Recently added articles from The Press:
Region short of 200 nurses
Sep 02, 2008; THOMAS, Kim ... Canterbury needs more than 200 nurses as serious shortages pushstaff to near breaking point. The unprecedented number of nursing vacancies is drivingCanterbury hospitals into gridlock and forcing them to shut beds andpostpone surgery. The number of nursing vacancies has ...
Deluge forecast for the West Coast; Weather warning for West Coast
Sep 02, 2008; WILLIAMS, David ... Half a metre of rain is forecast for the West Coast over the nextfew days, continuing August's wet and wild weather for the SouthIsland into a new month. The MetService is forecasting more than 500mm of rain to fallfrom today to Thursday as an active front sweeps up the ...
Allegations against officer investigated; CHRISTCHURCH MEN'S PRISON
Sep 02, 2008; HARTEVELT, John ... An officer at Christchurch Men's Prison is on special leave whileallegations of serious misconduct are investigated. The investigation comes a week after prison management signed offon a report clearing staff of any wrongdoing over five allegationsof corruption, and as a ...
Last-minute tribunal claim; NGAI TAHU; Final Waitangi claims flood in
Sep 02, 2008; TODD, Rebecca ... Ngai Tahu filed a late Waitangi Tribunal claim last night inresponse to what it called a "significant threat" to its 1998settlement. The application was made within hours of the midnight deadlinefor historical claims, imposed in December 2006. Chairman (kaiwhakahaere) Mark ...
Police chase car
Sep 02, 2008 ... Four people were taken into custody after a police chase throughChristchurch and Canterbury yesterday. The pursuit began on Farrington Avenue, in Bishopdale, at 2.20pmafter the vehicle was seen driving dangerously, a police southerncommunications spokesman said. The chase ...
Disease outbreak hits Canterbury racing stables
Sep 02, 2008; McKENZIE-McLEAN Jo ... One Canterbury horse trainer has shut his stables for six weeksand nine others are likely to follow because of an outbreak ofstrangles. Canterbury Equine Clinic veterinarian Bill Bishop said theoutbreak could affect race meetings if infected horses were notisolated and treated ...
'He showed his teeth to show me who was boss'
Sep 02, 2008; BROWN, Giles ... Penguins, and maybe even people, need to be on their guard aftera predatory seal made an appearance off Banks Peninsula thisweekend. The leopard seal may look innocent, but the solitary creaturesare vicious hunters and have attacked and killed humans. Marine biologist and ...
Business still critical of $17m deal; HENDERSON PROPERTY
Sep 02, 2008 ... Christchurch business leaders have remained critical indelivering a final verdict on the controversial $17 million purchaseof five properties from developer David Henderson by theChristchurch City Council. The criticism comes as the Auditor- General prepares to ...
Robbery foiled
Sep 02, 2008 ... Police are applauding the efforts of a 32-year-old Christchurchbus driver who fought off and detained a youth, armed with a knife,who tried to rob him. A 16-year-old youth will appear in theChristchurch ...
Beacon search
Sep 02, 2008 ... A search for the source of an emergency locator beacon in CentralOtago will resume at first light today after high winds hamperedefforts yesterday. Rescue Co-ordination Centre New ...
PM accused of trying to derail Peters inquiry
Sep 02, 2008; ESPINER, Colin ... National is accusing Prime Minister Helen Clark of trying toundermine an investigation into suspended Minister of ForeignAffairs Winston Peters. This follows Clark's accusations that a government agency leakedinformation on the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) inquiry into donationsto ...
Electronic bail refused for accused
Sep 02, 2008 ... A bid for release on electronically monitored bail by murderaccused Ashley Donald Peach, above, was refused by Judge JohnStrettell in the Christchurch District Court yesterday. At therequest of Crown prosecutor Brent Stanaway, details of thediscussion at the bail hearing were ...
Praise for injured bus driver after collision
Sep 02, 2008 ... A woman is helped from a bus after it was involved in a crash inHamilton yesterday morning and came to rest on top of an unoccupiedvehicle on a car dealer's lot. Police have praised the actions ofthe bus driver, who suffered facial injuries but still tended to hispassengers, some of whom ...
University area ban abandoned; LIQUOR CONTROLS
Sep 02, 2008; GATES, Charlie ... Police warned Christchurch City councillors to back away fromplans to ban liquor in public places around the University ofCanterbury yesterday. Southern area commander David Lawry and Senior Constable BillTibbs both told councillors there was no need for a ban, during acommittee ...
Cantabrians at high risk; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS STUDY
Sep 02, 2008; WYLIE, Katie ... Living in Canterbury increases people's chances of developingmultiple sclerosis (MS), the world's first country-wide study of thedisease has revealed. The research determined that 2896 New Zealanders, including 557Cantabrians, have MS and suggested there was a ...
Bigger role possible for Rangiora airfield
Sep 02, 2008; BRISTOW, Robyn ... Rangiora's airfield could become a general aviation hub if theWaimakariri District Council decides today to investigate upgradingit. A report by an international aviation consultant, Airbiz, saidthe council-owned complex could become a prominent airport forgeneral aviation and ...
'Flowers' spring out
Sep 02, 2008 ... Giant sunflowers bouncing around on pogo stilts were busybringing spring to inner-city Christchurch yesterday. Street performers Chris Devious and Pascal Ackerman donnedsunflower attire and bounced their way through the central businessdistrict, handing out over 1000 tulips to ...
Lines company yields 'satisfactory' surplus; ELECTRICITY ASHBURTON
Sep 02, 2008; KEAST, John ... Community-owned lines company Electricity Ashburton has recordedan operating surplus of $7.3 million. Chairman Eddie Glass said the performance for the year to March31 was satisfactory compared with the previous year's $8.1m surplus. "We have incurred extraordinary operating ...
Iti strains to grasp translation into Maori; FIREARMS CHARGES
Sep 02, 2008 ... Tuhoe activist Tame Iti looked over the shoulder of his Maoritranslator in court yesterday, to read in English the 27 firearmscharges laid against him after last year's police anti-terror raids. Iti and 17 others appeared in the Auckland District Court for thefirst day of a ...
Public stop woman driving
Sep 02, 2008; KEAST, John ... Concerned onlookers raised the alarm when an apparently drunkwoman tried to drive away from an Ashburton service station early onSunday. Police initially thought they had been called to a domesticincident, but the disturbance was caused by onlookers trying to stopa 37-year-old ...