The Press back issues from December 2001:
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Dec 01, 2001 ... Craig McNaughton, from Invercargill, with a neck injury in theemergency ...
Debut ton to Vincent
Dec 01, 2001; ... Makeshift opener Lou Vincent has become only the sixth NewZealand cricketer to score a century on test debut. Vincent combined with fellow century maker Stephen Fleming lastnight to completely turn things around for the Black Caps after theyhad been 19 for two on the first day of ...
FORMER BEATLE DIES
Dec 01, 2001 ... LOS ANGELES -- George Harrison, the Beatles' quiet lead guitaristand spiritual explorer who added both rock 'n' roll flash and atouch of the mystic to the band's timeless magic, has died, said along-time family friend last night. Harrison was 58. Harrison died at 10.30am ...
QUOTE UNQUOTE
Dec 01, 2001 ... "They don't like to answer why their sales are not so good. It'sa shame. The irony is they believe they are liberated, but reallythey are chained." -- Sir Cliff Richard on Mick Jagger and PaulMcCartney. "Lawson's sexy roundness mixed with her speed-demon techniquemakes cooking ...
Two tons cap off good day for Kiwis
Dec 01, 2001 ... PERTH -- Lou Vincent justified his surprise selection as anopener on debut by combining superbly with captain Stephen Flemingto put New Zealand in charge on the opening day of the third andfinal cricket test against Australia in Perth. Auckland's Vincent hit a test century on ...
Vettori's progress praised
Dec 01, 2001 ... New Zealand's Daniel Vettori has been compared to former Indiancricket great Bishen Bedi in one of the finest compliments for aspin bowler. Former Australian offspinner Ashley Mallett has always admiredthe young Black Caps' left-armer and worked with him in Adelaidebefore New ...
Late double sinks Kingz
Dec 01, 2001 ... AUCKLAND -- A wonder goal by defender George Goutzioulis was notenough to secure a much- needed win for the Football Kingz, who lost2-3 to Northern Spirit in a National Soccer League (NSL) game inAuckland. Goutzioulis' strike in the 65th minute came when a clearance froma corner ...
Adams on song
Dec 01, 2001 ... DUNEDIN -- World youth shot put champion Valerie Adams brokethree records at the national secondary schools athleticschampionships in Dunedin yesterday. Adams, 17, set a record of 54.16m in winning the girls' openhammer throw title by 14m from defending champion Helen Harrex, ...
Nurses' strike
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--Your editorial (November 13) would have been better entitled"Nurses as pawns". It should have addressed the issues of financialdisrespect, personal and professional stress, and vulnerability,that nurses face today, rather than presenting emotive and basedmaterial that missed the ...
Cover for doctors in strike plan
Dec 01, 2001; ... Hospital management is preparing for the worst by protecting itsdoctors against liability should injury or death result from the 48-hour health workers' strike starting tomorrow. In response to concerns, the Canterbury District Health Board(CDHB) has offered to pay for lawyers to ...
Cruelty admitted
Dec 01, 2001 ... An 18-year-old hairdresser who doused a sheep in petrol, then setit alight, told police he "just wanted to kill something", theChristchurch District Court was told. Liam Robert Norriss yesterday admitted a charge of aggravatedcruelty to an animal ....
Pilot 'avoided houses'
Dec 01, 2001; ... The pilot of the plane that plunged into a Motueka kiwifruitorchard fought the controls to keep it from hitting houses below,crash survivor David Morgan says. From his Nelson Hospital bed, the 48-year- old Englishfirefighter said three things stood out in his mind after ...
FORMER BEATLE DIES; George Harrison, former Beatle, dies of throat cancer at 58
Dec 01, 2001 ... LOS ANGELES -- George Harrison, the Beatles' quiet lead guitaristand spiritual explorer who added both rock 'n' roll flash and atouch of the mystic to the band's timeless magic, has died. He was58. Sir Paul McCartney said that he was sad and devastated by thedeath of George ...
Debut ton to Vincent
Dec 01, 2001; ... Makeshift opener Lou Vincent has become only the sixth NewZealand cricketer to score a century on test debut. Vincent combined with fellow century maker Stephen Fleming lastnight to turn things around for the Black Caps after they had been19 for two on the first day of the third ...
Irrigation proposal
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--Christchurch ratepayers have helped fund a large irrigationproposal for Canterbury's central plains. The proposal is to removemore than half the existing fishable and boatable water from theWaimakariri river at the gorge. This is an amount approximately equivalent to the ...
'Racial focus on arson teens'
Dec 01, 2001; ... Three Hamilton teenagers jailed for arson have attracted publicsympathy because of their youth and because they are white,Corrections Minister Matt Robson says. Speaking at a function at Rolleston Prison in Christchurchyesterday Mr Robson said public outcry about the trio's ...
Alarm clears courts
Dec 01, 2001 ... The Christchurch Court House was disrupted for about half an houryesterday morning after a prisoner in the cells allegedly triggeredthe fire alarms. The courts had ...
Kia Marama open day
Dec 01, 2001 ... Publicity about an open day today at the Kia Marama sexoffenders' unit at Rolleston was incorrect. The day ...
Kyoto protocol
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--I am surprised that we have not heard more rumblings aboutthe folly of ratifying the Kyoto Protocol. It claims to move towardsavoiding global warming because of the effects of using fossilfuels. There is slim evidence for global warming. There is even slimmerevidence that ...
DIARY
Dec 01, 2001 ... AN IVORY tower worker was multi- tasking -- that is, watching thecomputer slowly do its thing -- and happened to look out the windowto see a chef from Retour (the restaurant in the old Edmonds BandRotunda) picking sprigs from the hedges beside the building. Was itrosemary for a ...
City council facing $2m shortfall
Dec 01, 2001; ... The Christchurch City Council is being forced to re-think itsbudget because it has yet to receive the $175 million it wasexpecting from the sale of Orion's North Island gas network. The money was expected to be transferred to the council by theend of September but problems with ...
Injured boy stopped US air raids
Dec 01, 2001 ... HASTINGS -- Bombing of the Taleban in Afghanistan was halted foran hour last month, to allow the evacuation of a badly injuredHastings boy from neighbouring Kazakhstan. Eight-year-old Ethan Knezovich suffered serious head and jawinjuries when knocked down by a car in the once- ...
Youthful conviction disclosed
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- "Vile political reasons" yesterday led to therevelation New Zealand First MP Ron Mark was convicted of unlawfulsexual relations as an 18-year-old. The revelation, made by NZ First leader Winston Peters with MrMark's agreement, follows accusations that army chief ...
Teens younger and drinking more
Dec 01, 2001 ... If you believe the surveys, our teens are drinking more and at ayounger age. This weekend, Press reporters will go out on the town,to see how the statistics stack up. Their reports will appearthroughout the week. It was nothing more than a typical, dawn-of-summer Friday ...
WINNERS
Dec 01, 2001 ... Congratulations to the 25 winners of The Press' Harry Potterquiz. Your double passes to see Harry Potter and the Philosopher'sStone will be posted out to you. Thanks to everyone who entered thecompetition. We received more than 800 entries. The winners: Sequoia Shearer, Opawa; ...
SHOULD THE NURSES STRIKE?
Dec 01, 2001 ... With more than 3000 health workers ready to walk off the jobtomorrow, The Press asked people on the streets of Christchurch ifthey supported the nurses' strike and whether they thought theGovernment should intervene. Ralph Smith, 84, retired, of Fendalton "There is sympathy for ...
IN CASE OF EMERGENCY
Dec 01, 2001 ... Key health services will be shut and others restricted toemergency cases only as protesting health workers walk off the jobtomorrow for 48 hours. * Christchurch Hospital's emergency department will be open butfor urgent cases only. People with non-urgent health problems willneed ...
13% claim would add $637m to costs
Dec 01, 2001; ... Minutes of an emergency Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB)meeting show accepting the nurses' pay claim could have huge impactson the national health budget. Some $7 billion is spent on health each year -- nearly 70 percent of that is swallowed up by health workers' salaries ...
Board ready for $1m strike
Dec 01, 2001; ... Australasia's busiest emergency department is braced for achaotic weekend which could stretch services to the limit and putpatients' lives in jeopardy. As more than 3000 health staff prepare to walk off the jobtomorrow morning, the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) saysit ...
Guided tours now an art form
Dec 01, 2001 ... Welcome to my place: Shelley O'Brien is one of four roving guidesappointed by the Arts Centre to help an estimated 1.5 millionvisitors a year find their way around. Director Tony Paine says theguides will help people ...
Tourism gain seen in Rings
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- The Lord of the Rings film trilogy could do for NewZealand tourism what Crocodile Dundee did for Australia, a travelwriter for one of America's top newspapers says. Jayne Clark, of USA Today, is in Wellington researching a travelfeature about New Zealand as the home ...
Toddler killed on farm
Dec 01, 2001 ... TIMARU -- A toddler has been killed on his parents' farm nearFairlie. He was Jack Deiniol Parnham, aged two. The boy, his parents, and a 12-year-old relative were near thefarm's milking shed when the incident happened about 7.45pm onThursday. The child was in ...
Lyttelton timeball hoists Canterbury colours
Dec 01, 2001 ... Painters with a view: Nathan Davies, left, and Corey Jackson ofAsset Protection finish off the repainting job on the Lytteltontimeball. It is now resplendent in Canterbury colours -- black witha bright red stripe, like the abdomen of a katipo spider. The ballhas been spruced up for its ...
Biosecurity heightened
Dec 01, 2001 ... DUNEDIN -- Recent discoveries of black widow spiders withimported table grapes, and the spread of bee-killing varroa mite,have heightened public concern about biosecurity lapses, officialssay. "It's a very topical issue and not too many sectors haven't beenimpacted to some ...
Prison officers reach stalemate in pay talks
Dec 01, 2001 ... Nurses are not the only professionals planning industrial action -- prison officers could follow over their protracted paynegotiations. Talks resumed this week between the prison officers'union Corrections Association (Canz) and the Corrections Department,but failed to make progress ....
Police arrest rugby players; Argentine youth injured
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- Two lawyers have failed to convince police thatWellington Academy rugby player Riki Flutey should be released,after he was placed in custody following a late night incident inArgentina, during which a local youth suffered head injuries. The lawyers will make another ...
Computers analysed in child-porn probe
Dec 01, 2001 ... Internal Affairs censorship compliance staff have begun theintensive task of analysing computer equipment seized yesterday in achild porn raid in Lower Hutt. Manager Steve O'Brien said computer evidence and publications --including magazines and printouts -- were taken in ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Dec 01, 2001 ... * It has been proposed that we allow larger trucks on our roads.If the photograph (November 27) of a logging truck losing control onthe highway near Napier, and crashing into a holiday house, isanything to go by, I say a definite no to bigger trucks. (Mrs) C. DAVIS * On one ...
Nine years jail for role
Dec 01, 2001; ... Peter Richard McManaway's role in the murder of Nelson iwichairman Keri Stephens has earned him a nine-year jail term. Justice Neazor imposed the sentence in the High Court atChristchurch yesterday, telling the 41-year-old beneficiary thateven though he sat through the three- week ...
Govt unhurt by Alliance brawl
Dec 01, 2001; ... Internal rifts that threatened to rip apart the Alliance appearto have done little damage to the Government's image. Even so, the Green party has begun positioning itself forcoalition with the Government, with co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimonsyesterday setting out five conditions for ...
Killed on the job
Dec 01, 2001 ... Bridgestone/Firestone's court convictions after the death ofChristchurch worker Adam Hopkins vividly highlight workplace safety. One of the city's largest employers, and one with importantinternational connections, the company pleaded guilty to failingsufficiently to ensure the ...
Cyclists on footpaths
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--The proposal by the Automobile Association to press for alaw change to allow children to ride cycles on footpaths is illadvised, not only because of the danger to elderly pedestrians butalso to the cyclists themselves, in that the great majority ofmotorists exit their properties by ...
Artists' dole
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--Tremain's Cartoon Comment (November 20) illustrates thesickening ridicule that musicians and artists must endure in thiscountry. The artists' dole is at last a positive step by the Governmentthat will affect those at the bottom of the ladder, who aregenuinely consumed in a ...
Nurses' Strike
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--Another editorial (November 23) on why nurses should notstrike to have their pay increased. Perhaps it would be more helpfulif The Press were to do an article on how easy it is to get payincreases when one is an MP, or how easy it is to get bonuses whenone's salary is in the six ...
Help planned for lovelorn farmers
Dec 01, 2001; ... The path to true love is never easy, but in the AustralianOutback it's getting harder all the time. Men working the land are finding life increasingly lonely, aswomen move to the city to pursue careers. There are so few of the fairer sex staying behind, Australia'sNational ...
Jail lesson for receiver
Dec 01, 2001 ... A recidivist receiver of stolen property who also acted asmiddleman for its disposal found the Christchurch District Court'spatience had run out. The time had come to protect the public, Judge John Strettelltold Ha Vong as he sentenced him to two years jail on three countsof ...
Allegations tested in cross-examination
Dec 01, 2001 ... Allegations of malicious prosecution by a Department ofConservation (DOC) staff member were tested in detail during cross-examination at a civil trial in the High Court at Christchurch. The allegations centre on the actions of former DOC employeeGerard Olde-Olthof over the ...
Bail refused for offender who stole while on parole
Dec 01, 2001 ... When Mete Thomas Raymond Haira found himself left alone during aconsultation with his family doctor, he stole the doctor's walletcontaining $500 in cash. The 20-year-old unemployed man, who was on parole after a prisonterm when he stole the wallet in August, is now in custody ...
Nurses' strike
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--Your editorial referring to patients as pawns (November 13),I am sure stirred a response in many patients. Patients are aware ofthe present strains on nurses. As a patient in the cardiology wards at Christchurch Hospital forseveral weeks while waiting for urgent surgery, I ...
Road problems
Dec 01, 2001 ... Sir--The report (November 20) regarding the breaking up of newseal on the new State Highway 6 road section across Spooners Saddlenorth of Nelson took my eye, having driven across it just 24 hourspreviously. It is a mess, and one probable cause is not hard to find: thehuge ...
Claire's day; (Thursday afternoon shift)
Dec 01, 2001 ... 2.30pm: Shift begins. 2.30pm-3.30pm: Patient transfer. Discussed patient treatmentdetails and history. Read over patient notes. 3.30pm-5pm: Initial patient checks. Dispensed medication. Helpeddeal with relatives, answer the phone, made sure patients arecomfortable in their ...
Management buyout at Bendon
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John Palmer appointed Air NZ's new chairman
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- John Palmer, chairman of Wrightson Ltd and NelsonFruit Services, has been appointed chairman of Air New Zealand. Hetakes over from acting chairman Jim Farmer. Mr Palmer was appointed to the board earlier, filling the casualvacancy for a `B' director, which has ...
Enron catches NZ banks
Dec 01, 2001 ... The ANZ Banking Group and National Australia Bank, owner of theBank of New Zealand, have together exposure of about $550 million tothe giant American trader Enron Corp, which is poised to file forAmerica's biggest chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganisation. World markets as varied as ...
WCR pays $33m for Tranz Scenic
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- Tranz Rail has signed off on a $33 million dealthat will see Australia's West Coast Railway (WCR) take control ofTranz Scenic, the rail operator's long-distance passenger arm. Tranz Rail and WCR shareholders Don Gibson and Gary McDonaldbecome 50:50 partners in a new ...
Big three lead gains
Dec 01, 2001; ... The sharemarket bounced to a three- month high this week on theback of gains by leading stocks Telecom, the Warehouse, and CarterHolt Harvey. The NZSE40 capital index closed down 3.76 points or 0.18 per centto 2072.36 yesterday, leaving a 3.4%, or 69 points, gain for theweek ....
NZOG to consider options
Dec 01, 2001 ... New Zealand Oil and Gas directors will consider the exercise dateof the company's options at their next meeting. Company secretary Brian Roulston said this yesterday after NZOG'sannual meeting, in Auckland. The options, which expire on June 30, have already been ...
NZ dairy out of bounds
Dec 01, 2001; ... Here's a wish list that won't come true. Resist Edison's takeover offer for Contact Energy and keep itlisted with a substantial minority ownership base. PrivatiseMeridian Energy and list it on the Stock Exchange. And at some timefree up some of the equity in dairy giant Fonterra ...
Selector lags behind projections
Dec 01, 2001 ... Human resources software developer Selector Group made anincreased loss in the half year ended September 30. The loss was $1.02 million, compared with a loss of $565,000 inthe same period last year. Although sales rose by 365 per cent to $191,000, Selectorcontinued to lag ...
Kiwi stays in range
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's dollar ended the week with a whimper,stuck in a tight 20-point range. The kiwi yesterday closed easier at US41.34c, from Thursday'sUS41.31c. Support was firm below US41.20c, and selling orderscontinued to accumulate above US41.50/60c. On the ...
Warehouse confident on Aust; $1.54m lost on $404.5m sales
Dec 01, 2001; ... The Warehouse Group remains confident that the expansion intoAustralia is appropriate. This is despite an unsatisfactory firstyear across the Tasman, in which the Auckland-based retailerincurred a $1.54 million loss on sales of $404.5m Chief executive Greg Muir confirmed for ...
Irrigation issue nod
Dec 01, 2001; ... Shareholders in Waimakariri Irrigation have approved issuing afurther 4000 shares in the company. Waimakariri Irrigation board chairman Don Young said yesterday itwas hoped the share float could be launched about the middle thismonth. There had been a strong push at the ...
CSFB quits NZ retail broking
Dec 01, 2001 ... WELLINGTON -- Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) will quit retailsharebroking in New Zealand in February, the company says. The company is moving its investment banking operations toAuckland from Wellington. CSFB said yesterday that it was realigning its activities tofocus ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Dec 01, 2001 ... Port of Lyttelton VESSELS IN PORT Om, No. 4 West. Irina Zharkikh, No. 4 West. Ksenia Zharkikh, No. 4 West. Don Fico 701, Z Berth. Ivan Golubets, Gladstone Pier East. Kap Farvel, No. 2 West. Aomori Willow, No. 2 East ....
FUTURES
Dec 01, 2001 ... Trading was heavy on the New Zealand Futures and Options Exchangeyesterday, involving 3838 futures and 300 options contracts, worth$2.06 billion. The December 90-day bank bill futures contract closed up 1 pointat 95.16 (4.84 per cent), and March's rose 5 points to 95.27(4.73%) ....