000 and reparation ...
Search for tramper expands
Apr 01, 2009 ... Search and rescue teams looking for a missing American tramperwere today considering carrying out an aerial search of Nelson LakesNational Park. Nelson search and rescue coordinator Sherp Tucker said Edward(Ed) Dale Reynolds, 39, was believed to have been making his wayfrom St ...
Four-wheel-drives needed
Apr 01, 2009 ... Firefighters from Nelson and Hira used two four-wheel-drivevehicles to drive up the Centre of New Zealand this morning to putout a ...
Fishing bans 'could cost jobs'
Apr 01, 2009; ... Proposals to create marine protected areas on the West Coastcould have a detrimental effect on Nelson-based inshore fishermen ifthey go ahead, according to a fishing industry representative. The West Coast Marine Protection Forum - made up of commercial,recreational, iwi, ...
Consent conditions might be appealed
Apr 01, 2009; ... A Golden Bay mussel farmer has been granted consent to continueoperating in Wainui Bay until December 2024 - but he might appealagainst a condition limiting the operating hours of his business. A Tasman District Council resource consent hearing panel, chairedby commissioner Dr ...
Riding for trouble on our roads
Apr 01, 2009 ... T here was an excellent letter to the editor in my local paperrecently about the problems cyclists have with motorists. If you'rea typical driver you may be tempted to stop reading at this point,thinking here's yet another precious cyclist whining about cars. Buthang on. The ...
Setting an example
Apr 01, 2009 ... First, the mitigation. On December 1, 2007, former Blenheim-based traffic cop Anthony Bridgman was conscientiously going aboutthe vital - at times life or death - business of helping to keep ourroads safe. He was driving safely to the conditions - at exactly79kmh - on a section of the ...
New ministerial car gets a big Green tick
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Nick Smith's electric ministerial car may not by itself makehim a great minister for the environment, but it's a bloody goodstart (Nelson Mail, March 28). With a top speed of 100kmh, I think it could handle the kayaksand the caravan, ...
Packaging worse
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Earth Hour - spot the difference? I couldn't. The gesture ofturning off our clean, sustainable, renewable, hydro energy andburning candles for an hour to reduce global warming was lost on me,too. Another puzzle is the big eco "no-no'' on plastic shopping bags.Next ...
'Edison Hour'
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Saturday's editorial (Nelson Mail, March 28) suggests that"anti- Earth Hour activists'' who planned to burn as much power aspossible for 60 minutes are doing so in reaction to the puritanismof zealous Greenies, and that their actions show a lack of respectfor common sense. I don't ...
Outside the square
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, I could not help noticing recently that we have quite a fewempty shops in central Nelson. A few years ago, I attended a meetingwhere an Australian "community social entrepreneur'' spoke about ascheme that revitalises central business areas in small towns. It works like this ....
Positive slant
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Recently, a very kind lady told me that I write happyletters. Well, I am going to run with that. It is early autumn, the trees are changing colour and the sea isstill and very beautiful. We live along Kaiteriteri Rd before TapuBay, on a hill, and have extensive seaviews to ...
Crossing the line
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, It used to be easy when you were driving behind someone andthey used the golden rule - mirror, indicate, brake. There wasplenty of warning if the vehicle in front of you was stopping orchanging direction. These days, it seems all a bit too difficult. I suppose, what with ...
TVNZ's digital role queried
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Today I saw a spokesman from TVNZ describing, on television,how new digital technology would allow viewers to, among otherthings, order a pizza to be delivered. The spokesman said that TVNZ would gain income by "clicking theticket'' on the purchase of the pizza. Am I ...
The wrong time
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, We have a National government at the wrong time. Finally, most governments overseas face the environmental issues,but we are stuck with a bunch of non-deciders. I think Nick Smith being minister of the environment and climatechange is a waste of time. He does ...
Telecom chastised
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, I notice that, while a number of us continue to strugglewith trying to put food on the table and pay our bills on time, themoney-hungry, greedy grabbing pack of vultures known as Telecom isdoing its bit for humanity by raising its prices. With the locals losing ...
Positively full of faith
Apr 01, 2009 ... Sir, Ever open to new ideas, I have read some letters by JimCable, Hamish Denmead and K Smith. I am reminded of Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary definitions: Positive; adj. Mistaken at ...
Students learn from competition
Apr 01, 2009; ... Competition against 31 teams from around the North Island was alearning experience for Nelson College students who recentlytravelled to Auckland for the New Zealand Vex robotics contest. Tech-savvy year eight and 10 students Hugo Lawrence, 12, AndrewLeighs, 12, Liam Beale, 14, and ...
Judge backs youth centre
Apr 01, 2009; ... A supervised activity centre for young offenders in the top ofthe south would go a long way towards helping at-risk young peoplewhose only other option is to enter the justice system, theprincipal Youth Court judge says. Judge Andrew Becroft spoke at the Youth and the Future forum ...
Nelson performers chosen for contest
Apr 01, 2009 ... Three young Nelson performers have been selected to compete in aworld performing arts competition in Los Angeles. Sisters Rebekah, 15, and Hannah Galbraith, 9, and their friendKatherine Munro, 12, competed in the Auckland- based finals of anationwide search for performing arts ...
Scholarships awarded
Apr 01, 2009 ... Twelve former students from the Nelson region have beenrecognised as future New Zealand leaders by the University ofCanterbury. They were among 196 from throughout the countrybeginning tertiary study who were presented with scholarships. Former Nelson College for Girls student ...
Beauty on a large scale
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Autumn Salon at Catchment Gallery includes a selection ofworks, including one of the biggest screen-prints ever seen inNelson. Gallery director Wallace Sutherland says the print byStanley Palmer is so large it is reinforced by perspex, but thisdoes not stop the beauty of the ...
High praise for collection
Apr 01, 2009 ... Zac Holland's new exhibition at Art@203 is something quitedifferent, according to the gallery's co-owners. "There is a lot inthe works, and you are continually seeing new things as you studythem," Bob Roderique says. Co-owner Jaqui Ewers thinks they shouldbe exhibited somewhere else, ...
Fairytale frolic
Apr 01, 2009; ... It's an old tale, about to get a new twist as the classicfairytale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is produced as apantomime. Charles Anderson reports. -------------------- Maybe oneday, seven dwarfs will become seven stars. Right now, they may havethick white beards that cover almost ...
Shaggy dog story gets stretched, but it works
Apr 01, 2009; ... Dean Spanley: A Novel by Lord Dunsany Harper Collins, 313 pages,$29.99 Reviewed by Tedi Busch -------------------- If you had beenreincarnated from a dog, what sort of dog might you have been? (Ormight you have been a cat, in which case, would the cat find this astep up or a step down?) ...
A flat, slow, flawed first foray into fiction
Apr 01, 2009; ... All in the Mind by Alastair Campbell Random House, 297 pages,$36.99 Reviewed by Nich Campbell -------------------- Deeply cynicalreaders might be surprised to learn that All In The Mind is, infact, Alastair Campbell's first attempt at creating fiction. Ithought, after his involvement in ...
A man of his words
Apr 01, 2009; ... Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life by Gerald Martin Bloomsbury (Allen& Unwin NZ), 664 pages, $79.99 Reviewed by Matt Bowler -------------------- Gerald Martin has spent 17 years researching and writing thefirst official biography of one of the 20th century's greatestwriters. He has ...
A bittersweet Italian romp
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Nelson Film Society tomorrow night presents a Lech Majewskifilm, The Garden of Earthly Delights. Set in Venice, this bittersweet film about love, life and deathfollows the last weeks in the life of Claudine (Claudine Spiteri), ayoung art historian. Claudine studies the work of ...
Reflections on growing old
Apr 01, 2009; ... For renowned Kiwi playwright Roger Hall, old age might well beone of the funniest and saddest observations he has made. Hall's WhoWants To Be 100?, Theatre Alive's new production at the Playhouse,promises to be both. Director Hugh Neill says frequent visitors to the theatre, ...
Local artists contribute to auction
Apr 01, 2009 ... In difficult times, you may as well invest in something thatlooks good, says the organiser for the fourth annual Nelson Collegefor Girls In and Out art auction. The auction takes place this Friday, with pieces up for grabsfrom local artists, most of whom have a connection to the ...
Pets take centre stage at theatre
Apr 01, 2009 ... A cat has nine lives. For three he plays, for three he strays,and for three he stays. This is the premise for one half of the the Independent Theatre'snewest production, Cat/Dog, a double programme featuring originaldance and a controversial classic. Nelson-based ...
Rocking and rolling all night
Apr 01, 2009; ... The King Country is home to Pinetree Meads, a few million glow-worms - and one of the toughest road trips on the NationalBasketball League schedule. Nelson's ecogise Giants are about to reacquaint themselves withthe drive that made American star Josh Pace vomit so violently ...
Cochrane off to camp
Apr 01, 2009 ... Tasman and Waimea Old Boys rugby prop Hamish Cochrane is amongthe 46 players named to attend the three- day New Zealand under-20rugby camp beginning today in Palmerston North. A trial match willbe held tomorrow, followed by Friday's announcement of the ...
Best bowls pairs compete for titles
Apr 01, 2009 ... Tahunanui's Audrey Hamilton and Barbara Plum and Stoke's PeteHodson and Dave Merritt won their respective titles when the BowlsNelson Centre men's and women's champion of champions pairs weredecided at the weekend. Hamilton (skip) and Plum (lead) beat Wakefield's Maureen ...
Cup challenge back on
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Nelson under-18 tennis team to challenge Marlborough for theBlair Cup in Blenheim on Saturday is: Alex Hunt, Bo Ade-Simpson,Hamish Low, Philip Nakov, Amanda Coeland, Breanne Johnson, CarissaJan, Laura Wehner ....
Narrow loss for Hotshots in final
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Nelson Royals Hotshots under-11 team lost 2-3 to the SydenhamKereru Steelers in the final of the Little League Softball GrandPrix finals, held at Christchurch's Mainland Foundation ballpark onSunday. The Royals Hotshots qualified for the two-day tournament, whichinvolved 21 ...
Home fixture for Nelson
Apr 01, 2009 ... Nelson's representative golfers will play North Canterbury at theNelson Golf Club this weekend. Competition begins with Saturday morning's foursomes, followed bythe afternoon singles. Reverse singles will be played on Sundaymorning. Leading players Sean and Blair Riordan, ...
Love back at Nelson Bays helm
Apr 01, 2009; ... Wayne Love's got his old gig back. Having stood down as Nelson Bays representative rugby coachfollowing the 2005 second-division final loss to Hawke's Bay inNapier, Love's been reinstated for this season's seven- match NelsonBays sub-association programme, beginning in late July ....
College teams go through to semifinals
Apr 01, 2009 ... Day two at the Aon New Zealand secondary schools rowingchampionships produced another profitable day's racing for the PortNelson Golden Edge Nelson College for Girls and Nelson College crewsat Lake Karapiro. The purpose of day two was qualification for the next roundwithout ...
Arrival of new gang causes concern
Apr 02, 2009; ... Innocent members of the public could be caught in the crossfireas tensions rise between Nelson's two bikie gangs, says one of theregion's top police officers. Nelson Bays police area commander Inspector Brian McGurk saidpolice were worried about the growing tension between the ...
Cause of man's death still a mystery: police
Apr 02, 2009 ... Police have identified the man whose charred body was discoveredin a burned-out vehicle on the front beach at Kina, near Motueka,but the cause of the fire is still a mystery. He was Rawiri Manu Naish, 34, previously of Dunedin. He isbelieved to have been doing seasonal work in the ...
Mall donates house to fundraising project
Apr 02, 2009; ... An uninhabited house in Richmond will be renovated and sold in acommunity project to raise funds to help orphans in Zimbabwe. The Richmond Mall has donated the house, and Richmond residentsare being encouraged to get in behind the project to give it amakeover and help the orphans ....
Towering hoax past prank deadline
Apr 02, 2009; ... An April Fool's Day prank advertising the imminent constructionof a 22-storey building at Kaiteriteri has flustered the town'sresidents and visitors. A professional-looking 1.5m sign appeared on the roadside nearthe town's entrance before the start of business yesterday - ...
Light-plane engine scare
Apr 02, 2009 ... A light aircraft landed safely at Nelson Airport yesterday afterissuing a mayday call saying it had engine trouble off French Pass.Senior Constable Phil Wylie of Nelson police said a report wasreceived at 4.20pm yesterday that a Cessna 152 with two people ...
Sunny days, cooler nights
Apr 02, 2009 ... There was significantly less rain and more sun in Nelson citylast month. Statistics released by Nelson weather forecaster JohnMathieson show that only 27.9mm of rain fell at the Stoke weathersite, well down from the March average of 72.1mm. Nelson received263.6 hours of sunshine, over 40 ...
Teen could be charged
Apr 02, 2009 ... A teenager who falsely claimed to have been abducted by a man inBrightwater a week ago knew her alleged attacker, police say. Nelsonpolice say they have established the 16-year-old's complaint wasfalse. Detective Senior Sergeant Wayne McCoy said "the victim andthe believed offender were ...
Broadband wears thin
Apr 02, 2009 ... Farmers are challenging the Government to explain how they willbenefit from the $1.5 billion investment in ultra-fast broadband."Urban New Zealand is getting a multibillion-dollar boost whilerural New Zealand appears to be left with crumbs," Federated Farmerssaid last night. "The ...