The Nelson Mail back issues from May 2009:
Pong could threaten contract
May 01, 2009; ... The company in charge of running the sewage treatment ponds atWakapuaka risks losing the contract if the pong that has plagued thecity in recent weeks happens again, a city council manager says. Technical services senior executive Alec Louverdis was unable togive Atawhai residents ...
MFish restructuring to cost jobs in Nelson
May 01, 2009; ... More than a quarter of the jobs at the Ministry of Fisheries inNelson are threatened under a proposal to shed management positionsaround the country. MFish yesterday sent out a proposal for consultation thatsuggests cutting planned staff numbers nationwide from 478 to 449, aloss ...
Rest homes, chemists vigilant
May 01, 2009; ... Thirty-two people remain in home quarantine in the Nelson-Marlborough region following the Mexican swine-flu outbreak. Medical officer of health Ed Kiddle said there were no probableor confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 virus, commonly called swine flu,in the region. Those in ...
Ridgeway link work gets underway
May 01, 2009 ... Work has begun on a long-planned $1.3 million project thatincludes linking the Ridgeway road in Stoke with the Ridgeway South. Nelson City Council project engineer Phil Hamblin said aroundabout would be constructed at the top end of Songer St wherethe Ridgeway extension begins ....
Former Armourguard manager jailed for burglary
May 01, 2009 ... Blenheim's former Armourguard Security manager has been jailedfor 3 1/2 years for stealing $170,000 from the depot where he wasonce the boss. Stanley William Tunnicliffe, 47, admitted a charge of committingburglary at Armourguard's Opawa St depot on January 14. Tunnicliffe ...
Rugby World Cup costs: where the money goes
May 01, 2009 ... The Nelson City Council's proposed commitment of $1.7 million forRugby World Cup 2011 includes $684,700 to host two games, councilmanager of community services Susan Coleman says. The council has released more detail on the proposed netexpenditure on the World Cup, which is ...
Staying at home
May 01, 2009 ... Nelson MP Nick Smith said he returned from his honeymoon on aninternational flight on Sunday night and attended Parliament onTuesday but developed a fever that night and had taken a cautionaryapproach by staying home since until he recovered. Meanwhile, GreyDistrict ...
Attack couple claim baiting
May 01, 2009 ... A Nelson policeman was repeatedly punched and had his radiothrown at him after pulling over a couple who felt they had beenharassed by the police. Dean Dominic Lawson, 37, a beneficiary, and Shem Hemerana Lawson(also known as Jack- Kino), 36, a caregiver, were sentenced in ...
Donations increase
May 01, 2009 ... Nelsonians gave $22,288 for poppies last week - $4000 more thanlast year. Nelson Returned Services president David Wallace said:"We want to say a really big ...
Boy accosts woman
May 01, 2009 ... A 14-year-old Motueka boy was arrested yesterday at 9.30am andcharged with demanding with menaces. On Wednesday morning he hadallegedly jumped into the car of a 59-year-old woman outside an ATMat Take Note in High St, ...
Nelson store shines
May 01, 2009 ... Barkers Nelson has dominated the clothing retailer's annual awardceremony, taking out six of the 27 awards. Its awards included bestnew shop performance, highest average sales and the legend ...
Fight at pub
May 01, 2009 ... A fight at the Wakatu Hotel in Nelson ended with two men beingarrested last night. A 41-year-old Waimate man and a 43-year-old ...
Cancer course
May 01, 2009 ... A six-week course for cancer patients starts next Tuesday. NelsonCancer Society manager Wendy Hope said the Living With Cancer coursewas aimed at people who had been diagnosed in the past two years.Mrs Hope said the course would run from 7pm till 9pm on Tuesdayevenings at Eden House on ...
Hip-hop heavyweights phunk in Motueka
May 01, 2009; ... After a cautious start, Motueka's dancing talent was literallyjumping to show New Zealand's No. 1 hip-hop crew their best moves. Prestige, the South Auckland- based group who were placed secondin the world hip-hop championships in 2006, were in Motuekayesterday filming Maori ...
Not a recession - a seismic shift
May 01, 2009; ... Nelson businesses have been warned they need to adapt to a"seismic shift" in the way the world economy will function if theywant to come out of the global financial crisis better off. Financial journalist Rod Oram told Nelson's second RegionalEconomic Summit yesterday that there ...
Courthouse contract awarded
May 01, 2009 ... Mainzeal Property and Construction Ltd has been awarded thebuilding contract for the $10.3 million Nelson courthouseredevelopment. Philip Maitland, Ministry of Justice general manager finance andsupport services, said construction was scheduled to begin thismonth and was ...
Grant for Chch stadium bodes well for Nelson, says Smith
May 01, 2009 ... The Government's decision to grant $15 million towards the AMIStadium upgrade in Christchurch should bode well for Nelson to alsoget taxpayer assistance towards its stadium upgrade, Nelson MP NickSmith says. Finance Minister Bill English met Nelson Mayor Kerry Marshall andDr ...
Harbourmaster fights consent fees
May 01, 2009 ... The Tasman District Council's harbourmaster is seeking a changeto a recently discovered Maritime New Zealand regulation in the hopeit will prevent ratepayers having to fork out more than $7000 a yearin consent fees. Under the Maritime Transport Act, the director of Maritime ...
Farmers take pot shot at emissions trading
May 01, 2009; ... An emissions trading scheme will make the recession worse, saysFederated Farmers national president Don Nicolson. The federation will make its submission to Parliament's emissionstrading scheme review committee on Monday. Mr Nicolson previewed itwhen he spoke to Nelson Federated ...
Road design not too friendly to cyclists
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Could one of the Nelson City Council engineers tell us whatis cycle-friendly about the remodelled section of Tasman St, to theleft of the Aratuna-Normanby Bridge? It has a footpath, and asection to be grassed, that could well have made a nice space for acycleway. Instead those on ...
Moutere RSA says thanks
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Moutere Hills RSA would like to again express our sincerethanks to the Moutere Hills communities for their support atservices on Anzac Day. Young and older turned out to hear andremember. Our thanks to the many people running and organising theseservices, without whom we ...
Time to light up
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, I wonder when there will be lights on Hart Rd from theroundabout to the intersection with Hill St? The lighting is mostlyneeded in the middle part of Hart Rd where it's quite dark. The onlyway to be seen is by wearing white or fluorescent reflective vests ....
Population limit?
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Paul Lunberg (Mailbox, April 22) often writes letters thatare fearful of the number of people in the world. I ask him, by whatstandard, ...
Parsimony, please
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, The New Zealand deficit is at record levels and gettingworse. Our council debt is in the same parlous state. So our councilmust not be populist. Our council must be parsimonious. By takinggreat care with our rates, councillors can earn our trust. Consequently they must: ...
Debt crisis ahead
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, It is estimated that without financial reform the next majorcollapse of the financial system will be in 10 years, with a maximumof 15 years before it will occur, due to the magnitude of the debt. This is being exacerbated by almost every country at the moment:eg since the so- ...
Consents breached?
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, It was with interest we reassessed an earlier Live Nelsondated April 11 2009. In it there appeared an article with aphotograph of Mike Schruer leading a tour of Bell Island treatmentfacility. As part of the write-up was the added comments "As part of theupgrade, extra steps ...
Interpreting data
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, E Chambers considers it "ironic'' that people don't acceptthat the rocks are millions of years old (Mailbox, April 23).Ironically, he grants an infallibility to the current scientificparadigm, when many highly qualified scientists disagree. The fossil method of dating rocks ...
Simplest Atawhai solution: follow Road Code
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, The Atawhai Safety Group wants to lower the speed limit?(Nelson Mail, April 27). What about learn to drive? I am aware ofwhat happened the other day, but accidents happen. Regarding the phrase, "This was just an accident waiting tohappen,'' they are waiting everywhere, on ...
Simplest Atawhai solution: follow Road Code
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Tresillian Ave to Trafalgar St (6.5km) in an extra 59seconds. That is the worst outcome of an 80kmh speed limit. Fortrucks, it is an extra 33 seconds. That is not even a pit stop andyet there's so much emotive debate supporting the 100kmh limit onAtawhai Drive. There is not one ...
'Well done, Green Teens'
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Finally, a small but effective levy on plastic bags to getthe message across that we use far too many - 22 million bags eachweek in fact across New Zealand. Well done the Warehouse andFoodstuffs. Well done also to the Green Teens, those enterprisingyoung people who have worked ...
`Well done, Green Teens'
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, What an impertinent young prig chides his elders forneglecting the planet (Mailbox, April 28). Some of us campaigned forthe environment before he was born. We were horrified to see glass milkbottle deliveries replaced byplastics or (unrecyclable) waxed-paper containers ....
`Well done, Green Teens'
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Thomas Probert needs to get his act together (Mailbox, April24). Why on earth is he using so many plastic bags for just twopeople? He should learn to recycle and compost. We've done all thesethings and now use no plastic supermarket bags at all. What little rubbish we ...
Case for use of torture?
May 01, 2009 ... Sir, Former US vice-president Dick Cheney believes in the torturepractice of waterboarding. "The results speak for themselves'' heclaims. If any justice should prevail in the US, Mr Cheney will becharged with the responsibility of invading a sovereign countryunder false pretence (ie ...
Suitable response to swine flu's arrival
May 01, 2009 ... New Zealand was unlucky to be one of the first countries to haveconfirmed cases of the swine flu emanating from Mexico. Thecoincidence of a group of travellers having visited Mexico in theschool holidays at the moment when the outbreak was occurring butbefore it was recognised as ...
Hop, snap and win; Other entries
May 01, 2009 ... The macro lenses were out in force for last month's garden photocompetition, focusing on the smaller inhabitants of the backyard. -------------------- NELSON's Cherie Palmer has done it again, thistime with a quirky photograph of a grasshopper balancing on a gardenplant. Cherie is the ...
From the trenches life not bad on budget
May 01, 2009; ... On Anzac weekend, it was kind of fitting that I ended up in thegarden digging something that for a while resembled a trench. I've decided that one of my vege gardens is just too highmaintenance because it slopes down a north facing bank. The soil also isn't deep enough, which ...
State-of-the-art place to stay
May 01, 2009; ... An Upper Moutere couple tell Tracy Neal how they found theperfect outlet for their love of art and hospitality. -------------------- Home is where the art is, at least where sculptor MichaelMacMillan and his partner, Jackie Crow, are concerned. The pair are the latest in a line of ...
Calling all great gardeners
May 01, 2009 ... NZ Gardener magazine has launched its annual search for Nelson'stop gardener. It is calling for nominations for 15 regional champions tocompete for the national title of its 2009 Gardener of the Year. Each regional winner takes home a $1000 prize package ofgardening ...
So much fun to be had in the autumn
May 01, 2009; ... If you're an event junkie, this is a great time of year. There'sso much on, it's hard to know where to start. Trouble is, the weather's a little less reliable and you neverknow whether you're going to be competing on a glorious autumn dayor a dank, wet, chilly one. You just have ...
Enjoyment comes first; Finishing and fun the goals for many in popular event
May 01, 2009; ... Stuart Hague, race director for the 29th annual Nelson ShoeClinic Half Marathon, received an email earlier this week from anentrant who was worried that she might take too long to complete thecourse. His reply: "Don't worry about your time. The main thing is toenjoy the event ....
Altered format for club season
May 01, 2009 ... A new competition format has added some lustre to the 2009 Nelsonclub hockey season, which starts tomorrow at Saxton Field. The Nelson Hockey Association has introduced a new promotion-relegation system, which will be tested for the first few rounds togauge its effectiveness ....
Western a high-flying danger
May 01, 2009; ... Nelson Suburbs take on the surprise package of the season as theMainland Premier Football League resumes this weekend. Much like Suburbs, tomorrow's opponents Western were expected tostruggle this year following the loss of a number of key players. However, after a flying ...
Jacks, Stoke dish up exciting start
May 01, 2009; ... The Nelson premier netball season got under way last night, withthe early game between Jacks Office Products Depot and Stoke NelsonBuilding Society being the most entertaining encounter. Both teams were guilty of unforced errors at the Alison McAlpineHealth and Fitness Centre, ...
Points buffer helps during busy period
May 01, 2009 ... Nelson now have a comfortable 11-point buffer over the field asthe Car Company Nelson Bays division one rugby competition entersits most demanding week. Starting with tomorrow's eighth round, teams will be required toplay three matches in eight days, with the competition's only ...
Veterans travel to Kaiapoi
May 01, 2009 ... The Nelson veterans tennis team is travelling to Kaiapoi thisweekend to contest the annual veterans' fixture against CanterburyCountry. The Nelson Veterans' Tennis Club currently has 105 members, and ateam of 24 will be involved in this exchange. The Nelson team is: Trish ...
Ellis' act wearing thin
May 01, 2009; ... A visit to the Riverside Community only highlighted how MarcEllis is outstaying his welcome, writes Mail TV reviewer Nick Ward. -------------------- You know you're in trouble when someonedefines themselves as "normal", as Marc Ellis did when he dropped inon the Riverside community in ...
Ghoulish delights in exhibition
May 02, 2009; ... From intense fascination to outright repulsion, the art oftaxidermy usually evokes a range of emotions, and a new exhibitionat Nelson's Suter Art Gallery exploring past and current trends ofthe sometimes ghoulish art is likely to do the same. Called Creature Discomforts: ...
Gallery sets up fund
May 02, 2009; ... The new governance organisation of Nelson's public art gallery,the Suter, has announced plans to expand its art collection througha newly set up private acquisition fund. Bishop Suter Trust chairman Craig Potton has told citycouncillors there are plans to grow the gallery's ...
Region's war on waste
May 02, 2009; ... The region's two councils look set to join forces on managingwaste, which would benefit residents with a more streamlined andless expensive disposal and recycling service, local authoritymanagers and collection contractors say. The city council's infrastructure committee this week ...
Young players to be proud of
May 02, 2009; ... Schola Musica. Two Violins, One Piano. Directed by MargaretJackson and John Thomson. Nelson School of Music, last night.Reviewed by Ruth Allison. -------------------- The Schola Musica isa string orchestra of 16 players. They are the best of the youngplayers from the Nelson region ....
Doomed apple trees hot stuff
May 02, 2009; ... Workers on an innovative scheme in Motueka are chopping appletrees into firewood for low-income families and cutting pollution atthe same time. This week, students from the Abel Tasman Educational Trust'sConservation Plus training course took chainsaws to an unwantedblock of ...
O'Connor back in Beehive
May 02, 2009 ... Former West Coast-Tasman MP and cabinet minister Damien O'Connorwas yesterday formally declared elected to Parliament. He hasreplaced ...
Property watch
May 02, 2009 ... Truck depot consent Stuart Drummond Transport has gained consent to establish a truckdepot on about 1ha of land on the corner of Swamp Rd and Lower QueenSt in Richmond. An office, workshop, truck wash and parking for upto 30 trucks is planned for the site. The company's resource ...
Airport users told not to worry
May 02, 2009; ... Nelson airport users "should not be too worried" about possiblechanges to airport security, according to government minister StevenJoyce. Mr Joyce, who holds the transport and communications andinformation technology ministerial portfolios, was speaking at alunch hosted by the ...
Rotary puts in a word or two for school pupils
May 02, 2009 ... There will be no excuse for spelling mistakes at Hampden StSchool, thanks to a generous donation of dictionaries. The Rotary Club of Whakatu Nelson yesterday gave 76 copies of TheUsborne Illustrated Dictionary to the school, enough for every year6 student to have their own ....
Trainees graduate
May 02, 2009 ... The achievements of modern apprentices and trainees in wood-related industries around the Nelson region were last nightcelebrated by about 220 people at a function in Nelson. The event, staged by the forestry training organisation FITEC,was held to recognise the dedication of 83 ...
Smith pleased to have plain old Kiwi flu
May 02, 2009 ... Nelson MP Nick Smith admits feeling a bit worried that he mighthave contracted swine flu when he developed a "wicked fever" justdays after returning from his overseas honeymoon. Dr Smith voluntarily quarantined himself at his home inWellington yesterday, instead of flying back to ...
Gladrags business recycled
May 02, 2009; ... Nelson stores specialising in second-hand clothing areexperiencing a recycling revolution of quality garments and shoes. Regulars at Nelson's recycled fashion store Labels are having tobe quicker these days to snag a designer label bargain. Charity organisations like St ...
'Honest John' latest frontman for failed ideas
May 02, 2009; ... The news that Lane Walker Rudkin is entering receivership with400 jobs at risk makes John Key's jobs summit, so assiduouslyutilised to airbrush his persona and policies, look increasinglyirrelevant. The Wall St Journal, no less, sycophantically lauded Key'seconomic nous in ...
Answers, please, on rubbish
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, The Tasman District Council says it needs to consultratepayers about its proposed multi-bin waste scheme (Golden BayWeekly, April 24). Well, it can start now by answering thisquestion. What will be the position of the rural ratepayers who are notserved by the existing ...
`Astounding' generosity in record Poppy Day collection
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, The generosity and community spirit of Nelsonians is trulyastounding. This year's Poppy Day collection realised the amount of$22,300. This is $4000 ahead of the last year's record of $18,000. For this result, the Nelson RSA thanks the people of Nelson, thecollectors who ...
Good news, but...
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, Buried halfway down the "brief news'' column on April 29 weread that New Zealand high schools along with those of Finland have"the best science results in the world'', according to an OECDreport. Why isn't this good news being splashed around the headlinesby the media? Of ...
National-speak
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, Paula Bennett is a comedian. I delighted in her comments inThe Nelson Mail on April 30. She tells us we are becoming "tooselfish'' and only interested in "what's in it for me''. It's akinto Sue Kedgley telling us we're ...
Of speed and respect
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, I appreciate your thoughtful editorial supporting a speedlimit reduction on Atawhai Drive. To the best of my recollection,however, the Nelson City Council decision to seek a limit reductionin 2006 was unanimous and not split. The connection between the fatal accident and this ...
High-risk connections
May 02, 2009 ... Sir, During 2006, the New Zealand Transport Authority conducted asurvey of State Highway 6 between Allisdair St and the Maitai Bridgein accordance with Land Transport Guideline Speed Limits NZ. Thisdocument specifies the warrant and procedures necessary to alter aspeed limit. The ...