The Press back issues from September 1998:
Smith keen to carry on
Sep 01, 1998; ... Wayne Smith says he's facing the toughest time of his 12-yearcoaching career, but wants to stay with the All Blacks. The former Canterbury and All Black first five-eighths says hewould love to continue as assistant All Black coach, despitecriticism and calls from some media ...
Subtle change
Sep 01, 1998 ... Caption ...
SHAPE UP FOR SPRING
Sep 01, 1998 ... IT'S ALL ABOUT BODYLINE. Take a cold, hard look at your shape andask yourself how fit you are. If your summation amounts to flab andstiffness, now is the hour to change. For city workers, there are several options, some of which areoutlined below. Before you go along, it's a good ...
MOVE IT
Sep 01, 1998 ... Spring is approximately 22 days away; plenty of time to get offthe couch and start shaping up for summer's bare days. Whether youbike, run, walk, swim, or gym, a simple daily toning routine can onlyhelp. Start now. Arm toning: Place your hands palms together (as if in ...
Fashion moves, movers
Sep 01, 1998 ... HOGGS of FIFE (Scotland), an international leader in countryclothing, is to distribute NZ's Swanndri clothing in Europe. Itwon't be the check ``swanni'', however, but the more fashionableFlexiwool range destined for northern hemispheres. . Design label WORLD, in conjunction ...
DATES TO DIARY
Sep 01, 1998 ... September 8, 6.30-9pm: The Palms Spring Fashion Launch, The Palms,Shirley. Previews, make-up and fashion advice, wine and cheese,giveaways, Si and Phil from More FM, and a prize draw for a trip fortwo to the Montana NZ Wearable Art awards. In aid of breast cancersupport, tickets, $10, ...
Lawless hosts abuse project
Sep 01, 1998 ... Xena's Lucy Lawless wishes she could help all the people whoapproach her with problems. She hopes this week's Inside New Zealanddocumentary, Love Hurts (today at 8.30pm on TV3), will go part of theway towards that goal. ``It's heartbreaking that I can't be a real-life superhero ...
Joyful moments
Sep 01, 1998 ... Tim Madam always wanted to sing with an orchestra. He got hischance with Caltex Dreams Come True this year -- singing with the NewZealand Symphony Orchestra at Wellington's ...
Road to Treblinka
Sep 01, 1998 ... The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 would be thecatalyst for a radical shift in Nazi policy towards the Jews, saysthe latest episode of The Nazis: A Warning From History (today at10pm on ...
SPORTS RESULTS
Sep 01, 1998 ... BASKETBALL INTER-CLUB Woodpeckers will feature in the finals of both the men's andwomen's club basketball championships on Sunday after winning theirsemi-finals. The Woodpeckers men's team upset defending champions University,85-74, in the major semi-final. University ...
Prison term for two who attacked man; Remand on bail; Caught by Customs
Sep 01, 1998 ... Two men who repeatedly bashed a drunk man asleep on the groundwere both sentenced to jail by a judge in the Christchurch DistrictCourt. Hemi James Hanara, 27, unemployed, was sentenced to six monthsjail on a charge of assault with intent to injure, and Paku Rameka,22, a ...
Jail term for escape aid
Sep 01, 1998 ... AUCKLAND -- A man charged with helping four inmates escape fromAuckland Prison at Paremoremo in June has been sentenced to 12 monthsin prison. Neil Raymond Swain, 40, unemployed, was sentenced by Judge BruceBuckton in the North Shore District Court on Friday after changinghis ...
Gambler with 120 convictions jailed; Caregiver took $3000; Child `could have died'; Student took partner's money
Sep 01, 1998 ... A man described as a pathological gambler with 120 convictions forusing documents to defraud was sent to jail for 2 1/2 years whenhe appeared in the Christchurch District Court. Nigel Terrance William Thompson, 24, unemployed, pleaded guilty to58 counts of using documents to ...
Accused to appear again; Airgun charges
Sep 01, 1998 ... A woman charged with attempting to implicate another person in amurder will reappear this month. The woman, 30, a solo mother, did not plead to a charge that on orabout July 14 she attempted to defeat the course of justice byattempting to implicate another person in the ...
Kuala Lumpur city of contrasts
Sep 01, 1998; ... Malaysia's capital, Kuala Lumpur, will host the CommonwealthGames this month, bringing in thousands of competitors andsupporters. As BOB MARRIOTT reports, visitors will discover anenticing and exotic city full of surprises. The humidity and warmth are all-enveloping as you step ...
Voices from Wales
Sep 01, 1998 ... Promoting Wales as host of the 1999 Rugby World Cup is the primaryaim of a CD entitled Voices From Wales that showcases short radiofeatures by ...
Asiapass
Sep 01, 1998 ... You can explore Asia with Cathay Pacific by purchasing an Asiapassreturn fare starting from $1999 (economy class) from Auckland,Wellington, or Christchurch. You fly to Hong Kong, then travel for amaximum of 30 days to other Asian cities in the airline's network.Travel must be ...
Helicopters over LA
Sep 01, 1998 ... Sightseeing tours by helicopter above California's Long Beach andLos Angeles are now available from Long Beach Airport. USHelicopters, a 10-year flight-school business, offers day and nightflights seven days a week ....
Smokefree flying
Sep 01, 1998 ... Cathay Pacific will become a smokefree airline after banningsmoking on flights between Japan and Hong Kong on October 25. Thedecision to extend the non-smoking policy to flights in and out ofJapan was in response to feedback from ...
Long Beach airshow
Sep 01, 1998 ... Californian city Long Beach will celebrate the 75th anniversary ofits municipal airfield with an airshow, Wings Over Long Beach, onOctober 3 and 4. Along with flyovers and aerobatic demonstrations,displays ...
Rotorua in Vancouver
Sep 01, 1998 ... While Australian travellers remain Rotorua's No. 1 offshore targetmarket, for the first time Rotorua was featured in the HeadlinersShow in Vancouver, Canada. Rotorua Convention Bureau manager RobynBolton represented the ...
Flying into the future with KL's new airport
Sep 01, 1998 ... The new Kuala Lumpur International Airport is a giant leap intothe 21st century for passenger transport. Located at Sepang, approximately 50km south of the Malaysiancapital, the airport stands on over 20,000 hectares of land, and hascost RM10.5 billion ($NZ5.2b) to ...
Reid up in difficult year
Sep 01, 1998 ... Full-year summary Reid Farmers preliminary, audited group result for 12 months endedJune 30. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....1998 ... ... .....1997 ... ... ..... Chge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....$000 ... ... .....$000 ... ... ... ... ... ....
Ottawa - diverse and enchanting city
Sep 01, 1998 ... Ottawa is the capital of Canada, but do not expect to see anuninteresting, dense grey concrete-clad parliament block dominatingthe skyline. The city prides itself on its English and French culturaldiversity, gracious living, parks, and avenues. The Parliament buildings are ...
Kiwi builds on strong overnight gains
Sep 01, 1998 ... WELLINGTON -- The New Zealand dollar yesterday built on strongovernight gains to close ahead at US49.52c in nervous trading. ``The kiwi was squeezed well higher,'' a currency dealer said.``It's been mainly trading on the back of US dollar. The future ofthe kiwi is going to continue ...
HONG KONG STOCKS
Sep 01, 1998 ... Monday, August 31 ($HK): CheungK 30.00, CLP 32.60, HSBC Hold164.50, HKElec 23.00, HKTcom ...
AUSTRALIAN SALES
Sep 01, 1998 ... Closing quotes Last Buy Sell sale INDUSTRIAL 992 991 992 AGL 200 203 200 AJOff 2120 2130 2139 AMP 124 125 124AMPOff 6970 ANI 883 883 883 ANZ 118 120 120 AOG 6061 AWA 7878 Adel B260 270 260 Ads97 167 175 174 Air NZ 626 630 626 Amcor 9090 Ammtec310 314 310 Argo 3643 Ariad 122 ...
Weak rally limits losses in NZ equities
Sep 01, 1998 ... Commodity stocks drove the New Zealand sharemarket still lower butthe rout could have been worse. Buying into some of the leaders helped the NZSE40 capital indexclaw back about half its early losses to close down 20.17 points at1827.56. Falls exceeded rises 79 to 34. The early ...
Sir Roger to quit BIL after review
Sep 01, 1998 ... Sir Roger Douglas will finish as chairman of Brierley InvestmentsLtd once the strategic review is completed and a new chief executiveappointed. He will remain as executive chairman in the meantime, the companysaid after an all-day board meeting in Sydney yesterday. Camerlin, ...
NZ Experience profit dives
Sep 01, 1998 ... Full-year summary New Zealand Experience audited preliminary result for the 12months ended June 30. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1998 ... ... ... .....1997 ... ... ... Chge ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... $000 ... ... ... ....$000 ... ... ... ... ....
Half-year loss spurs review for Richina
Sep 01, 1998 ... Half-year summary Richina Pacific interim, unaudited group result for 6 months endedJune 30. (Non-recurring loss of about $1m not set out in latestaccounts). ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...1998 ... ... .....1997 ... ... .....
Diversification lifts Port Tauranga
Sep 01, 1998 ... Full-year summary Port of Tauranga audited preliminary result for the 12 monthsended June 30. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...1998 ... ... .....1997 ... .....
Government moves on Max
Sep 01, 1998 ... The Government has placed fertiliser company Max Resources instatutory management. Securities Commission chief executive JohnFarrell said the ...
AMP property trust exceeds forecast
Sep 01, 1998 ... Full-year summary AMP NZ Office Trust unaudited preliminary result for seven monthsended June ...
Win95/98 CashWorks out
Sep 01, 1998 ... A Windows 95/98 version of the popular accounting packageCashWorks has been released. Made for New Zealand conditions by Cognito Software, the year2000-compliant product is targeted at small businesses which needonly a simple electronic cashbook and general ledger plus ...
URL to VGA
Sep 01, 1998 ... GEEKSPEAK An ABC of computer jargon URL -- Uniform (sometimes Universal) Resource Locator, the uniqueaddress of a website on the Internet, which a Web browser uses toidentify an exact file and directory to be retrieved from a specifiedWeb server. For example, www.press.co.nz ...
Not quite under doctor's orders
Sep 01, 1998; ... Just when we think we've seen it all, along comes someone with aneven more outrageous use of the Internet. Over the past year we've been offered buggy-eye views of Mars, alive birth, and an interview with a gorilla. Then the media wentcrazy over the prospect of watching two ...
Geraldine High gets Acorn suite
Sep 01, 1998 ... Geraldine High School has installed a suite of 26 Acorn networkcomputers (NCs), providing modern computer technology at a cost wellbelow that of a network of standard PCs. The NCs replace older Acorn PCs used in the school's computerlaboratory. The complete system cost $50,000, ...
Gates in trouble again; Apple wins on PC users
Sep 01, 1998; ... Microsoft's legal woes worsened last week when the United StatesJustice Department questioned Intel executives to see if Microsofthad tried to intimidate Intel over that company's plans to developInternet technology. The Department is investigating internal Intel papers ...
Linux users up in arms
Sep 01, 1998 ... Most Linux users support attempts to standardise the core elementsof their favourite operating system, but they decry an attempt tocontrol the process by the newly announced Linux StandardsAssociation (LSA). Several Linux users responded to an article published in thesepages last ...
Intel back with speedier chip
Sep 01, 1998; ... Aiming to regain lost ground in the budget-PC market, Intel lastweek released the second version of its Celeron processor sportingmarkedly improved performance. Intel's first Celeron chip, launched in April, lacked secondary(L2) cache memory, a buffer which crucially speeds access ...
The real spam
Sep 01, 1998 ... Hormel Foods, the maker of Spam food, has decided to overlook theinsult of having its brand name used as a derogatory term for ...
Cheaper PC-TV
Sep 01, 1998 ... Gateway has launched in the United States a $US1999 appliance thatcombines a DVD-capable Internet PC with a 68cm (27in) TV ...
ICE message forum
Sep 01, 1998 ... The youth-oriented ICE TV show broadcast by TV3 and TV4 has addeda message forum to its website at ...
Vidiri admits charge
Sep 01, 1998 ... AUCKLAND -- All Black Joeli Vidiri has admitted a charge ofcareless driving after a smash near Pukekohe in June. Pukekohe police said Vidiri's car was written off after it leftthe road at Patumahoe, 9km north-west of Pukekohe, on June 1. Vidiripleaded guilty by letter and was fined ...
Time for Randell to be `relieved of baton'
Sep 01, 1998 ... SYDNEY -- All Black rugby captain Taine Randell will be relievedof his duties next season, according to one Australian commentator inthe aftermath of Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup whitewash by theWallabies. Writing in The Australian newspaper, Evan Whitton said ...
Slight's two wins boost title chance
Sep 01, 1998 ... LONDON -- A superb day in Austria helped Aaron Slight to two winsto leave the New Zealander just 1.5 points behind arch-rival TroyCorser in the world superbike championships. Slight took the full 50 points from racing yesterday and showedthe Australian he is the rider in form with ...
Hart has backing
Sep 01, 1998; ... New Zealand Rugby Football Union deputy chairman John Spicer lastnight denied reports he and another board member were opposed to AllBlack coach John Hart remaining in the job. ``He has my full support,'' Spicer said, reacting to a televisionreport that he and board member Richie ...
Canty All Blacks `raring to go'
Sep 01, 1998 ... Canterbury's All Black contingent is injury-free and keen to donthe red and black jersey in the NPC rugby campaign, coach RobbieDeans says. He spoke yesterday with Andrew Mehrtens, Justin Marshall, MarkMayerhofler, and Mark Hammett after their return to Christchurch fromBledisloe ...
Added cash incentive for Games athletes
Sep 01, 1998; ... Athletes who ``put their hands up'' at the Commonwealth Games inKuala Lumpur will be eligible for a share of a $500,000 reserve fundheld by the New Zealand Sports Foundation. The money has been deliberately held back from the latest round ofgrants to cater for the unexpected ...
Three stallions busy
Sep 01, 1998 ... Only three stallions served more than 100 mares in the 1996breeding season, a decrease on results of recent years. The livefoal total of 4372 has also decreased. Of the three, Sculptured Arch again failed to justify the hugenumbers of mares he has attracted over the years, getting ...
Martin skittles Australians
Sep 01, 1998 ... SYDNEY -- Canterbury pace bowler Chris Martin continued hisoutstanding tour of Queensland with a bag of eight wickets as the NewZealand Academy team took the upperhand on the first day of a three-day cricket match against the Australian Academy in Brisbaneyesterday. Martin took ...
Motukarara trials
Sep 01, 1998 ... The Peninsula TOA trials will be held at Motukarara on Wednesday,September ...
Cullen one of nine winners
Sep 01, 1998 ... The Brian O'Meara-trained Christian Cullen is one of ninestandardbreds to have won two races in the first month of the newseason. Others are Flaming, Love Isin The Air, Facta Non Verba, ElMilagro, Beach ...
Successful owner dies
Sep 01, 1998 ... One of New Zealand's most successful racehorse owners, Bob Cheak,has died in Auckland. He was 88. Cheak, well known around racingcircles as the ``Crumpet King,'' raced several of New Zealand's best-performed gallopers over many years ....
Happyanunoit sold to US
Sep 01, 1998 ... Happyanunoit, Australasia's leading two-year-old filly of the1997-98 season, has been sold to United States interests for a largesix-figure sum. The Yachtie filly will have a spell before joiningthe leading Californian stable of top trainer Bobby Frankel. Trainedby Mike Moroney at ...
Watch Officer injured
Sep 01, 1998 ... Injury will force top winter galloper Watch Officer out ofSaturday's $25,000 Whakatane Cup at Tauranga. Auckland trainer BruceMcLeod said Watch Officer had struck himself during his winningeffort in the Taumarunui Gold Cup at Te Rapa last month. ``He's notlame and is still in ...
More time for stablemates
Sep 01, 1998 ... Anvil's Star and Lavros Star are not sufficiently forward forFriday's Avon City Ford Cup at Addington, says Yaldhurst trainerRobert Cameron. ``I just want to get them a little further along intheir preparations yet before ...
Peden relegated
Sep 01, 1998 ... New Zealand's Anthony Peden was stripped of third place in themen's 2000m kierin at the world cycling championships yesterday afterofficials ruled obstruction. Peden, who also fell foul of ...
Falcon for ACT
Sep 01, 1998 ... Former All Blacks trialist Gordon Falcon has signed to play Super12 rugby for the ACT Brumbies in 1999 and 2000. Falcon, 28, hasspent the last three years playing rugby league for Sydney clubPenrith. He will now return to the ...
Turner holds own
Sep 01, 1998 ... New Zealand's Greg Turner wound up his three-tournament Americantrip with a share of 28th place in the World Series of Golf in Akron,Ohio, yesterday. Turner had an even par 70 in the final round,giving him a four-round total of 286, ...
Tait triumphs
Sep 01, 1998 ... In-form New Zealand equestrian rider Blyth Tait won his thirdEuropean title in the space of a month when he took out the IrishOpen yesterday. Tait and his Atlanta Olympics gold medal-winningmount, ...
Kiwis off pace
Sep 01, 1998 ... England's Russell Claydon captured the first tour title of his 10-year-career yesterday after sinking a long 17th hole birdie to shakeoff his challengers in the BMW golf tournament in Germany. Kiwigolfers Michael Long and Michael Campbell finished well down thefield ....
Fowler in third spot
Sep 01, 1998 ... New Zealand golfer Renee Fowler finished equal third at theEuropean amateur stroke-play championships at the Noordwijk club inthe Netherlands yesterday. Fowler, who was fourth after the thirdround, carded a final-round 75 to finish on 299, four shots adrift ...
King eighth over all
Sep 01, 1998 ... Former champion Shayne King has finished eighth in the world 500ccmotocross championships this year after a season disrupted byillness. King's bad luck continued in the final round yesterday,when mechanical problems ...