Recently added articles from The Press:
Special orders needed for Bain inquest to be revisited
Jul 02, 2009; ... Chief Coroner Neil MacLean has backtracked on his view that hecould order a new inquest into the Bain family deaths. He said yesterday that an inquest could be held only on an orderfrom the solicitor-general or the High Court. Last month, he told The Press a coroner "makes ...
Seabed act likely to be axed
Jul 02, 2009; ... Maori are set to claim millions of dollars in compensation overthe Labour government's Foreshore and Seabed Act, which is likely tobe scrapped. A review of the contentious 2003 legislation, which vestedownership of the foreshore and seabed with the Crown and stoppedMaori seeking ...
English family New Zealand-bound
Jul 02, 2009; ... Terminally ill Christchurch woman Jacqueline Jenner cried whentold yesterday that her British family had received a medical waiverto allow them to move to New Zealand. The residency application for Jenner's English daughter-in- law,Amanda Selen, was in limbo after she was deemed a ...
Teen faces gun charge
Jul 02, 2009; ... One of two teenagers arrested after gunshots sparked an armedoffenders callout will appear in the Christchurch District Courttoday. Two 19-year-old men have been charged with discharging a firearmnear a Christchurch house. Armed police cordoned Hills and Innes roads in ...
ODDSPOT
Jul 02, 2009 ... A bear with an apparent sweet tooth broke into a San BernardinoCounty, California home and gobbled up a box of chocolates from acouple's refrigerator, sheriff's deputies said. Sergeant Tom Alskysaid the couple arrived home on Saturday afternoon, found the ...
Defendant 'best boyfriend ever'; SOPHIE ELLIOTT MURDER TRIAL
Jul 02, 2009; ... Clayton Weatherston wrote from prison complaining that the"horrible person" he admits killing had been "glorified in themedia". The letter, referred to yesterday in evidence at Weatherston'strial for the murder of Sophie Elliott, was sent on January 14 lastyear, five days after ...
Victim named
Jul 02, 2009 ... The man who died in a central Christchurch house fire on Tuesdaywas Albert Barry Waterman, 63. Firefighters found his body ...
Sounds of gunshots terrified neighbours
Jul 02, 2009; ... Residents have recounted the "terrifying" sound of bulletsfalling on their roofs during wheelchair gunman Shayne Sime'sshooting spree. Sime, 42, was shot dead by Christchurch police on Sunday nightafter firing on neighbouring houses in Wadhurst Pl, Burnside,hitting one man who ...
Classrooms empty out as pupils, teachers fall ill; SWINE FLU
Jul 02, 2009; ... Some Canterbury schools have nearly a third of their students andteachers off sick with possible swine flu. Papanui High School principal and Canterbury-West Coast SecondaryPrincipals' Association chairman Denis Pyatt said 28 per cent ofPapanui pupils were away sick this week ....
Concern at loss of key staff; SOCIAL WORKERS
Jul 02, 2009; ... Child-welfare groups have voiced concern at the axing of socialworkers who specialise in raising awareness of how to tackle childabuse. Twelve Child, Youth and Family (CYF) service centres, includingthose in Christchurch, Dunedin and Nelson, and 18 community socialworkers, ...
Govt determined on 'hobby' class funding cuts; ADULT COMMUNITY EDUCATION; Classes gave budding artist a bright future
Jul 02, 2009; ... The Government has ruled out reversing cuts to Adult CommunityEducation (Ace) despite protests against the move. More than 100,000 protest postcards are expected to arrive atParliament from people affected by cuts to Ace funding. Money for Ace programmes offered through ...
Hundreds farewell 'surfer dude' lawyer; FUNERAL
Jul 02, 2009; ... More than 700 mourners farewelled a "surfer dude with a lovingheart" in Christchurch yesterday. Lawyer Johnathan McCarthy, 50, who died last week, was a surfingidentity and environmental campaigner known to many as "The Fang". Mourners packed St Anne's Catholic Church in ...
Boy racers urged to respect road victim's family
Jul 02, 2009 ... Police are warning Nelson boy racers not to break the law inhonouring a young man who died in a high-speed car crash. Aaron Wayne George Chalmers-Hill, 21, was reportedly driving atspeed with two other vehicles minutes before his Nissan Silvia spunoff the road on a moderate bend ...
Taxman stops ploy to save tax
Jul 02, 2009; ... Inland Revenue has scuppered a "cheeky" plan that would havesaved the Christchurch City Council about $8 million a year in tax. The scheme would have involved council-owned companies makingdonations to a newly established charitable trust rather than payingdividends to the ...
Reconstruction of four moa a feather in scientists' caps; DNA RESEARCH
Jul 02, 2009; ... Successful DNA reconstructions of the appearance of four moaspecies have been made by researchers. Feathers found in rock shelters and caves in Central Otago havebeen DNA-tested by researchers on both sides of the Tasman and usedto determine what the stout-legged moa, the ...
Hundreds phone ECan for home heating information; HOME INSULATION SCHEME
Jul 02, 2009; ... The Government's $323 million insulation scheme is putting theheat on Environment Canterbury's (ECan) helpline. The regional council's Clean Heat line took more than 200 callsyesterday, mostly about the Government's Warm Up New Zealand: HeatSmart scheme. Over the past few ...
Hardy hurdlers hit the hay; QUEENSTOWN WINTER FESTIVAL
Jul 02, 2009 ... Esther Liong, of Christchurch, crosses the finish line first atthe end of the Mountain Scene Undy 500 race, part of the winterfestival in Queenstown yesterday. Chasing her are Rosa Scott, ofKingston, left, and Helen Winskill, of London, ...
Boost for military; GRADUATION
Jul 02, 2009; ... A major investment in military infrastructure has been signalledby Prime Minister John Key. At an officers' graduation parade at the Woodbourne airbase nearBlenheim, Key indicated that the new NH90 helicopters for the airforce would just be the start. "I suspect there will ...
Cloud, rain, frosts forecast for Canty; WINTER WEATHER
Jul 02, 2009; ... Christchurch will get some of the worst weather in the countryover the next three months. Cloud, rain and low temperatures are predicted for Canterburyduring the rest of winter and into spring as an unusual form of ElNino develops. In its seasonal climate outlook, the ...
A2 backers rue reversal on NZ inquiry; A2 MILK; New study backs case
Jul 02, 2009; ... Supporters of alternative A2-type milk face a battle for widerpublic acceptance after a Government decision not to pursue furtherresearch. The Cabinet says it is unnecessary and too expensive to convene agroup of experts to consider whether the Government shouldinvestigate A2 ...