The Press back issues from November 2002:
Moroney's maiden surprise package
Nov 01, 2002; ... A Davidoff-Media Puzzle Victorian Derby-Melbourne Cup double is apopular choice with Melbourne punters, with tomorrow's three-year-old classic shaping as much more than a two-horse race. Bookmakerscannot separate Platinum Scissors -- winner of the Spring ChampionStakes in Sydney and the ...
NAME THE FACE
Nov 01, 2002 ... Who is this trainer of a former New Zealand galloping cup ...
Melbourne Group 1 Bonanza
Nov 01, 2002 ... OUR COVER It's Group One heaven at Flemington, Melbourne tomorrow. The topthree-year- olds do battle in the Victoria Derby, the stayers ...
Oscar Wild steps up pace
Nov 01, 2002; ... The likelihood of plenty of speed up front in tonight's final NRMSires' Stakes heat could favour last week's decisive maiden winner,Oscar Wild. The Albert Albert colt could not have been more impressive whenmaking his debut for Woodend Beach trainers David and Catherine ...
Postcard from Flemington, Australia
Nov 01, 2002; ... MELBOURNE racing men will be happy. At last they have somethingSydney has been enjoying for years. A good old-fashioned Waterhousebarney. This time it is Australian racing's first lady, trainer Gai, inthe limelight instead of her trouble prone husband, Robbie, currentlyfighting ...
Inside INFO
Nov 01, 2002; ... RACE 1: Celtic Storm is knocking, and a switch to pull-down blindscould be enough to get him home in the opener. Tyron Trouble againfinished well at Ashburton on Monday, and looks the main danger. MinkDe Vil ran second to Anvil's Revival at last Saturday's Motukararaworkouts ....
Riccarton track
Nov 01, 2002 ... Flowers was the standout worker in a quiet session at RiccartonPark yesterday morning. With co-trainer Dawn Williams up, the CollegeChapel filly worked along from the 100m in 1min 03.9sec, covering thelast 600m in 37.1s, and strode to the line well. Special Call was thefastest worker, ...
All Hart back
Nov 01, 2002 ... All Hart, last season's Great Northern Derby winner, resumed witha solid workout at Auckland on Monday. The Geoff Small-trained ...
That's BIZARRE
Nov 01, 2002 ... Godfrey White was a respected racing editor of the West Australiannewspaper in Perth for many years. That all changed when he wasarrested and charged with defrauding local bookmakers of thousands ofpounds over the running of a Sydney Cup. The winner of the race wasNoreen. It soon emerged ...
Friday FORUM
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Melbourne Cup carnival is the worse for it but trainer FredKersley has done the right thing by his horse withdrawing Northerlyfrom the Melbourne Cup. Yes, it makes it easier for the English and Irish horses,something which does not go down well with most Australians -- ...
Gold In Eden back
Nov 01, 2002 ... Leithfield trainer Robbie Holmes recommissioned promising pacerGold In Eden, raced by a group of past and present Otago All Blacks,earlier this week. Gold In Eden won impressively ...
Forever Blue wins
Nov 01, 2002 ... Former Canterbury mare Forever Blue won first-up at YonkersRaceway, New York, on Wednesday. The Live Or Die mare won by a nosein 1min 59.4sec for the mile, two laps of the half-mile ...
The Jewel on track for guineas
Nov 01, 2002 ... Rider Terry Moseley would not be drawn to compare The Jewel withhis New Zealand One Thousand Guineas mount, Chestpeak, after ridingThe Jewel to win at Wingatui yesterday. "It is a 50-50 call. I would be happy to ride either filly in theguineas," Moseley said. "`I do rate ...
Off Track
Nov 01, 2002 ... * QUICK QUIZ: The last three-year-old to win the Melbourne Cup, asPlatinum Scissors may be aiming to do, was 21, 31, 41, 51, 61 yearsago? * * * * QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "We are getting to where we have theright horses to win the race and this could be our best year." Godolphin ...
The Dubai Delegation; 'We feel we have the horse to win'
Nov 01, 2002; ... Whatever the Godolphin stable success rate in Australia -- and sofar it is bloody awful -- its organisation and attention to detail isstunning. Yesterday morning Godolphin trainer Saeed bin Suroor took morethan four hours to work four horses -- and only one worked at anyspeed ....
Moroney's maiden surprise package
Nov 01, 2002; ... A Davidoff-Media Puzzle Victoria Derby-Melbourne Cup double is apopular choice with Melbourne punters, with tomorrow's three- year-old classic shaping as an open race following the scratching offavourite Platinum Scissors. Helenus, winner of the Bill Stutt Stakes, Caulfield ...
PM sounds terror alert
Nov 01, 2002; ... Kiwis with even distant links to newly designated terrorist groupJammah Islamiah (JI) may get a visit from the police, Prime MinisterHelen Clark says. The Government invoked its new Terrorism Suppression Act, passedearlier this month, for the first time yesterday, declaring ...
Tributes flow for Timaru son
Nov 01, 2002; ... Anton Oliver and five other mourning men lifted Mark Parker'scoffin on to their shoulders and headed out of the Timaru sportsstadium. This was the moving conclusion to an 80-minute memorial servicefor New Zealand's first confirmed casualty of the October 12 Balibombing ....
Bounce of the ball in Rowberry's favour
Nov 01, 2002; ... New Silver Ferns captain Anna Rowberry has found that a lot canchange in the netball world in four months. The 26-year-old midcourter was recalled to the New Zealand teamonly at the end of June for the series against Barbados after 18months on the scrapheap. Now she is ...
Life on the ocean wave
Nov 01, 2002 ... The living arrangements of the chief of New Zealand's navy aremaking waves around the world. Rear Admiral Peter McHaffie lives on a boat in Wellington'sChaffers Marina with his wife, Pat, and yesterday he said it was thetalk of a recent meeting of navy heads in Japan. "The ...
Timaru diver's family grieves
Nov 01, 2002; ... Members of the family of a Timaru man killed in a freak divingaccident are struggling to comprehend how the fit and energeticfather of two died in such a way. But they refuse to blame anyone until they know the full factssurrounding the tragedy. Raymond John Rathgen, 40, ...
Vet enters lion's den
Nov 01, 2002; ... It takes a brave man to enter a lion's den -- it takes a braverman to stick his hand inside the lion's gaping jaw. Yesterday Rangiora veterinarian Dave Martin stepped up to bothchallenges in a bid to rid Tombi the lioness of a troublesome tooth. The tooth had been broken off ...
Nelson fish factory closing confirmed
Nov 01, 2002; ... Sanford's Nelson factory will definitely shut its doors -- andmore than 110 workers will be affected. Nine of 90 workers had opted to transfer out of Nelson to work atother Sanford plants while a further 24 had positions to go to withinNelson. Yesterday afternoon the ...
DIARY
Nov 01, 2002; ... Mistress makers DOING the rounds in the city this week is a poster announcing ahunt for a mistress by a prestigious private schools for boys inChristchurch. The poster -- headed Christ's College "Making boys ...men", says it is the board's pleasure to welcome applicants for ...
Hospitals strike
Nov 01, 2002 ... Industrial disruption at Auckland region hospitals is set toescalate, with a second group of radiographers planning to strike.About 40 radiographers at Middlemore Hospital and Manukau Superclinichave given notice of an overnight walkout starting on November 18 --just days ...
Boxer stable
Nov 01, 2002 ... Injured Auckland boxer Peter Williams' condition was yesterdaydescribed as stabilised at Timaru Hospital. Williams collapsed soonafter winning the New Zealand amateur super heavyweight final, thelast bout of the national championships at ...
Leaking homes
Nov 01, 2002 ... A parliamentary committee conducting an inquiry into leaking homeswill consider about 230 submissions, government administrationcommittee chairwoman Dianne Yates says. The Government ordered theinquiry, as well as setting up a voluntary mediation service, afterit ...
Shooting charges
Nov 01, 2002 ... A Northland farmer and the man he shot on his property are toappear in court after being charged over the incident, Whangareipolice confirmed yesterday. Paul McIntyre was charged with injuringwith reckless disregard for the safety of others, and discharging afirearm without reasonable ...
Porn star birth
Nov 01, 2002 ... Porn star Nikki has given birth at Waikato Hospital -- a monthprematurely and without a camera to capture the moment. Film producerSteve Crow said a girl had been born at 8.40am on ...
Toddler wanders
Nov 01, 2002 ... A Rangiora toddler was returned home by police after being foundwandering the streets after dark. Police found the 1 1/2-year-oldgirl in Geddis Street, Rangiora, last night. The toddler had strayedfrom ...
Father fears errors could recur; Report says staff were in breach of code
Nov 01, 2002; ... Trevor Burton fears serious mistakes made by the SouthlandDistrict Health Board in the care of his paranoid schizophrenic soncould happen again. "The board is now telling us that everything has improved," MrBurton told The Press yesterday. "We, as members of the public, hearthat ...
Mental health funds diverted - minister
Nov 01, 2002; ... Spending on mental health services in Canterbury is under scrutinyfollowing claims half the country's district health boards (DHBs) areusing targeted Government funding for other purposes. Health Minister Annette King confirmed the mental health spendingof six district health ...
Woman fled car-jacking attempt
Nov 01, 2002; ... A woman struggled to save her two children as her vehicle was car-jacked by a man with Mongrel Mob tattoos across his face. The Napier car-jacking failed because John Te Aroha King sat therecrashing the gears and could not get the van moving. While he did that, the woman ...
Racing gains game-machine money
Nov 01, 2002; ... A South Island charitable trust linked to racing has donatedalmost half the proceeds from its gaming machines back to the racingindustry. The Metro Charitable Trust, set up by the New Zealand MetropolitanTrotting Club in 2000, said in a public notice yesterday it had givenabout ...
Ashburton show
Nov 01, 2002 ... Ashburton's two-day 125th anniversary A and P show promises to bea right royal do this weekend. The Royal Agricultural Society hasgiven the event royal status. Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwrightwill head an anniversary banquet, a ...
Remorse in court
Nov 01, 2002 ... An elderly man used the Nelson District Court to publicly conveyhis remorse over the death of a young woman in a car crash lastAugust. Ralph Edwin Davies, 70, admitted charges of careless drivingcausing the death of 28-year-old Tapawera woman Leisa MareePorthouse, and of ...
NCEA goal
Nov 01, 2002 ... All Nelson's senior secondary students will have the samequalification to aim for next year. A Nelson Evening Mail survey ofthe region's secondary schools showed all were working towardsintroduction of the controversial National Certificate of EducationalAchievement (NCEA) level two for ...
Dam decision angers irrigators; Push to appeal Rangitata River ban
Nov 01, 2002; ... Irrigators want Environment Canterbury (ECan) to appeal a decisionbanning dams on the Rangitata River that has been welcomed byfishermen and conservationists. Mid-Canterbury Irrigation Enhancement Society chairman Mark Lemonspoke out yesterday against a tribunal decision in favour ...
Stylish farewell for farmer
Nov 01, 2002 ... Motueka horseman Lester Rowntree has finally got to honour a longtime promise to an old mate. Fred Jones, a Motueka identity, was buried yesterday and it was MrRowntree and his stagecoach-sized hearse, drawn by two white shires,that took his friend in style from the church to the ...
Tanking up for the Good Bastards Day
Nov 01, 2002 ... A world record attempt at leaping 10 cars in an army tank will bea feature of this year's Good Bastards Day on the West Coast. Otherwise known as Melbourne Cup Day, it is also the focus ofcelebration for the media savvy Good Bastards movement, which startedin Hokitika a year ago ...
Sight bad in fatal crash
Nov 01, 2002 ... Impaired visibility and excess speed contributed to an accidentthat killed a 12-year-old Geraldine boy in March, an inquest has beentold. Jayden Alastair Patterson was a rear passenger in a car driven byhis mother, Allison, which crashed on Thompsons Track at Ashburtonabout ...
Fireworks alert
Nov 01, 2002 ... With just days to go before Guy Fawkes night on November 5,Christchurch's emergency services are already stretched by youthscausing havoc with fireworks. St John Ambulance last night dealt withseveral minor injuries from mishaps with fireworks and one seriousincident in which a person ...
Clash of views on dam decision; Farmers want river ban appealed
Nov 01, 2002; ... Christchurch-based recreation groups and conservationists arefaced off against farmers who want Environment Canterbury to appealagainst a decision banning dams on the Rangitata River. The New Zealand Fish and Game Council and the Forest and BirdSociety have backed the tribunal's ...
Nine on short list
Nov 01, 2002 ... Canterbury University has whittled down to nine the number ofcandidates it is eyeing for its vacant vice- chancellor's position.Former vice-chancellor Daryl Le Grew left the university this monthto become Vice-Chancellor at the University of Tasmania. Applicationsfor his replacement ...
TV job losses
Nov 01, 2002 ... The future of more than 35 Canterbury Television (CTV) staff hangsin the balance as new owners take control of the station today.Redundancy notices were mailed to staff last week, taking effect atmidnight last night. CTV buyer Chris Smith, who also ownsChristchurch-based South Island ...
Assault charge
Nov 01, 2002 ... A man has appeared in the Christchurch District Court on a chargeof assault on a woman following an armed offenders callout about anallegedly axe-wielding man at a property near Sefton. He was remandedon bail. The squad and local police went to the property on ...
Broken but unbeaten
Nov 01, 2002 ... A broken arm has failed to dent the fighting spirit of Swedishfirefighter Mats Ottosson. Mr Ottosson vowed to defend his unbeaten record in the next WorldFirefighters Games arm wrestling competition, despite a messy end tohis first attempt. "I asked the doctor taking the ...
Home treatment
Nov 01, 2002; ... Many Christchurch pneumonia patients will be treated in theirhomes as part of a trail-blazing study which could ease pressure onhospital beds. Traditionally people with pneumonia are admitted to hospital as amatter of course, but the study's researchers say home-basedtreatment ...
Emeritus professor
Nov 01, 2002 ... Former Dean of Law Professor Gerald Orchard has been made anEmeritus Professor of Canterbury University. Mr Orchard, who has resigned from Canterbury because of illhealth, was farewelled by university council members who were warm intheir praise of the long-serving lecturer ....
Caterers lose out
Nov 01, 2002; ... Air New Zealand relaunches itself as a no- frills national carriertoday in a move that will cost about 20 Christchurch catering stafftheir jobs. Kiwi travellers who step aboard the airline's planes today willfind only one- class service and just coffee, tea, water, andbiscuits ...
Warehouse grant 'crony capitalism'
Nov 01, 2002; ... Industry New Zealand is defending a $75,000 taxpayer-fundedpayment to an eco-efficiency scheme that benefits retailing giant TheWarehouse. The Government's jobs machine, Industry New Zealand (INZ),yesterday confirmed that it had approved the $75,000 grant to fund aproject run by ...
Wanting to be a Korean Kiwi
Nov 01, 2002; ... Like many Asian New Zealanders, Imsoo Kim waxes lyrical about hisnew life here. But with one qualification. "My life in New Zealand is so wonderful. But what I'm reallyconcerned about is the political issue. Everything concerningimmigration is focusing on Asians. This is very ...
Prospect of intriguing yarn in the making
Nov 01, 2002; ... The charge sheets arriving in Christchurch's No. 1 District Courtmay be telling an intriguing yarn. There are few details yet. They will come later, but this is howthe paperwork looks at the moment. Police say a 32-year-old unemployed man burgled a house around thecorner ...
Shipley takes director post
Nov 01, 2002 ... Former prime minister Jenny Shipley has accepted her first companydirectorships since retiring from politics at the general election inJuly. Mrs Shipley will join the Cambridge Group, an executive search,business development and international educational servicesconsultancy ...
Woman charged with drug supply
Nov 01, 2002; ... A woman charged with supplying drugs to a prison inmate allegedlyhoodwinked prison officials so they would allow a home visit oncompassionate grounds. The inmate, Craig Louis Healey, subsequently died in jail of adrug overdose. Diane Mary Huisman, 52, a sickness ...
Youth on charge after train death
Nov 01, 2002 ... A youth charged with the manslaughter of New Zealander WilliamHarris, who died after being struck by a train, was yesterday grantedbail when he appeared in a Sydney court. The youth, who will be 18 today, appeared in Bidura Children'sCourt and was remanded under strict conditions ...
Extradition may be fought
Nov 01, 2002 ... Lawyers for a London-based former New Zealand priest accused ofchild abuse were likely to indicate they will fight an extraditionorder against him next month, police said yesterday. Alan Woodcock appeared in London's Bow Street Magistrate's Courton Monday and was remanded in ...
Asian immigration
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--The Asian series featured this week includes discussionsregarding often negative pakeha attitudes towards the (Asian)immigration issue. It is simply hypocritical of these pakeha to have an anti-immigration stance, since unlike most ...
Boating laws
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--Your article about a boatie fined for "dangerously operating"after consuming an inordinate amount of booze leaves readers askingthe simple question: why was he not convicted of operating a boatwhilst under the influence? The answer is appallingly simple -- there is no such ...
Pool fencing
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--In response to Barry Armstrong (October 26), I agree with thefacts supplied showing a drop in the number of drownings in pools(covered by the Fencing Act) from 10 a year before 1987, down toabout four now. However, he has not credited the number of lives saved by ...
Contact Energy
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--Contact Energy finds highly offensive the suggestion that wehave engaged in bribery (October 30) in Resource Management Actnegotiations with parties potentially adversely affected byelectricity generation on the Clutha River. Far from paying bribes, Contact has reached ...
Attacking Iraq
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--Your letter of the week (October 18) omits to mention theroot causes of terrorism. What right does the West have to go to war to protect the sameselfish, arrogant, destructive lifestyle at the expense of the restof the world? With the eternal snows of Kilimanjaro ...
Inappropriate language
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--I am appalled by the inappropriate language used in thesnippet titled Sex charge (October 26). The article was about the alleged rape by a 75-year-old man of aterminally ill woman whilst in hospital. As if the crime is not badenough, the article describes the woman as ...
Threat of terror
Nov 01, 2002 ... Sir--Jane Cooper (October 31) has great faith in understanding,dialogue, and reason, and this is commendable. However whenencountering lies, unreasonableness, and dogmatic murder, whatresources does she suggest we use? Undoubtedly the terrorist Muslims know many moderate ...
Cheapening a life
Nov 01, 2002 ... What price human life? That should be the public's reaction tonews that Lisa Marie Waikato has returned home to Auckland on parole.Her release from Christchurch Women's Prison might be technicallycorrect given the length of her sentence, but that should not make itacceptable to a ...