The Press back issues from October 2002:
Semen DNA proves Mikus killer - Crown
Oct 01, 2002 ... Semen found on Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack's body was 60million times more likely to have come from her alleged killer JulesPierre Nicolas Mikus than any other New Zealand male, the High Courtat Wellington was told yesterday. Mikus, of Lower Hutt, has denied abducting, ...
Lyttelton workers reject deal
Oct 01, 2002; ... Lyttelton Port workers have rejected an employment agreementbrokered by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) to try to settle theirlong-running dispute with management. The failure of the parties to reach a working agreement was amajor reason for P&O Nedlloyd's decision to base a new ...
Semen DNA proves Mikus killer - Crown
Oct 01, 2002 ... Semen found on Napier schoolgirl Teresa Cormack's body was 60million times more likely to have come from her alleged killer JulesPierre Nicolas Mikus than any other New Zealand male, the High Courtat Wellington was told yesterday. Mikus, of Lower Hutt, has denied abducting, ...
Dismay as birds bashed
Oct 01, 2002; ... Five of the world's rarest birds have been beaten to death at aChristchurch wildlife reserve in a "devastating" setback forconservation efforts. Police say one or more people broke into the Isaac Wildlife Refugeon Sunday night and used a solid object to bash two black stilts, ...
Lyttelton workers reject deal
Oct 01, 2002; ... Lyttelton Port workers have rejected an employment agreementbrokered by the Council of Trade Unions (CTU) to try to settle theirlong-running dispute with management. The failure of the parties to reach a working agreement was amajor reason for P&O Nedlloyd's decision to base a new ...
NRL final puts strain on airlines
Oct 01, 2002 ... Plenty of Warriors fans will be stranded on the wrong side of theTasman this weekend despite late efforts to fly them over the ditch. With all flights booked out, Air New Zealand has come up with 366extra seats to Sydney by swapping a 767 for a larger 747 jumbo jet onone scheduled ...
Liquor outlets warned over minors
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Government warns that more liquor outlets will lose theirlicences unless they stop selling alcohol to minors. Justice Minister Phil Goff and Police Minister George Hawkinsreprimanded representatives from the liquor industry at the Beehiveyesterday over figures showing many ...
DIARY
Oct 01, 2002; ... Chicken and Pajero PATRICK Duggan, secretary/manager at the Christchurch RSA, hastaken an early lead in the fight for top prize in our "spot the sillymumbo jumbo philosophy on the spare wheel cover of Japanese four-wheel-drives" competition. Patrick reports seeing "Be the first ...
Keepsakes of murdered son stolen
Oct 01, 2002; ... Hayden Kelly's grieving family had barely said their last goodbyesto a murdered son and brother when thieves heaped further misery onthem. Mr Kelly's mother, Terri Baird, and his sisters, Marissa, Kelly,and Andie Kelly, attended his funeral on Saturday after the brutalbeating ...
Ski-fields enjoy late fall
Oct 01, 2002; ... Late season snowfalls have proved a school-holiday boon for twoCanterbury ski-fields. Porter Heights and Mount Hutt were both busy yesterday asthousands of skiers flocked to take advantage of an unseasonally coldand dry dumping of snow on Sunday night. Until the latest ...
Lip successfully reattached
Oct 01, 2002 ... The man who lost part of his lip in a fight on a Wellington citystreet and had it sewn back on by surgeons was discharged fromhospital yesterday. Plastic surgeon Jim Armstrong, who performed the two-houroperation, said he believed that the middle part of the 28-year-old's upper ...
Warriors face barrage of fans on return home
Oct 01, 2002 ... A security guard gave New Zealand Warriors rugby league coachDaniel Anderson the chance to sneak out the back way to avoid thethousands of fans who had a stranglehold on his team at Aucklandairport. "No thanks, I think this will be good for me," said Anderson, ashe pushed his ...
Govt fund 'better at Kiwibank'
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Government would have been better off investing its pensionfund with Kiwibank than its loss-making overseas venture, ActingFinance Minister Trevor Mallard admits. Taxpayers yesterday learned they will have to stump up an extra$3.5 million to cover losses incurred by the board ...
Cleared police boss wants old job back
Oct 01, 2002 ... Former police superintendent Alec Waugh, whose 10 fraudconvictions were quashed by the High Court at Wellington yesterday,wants to be reappointed as a deputy commissioner. This follows an inquiry's finding that Wellington Queen's CounselJohn Upton and police Assistant Commissioner ...
Break-in 'random theft'
Oct 01, 2002; ... The Government is downplaying a break-in at Defence Headquarters,describing it as an apparent case of random theft. Defence Minister Mark Burton said yesterday police interviews withfourth-floor staff where the break-in occurred on Saturday morningconfirmed no secure containers ...
Depressed? Blame the housework
Oct 01, 2002 ... Scientists have proved what many housewives have known for years -- that washing dishes, dusting, ironing, and cleaning can make youdepressed. Researchers discovered that housework lowers people's mood whenthey asked hundreds of people about their activity in the home, atwork ...
Extra concert
Oct 01, 2002 ... Pop legend Sir Cliff Richard will play twice in Christchurch aftertickets for his first concert sold out. Promoter Paul Daintyannounced yesterday that a second concert would be held on February19 ....
Lowe remanded
Oct 01, 2002 ... The former Vicar of Fendalton, Canon Bob Lowe, charged withshoplifting chocolate bars from a supermarket, has been remanded to afixture after a status hearing yesterday in ...
Library started
Oct 01, 2002 ... Work has started on the city council's $5.6 million SouthChristchurch Library. The new library, service, and learning centreproject stirred up controversy last year ...
Witnesses sought
Oct 01, 2002 ... Operation Span staff investigating the murder of Nelson man HaydenKelly want to speak to people who used the Collingwood bridge routeearly on September 21. Mr Kelly was beaten early that Saturday whilecrossing the bridge for home. He died the next day. DetectiveInspector John ...
Alcohol banned
Oct 01, 2002 ... Weekend liquor bans will come into force in public places incentral Timaru and Temuka from October 16 ....
Ski-field closes
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Rainbow Ski Area has closed for the season as the number ofpeople heading for the slopes dwindles. Rainbow director John ...
Dogs on leash
Oct 01, 2002 ... Dogs must be on a leash in all Timaru District Council cemeteries.The council passed ...
Hydro scheme backed
Oct 01, 2002 ... Electricity interests and local authorities from the upper SouthIsland are backing the Dobson hydro dam proposal as a solution to thelooming power crisis. About 40 people from network line companies, electricity trusts,and local authorities from the West Coast, Nelson, and ...
Park plan for new industries
Oct 01, 2002; ... A Greymouth development park is under way to accommodate a growingnumber of industries interested in relocating to the town. Two big commercial chains and two factories are talking to theGrey District Council about establishing in Greymouth. A North Islandbusiness is looking to ...
Pokie statistics top New Zealand
Oct 01, 2002 ... The West Coast has been crowned with another dubious title -- themost pokie machines per head of population in New Zealand. Internal Affairs statistics show there is one machine for every105 West Coasters. That compares with a national ratio of 1:158. It is even lower in ...
Council in bid to draw film-makers into district
Oct 01, 2002 ... Timaru District councillors believe they should be doing more toattract film-makers to the area. The council yesterday signed up to a film-friendly protocol, thenordered a report on how it could make it even easier for the industryto do business in South Canterbury ....
Community watchers needed
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Rangiora Community Watch needs more members. The watch, which provides extra "eyes and ears" for the police, isworried it does not have enough volunteers to help it patrol thetown. Chairman Murray Clarke said summer was always the busiest time forthe watch because more ...
Rural health review starts this week
Oct 01, 2002 ... The first stage of a review of Motueka's rural health servicesstarts this week. The Nelson-Marlborough District Health Board review will take twoyears to complete, and will include health and disability servicesavailable to minor urban and rural communities, which ...
Council seeks solution to rural growth clashes
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Tasman District Council wants wider consultation on ruralgrowth to try to prevent residential blots on country landscapes. The region had seen several farm sales to developers with an eyeto subdividing the Abel Tasman Bay coastal areas, but local reactionto this land use had ...
Pies all round for the Canterbury Crushers
Oct 01, 2002 ... It was luke-warm pies all round for Canterbury's 11th-grade soccerteam, the Crushers, after they drew 1-all with South Canterbury atSaxton Park in Nelson yesterday. Standing, from left: ClaireHamilton, ...
West Coast pokie statistics top NZ
Oct 01, 2002 ... The West Coast has been crowned with another dubious title -- themost pokie machines per head of population in New Zealand. Internal Affairs statistics show there is one machine for every105 West Coasters. That compares with a national ratio of 1:158. It is even lower in ...
Smashed windows expensive for city businesses
Oct 01, 2002 ... Window-smashing in central Christchurch has left businessescounting the cost. A person smashed windows in Gloucester Street,including those of the Theatre Royal, an Indian restaurant, and ahairdressing salon, in two attacks over the weekend. RennaeFindlater, who operates Theatre Royal ...
Appeal deadline waived for youth
Oct 01, 2002; ... A teenage credit card fraudster, paid $1010 in reparation by arogue cop over stolen computer gear, has been given a second chanceto appeal against his sentence. The young man, whose name is suppressed, was ordered in mid- 1999to pay reparation for computer gear, now known to have ...
Theft of car adds to family's anguish
Oct 01, 2002; ... The theft of a car from a house in quiet Avonside Drive has leftthe grief-stricken family of Jarrod Wederell at a loss for words. The 27-year-old Christchurch man died when he failed to take aleft-hand bend in his car in Lochee Road, Upper Riccarton, about9.55pm last Thursday. He ...
Council scoops awards
Oct 01, 2002 ... Christchurch organisations have won the supreme award and five ofthe 10 award categories in the EnergyWise Awards held in Auckland. The Christchurch City Council took the Energy Efficiency andConservation Authority (EECA) Sustained Achievement Award and theover-all Supreme Award ....
Backing for dam at Dobson
Oct 01, 2002 ... Electricity interests and local authorities from the upper SouthIsland are backing the Dobson hydro dam proposal as a solution to thelooming power crisis. About 40 people from network line companies, electricity trusts,and local authorities from the West Coast, Nelson, and ...
Community watch has car, needs members
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Rangiora Community Watch needs more members. The watch, which provides extra "eyes and ears" for the police, isworried it does not have enough volunteers to help it patrol thetown. Chairman Murray Clarke said summer was always the busiest time forthe watch because more ...
Park plan for industry
Oct 01, 2002 ... A Greymouth development park is under way to accommodate a growingnumber of industries interested in relocating to the town. Two big commercial chains and two factories are consideringestablishing in Greymouth. A North Island business is looking toshift its entire South Island ...
Trout lure international anglers Down Under
Oct 01, 2002; ... Trout are luring growing numbers of tourists to New Zealand. The size and quality of brown trout and the safe environment weremaking the South Island a prime destination for overseas anglers,said Complete Angler tackle shop manager Malcolm Bell. The fishing season in central ...
Long wait for grades guidelines
Oct 01, 2002; ... Information to help schools decide which qualification to offerYear 12 pupils next year is months away, fuelling speculation the NewZealand Qualifications Authority is making things up "on the hoof". Secondary teachers are next week expected to decide if they feelready and ...
Spelling reformers seek simpler English
Oct 01, 2002 ... Ar u havng trubl readng this? Tom Shanks of Oamaru doesn't imagine you will be. He is a memberof the Simplified Spelling Society, a group that believes the Englishlanguage must be reformed and simplified to benefit learners andusers all around the world. "No-one has been in ...
Mother comes out of hiding with child
Oct 01, 2002 ... A mother who kidnapped her own daughter from foster parents handedthe preschooler back to a State social worker yesterday. The High Court last week ordered the woman, who claimed the fosterparents were mistreating her 4 1/2-year-old daughter, to hand herback to Child, Youth and ...
Lower doctor fees tipped for Coast
Oct 01, 2002; ... Young and old West Coasters will eventually pay less for healthcare with the establishment of a Primary Health Organisation (PHO) inthe region. The West Coast PHO, and three others in the North Island, will belaunched by Health Minister Annette King this week. The PHOs, ...
'Security men' clamp cars, demand cash
Oct 01, 2002 ... Unlicensed security men are clamping cars in Auckland anddemanding cash from their owners. At least five complaints have been laid in the last month aboutthe firm Security Group One, which does not hold a licence tooperate. In one case, the firm allegedly clamped a car in ...
Govt to help with claims
Oct 01, 2002 ... The Government will announce later this week how it can helppeople with leaky homes mediate their claims, Prime Minister HelenClark says. She confirmed yesterday that the Cabinet had discussed the crisisand said that officials had been doing a lot of work on it. "We're ...
Hotspots a memory as stint on Ice looms
Oct 01, 2002; ... A "colder version of Waiouru" is what army plant operator KimDudek expects of her five-month stint at Scott Base in Antarctica. Previous army postings for the 31-year-old corporal have includedthe Sinai, northern Australia, and East Timor. "It's going to be the opposite ...
Anger at killer's sentence
Oct 01, 2002 ... The second teenage girl to be sentenced for the slaying of Waitaragrandfather Kenneth Pigott could walk free in less than three years. Despite Puti Irene Heather Maxwell, 15, being sentenced yesterdayto eight years, three months jail for the manslaughter of Mr Pigotton or about ...
Interview fails to impress judge
Oct 01, 2002; ... Defendants: Solicitor, 57, and businessman Ernest Madden Charges: Solicitor on two of false pretences and one count ofconspiracy to defraud. Madden on three of false pretences and one ofconspiracy to defraud. A solicitor's police interview in which he professes innocence ...
Attack leads to jail
Oct 01, 2002 ... A man's vicious attack on his partner at a family barbecue onlyended when his shoulder became dislocated. Christchurch District Court Judge Michael Green said Joseph NormanCroft had handed out two "dreadful beatings" to the woman with noprovocation at all, and she now lived in ...
Jail for drunken driver
Oct 01, 2002 ... Recidivist drunk driver Michael Leo Turvey crashed through a stopsign at 70kmh, hitting another vehicle and maiming its passenger. Turvey, who admitted driving with excess breath alcohol causinginjury, was jailed for 21 months by Christchurch District Court JudgeMichael Green, who ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Oct 01, 2002 ... Thank you for the excellent article (September 21) on BanksPeninsula Mayor Bob Parker's uphill battle to make a viable districtfrom the sow's ear that he inherited, with the marina problem,recalcitrant old-guard councillors, and other problems. Undoubtedlyhis policies are right, and ...
Attacking Iraq
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--In reply to Chris Humphreys (September 20): during the ColdWar, regime change was not confined to Nicaragua, Indonesia, andChile. The Soviet Union changed an unco- operative regime inCzechslovakia, and maintained others in Poland, and East Germany. Wars force the participants ...
Health funding
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Dr Paul McCormack's claim (September 28) that Christchurchwill miss out on a share of $410 million primary health funding isincorrect. Pegasus Health's unwillingness to meet primary health organisation(PHO) requirements is the problem, not the funding criteria. The ...
The Greens
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Holger Kahl (September 28) and I agree that vitamin A isneeded to prevent blindness of half a million children a year, andthat multiple sources of the vitamin are best. For instance, aidagencies are promoting use of orange instead of the traditional whitesweet potatoes ....
Fertility
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Women have been lulled into a false sense of security in thatif we have problems conceiving, state of the art reproductivetechnology and treatment will assist us. Many women do not realise that their fertility declines with ageand that it takes twice as long "naturally" to ...
Thar
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Deerstalker David Hodder (September 27) laughablymisappropriates the concepts of theology, ecology, and biodiversityin trying to justify the continued destruction of New Zealand'sfragile southern alpine vegetation by the imported common Himalayanmountain goat otherwise known as ...
Thar
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--I would like to correct three points in your thar article(September 21) relevant to conservation. Firstly, it is wrong to say that current thar densities are notdamaging vegetation, just because snow tussocks are recovering. Snowtussocks are relatively resistant to thar ...
Rudi Gopas
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--It is regrettable that The Press (September 27) covered therecently published information on the late Rudi Gopas' early life insuch a sensational manner. The tabloid treatment and lurid catchphrases seemed inappropriate and objectionable. The situation of German nationals in ...
Cannabis
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Glenda Prokopavicius (September 27) writes that "cannabis isthe root of all evil and that not one good thing comes from it". Does she have the same stance on tobacco and alcohol? Nothing goodever came from these substances either, but both are sold over thecounter. Ms ...
So far, well Dunne
Oct 01, 2002 ... When United Future rose from obscurity to hold the balance ofpower on July 27, the inexperience of its seven new MPs and thestrong Christian convictions of most seemed a recipe for disaster.The party, it appeared, would struggle to hold itself together, letalone provide three years of ...
Teenage war zone to be found in Colombo St
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--In response to Mr Moyes complaint about his 18-year-old sonand the legal drinking age (September 27), while I do not want todiminish the noble and courageous work his son carries out in EastTimor, if he or anyone else wants to see a war zone they can find onecloser to home ....
Jonah Lomu
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--What a tragic mistake it would be for the Crusaders to signan incomplete footballer in Jonah Lomu (September 28). A footballer who does nothing for 75 minutes of a game does notdeserve to be in the same team as the likes of Maddock and Ralph, whogive their all to the team for ...
WearableArt
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Warren Feeney's article (September 25) on the WearableArtawards is the most sensible I have read yet. You can string together all the adjectives you like -- funky, fun,glitzy, outrageous, trash-made-terrific, wild, and weird -- but theydo not necessarily add up to an art ...
Leaky houses
Oct 01, 2002 ... Sir--Leaky houses are another side- effect of the economic andmanagement theories of the 1980s. There has been a loss of much professional and technical adviceavailable to the Government since the abolition of the Ministry ofWorks and Development. In local government, ...