The Press back issues from August 1998:
Vagana hat-trick helps Warriors to win
Aug 01, 1998 ... AUCKLAND -- The Auckland Warriors, thanks to a magnificent hat-trick from centre Nigel Vagana, raced away to beat the NorthQueensland Cowboys, 34-18, in a gripping National Rugby League matchat Ericsson Stadium. The Warriors raced away to a six tries to three win in a matchwhere ...
Third NZ test loss unthinkable; Plenty at stake as nation demands win
Aug 01, 1998; ... Christchurch's unseasonable warm weather might strike a chord withthe All Blacks, who are feeling the heat as they brace themselves forthe Australian rugby challenge. The month of July was like a cold snap to the All Blacks; a lossto Australia at Jade Stadium (Lancaster Park) this ...
Relaxed Hart thinking positively
Aug 01, 1998; ... If All Black coach John Hart carried the woes of the New Zealandrugby world on his shoulders this week, he did not let it show. The Tri-Nations losses to Australia and South Africa were setaside for positive discussion on the second Bledisloe Cup testagainst the Wallabies at Jade ...
Oliver keen to make his mark
Aug 01, 1998; ... Anton Oliver was frank when asked if he was enjoying his firstyear as All Black test hooker. ``To be honest, I haven't,'' said the stocky son of former AllBlack lock Frank Oliver. That might seem a staggering statement from one so young and stillto make his international mark ...
Macqueen has open mind over Stuart
Aug 01, 1998 ... Wallaby rugby coach Rod Macqueen will keep an open mind shouldCanberra Raiders halfback Ricky Stuart cross the road from league tounion. Stuart, no longer wanted by the Raiders, is considering offersfrom NRL clubs Parramatta, Canterbury, and Manly, but the AustralianRugby Union ...
English soccer stays on Sky
Aug 01, 1998 ... English premier league soccer will be shown again on Skytelevision this year. Sky only concluded the contract on Thursday, and director of sportKevin Cameron noted that the United States network, ESPN, would notbe screening the league. ``We are pleased to be able to ...
Third NZ test loss unthinkable; Concern over Aust reserves
Aug 01, 1998; ... The Wallabies could be found out if they need to use their reservebench today, says colourful Australian television commentator Chris``go you good thing, go'' Handy. Handy -- who is picking a winning margin of no more than five orsix points -- is concerned about changes that might ...
Big test for under-19s
Aug 01, 1998 ... Canterbury will have all four players in the New Zealand under-19squad in the starting line-up for its rugby ``test'' againstAustralia at Jade Stadium (Lancaster Park) today. Ben Blair is at fullback, while Jason Tiatia is on a wing, withschoolboys Aaron Mauger at first ...
Rolls by any other name
Aug 01, 1998; ... Rolls-Royce, once the regent of the British car industry, has beenfinally torn apart in the settlement of the VW BMW ownership battle. Volkswagen, having paid $NZ1.2 billion to buy Rolls-Royce Cars, ismiffed to find that the rights to the name and brand have gone torival BMW -- for ...
New 3-series sedans the first of many from BMW
Aug 01, 1998; ... New from the ground up, BMW's E46 3-series has reached NewZealand. The first models to be released are sedans, but DAVE MOOREsays we will see other configurations of the car arriving regularlyover the next few years. I t is the most practical of all 3-series BMWs, and in sedan ...
Gingerbread cottage
Aug 01, 1998; ... Riverside was built using cob and pit-sawn timber in 1861 byIrishman Samuel Coleman. This original cottage forms the nucleus ofthe four-bedroom home that remains on-site today. Much of the 19th-century charm and character of the cottage havebeen retained through sympathetic ...
RESULTS
Aug 01, 1998 ... GOLF PENNANT Results of the Canterbury District Ladies Golf Association'spennant matches: Silver pennants: Waitikiri 4 Templeton 2, Greendale 5 Rangiora 1,Avondale 4 Lincoln 2, Kaiapoi 41/2 Waimakariri Gorge 11/2, AvondaleII 31/2 Windsor 21/2, Russley 41/2 Coringa ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Aug 01, 1998 ... PORT OF LYTTLETON VESSELS IN PORT Ognevka, Gladstone Pier Central. Olenino, Gladstone Pier Central. Om, Gladstone Pier Central. Osha, Gladstone Pier Central Orlovka, Gladstone Pier Central. Pirit, No. 3 West. Planerist, No. 3 ...
Schools voice approval in project
Aug 01, 1998 ... An album of songs produced and sung by South Island schools isalmost complete, thanks to Christchurch resident Roger Lusby. He has spent the last four years visiting schools teaching themhow to compose, perform, and record their own music. Yesterday he was at Wharenui School ...
NZ underrates Asia - expert
Aug 01, 1998; ... New Zealanders do not yet realise how important Asia is to thiscountry's future, says visiting Phillipine economics expert BernardoVillegas. Mr Villegas is in New Zealand ahead of the Asia Pacific EconomicCo-operation conferences here next year. Apec is made up of 21 ...
`No suicide message' in concert
Aug 01, 1998 ... A controversial youth concert in Christchurch never intended todeal with youth suicide, says its promoter. The Life Festival concert, ``committed to positive lifestyleoptions and New Zealand youth'', was linked last week by the Ministryof Youth Affairs to a youth suicide prevention ...
Councillors enthuse over ocean sewer plan
Aug 01, 1998; ... Building an ocean sewerage pipeline off New Brighton beach shouldbe part of an enhancements project that would make the Bromley-Ferrymead area a major tourist attraction, Christchurch Citycouncillors say. A joint meeting of the council's city services and environmentalcommittees ...
Cohen finds nuclear view `encouraging'
Aug 01, 1998 ... SYDNEY -- Remarks by former defence minister Paul East that NewZealand's nuclear propulsion ban is obsolete are an ``encouraging''sign, United States Secretary of Defence William Cohen says. ``I think that's a very encouraging statement that the formerdefence minister has made to ...
Chch insulation subsidy
Aug 01, 1998 ... Christchurch people with open fires have received a $200,000 boostin insulation subsidies. The money from the Government's Energy Saver Fund will go to theChristchurch City Council's clean-air plan to subsidise ceiling,under-floor, and hot-water cylinder insulation over two ...
WELLINGTON GRC SUNDAY
Aug 01, 1998 ... Selections 12.30: Norfolk Bear, Lakota Light, Sapphire Rogue. 12.55: Casey Morgan, Justice Corcher, Wacko's Fun. 1.25: Major Tricks, Waiwera Talent, Servo. 1.55: Torque Back, Cambodia, Blue Smurf. 2.20: Jabofa, Midler, Paravance. 2.40: Monalia, Mr ...
Trainer eyes lucky break
Aug 01, 1998; ... Talk Show will be forgiven by trainer Scott Lucock if he wins theAir New Zealand Winter Cup at Riccarton tomorrow. Lucock watched Talk Show's final gallop yesterday on crutchesafter breaking an ankle falling from the Northerly Native gelding twoweeks ago. ``The worst part was ...
Riccarton
Aug 01, 1998 ... Aide De Camp and Rebellion were two Winter Cup runners to shine infinal trials at Riccarton yesterday. The pair went over 1000m, the last 800m wide out on the firmcourse proper in 48.6sec and the 600m in 36.6. Shortly before, Trounced had drawn clear of Prince Of Troy ...
SYDNEY TODAY
Aug 01, 1998 ... Jetbet: 15 REFER HARDCOPY FOR RACING ...
RESULTS
Aug 01, 1998 ... Otago GRC Weather fine; track fast 1 $600, 310m 6-6 TANIST BALE (c4) (3) 1, 5-5 DARK HERITAGE (c5)(6) 2, 1-1 FRANCINE BALE (c5) (8) 3 . Also (in finish order): 3-2 President Kelly (c5) (2.2L), 4-4 JimmyDeefore (c5) (4L), 2-3 Fiontra Bale (c5) (5.8L), 7-7 Aqua Row ...
MELBOURNE TODAY
Aug 01, 1998 ... Jetbet: 12 REFER HARDCOPY FOR RACING ...
Herbert secures junior driver title
Aug 01, 1998; ... Jo Herbert, an open reinswoman from today, has wrapped up hersecond National Junior Driver title with a well-timed finish behindShantahlia's Payson to win at the Timaru Harness Racing Club's end-of-season meeting. Herbert created harness racing history 12 months ago when ...
Egan wraps up title
Aug 01, 1998 ... NEW PLYMOUTH -- Tina Egan has clinched her second New Zealandjumps premiership with her success aboard Joe Trump in a steeplechaseat New Plymouth. The New Plymouth rider ...
AUSTRALIA TODAY
Aug 01, 1998 ... Jetbet: 13 REFER HARDCOPY FOR RACING ...
Top players may go out in style
Aug 01, 1998; ... Several Sydenham rugby players, including Kieran Flynn, MikeMcKessar, and Adam Parker, could end their senior club careers in thefirst division final against High School Old Boys at Rugby Parktomorrow. Some of the players in this successful side, who have beentogether to win two ...
Stokes's trip on hold
Aug 01, 1998 ... Canterbury Country rugby player Tim Stokes has mixed feelingsabout postponing at short notice going to play in France. The Oxford prop was preparing to depart for the Dax club in south-west France last Monday, but received a call telling him to wait,despite having airline ...
RESULTS
Aug 01, 1998 ... GOLF ST JUDE CLASSIC Leading scores after yesterday's first round of the $US1.8 million($NZ3.54 million) FedEx St. Jude Classic played on the 7006-yard,par-71 Southwind TPC (players US unless stated). 65--Nick Price (Zimbabwe), Paul Azinger, Russ ...
Nelson Bays too strong
Aug 01, 1998 ... Nelson Bays overcame an enthusiastic Mid-Canterbury team to wintheir pre-season representative rugby fixture, 41-19, under lights atNelson's Trafalgar Park. Second division Nelson Bays never lookedunder serious threat from their third division opponents toeventually score six tries to ...
Kiwi leads Laser champs
Aug 01, 1998 ... New Zealand's Alastair Gair leads 239 competitors from 40 nationsin the world youth Laser Radial yachting championship in Medernblik,Holland ....
Japanese win tussles
Aug 01, 1998 ... Kurashiki, of Japan, had the better of two judo tussles withChristchurch teams in a sister-city contest at Crichton Cobbers YouthClub. Kurashiki won the first team match, 7-2, against aChristchurch team of junior men players, aged 16 to ...
Coach takes trip into the unknown
Aug 01, 1998 ... Jack Tauwhare admits he was taking a trip into the unknown ascoach of the Canterbury women's rugby league team for the nationaltournament in Auckland this weekend. It is Tauwhare's first representative appointment and he has notseen the powerful Auckland and Wellington sides which ...
Briton slalom favourite
Aug 01, 1998 ... British skier Tessa Pirie, 20, will be hoping to add to herimpressive international racing record in New Zealand when the MountHutt FIS series begins with a slalom tomorrow. Altogether the event has attracted a field of 116 with 70 men and46 women entered. The ski area had had ...
Rowers bound for Canada
Aug 01, 1998; ... For the first time, crews representing the Canterbury RowingAssociation are about to go overseas with lightweight sculler SarahBurgess and pair-oar combination Ben Forrest and Foss Shanahanheading for Canada. The trio, under the guidance of Canterbury-Marlborough regionalcoach ...
Hammer mark broken
Aug 01, 1998 ... Commonwealth Games hammer thrower Tasha Williams has smashed herNew Zealand record by almost 2m with a mighty winning effort of58.68m in Brisbane. Competing in the mid-week winter track and field series, Williams,25, confirmed her place in the team for the Games by hurling the ...
Defections weaken NZ swim team
Aug 01, 1998; ... New Zealand will be without six first-choice swimmers when ittakes on Queensland in the Australian short-course league semi-finalat Brisbane today. The New Zealand Sports Foundation has requested a report fromswimming officials about an apparent clash of commitments, ...
Athletics super league planned
Aug 01, 1998; ... A national athletics super-provincial teams' championship designedto lift the profile of the sport and eventually attract Australianstate participation is about to be launched. New Zealand has been divided into eight regions and franchiseownership for each of these is expected to ...
Answers sought from dismal White Sox
Aug 01, 1998 ... WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand women's softball team will be askedsome hard questions when it returns home from the World Series inJapan today. The White Sox finished out of the top 10 -- their worstperformance at nine world championships. ``We will complete our evaluation ...
WEEKLY TOP 10
Aug 01, 1998 ... Top 10 by turnover: 1 Ak Airport66,668,605 2 Brierley32,072,943 3 FCL Paper13,523,040 4 AMP12,027,471 5 Telecom11,614,352 6 NZ Petroleum9,712,000 7 Carter Holt9,458,409 8 FCL Forests9,021,416 9 Telecom IRs8,059,760 10 ...
INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
Aug 01, 1998 ... Wall Street Thursday, July 30, ($US): Abbott Labs 431/8, Alcan 261/2, AluCo701/2, AlliedSignal 451/2, Alumax 491/8, AMB Property 235/8, AmEx1135/8, American General 691/4, AmHomePr 531/4, AmHess 525/8, AmerInt1511/8, Ameritech 495/8, AnheuserB 505/8, Armco 53/4, Asarco ...
FUTURES
Aug 01, 1998 ... Trading was heavy on the New Zealand Futures and Options Exchangeyesterday with 172 deals, involving 5843 futures and 502 optionscontracts, worth $2.9 billion. The three-year Government stock futures contract closed up sevenpoints at 9342 (6.58 per cent), and the 90-day bank bill ...
Radio Pacific stake
Aug 01, 1998 ... Auckland-based New Zealand Funds Management has disclosed an 8 percent shareholding in Radio Pacific, and a 5.3% holding inMetLifeCare. Hellaby holds tax money The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by the ...
Harris in Sanford
Aug 01, 1998 ... Chicago-based investment group Harris Associates says it has ...
Downer-Bitumix deal off
Aug 01, 1998 ... Australian-listed Downer Group said that although it had gotCommerce Commission clearance to buy Bitumix it had stopped talks onthe deal some time ago. On ...
PGG appointment
Aug 01, 1998 ... Shane O'Brien has been appointed company real estate manager,South Island, for stock and station company Pyne Gould Guinness. MrO'Brien has ...
Northgate in toll market
Aug 01, 1998 ... Melbourne-based Northgate Communications, known for its untimedcall pricing, will offer national toll calls in New Zealand fromSeptember 1. Managing director Brad Weinstock said the company wouldcommission switches ...
Apache lifts stake
Aug 01, 1998 ... Apache Energy has bought an additional 25 per cent of anexploration permit in Western Australia's Carnarvon Basin, Cue EnergyResources NL told the Stock Exchange. Apache would pay 57% of eitherthe costs ...
Late declines in BHP, News
Aug 01, 1998 ... MELBOURNE -- Australia's shares firmed yesterday after early US-inspired gains were tempered by late falls in News Corp and BHP. News fell 38c to 1200 and BHP 26.4c to 1335.5 as institutionssold. AMP rose 15.1c to 2180.1 before it joins the indices onMonday. The All ...
Water Rats give-away
Aug 01, 1998 ... The Press has 14 copies of Rob George's Water Rats, Frank's story,to give away. Write your name and ...
Streisand reflects two faces on Sky
Aug 01, 1998 ... Barbra Streisand's The Mirror Has Two Faces (Sky TV, today 8.30pm,Wednesday 5.45pm) proves to be an enjoyable romantic comedy despitetwo formidable handicaps. First, we have to suspend disbelief and go along with a storyabout two university professors -- Rose (Streisand), a ...
Howling like Attenborough's wolves
Aug 01, 1998; ... I meant to review a programme on wolves. As it opened DavidAttenborough told us that all domestic dogs are descended fromwolves. Then the wolves howled. As if to prove the point the two domestic dogs at my feet repliedwith such vigour and persistence that I was forced to give up on ...
Bold trio presents poser
Aug 01, 1998; ... Tomorrow at 8.30pm offers a difficult choice between LeeTamahori's Once Were Warriors (TV3), Arnold Schwarzenegger's TrueLies (TV2), and Woody Allen's Annie Hall (TV4). Other interestingfilms on television include Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather,Part 2 (TV1, next Saturday, 12.05am), ...
Perpetual back to its roots
Aug 01, 1998 ... A good old Christchurch business has brought part of the SouthIsland back home and is looking to the North Island for furtherexpansion. There is more commerce than nostalgia in the move. ``We're a New Zealand business and most of the population is inthe North Island, so that ...
PDL seeks cost cuts
Aug 01, 1998 ... PDL Holdings does not expect trading to improve significantly inthe first half of the current year. The Christchurch-based plastics and electrical products group'snew chief executive, Mark Stewart, says that PDL was concentrating oncutting costs to reduce the impact of the tough ...
Mainfreight to expand in spite of economy
Aug 01, 1998 ... WELLINGTON -- Freight and transport company Mainfreight wouldcontinue to expand in spite of the economic downturn, the managingdirector, Bruce Plested, said. Speaking after the company's annual meeting in Wellington, MrPlested said Mainfreight would announce several acquisitions in ...
House prices lower net wealth
Aug 01, 1998 ... Falling house prices put a hole in New Zealanders' net worth inthe March quarter, according to the Westpac Trust-FPG householdsavings indicators. More encouraging signs were an increase in non-house wealth, andreduced levels of new borrowing. The net wealth loss was $1.8 ...
Flat Rock forests sold
Aug 01, 1998 ... Flat Rock Forest Trust's receivers have announced three agreementsto sell all the trust's forestry assets. The forests have been sold conditionally to United Kingdominvestors, but the price and buyers are both confidential at thisstage, the receivers said yesterday. The deal is ...
Wilsons on the warpath
Aug 01, 1998; ... The All Blacks and the Wallabies both have a Wilson in their side,with a crucial role to play in today's encounter in Christchurch. BOB SCHUMACHER talks to New Zealand's Jeff Wilson, while SHAYNECURRIE catches up with Australia's David Wilson. Rather surprisingly, Jeff Wilson, ...
Wilsons on the warpath
Aug 01, 1998; ... The All Blacks and the Wallabies both have a Wilson in their side,with a crucial role to play in today's encounter in Christchurch. BOB SCHUMACHER talks to New Zealand's Jeff Wilson, while SHAYNECURRIE catches up with Australia's David Wilson. David Wilson has been a hunter on ...
New issues highlight market opportunities
Aug 01, 1998; ... Recent new share issues have certainly proved a boon to thesharemarket, and more importantly have put the smaller investor intouch again with the potential of investment in sound companies. Confidence in the market may slowly be returning, and this isimportant in the context of the ...
Bank bills lead rally
Aug 01, 1998 ... WELLINGTON -- The kiwi dollar had another quiet day yesterday, inline with global currencies, but the bills continued to drive thedebt market rally. The kiwi traded in a narrow US51.28-57c range, ending a touchweaker from Thursday's close. On the debt market the bills ...
AMP flies high with Airport
Aug 01, 1998; ... Intense buying pressure in Auckland International Airport andparticularly AMP set New Zealand valuation ratios on their head thisweek. New shareholders in the airport are 18.8 per cent richer on theirinvestment after the first week. Bought from the Government at 180c,the shares ...