The Press back issues from April 2002:
Quakes in SI
Apr 01, 2002 ... The South Island has been rocked by three earthquakes within twodays. On Saturday at 5.30pm a quake measuring 4 on the Richter scaleshook ...
Cold snap due
Apr 01, 2002 ... A cold southerly outbreak is expected to sweep through southernand eastern New Zealand over the next few days, a MetServicespokesman says. Snow is expected down to 600m ...
Man dies diving
Apr 01, 2002 ... A Blenheim man died after a diving accident in the MarlboroughSounds. Grant John Grigor, 51, was snorkelling in Tory Channel areajust after 4pm on Friday when he ran into difficulties. Sergeant TonySampson, of the Picton police, said a private vessel took Mr Grigoron board their vessel ...
BMX champs fill town
Apr 01, 2002 ... Accommodation in Rangiora was fully booked for Easter as hundredsof competitors and their families arrived for the 2002 BMX nationalchampionships. More than 540 riders, aged from four years to 40 plus,competed at the Barbour ...
Ship watch by screen
Apr 01, 2002 ... Port Nelson can now see ships coming down Tasman Bay on its videosecurity system. Workshop supervisor Stewart Robinson said 24 cameraswere now in use in the port's upgraded system, including ...
Hira residents in survey
Apr 01, 2002 ... Residents of Hira, north of Nelson, have rejected developmentproposals for a village centre to provide greater services to thesurrounding area ....
Keeping track of trees
Apr 01, 2002 ... Notable trees in Motueka will shortly be included on the TasmanDistrict Council's register of protected trees for the first time. Acontractor ...
Flood bill lifts rates
Apr 01, 2002 ... Flood damage in the Hurunui District will gobble up an expected 2per cent district-wide rate increase. But not all ratepayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets,according to the council's draft budget adopted at its meeting lastweek. Revaluation of the district has ...
Wakefield Quay promenade 'top project'
Apr 01, 2002 ... Nelson's Wakefield Quay promenade has been identified as thecity's top community project by residents who answered a pollinitiated by MP Nick Smith. The next most important project was the Millennium Theatreproject. Dr Smith said he had released the findings because ...
Final round clinches win Wilkinson storms home for NI title
Apr 01, 2002 ... PALMERSTON NORTH -- Palmerston North's Tim Wilkinson stormed homewith a final round of 69 to win the North Island amateur golfchampionship at the Manawatu Golf Club yesterday. Wilkinson, New Zealand's No. 1 amateur from the Golf City club,finished six under par over the 72 holes ...
Hewett denies head butt
Apr 01, 2002; ... Crusaders' prop David Hewett is adamant he did not head-buttBrumbies lock Justin Harrison in a second-half showdown at JadeStadium. Harrison complained to a touch judge and later to referee JonathanKaplan that he had been head-butted by the All Black loose head prop. The ...
Last-minute dropped goal nails win for Crusaders
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Crusaders remain the only unbeaten team in the Super 12 seriessimply because they never gave up hope of winning the clash ofchampions. Lesser teams would have let their chins drop to their chests afterAndrew Walker's superb 75th minute conversion gave the Brumbies a 32-30 ...
MATRIARCH MOURNED; Warm and smart royal
Apr 01, 2002; ... Ron Taylor remembers the Queen Mother as a smartly dressed womanwho always wore a smile. "She was always smiling -- even when she was in her gumbootsfeeding the dogs," the 75-year-old former footman to the royalhousehold, who emigrated to Christchurch in 1957, said ....
QUEEN MUM QUOTED
Apr 01, 2002 ... The Abdication: "Those last days were like sitting on the edge ofa volcano." Mrs Simpson: "The lowest of the low." War-time evacuation: "The children won't leave without me. I won'tleave without the King -- and the King will never leave." Boer anti-British sentiment: ...
Flypast in tribute
Apr 01, 2002 ... WANAKA -- A flypast by three World War 2 aircraft was dedicated tothe Queen Mother at the Warbirds over Wanaka airshow as a piperplayed Amazing Grace from the old London bus used as a commentarybox. A C47 Dakota transport ...
Net tightens around Arafat
Apr 01, 2002 ... RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- Israeli soldiers besieging PalestinianPresident Yasser Arafat's headquarters fired on his offices, andentered nearby rooms, a senior Palestinian official says. Israeli military sources denied the army had entered the buildingwhere Mr Arafat is holed up, and ...
Kiwi clean sweep in rugby
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Kiwis completed a clean sweep of Australia in the Super 12rugby series after the Crusaders' nerve-jangling 33-32 win over theACT Brumbies at a packed Jade Stadium. Aaron Mauger's last-gasp dropped goal gave the unbeaten Crusadersa stunning win in the best match of an ...
Early exit for rider
Apr 01, 2002 ... Slip sliding away: Scott Boyce slides across the track aftercrashing at West Melton's Moore Park Speedway's inaugural Easter solochallenge ...
Drunks crash greens' party
Apr 01, 2002; ... Conservationists gathered on the West Coast want charges laidafter drunk, pro-logging Coasters gate-crashed their party. Three men, one carrying a rifle, walked into the Charleston Hallon Saturday night and taunted conservationists who had gathered tocelebrate the end of native ...
DIARY
Apr 01, 2002; ... Lots of time CRUSADER ANDREW Mehrtens has a lot in common with former AmericanPresident Bill Clinton -- a love of golf and the ability to commandbig prices for his time. Among interesting items auctioned at aFamily Help Trust charity dinner at the Christchurch Casino last ...
Girl flees abduction
Apr 01, 2002 ... Papanui police are seeking witnesses to an attempted abduction inShirley. Detective Mark Reid said a man tried to force a 10-year-oldgirl into a brownish- red, four-door Honda about 8.10am on Thursday,in the car-park of the Shirley KFC. Mr Reid said ...
Quakes in SI
Apr 01, 2002 ... The South Island has been rocked by three earthquakes within threedays. On Saturday at 5.30pm a quake measuring 4 on the Richter scaleshook Queenstown. On Thursday two earthquakes shook the ...
Lotto wins to NI
Apr 01, 2002 ... Four division one Lotto winners -- two in Auckland, and one eachin Cambridge and Lower Hutt -- each won $326,172. The ...
Lundy in Paremoremo
Apr 01, 2002 ... AUCKLAND -- Convicted killer Mark Lundy is serving time with someof the country's toughest criminals, in Paremoremo's notorious D-block at Auckland Prison. Lundy was taken from court to a high-security unit at Linton'sManawatu Prison after being convicted in the High Court at ...
Decision on Sharks this week
Apr 01, 2002 ... SYDNEY -- The Sharks National Rugby League side expects to knowthis week if any charges will stem from a woman's claims she wassexually abused by members of the team during a pre-season trip toChristchurch in mid-February. A team of four officers, including investigation head ...
Trial spotlights mystery hair
Apr 01, 2002; ... Almost two months into the Lisa Blakie murder trial, the jury hasbeen listening to how some of the most advanced scientific techniqueswere applied to something as basic as a hair of the short and curlyvariety. Given that the hair was found on Ms Blakie's torso in the PorterRiver ...
Police name road victims
Apr 01, 2002 ... WELLINGTON -- Police have named the two people killed in a carcrash near Morrinsville on Good Friday -- the only reported deaths onthe roads so far this Easter. A Hamilton police spokesman said Michael Morris, 46, of MairangiBay in Auckland, and his 10-year-old daughter, Sarah, ...
Royal visit 'most natural'
Apr 01, 2002; ... When high-country farmer Arthur Scaife offered the Queen Mother adrink, he shuddered at the thought she might request some exoticcocktail. Great was his relief when the royal visitor to his Glendhu Baystation, near Wanaka, asked for a simple gin and tonic. Even greaterwas his ...
'She uplifted the people'
Apr 01, 2002; ... The Queen Mother inspired the British to stand up to Germany inWorld War 2, says returned serviceman Michael Organ. The Westport man was in London several times during the Blitzwhile serving with the Royal Air Force nearby. He said the Queen Mother's example of staying in ...
Shared poignant memories from a world away
Apr 01, 2002; ... A single bunch of flowers left on a table in ChristchurchCathedral. A single notice stuck on the Chalice sculpture in CathedralSquare. And two English tourists surprised to hear the Queen Mother isdead. "The Queen's Mum. She will be missed," said the notice on ...
New stream, McDonald's in Rolleston Avenue area
Apr 01, 2002; ... Surprise, surprise! A major Christchurch development project hasslipped through the planning and consultation phases without publiccontroversy. Christchurch is famed for dragging out developments withinterminable bickering. Then the city council learned how tocircumvent ...
Seats with a view impress at Jade
Apr 01, 2002 ... It was one of the biggest crowds seen at Jade Stadium in recentyears, and certainly the highest. The upper levels of the new west stand were used for the firsttime during yesterday's Super 12 rugby battle between the Crusadersand the Brumbies, won by the home team 33-32. The ...
Call for rethink on Nurses' Hostel site
Apr 01, 2002; ... Some of Christchurch Hospital's most senior clinicians want theChristchurch City Council to reconsider its plans for the contentiousNurses' Hostel site. The council continues to consider a local bill that would see thesite revert to being part of Hagley Park if the building is not ...
Rangi Ruru head named
Apr 01, 2002 ... Julie Moor has been named principal of Rangi Ruru Girls' School.Now the deputy principal, she will take up the post at the start ofterm three. School board chairwoman Kate Burtt said Ms Moor had beenselected after a rigorous ...
Sift from fire in final stage
Apr 01, 2002; ... A retired couple, who lost most of their possessions when astorage company's Christchurch warehouse burnt down, will soon knowif anything survived the fire. Crown Relocations Ltd, which lost its Hornby warehouse containingthe goods of 106 clients, in a December fire, is in the ...
Teacher remembered
Apr 01, 2002 ... Queenstown has ensured that slain Queenstown teacher Paddy Burtonwill never be forgotten by opening a park in her memory. A plaque setin a white quartz rock was unveiled at a community dedication serviceto officially open the Paddy Burton Memorial Park. The unveilingoccurred exactly a ...
Police warning
Apr 01, 2002 ... Police are asking Opawa residents to be aware of a man who appearsto prey on the good will of the elderly, and ...
Children in Easter treat
Apr 01, 2002 ... Children spending Easter in Christchurch Hospital have benefitedfrom a former patient's $250 donation. A surgery patient, impressedwith the care he received ...
Man dies diving
Apr 01, 2002 ... A Blenheim man has died after a diving accident in the MarlboroughSounds. Grant John Grigor, 51, was snorkelling in Tory Channel onFriday, when he got into difficulties. Sergeant Tony Sampson, of thePicton police, said a private vessel took Mr Grigor on board, whiletwo ferries -- the ...
Warbirds draw leading collectors; Bad weather dents crowd
Apr 01, 2002; ... Leading United States collectors of vintage military aircraftworth millions of dollars visited the Warbirds over Wanaka airshow atthe weekend. One first-timer is Rudy Frasca, of Urbana, Illinois, president ofa company that makes civil and military flight simulators and ...
Putting her best foot forward ...
Apr 01, 2002 ... Marysa Dalton, 19, of Christchurch, practises her routine ahead ofthe finals of the National Ballet Awards at the Ngaio Marsh Theatre.Ms Dalton was one of 11 finalists contesting the prestigious topaward for dancers ...
Action on 30 shops
Apr 01, 2002 ... WELLINGTON -- Between 30 and 35 shops are facing prosecution foropening illegally over Easter, up from the 23 successful prosecutionslast year. Labour Department labour inspectorate manager Chris Tracey saidyesterday that half of the offending shops were garden centres, whilethe ...
Furore over early release of GDP stats
Apr 01, 2002; ... A Christchurch Statistics New Zealand worker is in the gun aftersome financial traders were accidentally given a head start with theearly release of official Government figures. Sixteen financial and economic groups got gross domestic productfigures from Statistics New Zealand at ...
Man dies in Fendalton fire
Apr 01, 2002 ... A man is dead after fire swept through a house in Fendalton. Tai-Sing David Long, 46, was the only person in the Weka Streethouse when fire broke out about 11.30pm on Friday. Assistant fire region commander Mark Chubb said emergency serviceswere alerted by neighbours, and the ...
VIPs down top NZ wine
Apr 01, 2002 ... WELLINGTON -- Royalty and other VIPs have supped their way throughmore than $100,000 of premium taxpayer-owned wine in the last fouryears, as the Internal Affairs Department runs down its stocks in thename of efficiency. The stock of New Zealand wines, which is used for royal ...
Good Morrie turnout
Apr 01, 2002 ... More than 100 cars featured at the 11th annual Morris Minorconvention during the weekend. Cars from all over New Zealand tookpart in the Canterbury Morris Minor Club- hosted event, whichorganisers said was one of ...
Job savings at Kinleith not an option - report
Apr 01, 2002 ... HAMILTON -- Saving the jobs of 400 Kinleith mill workers is "notan option", says a confidential document. The document was given to the mill's 772 staff on Wednesday, whenCarter Holt Harvey (CHH) announced it planned to halve the workforce,leaving just 369 permanent staff ....
Drop in car prices tipped
Apr 01, 2002 ... WELLINGTON -- Car prices could plunge in the next few months as aglut of vehicles, imported before tighter impact regulations comeinto force today, hits the market. Ports around the country have been busy handling imported cars asdealers tried to get cars registered before April ...
She will be remembered
Apr 01, 2002 ... Like the departure of a great matriarch, the death of the QueenMother is both sad and moving. Her great age, service, and majestygave a potency to her being that engaged the world, and itsdisappearance touches fundamental emotions. We grieve for her andgive thanks for her life, but we ...
Irrigation
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--Philip Hunt's comments (March 20) regarding the misuse of theChristchurch city water supply are very pertinent to the whole pointof discussion -- the appropriate use of a finite natural resource. The fact is that for ideological reasons the council refuses toimplement a ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Apr 01, 2002 ... * Where have all the birds gone? I have been in Christchurch 15months now and have seen only fantails. But I have found a flock ofpretty butterflies -- about 100 of them. E. MURRAY * Craig McMillan complains (March 21) about the lack of patronagefor the first cricket test ....
Tipping
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--Not a very jolly letter from Brent McCully (March 25) --rather an aggressive and whingeing one. It would be surprising if, with surging tourist numbers, hishostelry is not highly profitable. It is for management to find waysof attracting and retaining staff, and to set ...
Newfoundland history
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--It was interesting to read the article Wild Beauty ofNewfoundland, in the travel section of The Press (March 12). The article referred to the new film, The Shipping News, based onthe 1994 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by E. Annie Proulx. The articledescribed the "feel" of ...
New Zealand republic
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--Change to a republic would bring nothing but disaster for oursmall and inward-looking country, which is already sinking to adiscontented, crime-ridden, materialistic, and secular society. The only thing that keeps us up with the world is our connectionwith Britain and the ...
Queen Charlotte Track
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--Roy Grose's letter (March 22) carefully evades the issue ofdamage done by mountain bikes to the surface of the Queen CharlotteTrack. At least one owner of private land between Ship Cove andKenepuru Head will attest to the fact that the moratorium on mountainbikes from December 1 to ...
Zimbabwe
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--So our Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon has foundan easy out for his lack of strong leadership in dealing with thecrisis in Zimbabwe. The Commonwealth was afraid of making thingsworse for the starving millions in that sad and desperate country. Surely, if you ...
Home-stay students
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--I agree that there is a lot more our city could do to welcomeinternational students. However, I would like share one wayChristchurch people are doing this. Operation Friendship is a hospitality programme for internationalstudents at Lincoln and Canterbury Universities giving ...
Fortuin's actions
Apr 01, 2002 ... Sir--We have to be extremely careful what good deeds we prohibitpeople from doing. The Race Relations Conciliator has no political bias in his work,and if he did I hope the measure of it would be something moreappropriate than him agreeing to mediate for two public figures ...
Trolley helps put dog back on its feet
Apr 01, 2002 ... A dog, which lost its back legs in a road accident five monthsago, uses its new back legs during a rehabilitation exercise atBangkok's Ekamai ...
Big changes in the last decade
Apr 01, 2002 ... Waste-water sewage systems have changed greatly in the last decadeas manufacturers have had to address environmental concerns broughtabout by the proliferation of rural dwellings. When Oasis Clearwater Systems was established, no considerationwas given to soil types, percolation, ...
Leader in waste-water treatment
Apr 01, 2002 ... In the last 11 years Oasis Clearwater Systems has become a leaderin supplying sewage-treatment systems in areas not services by areticulated sewer. Domestic and commercial clients all around New Zealand include theowners of lifestyle blocks, motels, hotels, and ...
Waste effectively treated
Apr 01, 2002 ... The Oasis Clearwater 2000 aerated waste-water treatment systemtreats effluent to a level previously unobtainable by septic systems. The top-level system is recommended for rural dwellings where soilconditions are poor, the water table is high, and the environment isat risk ....
Systems designed for NZ
Apr 01, 2002 ... Establishing a rural lifestyle block introduces a raft of issuesfor the urban dweller. Among them are health and environmental issues that depend onhaving the correct sewerage system installed. Christchurch company Oasis Clearwater Systems has an enviablenational reputation ...
High-quality American parts
Apr 01, 2002 ... Oasis Clearwater Systems is the Australasian distributor for ZabelEnvironmental Technology, a United States company with a reputationfor technically advanced waste-water treatment filters and products. Zabel products have been used in New Zealand for a decade, and inthe United ...
[An Australian activist holds a flag near Woomera dentention centre]
Apr 01, 2002 ... PHOTO: REUTERS An Australian activist, who identified himself asNeal, holds a flag with a peace symbol on it near the isolatedWoomera detention centre for asylum seekers, about 450km north-westof Adelaide, ...