The Press back issues from March 2001:
Ellis in water-land for cancer children
Mar 01, 2001; ... Marc Ellis summed up the feelings of all swimmers in the FourHarbours in One Day event as he stepped from Lyttelton Harbour. "I'm pretty knackered at the moment." The former rugby and league star swam 13km across Dunedin,Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland harbours, along ...
Strange warren for stray bunny
Mar 01, 2001 ... A night-time bid for freedom ended behind bars for a cuddly greybunny. The bunny, nicknamed Thumper by his captors because of his bigpaws, was picked up by police as he roamed the darkened streets ofPhillipstown on Tuesday night. He was placed in protective custody at the ...
Maori seats decried
Mar 01, 2001; ... Creating separate Maori seats for local bodies would hark back tothe days when Maori voters were locked into separate electorateslike concentration camps, the Government has been told. Environment Canterbury regional council member Sir Kerry Burketold Parliament's justice and ...
Black Caps do the business
Mar 01, 2001; ... By Geoff Longley in Dunedin New Zealand's one-day cricketers have made amends for serieslosses against Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka this season, snatching astunning 3-2 success against the powerful Pakistan side atCarisbrook. Finally, a New Zealand opening batting combination ...
Nelson scientist honoured in Paris
Mar 01, 2001 ... A young Nelson scientist has been honoured at a ceremony in Parisfor her work in improving the early identification of toxic algae.Allison Hayward, a scientist at Nelson's private researchestablishment, the Cawthron Institute, was yesterday presented witha Unesco- L'Oreal Fellowship for ...
MP makes plea for bank at Oxford
Mar 01, 2001 ... Oxford may again have banking facilities if local MP ClaytonCosgrove has his way. The Waimakariri member plans to ask NZ Postchief executive Elmar Toime to think about the town in his planningfor the new Kiwi bank. Last year Mr Cosgrove asked all the banks toset up in the town, but was ...
Information sought on Guernsey man
Mar 01, 2001 ... Blenheim police would like to know the whereabouts of John Welsh,56, from Guernsey, who has been in New Zealand on and off forseveral years. He was believed to be in the South Island, saidSenior Constable Joseph Kelly. The last ...
Sculpting symposium starts in Hokitika
Mar 01, 2001 ... The Hokitika beachfront will be alive with the sounds of chippingand chiselling for the next 10 days as a sculpting symposium isheld. Lumps of Oamaru stone, totara, and even serpentine are on handfor today's start of the Wildform Gatherers, which will have 11artists from around New ...
Sewerage talks in Rangiora move to court
Mar 01, 2001 ... RANGIORA -- The Rangiora sewerage scheme debate has moved to theEnvironment Court. Environment Canterbury served an abatement notice on theWaimakariri District Council on February 19 which ended with a visitto the court by both authorities on February 23. The district ...
Council staff irked by trust ban
Mar 01, 2001; ... Some West Coast council staff banned from election to the $92million West Coast Development Trust have taken their complaint tothe Human Rights Commission. Rules in the trust deed prevent councillors and council stafffrom seeking election to the trust. Nominations for the six ...
Petrol leaked into town's sewers potentially explosive
Mar 01, 2001; ... Petrol was continuing to seep into the Hokitika sewers lastnight, but the Westland District Council is confident the danger isover. Emergency services were on alert and roads closed for about fivehours yesterday after strong petrol fumes were detected during aroutine check on ...
Rural subdivision move queried
Mar 01, 2001; ... Confusion exists about the decision to bump the rural subdivisionstandard up to 20ha in the Waimakariri District Council's proposeddistrict plan. A Rangiora surveyor, who refused to be named, said yesterday itwas a "cop out" by the council, and threw rural subdivision ...
Hot springs resort plan for Harihari
Mar 01, 2001 ... GREYMOUTH -- Harihari could become the hot springs resort of thesouthern West Coast. Local farmer Graeme Humphris proposes tapping into a little-known geothermal spring beside the Wanganui River to supply publicbathing pools, similar to Maruia Springs. The spring is about ...
Institute lures Fiji students
Mar 01, 2001 ... NELSON -- Students from Fiji have emerged as a potentiallylucrative growth area for the Nelson Marlborough Institute ofTechnology as it fights financial problems. The institute says its enrolments for 2001 have got off to asteady start, but it is also facing a higher- ...
Couple rescued after boat's engine fails
Mar 01, 2001 ... A couple boating off the Otago coast had to be rescued when theirrunabout's engine broke down and they became lost in thick fog.Senior Sergeant Ian Freeman said the husband and wife were 600m offthe Moeraki coast when their engine failed, leaving them stranded inthick fog. "The seas were ...
Bunkle's ministerial flat remains empty
Mar 01, 2001 ... Nine weeks after Phillida Bunkle shifted out of her ministerialflat, it remains empty. Prime Minister Helen Clark told ACT MPRodney Hide that she was awaiting advice from the Internal AffairsDepartment about the Oriental Bay apartment. "In the meantime, theproperty is vacant," she said ...
Convicted rapist to appeal ruling
Mar 01, 2001; ... The convicted rapist dubbed the Beast of Blenheim intends toappeal against his failed private prosecution against a formerdetective. In the Blenheim District Court last week, Stewart Murray Wilsonlost his bid to prosecute Colin MacKay, a former Blenheim detective,for conspiracy ...
Govt looks at $8b gambling issue
Mar 01, 2001 ... More than $8 billion churned through gaming machines, casinos,and other kinds of New Zealand gaming last year -- and that does notcount the sums going into offshore gaming. The rapid growth of gambling expenditure is identified in adiscussion paper issued by the Internal Affairs ...
Gibson jets in to replace Kelleher
Mar 01, 2001 ... DUNEDIN -- Promising University A halfback David Gibson has flownto Johannesburg to replace All Black Byron Kelleher in theHighlanders rugby squad for matches against the Cats and Sharks. Kelleher is returning home to receive treatment to a foot injurysustained during training at ...
Pakistan well ahead in rankings
Mar 01, 2001 ... London -- Pakistan holds a marked edge over New Zealand in bothbatting and bowling going into next month's three-test cricketseries, judging by the latest world rankings. Pakistan has two batsmen in the PricewaterhouseCoopers world top10 released this week. New Zealand has only ...
Astle hero of NZ victory; SCOREBOARD
Mar 01, 2001; ... Out of the ashes of so many awful Black Caps opening stands cameone to cherish forever at Carisbrook last night -- a New Zealand one-day record for Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming and a classic 3-2series victory against Pakistan. On the back of their brilliant 193-run first ...
Canty cyclists dominate
Mar 01, 2001 ... DUNEDIN -- Canterbury's Hayden Godfrey stole the show again onthe third night of the New Zealand track cycling championships inDunedin. Two nights after winning the senior men's time trial, Godfrey,22, showed why he is regarded as the future of New Zealandindividual pursuiting ...
Maori seats likened to 'concentration camps'
Mar 01, 2001; ... Creating separate Maori seats for local bodies would hark back tothe days when Maori voters were locked into separate electorateslike concentration camps, the Government has been told. Environment Canterbury regional council member Sir Kerry Burketold Parliament's justice and ...
Fears mount over NZ foot and mouth
Mar 01, 2001; ... MAF is defending its biosecurity measures as fears mount that notenough is being done to prevent foot and mouth disease entering NewZealand. The crisis in Britain deepened yesterday, with six new sites ofinfection surfacing despite a raft of measures to contain theoutbreak ....
Ellis in water-land for children
Mar 01, 2001; ... Marc Ellis summed up the feelings of all swimmers in the FourHarbours in One Day event as he stepped from Lyttelton Harbour. "I'm pretty knackered at the moment." The former rugby and league star swam 13km across Dunedin,Lyttelton, Wellington, and Auckland harbours, along ...
Black Caps do the business
Mar 01, 2001; ... By Geoff Longley in Dunedin New Zealand's one-day cricketers have made amends for serieslosses to Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka this season, snatching a stunning 3-2 success against the powerful Pakistan side at Carisbrook. Finally, a New Zealand opening batting combination came ...
Residents group flays $14,000 report
Mar 01, 2001; ... The Christchurch City Council has spent $14,000 on a survey ofNew Brighton residents only to find out what everybody already knew,residents and business people say. The report, passed to The Press, found that residents believedthe mall area was depressed and "not what it used to ...
Hide discloses bank's market
Mar 01, 2001; ... ACT New Zealand MP Rodney Hide has disclosed in Parliament thatthe new Kiwi bank's perceived natural market is "professionalgovernment employees" who bank with the PSIS. He is the third Opposition MP to disclose embarrassinginformation from NZ Post's confidential business plan for ...
Diary
Mar 01, 2001; ... Singalong Boyo WHILE THE Irish celebrate St Patrick's day later this month,today is St David's Day, an important event in the Welsh calendar.To mark the occasion the Welsh community will hold a Lord of Songcelebration on Sunday at the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church at ...
Hostage release queried
Mar 01, 2001 ... Reports that Nelson hostage Dennis Corrin has been released byhis Ecuadorean kidnappers are incorrect, the Ministry of ForeignAffairs says. A spokesman said the reports were causing concern to Mr Corrin'srelatives and officials. Mr Corrin, a helicopter pilot working ...
Climber finds body
Mar 01, 2001 ... A body has been found by a climber on the Godley Glacier, inMount Cook National Park. Inspector Brian Buck said a rescue teamwas sent in to get ...
Car owners warned
Mar 01, 2001 ... Police are warning car owners not to leave valuables in theirvehicles, after a spate of thefts in the Riccarton area at night.Sergeant Pete Laloli said ...
Scooter incentive
Mar 01, 2001 ... Scooters are being used as an incentive to get childrenimmunised. Pegasus family practices are putting every ...
Free health checks
Mar 01, 2001 ... Free health checks will be available at Rehua Marae on Saturday.The checks are available for those who ...
Broadway winners
Mar 01, 2001 ... Five Press readers have won double passes to the BroadwayShowstoppers performance this weekend at the James Hay Theatre. Theyare: ...
Foot and mouth scare raises memories
Mar 01, 2001; ... Former Temuka pig farmer John Dennis knows just how Britishfarmers coping with the foot and mouth disease outbreak feel. Almost exactly 20 years ago, 860 pigs on his farm were destroyedafter an outbreak of blisters suspected to be foot and mouthdisease. His farm was ...
Drought tightens its grip
Mar 01, 2001; ... Marlborough has set a New Zealand record for the most seriousdrought conditions measured in terms of ground moisture levels asthe region continues to bake. The New Zealand Fire Service's drought code reading reached 1037,six points higher than the previous record of 1031 set in ...
Kiwi farming plan derided by Minister
Mar 01, 2001 ... Kiwis should be farmed and sold the same way as native plants toensure their survival, says ACT MP Gerry Eckhoff. Schools could use a patch out the back to run kiwis to sell forfundraising, he said. Farmers could create their own private kiwi sanctuaries, tradekiwis with ...
Widow of slain Nelson Maori leader denies role in killing
Mar 01, 2001 ... NELSON -- The wife of slain Nelson Maori leader Keri Stephens isaware of rumours that she was involved in his death but says she didnot do it. "Anyone who knew Keri and I as a couple knows I didn't do it,"Bridget Stephens said. Mr Stephens, 56, a former gang member with a ...
State may help with home loans
Mar 01, 2001; ... Housing Minister Mark Gosche has floated a return to State-assisted mortgages. Vowing to keep alive the great Kiwi dream of home ownership, hesaid a 10-year housing strategy being prepared by the Governmentwould give hope to home buyers. The strategy, to be announced this ...
Dog biscuits help hunter
Mar 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- Police are appealing for possible sightings of ahunter who called for help on his mobile phone after injuring hisankle in the Abel Tasman National Park, north- west of Motueka. Searchers were sent into the area near Moa Park Hut after HamishLeith Sidwell Stothers ...
Sugar Club nominated
Mar 01, 2001 ... New Zealand-owned London eatery the Sugar Club has won a place inthe nominations for London organic restaurant of the year. Organicsis an increasing food market in Britain, with supermarkets offeringwell stocked organic sections of meat, ...
Baby run over by tractor
Mar 01, 2001 ... A 20-month-old baby has been flown to Palmerston North Hospitalwith serious head injuries after being run over by a tractor. Theaccident happened on a farm at Nireaha, north- west of Eketahuna, onTuesday. A Tranz Rail rescue ...
English Park to get $2.8m facelift
Mar 01, 2001 ... English Park will become a modern sports ground and a communitycentre under plans being developed by the Christchurch City Council.The park will get a $2.8m facelift this year, with many of thechanges suggested by local residents. Major projects co-ordinator Mark ...
Gallipoli story to screen in Turkey
Mar 01, 2001 ... A documentary about a Christchurch soldier who died at Gallipoliwill screen at an international festival in Turkey in October. TheNinox Films documentary, The Last of the Anzacs, includes the storyof William Steven, from Christchurch, who joined up with theCanterbury infantry to fight in ...
Ngai Tahu shares its expertise
Mar 01, 2001 ... South Island iwi Ngai Tahu is sharing its expertise with itscousins in the Far North. The tribe is advising New Zealand'slargest iwi, Ngapuhi, as it plans for its economic and culturalfuture. Te Runanga a Iwi o Ngapuhi is investigating both the socialdelivery and economic ...
Fight to save church gathers pace
Mar 01, 2001 ... The fight to save the Samoan Congregational Church in Sydenham isgaining momentum. The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has launched a petitionthat calls for the Christchurch City Council to support ...
Charity yacht race axed
Mar 01, 2001 ... Damage to the Lyttelton marina has forced the cancellation ofthis year's Charity Yacht Race. The Banks Peninsula Cruising Club announced the cancellationyesterday, ...
Classical Sparks concert set to dazzle
Mar 01, 2001; ... Music, sound and light will explode in Hagley Park on Saturdaynight. The annual Rick Armstrong Motors Classical Sparks event isexpected to attract thousands of Cantabrians laden with picnicbaskets and rugs. Christchurch City Council promotion co- ordinator Beatrice ...
Jobs on line for three jail staff
Mar 01, 2001; ... The jobs of three prison officers are on the line after aninvestigation into a controversial emergency response team. The Corrections Department has been investigating the 16-memberteam since last August, when the unit was disbanded after complaintsfrom inmates and a penal reform ...
Pedal-power on trial at Chch City Council
Mar 01, 2001 ... Scooters or bicycles? That is the question facing theChristchurch City Council as it seeks a sustainable Christchurch. Next week Paul Wilson become the city's first parking officer touse a bicycle on the job, as the council explores environmentallysustainable transport ...
Addiction woes in rest homes
Mar 01, 2001; ... More than 20 per cent of elderly residents in Christchurch resthomes have lifetime alcohol dependence, a study has found. About 5 per cent of them continued to drink alcohol in a"hazardous" pattern, which put them at risk of future damage tophysical or mental health, but only one ...
Strange warren for stray bunny
Mar 01, 2001 ... A night-time bid for freedom ended behind bars for a cuddly greybunny. The bunny, nicknamed Thumper by his captors because of his bigpaws, was picked up by police as he roamed the darkened streets ofPhillipstown on Tuesday night. He was placed in protective custody at the ...
Liam complaint dropped
Mar 01, 2001; ... Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has dropped acomplaint about the alternative therapy received by the late LiamWilliams-Holloway, because Liam's family wanted him to. Christchurch pediatric oncologist Rob Corbett and his colleague,Mike Sullivan, who initially ...
Hospital blames council ruling
Mar 01, 2001 ... St George's Hospital says a Christchurch City Council decisionhas forced it to divert more traffic onto Heaton Street. The hospital faces mounting pressure from Heaton Streetresidents, who say a proposed four- lane driveway onto the streetwill increase traffic volume and put their ...
Committee questions Public Trust Office
Mar 01, 2001 ... Public Trustee David Hutton was asked to be truthful after givinga parliamentary select committee the wrong date. Finance and expenditure committee chairman Mark Peck made theextraordinary request yesterday during a committee grilling of thePublic Trust Office about an ...
Rapper Eminem may be heading this way
Mar 01, 2001 ... Music's hottest act, foul-mouthed rap superstar Eminem, may be onthe way to New Zealand. The Grammy Award- winning rapper, denouncedas a misogynist and homophobe by opponents, could visit New Zealandat the end of the year, industry sources say. Eminem, real name Marshall Mathers ...
TV3 newsreader pleads not guilty
Mar 01, 2001 ... TV3 newsreader Darren McDonald has pleaded not guilty to a chargeof drink driving after he was allegedly caught with twice the legalbreath-alcohol limit. Australian-born McDonald, 34, was due to appear in AucklandDistrict Court ...
Report on CYFS due today
Mar 01, 2001; ... Child welfare groups hope the release today of an independentreport into Child, Youth and Family (CYFS) will steer thebeleaguered Government department in a new direction. The report, by former principal Youth Court judge Mick Brown,signals the end of an 11-month ...
Preventing all child deaths 'unrealistic'
Mar 01, 2001; ... It is unrealistic to expect Child Youth and Family (CYFS) toprevent all child deaths, says the department's retiring chiefsocial worker, Mike Doolan. "It is really unrealistic to try to judge our success on thenumber of child deaths," he said yesterday. Having the systems ...
Stopping deaths 'crucial'
Mar 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- Incoming Department of Child, Youth and FamilyServices chief social worker Shannon Pakura says the measure of hersuccess will be stopping child deaths. Ms Pakura takes over as CYFS's top social worker following theretirement yesterday of Mike Doolan. Ms Pakura ...
Cancer patient forced into loan; (ed 1: Cancer patient forced to take loan for flight)
Mar 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- A Chatham Islands cancer patient was forced to geta $1600 personal loan after being denied public funding to travel tothe mainland for a specialist assessment, Parliament has been told. National MP Lynda Scott used Peter Pirika's case to highlight theproblem people ...
Convicted rapist to appeal ruling
Mar 01, 2001; ... The convicted rapist dubbed the Beast of Blenheim intends toappeal against his failed private prosecution against a formerdetective. In the Blenheim District Court last week, Stewart Murray Wilsonlost his bid to prosecute Colin MacKay, a former Blenheim detective,for conspiracy ...
Moutoa Gardens agreement signed
Mar 01, 2001 ... WANGANUI -- A pact cementing the future of one of New Zealand'smost controversial pieces of land has been signed in Wanganui. After a year of negotiations, Whanganui iwi, the Crown and theWanganui District Council signed an agreement last night on theownership and management of ...
Samuels, Tamihere in party challenge
Mar 01, 2001; ... A bloc of up to seven backbench Labour MPs, led by occasionaldissidents Dover Samuels and John Tamihere, are challenging aGovernment deal to tighten up party-hopping rules. They met with the Government whips and Attorney-General MargaretWilson in a hastily scheduled meeting last ...