The Press back issues from July 2003:
Roads gain for south
Jul 01, 2003 ... The South Island has clawed back funds from a roading budgetdominated by Auckland. South Island lobbying has prompted Transit to back away from itsplan to mothball southern roading projects so it could solveAuckland's chronic congestion. That will allow work on therealignment of ...
Subsidy win for movies
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Government is hoping to transform the "Home of Middle Earth"into the "Land of Narnia" with a multi-million dollar cash subsidyscheme for overseas films shot in New Zealand. The bright lights of the movie business have persuaded theGovernment to spend up to $40 million a year ...
Not tonight? Must be a Canty headache
Jul 01, 2003; ... "Not tonight, darling, I have a headache" is a line often heard inCanterbury bedrooms, new research shows. Cantabrians were the most likely to use the old headache excuse toavoid sex, a survey on the effects of headaches shows. One in four Canterbury people had used or been ...
Roads gain for south
Jul 01, 2003 ... The South Island has clawed back funds from a roading budgetdominated by Auckland. South Island lobbying has prompted Transit to back away from itsplan to mothball southern roading projects so it could solveAuckland's chronic congestion. That will allow work on therealignment of ...
DIARY
Jul 01, 2003; ... WHAT A trickster Lite FM's sports announcer Tracy Donaldson is inreferring to the French rugby team as The Trickalers. Either Tracywas: a) having some fun with Tricouleurs, b) she was demonstratingwhy schools should be teaching a second language more rigorously, orc) she was sending in ...
Jail for 'incalculable harm'
Jul 01, 2003; ... Two child pornographers have been jailed by a Christchurch judgewho described their trade as "a creeping cancer within thetechnological world". "The harm done to children as a result of child pornography isincalculable," said Judge Graham Noble as he sentenced two men whohad ...
Family's needs met by design
Jul 01, 2003; ... Seine Tia felt she had won Lotto yesterday when her family washanded the keys to the first Housing New Zealand home built using thePacific Design Guide. Seine, her husband Tuitea, and their eight children -- Matthew,Mark, Polly, Janet, Margaret, Tyson, Joshua, and Tali-Jo Blessing ...
PHOs offer cheaper doctor costs
Jul 01, 2003; ... Some Christchurch residents will pay less to visit their doctorfrom today. The region's first Primary Healthcare Organisation, the CanterburyCommunity PHO, will provide free visits to doctors to everyone underthe age of 18 and all other patients will pay a maximum of $15 ...
Redwood robbery
Jul 01, 2003 ... A robber with a Santa sack threatened staff at the Redwood Hotelbefore jumping the counter, grabbing cash, and fleeing. Police saidthe male caucasian, possibly in his 20s, entered the tavern about10am yesterday and threatened staff who were preparing cash forbanking. The suspect was ...
Correction
Jul 01, 2003 ... A column in yesterday's Press called Crean's City incorrectlyreferred to the death of Mozambican immigrant Hussein Ndungo inLatimer Square on ...
Charges laid
Jul 01, 2003 ... A 27-year-old man has appeared in court charged with kidnappingand wounding with intent after a young woman was attacked in HagleyPark. The man appeared in the Christchurch District Court yesterdayafter going to police. He did not enter a plea and ...
Six arrested
Jul 01, 2003 ... Police arrested six people at Jade Stadium during the All Blackstest match against France at the weekend. Inspector Neil Banks saidsix was greater than usual ...
Fire deliberate
Jul 01, 2003 ... Police are investigating an arson in the Christchurch suburb ofAvonside. Detective Sergeant Al Lester said a fire was deliberatelylit in an unoccupied Avonside house ...
Quote incorrect
Jul 01, 2003 ... Hairdressing Industry Training Organisation spokeswoman ClaireHayes was incorrectly quoted in last Thursday's Press on ...
Performers retire their nimble limbs
Jul 01, 2003; ... After 10 years of acro-balancing their way around New Zealand, theChristchurch Flying Forest Family Circus is coming down for a softlanding. Family matriarch Scarlett Forest said the family was putting thecircus up for sale and looking for another family, or small troupe,to pick ...
Ngai Tahu doubles fish stake
Jul 01, 2003; ... Ngai Tahu Seafood is expected to double in size after taking overa Wellington seafood operation and buying a stake in a fleet offishing trawlers based in Napier. The South Island iwi refused to say how much it has spent buyingCook Strait Seafoods and taking a 50 per cent holding ...
Action on accident blackspot; Normanby celebrates end to road carnage
Jul 01, 2003 ... South Island projects will benefit from Transit's new fundingplan. Our regional offices report. There will be a big party soon at Normanby. The residents plan a road party, and they will celebrate beingfree of the roar of traffic, being able to have pets, and not havingto ...
$13.4m link in 2010
Jul 01, 2003 ... South Island projects will benefit from Transit's new fundingplan. Our regional offices report. Nelson's Southern Link is back on Transit's drawing board, butbackers will have to wait until 2010 before construction starts. The proposed $13.4 million road will link Nelson City ...
Another bridge in four years
Jul 01, 2003 ... South Island projects will benefit from Transit's new fundingplan. Our regional offices report. Construction will start on Marlborough's new $8.5 million AwatereBridge within four years. Transit New Zealand made the announcement last night in its 10-year State Highway ...
Four-laning 'great news'
Jul 01, 2003 ... South Island projects will benefit from Transit's new fundingplan. Our regional offices report. The four-laning of the Main North Road at Styx will be a greathelp to Waimakariri District commuters, says Waimakariri Mayor JimGerard. "It's great news, and the sooner the ...
Three safety projects highlighted
Jul 01, 2003 ... South Island projects will benefit from Transit's new fundingplan. Our regional offices report. The West Coast will get little in the way of road improvementsover the next 10 years in the revamp of priorities for the nation'shighways. The three main safety projects forecast ...
$1.3m bid to fix crash blackspot
Jul 01, 2003; ... Ferrymead Restaurant and Bar licensee Gina Foster knows all toowell the dynamics of one of Christchurch's most notorious accidentblack spots. Many of the drivers who misjudge the junction of Ferry Road andHumphreys Drive end up in the garden of the hotel. "On really cold ...
Primary schools use zones
Jul 01, 2003; ... Christchurch primary schools, along with top State secondaryschools, now face queues of parents wanting their children to fillthe handful of out-of-zone enrolments. A preliminary study of school zoning in Christchurch, presented atthe University of Canterbury yesterday, reveals ...
Residents demand action on streets
Jul 01, 2003; ... Residents frustrated by the "embarrassing" state of some ofChristchurch streets are calling for the city council to spend moremoney on repairs. They are concerned that many of the city's older streets havefallen into disrepair and are not only unsightly but also dangerous ....
Greater power to people
Jul 01, 2003; ... Christchurch residents will have more opportunity to have theirsay in city affairs with the implementation of the new LocalGovernment Act today. Several years in the planning, the act provides city, district,and regional councils with more flexible powers, but requires them ...
Study on Shirley backed
Jul 01, 2003; ... Christchurch City Council staff are backing a proposal for a$10,000 study of social conditions in Shirley. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) has asked the council to include in itsannual plan a needs-analysis study for the area around the AchesonAvenue shops. HNZ staff yesterday ...
Cold snap chills city
Jul 01, 2003; ... After a balmy morning yesterday, Christchurch residents facedchilly temperatures last night. The MetService has issued a heavy snow warning for Canterbury'sfoothills and plains, including Banks Peninsula. It expected 10-15cmof snow to fall to above 400m overnight, with lighter ...
No release of tapes - Airways
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Airways Corporation says contractual reasons are behind itsrefusal to release a transcript of the final minutes of the ill-fated Air Adventures flight. Spokesman Ken Mitchell told The Press the corporation "does notand will not" release air traffic control tapes for anything ...
Tax cuts not a priority - PM
Jul 01, 2003; ... Prime Minister Helen Clark has ruled out tax cuts for middle-income workers to stop them being pushed into higher tax bracketsthrough cost-of-living pay rises. Ms Clark said yesterday that such tax changes to counter "fiscaldrag" were not being considered and were not a priority ....
Epic win for NZ in film fund
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Government's move to support the New Zealand film industrywith a $40 million subsidy is a political victory for Mr Anderton inCabinet. Government is to spend up to $40m a year offering subsidies tofilm makers who shoot most or all of their film in New Zealand. Finance ...
Driver given time to pay for damage
Jul 01, 2003; ... Drunk-driver Cameron Pou is getting a rare chance to payreparation before being sentenced for driving while disqualified. In the Christchurch District Court, Judge Barry Morris agreed withcounsel David Ruth's submissions that if Pou were jailed he would notbe able to pay for the ...
One final trip and she's in the clear
Jul 01, 2003; ... Carla Jane McKenzie will make the trip from Levin to Lower Huttone day next week to close a chapter in her life. The 25-year-old retail manager went on trial in the ChristchurchDistrict Court in January, on a charge of money laundering. Two men were found guilty on drugs ...
Teacher accused of abuse
Jul 01, 2003; ... Defendant: David William Baillie. Charges: indecent assault and sexual violation. A year of sexual abuse pushed a teenage boy to breaking point andmade him want to take his own life, a jury was told in theChristchurch District Court yesterday. David William Baillie ...
A travesty of justice
Jul 01, 2003 ... What price does our society place on human life? That is thequestion which demands an answer following the extraordinary jurydecision to find Richard James Jarman not guilty of murder. The undisputed bottom line in this case is that Jarman took hisshotgun and fired seven times. As ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Jul 01, 2003 ... The irony of a conscience vote in Parliament is the assumptionthat politicians possess such a thing. Will this vote work any betterthan the one which lowered the drinking age to 18? I think not. A. D. BROOME It is a sorry day when a few can speak for so many and launch ...
Prostitution law will mean more exploitation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--The Prostitution Reform Bill is simplistic, not realistic. We'll have more exploitation, under-resourced policing, and anincrease in streetworkers avoiding taxes, and competing throughunsafe sex. Sue Bradford should now expect more exploitation of women,normalising the ...
Prostitution law will mean more exploitation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--Sue Bradford (June 26) says: "I cannot understand whypuritanical 19th-century concepts of abolitionism still have such astrong hold." I have heard of women who only discovered that their husband wasgoing to prostitutes when they contracted a sexually transmitteddisease ...
Prostitution law will mean more exploitation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--Tim Barnett has made the right call in the ProstitutionReform Bill. If a goal of democracy is to create a fair and just society thenmoral judgments are unhelpful for those who chose to work in thisprofession. Nor is it factual to depict all prostitutes as victims, ...
Prostitution law will mean more exploitation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--I am sure my voice will be one of many raised in protest atthe passing of the Prostitution Reform Act. If something is wrong then it is wrong. It is wrong forprostitutes to solicit, and it is wrong for their clients to pay themfor their services. Those who ignore ...
Prostitution law will mean more exploitation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--Before any kind of witch-hunt against Ashraf Choudhary getstruly going, Colin Espiner and David McPhail, for a start, shouldknow not only how unfair but also how illogical it is to brand the MPas the man who enabled prostitution to be decriminalised. All of the 60 MPs who ...
Ellis case
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--There has rightly been a great deal of public concern aboutthe Christchurch civic creche case, and that has been highlighted inthe last week by the petition signed by over 800 people, including140 people prominent in the law, politics, the media, and the arts. Others wishing ...
Islamic morality
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--I view the apprehension expressed by the Canterbury MuslimAssociation over Dr Ashraf Choudhary not voting against theProstitution Reform Bill with a measure of cynicism. Apparently Islam "categorically forbids the evil of prostitution",an act between consenting adults, yet ...
Fluoridation
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--It is interesting to observe that England is going throughthe same debate as Christchurch about the fluoridation of drinkingwater. As with the debate here, there is much uncertainty about thebenefits and harm of fluoridation. On June 25, the Guardian newspaperin England ...
Fat tax
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--I would agree with the fat tax on the condition that themoney generated will be put towards, say, removing GST on the foodsthat are considered healthy. This is the only way to encourage healthy eating and not have foodcost more for those that it would affect the most -- the ...
Fat tax
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--I agree with comments made by many people that a fat taxcould impact on the poor. This is because fast foods are oftencheaper than healthier alternatives. If however, we were to use the revenue generated from such a tax,to subsidise healthy foods such as milk, fresh fruit, ...
Railways
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--In reply to Sam Knudsen (June 23), I have indeed gone andbought into Tranz Rail, and not with the idea of making a profit. Itgrieves me that my shares, rather than helping build my country'sinfrastructure, are feeding fat-cat asset- strippers against whom Ican do nothing ....
Sir_No to euthanasia.
Jul 01, 2003 ... Primarily we are talking about the elderly here, a group of peoplewho are already treated in a cavalier fashion. How many deaths will result from outside pressure, real orimagined? At what point will it become a duty to die? We can and do remain in charge of our own lives ...
Drug damage
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sir--While sentencing two student scientists for growing cannabisand dealing in methamphetamine, Justice Hansen commented (June 14)that people who advocated changes in cannabis laws could perhapsvisit the courts to observe the damage the drug did. Justice Hansen would see only a ...
Under new ownership
Jul 01, 2003 ... Today marks the start of a new era for The Press. For 16 yearsthis newspaper had been owned by INL, itself 45 per cent owned bymedia tycoon Rupert Murdoch. But from today the new owner of ThePress, the Timaru Herald, the Dominion- Post, the Sunday Times, andother former INL newspapers, ...
Stable under new name
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Press has been produced today under new ownership -- a rareexperience in the newspaper's 142-year history. MICHAEL VANCE tracesthe changes. Fairfax New Zealand Ltd yesterday took control of INL's newspapersand magazines, a stable that includes The Press. As publishers ...
Chill out
Jul 01, 2003; ... Introducing more people to the joys of skiing and snowboarding onsmaller club skifields in Canterbury is the aim of the season-longChill Pass. This year the Chill Pass gives acccess to seven mountains in theregion -- Fox Peak, Porter Heights, Mount Cheeseman, CraigieburnValley, ...
HORIZONS
Jul 01, 2003 ... Free night's Sunshine The Sunshine Coast Booking Centre is offering a "stay for fournights, pay for three" deal until September at its top three resorts.The four-night breaks at the 4 1/2-star South Pacific Resort, Noosa(from $NZ440), the 5-star Sirocco Resort (from $NZ713), and ...
Vodka on Ice
Jul 01, 2003; ... Nice and icy, vodka is best taken right at the source, writesANDREW MARSHALL. `Welcome to a world of minus five degrees Celsius," says thedoorman as I wait outside the bar. Dressed in a provided uniform of boots, mittens, and a warmsilver, fur-lined poncho, I feel like an ...
Scrooge springs to life
Jul 01, 2003; ... The Van Asch Deaf Education Centre has put together a productionof A Christmas Carol with its own insights. CHARLOTTE LEE-SMITHreports. Van Asch Deaf Education Centre is bringing a bit of midwinterChristmas cheer to Christchurch in its production of A ChristmasCarol ....
Musical with lots of heart
Jul 01, 2003; ... OKLAHOMA! St Andrew's College Performing Arts. Reviewed by LynneAndrews. Was it good? No, it was awesome. Such was the excited greeting aparent received, reclaiming her charge, as we swarmed out into ableak midwinter's evening. The enduring Rodgers and Hammersteinmusical had won ...
Cashmere shows off its singers, actors
Jul 01, 2003; ... Cashmere High School is promising a musical extravaganza for itsproduction of Oliver! The show will feature all the well-loved songs, including thebrawly bar classic Oom Pah Pah in energetic, colourful style. "It's afun show with lots of great music. People will be able to sing ...
Taming of the Shrew becomes child's play
Jul 01, 2003; ... Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew has become child's play forAvonside Girls' High School. Director Tom Joel wanted to find a way to capture the imaginationof his students and prove that Shakespeare could be fun. His originalangle presents the comedy as you've never seen it before ...
Indo-Pacific capital
Jul 01, 2003 ... Twenty New Zealand investors have put $1.5m into Indo-PacificEnergy, the country's most active oil and gas explorer -- opening thepossibility of a sharemarket ...
Smiths lifts profit; Strong dollar, warm weather cloud future
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Fairfax takes over The Press; Fairfax takes over ownership of The Press
Jul 01, 2003; ... About 50 staff have left The Press under voluntary redundancyprovisions after the purchase of the newspaper by Australian companyJohn Fairfax Holdings. This is 17 per cent of the permanent staff of about 300 people. Today's copy of The Press is the first under Fairfax ...
Fonterra pins hopes on global recovery
Jul 01, 2003; ... Dairy co-operative Fonterra sold two million tonnes of exports inthe season just ended, double the amount shipped five years ago. Despite almost non-existent competition from drought-ravagedAustralia and steady prices, international demand for dairy productswas soft, Fonterra's ...
Goliath loses price complaint
Jul 01, 2003 ... Dairy goliath Fonterra has lost a challenge before the CommerceCommission from a David in the milk industry -- tiny retailerIndependent Dairy Producers (IDP). The competition watchdog yesterday said Fonterra, which controls95 per cent of the raw milk supply, had breached the 2001 ...
Foreign shareholder increase forecast
Jul 01, 2003; ... The exodus of foreign investors from the New Zealand sharemarketin recent years appears to have come to an end, a survey of shareownership by J. B. Were shows. And foreign ownership could soon be on the rise again, withseveral big deals featuring Australian buyers of New Zealand ...
Domino's to make crust in NZ
Jul 01, 2003 ... Staff from Domino's Pizza Australia, which opened its first NewZealand store in Wellington at the weekend, compete for the fastestand best pizza in the land. Domino's Pizza Australia, which owns theAustralian and New ...
Monstergarage. Make a date. Cloth craft
Jul 01, 2003; ... Monstergarage - http://dsc. discovery.com/fansites/ monstergarage/monstergarage. html Ever wanted to rip out a brand-new Mini and turn it into a racing snowmobile but too scared to try?On Monster Garage (Prime, Fridays), Jesse James (he's a descendant ofthe famed cowboy outlaw) ...