The Press back issues from September 2003:
Push for Maori party; Political backlash threatens
Sep 01, 2003; ... Maori leaders are pushing for a new political party as angerintensifies over Labour's handling of the foreshore and seabed. They have warned the Government the controversial issue could costit the Maori seats at the next election. Speakers at a national hui in Blenheim on ...
Push for Maori party; Political backlash threatens
Sep 01, 2003; ... Maori leaders are pushing for a new political party as angerintensifies over Labour's handling of the foreshore and seabed. They have warned the Government the controversial issue could costit the Maori seats at the next election. Speakers at a national hui in Blenheim on ...
Ambulance driver a 'very lucky lady'
Sep 01, 2003; ... Maureen Bishop has attended countless race meetings at Ashburtonover the past 20 years, always on hand to use her considerablenursing skills to aid anyone injured or stricken by illness. Yesterday, the long-time St John Ambulance volunteer was on thereceiving end after a freak ...
Rally ace's widow rejects speed claim
Sep 01, 2003; ... The wife of legendary rally driver Possum Bourne has dismissedclaims her husband was speeding at up to 140kmh before the crash thatled to his death. "We know otherwise. You can ask the police that," Peggy Bournetold The Press last night. The allegation was made by Mike ...
Gruesome exhibit teaches hair-raising lesson
Sep 01, 2003; ... The dangers of hair chewing were brought home to visitors to theChristchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences yesterday. About 1000 people flocked to the annual open day. In the school's pathology museum diseased organs and otherspecimens, dating back to the 1940s, are ...
Mehrtens gets call for Lomu's marriage celebration
Sep 01, 2003 ... All Blacks rugby discard Andrew Mehrtens had a chance to forgethis woes when he joined fellow All Black reject Jonah Lomu tocelebrate Lomu's marriage at a post-wedding party at a waterfrontrestaurant in Auckland last night. Lomu's parents, Semisi and Hepi, were absent from the ...
Te Puke winner
Sep 01, 2003 ... A Te Puke Lotto ticketholder will take home $1.25 million afterwining division one in Lotto draw 843 on Saturday night as well asbeing chosen the guaranteed millionaire. The serial number was 270-54358839-20. There were three other division one winners fromMorrinsville, Paeroa, and ...
Man stabbed
Sep 01, 2003 ... A 20-year-old man is recovering in Christchurch Hospital afterbeing stabbed in central Christchurch early yesterday. Police saythere was an altercation among a group of men outside the Telecombuilding on Hereford Street about 2.15am. As a result ...
Streakers stopped
Sep 01, 2003 ... Two men are due to appear in court tomorrow after being arrestedat Saturday night's Ranfurly Shield rugby match at Jade Stadium. Thepair made an unsuccessful attempt to streak ...
DIARY
Sep 01, 2003; ... Dunes again SURFING is big time in New Zealand, with 250,000 active surfers.Don't ignore them when considering lowering the North New Brightonsand dunes, says Christchurch surfer and lawyer Jonathan McCarthy. Hereckons the protagonists of lowering the dunes are looking ...
$14m prize
Sep 01, 2003 ... Chances of winning the big one in Lotto will become slightlyeasier if it is not struck next weekend. Saturday night produced noPowerball winners, raising the prize pool to a record $14 million. Itmust be won within the next two weeks because ...
Te Puke winner
Sep 01, 2003 ... A Te Puke Lotto ticketholder won $1.25 million in Lotto draw 843on Saturday night as a division one winner and the guaranteedmillionaire. There were three other division one winners fromMorrinsville, Paeroa, and Tauranga who each won $250,000. The Lottowinning numbers ...
Correction
Sep 01, 2003 ... Two young women who appeared in a photograph on Page A4 ofSaturday's edition of The Press were incorrectly identified as thedaughters of Julie Millan. The two were attending Friday's funeral inChristchurch for Mrs Millan, 46, the ...
Review page
Sep 01, 2003 ... Today The Press begins a new review page. Page C1 each Monday willcarry ...
Spring has sprung in the park
Sep 01, 2003; ... Warm sunshine brought early spring cheer to Christchurchyesterday, but forecasters warn the blue skies are not set to last. The Botanic Gardens were full of families picnicking, and tossingcrumbs to the ducks, while kids cavorted round on their bikes orplayed on the swings ....
Rose festival
Sep 01, 2003 ... Gardens rarely opened to the public will feature in this year'sTimaru Festival of Roses. The festival, which will run from Friday,November 28 to November 30, will include garden tours, seminars, artand craft exhibitions, and end with Roses on the Bay on the Sunday.Last year more than ...
Hospital sold
Sep 01, 2003 ... The disused Waimate Hospital has been sold to Ngai Tahu PropertyGroup at its valuation of $65,000. South Canterbury District HealthBoard chief executive Craig Climo said the Minister of Health hadconfirmed the sale proceeds would go to the ...
Cacti caution
Sep 01, 2003 ... Timaru police are concerned that cacti, probably stolen for drugmanufacture, may make their new owner ill -- they have been ...
Port funds sought
Sep 01, 2003 ... Buller Mayor Pat O'Dea has asked the Lyttelton Port Company forsome community funding to reflect the shipping profits derived fromexporting Buller coal. "Given a substantial amount of your portthroughput is Buller coal, I would like to think there is somebenefit for the people of ...
Turning it on for steam railway enthusiasts
Sep 01, 2003 ... Weka Pass Railway general manager Gary Kelly, left, and A428 steamlocomotive fireman Bruce McLellan push the new turntable at theWaikari terminus of the Weka Pass Railway. The turntable wasofficially opened yesterday by MP Ron Mark. About 500 ...
Road bypass pushed
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Tasman District Council is making the most of the slow- downin the number of approved roading projects to press its case for theRuby Bay bypass. Tasman chief executive Bob Dickinson, and councillors and staff,will meet Transit New Zealand officials this week to try to have ...
Much hoopla at Rangiora
Sep 01, 2003 ... Several North Canterbury students from the Rangiora and Kaiapoihigh schools confronted police on the basketball court at Rangiora onFriday. But it was all in good fun. The youths were taking part in the annual basketball match againstthe police, aided by a couple of ...
Creative courses offered
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology is getting into theswing of spring with a series of creativity workshops. Seventeen workshops led by national and resident artists andpresenters will be held in Nelson this month. They have been timed to coincide with the Montana ...
Squeeze on for Lemon Aid
Sep 01, 2003 ... Nelson's 15-year-old Southland citrus appeal started when currentco-ordinator Nan Ward tried to send a box of grapefruit to her motherin Invercargill. Concerned by the high cost of winter citrus in Southland, whileNelson fruit was falling off the trees, Mrs Ward decided to ...
Mehrtens - a statuesque hero?
Sep 01, 2003; ... My old mate often asks why Christchurch has so few statues. Apart from brazen homage to the fathers of Canterbury, andexcluding portentous images of Queen Victoria and Captains Cook andScott, my mate is right. About the only time statues are mentioned in Christchurch is ...
Hairy tale to chew on
Sep 01, 2003; ... The dangers of hair chewing were brought home to visitors to theChristchurch School of Medicine and Health Sciences yesterday. About 1000 people flocked to the annual open day. In the school's pathology museum diseased organs and otherspecimens, dating back to the 1940s, are ...
Landlady suspects brothel at house
Sep 01, 2003; ... An Asian woman paid cash to rent a suburban Christchurch home foruse as a suspected brothel. The landlady was stunned to find the Bishopdale home was, in alllikelihood, being used for prostitution. Now the Christchurch CityCouncil is being urged to regulate the sites of brothels ...
Fire threatens new high country conservation park
Sep 01, 2003; ... A high country fire in the Porter's Pass area threatenedCanterbury's newest conservation park yesterday afternoon. The fire swept up the steep slopes beside the Lake Lyndon road,near the Korowai/Torlesse Tussocklands Park, burning tussock,matagouri, and dracopyllum shrublands, ...
Semi-rural speed limits may be cut
Sep 01, 2003; ... Motorists travelling along semi-rural roads on Christchurch'soutskirts may soon have to cut their speed. For the last few months, the Christchurch City Council has beenreviewing speed limits on various roads around the city, and it hasnow come up with a list of recommended ...
Twin girls' enthusiasm remembered
Sep 01, 2003; ... Hastings twins Hannah and Jessie MacDonald never stayed still,always thought of others, and knew how to dream. The pair, whose lives were claimed by fire at their Oliphant Placehome last Monday night, were bright, caring, and loved by all. On Saturday, about 400 people turned ...
Drink spiking hard to detect
Sep 01, 2003; ... Spiking drinks with drugs is not as common as many Kiwis believewith none of the commonly-used date- rape drugs being confirmed inthe past two years. While police are still warning of an increase in date rape,scientists dealing with crime samples report high levels of alcoholin ...
Corngate: 'things made up'
Sep 01, 2003; ... Green leader Jeanette Fitzsimons, who is chairing the Corngateinquiry, has accused people involved in the corn scare of "makingthings up". Corngate is set to dominate the political stage again this weekwith National poised to reveal more "secret" documents. Meanwhile, Ms ...
Internal Affairs only winner in Glenorchy's raceday tote decision
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Glenorchy races are galloping on, but local community cofferswill likely be short of funds next year. Raceday organisers have been forced to abandon their novelapproach to the horse-racing dollar -- and they blame an over-zealous reporter for blowing their cover. For ...
Trip home buoys bomb survivor
Sep 01, 2003 ... Alan Johnson knows just how lucky he is. While he returned home to his wife and two sons in Christchurch onSaturday, he knows many of his colleagues will not return to theirfamilies. Mr Johnson survived the suicide bombing of the United Nationscompound in Baghdad that ...
McCartney wedding lavishly secret affair
Sep 01, 2003; ... Sir Paul McCartney paid 2 million to keep the marriage of hisfashion designer daughter Stella a closely guarded affair at theweekend. MAURICE CHITTENDEN reports from London. Celebrity magazines such as Hello! and OK! were given short shriftas the McCartneys threw the biggest ...
Aiming to duck extinction
Sep 01, 2003 ... A bird rarely seen in the New Zealand bush is making a comeback atOrana Park, where an aviary has been built to house a new breedingpair of blue ducks. This will contribute to the survival of the endangered species. The park is part of the blue duck captive management ...
Scheme threat to wetlands
Sep 01, 2003 ... More than 100ha of Waitaki Valley wetlands would be affected ifthe proposed Project Aqua power scheme goes ahead, a new report says. However Meridian Energy, which wants to build the scheme along thesouth side of the valley, has pledged there would be "no net loss" ofwetlands ....
Disease alert
Sep 01, 2003 ... The three Dunedin deaths from an unidentified disease are areminder of the limits of medical science. For all the sophisticationof modern medications, technology, and knowledge, disease can strikecommunities with devastating results. The Dunedin situation is not serious in terms ...
Devaluing exotic species bordering on ridiculous
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--Recent Press correspondents supporting native planting aroundChristchurch seem unaware that the city was built on a reclaimedswamp and few of the species now being planted are indigenous to thisarea. The mean-spirited and offensive advice from Bunty Penny and NicolaLynskey ...
Community board
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--I read with interest the articles (August) outlining thepressure tactics used by some Waimakariri councillors in an endeavourto abolish the Kaiapoi Community Board. The board was formed when Kaiapoi was forced to amalgamate withthe Waimakariri District Council instead of ...
Use of rivers
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--I have been following the Meridian Energy proposal throughyour paper with interest. On a more local front, here in Golden Bay we have mini-hydroprojects under way. They too have their environmental costs. Two current projects seek permission to drain sections of ...
Sand dunes
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--Has Mike Crean (August 25) actually seen the graphic image ofthe Coastal Image Group's proposal for the North Beach dune area andread any of the many scientifically based reports, suggesting acautious approach to change, commissioned by the council over theyears, or is he basing his ...
Sand dunes
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--Mike Crean's analysis (August 25) of the sand dune issue ispopulist journalism. I am one of those he refers to as being light onfacts. I have a box full of reports, plans, and policies on the coastaldune system which I have studied over the last eight years. I doubtthat Mr ...
Four-wheel-drives
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--It is exactly the proliferation of yuppie-tractor ownershipby urbanites, referred to by Simon Woodley (August 27), that is theconcern. Many have little access to privately owned land so are puttingremaining areas of the "commons" under increasing pressure for use astheir ...
Mental health
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--I wish to protest about both your reporting (August 27) ofthe Hillmorton Hospital statistics on assaults and the comments ofmental health service manager, Vince Barry. While you reported extensively the opinions of Mr Barry and staffunion groups you apparently sought no ...
Britten race
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--If I may correct your note (August 23) about the motorcyclerace next March to honour the late John Britten, Britten died on theSeptember 5, 1995. It will be only eight years next month since hisdeath, not nine as reported. The inaugural John Britten Memorial race was run in ...
Investment group
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--Roger Armstrong's recent column contains several inaccuraciesabout Russell Investment Group. While our parent company is American, we are not overseas-based.Russell's New Zealand business unit has operated for 12 years; allour staff are Kiwis. While other firms have quit New ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Sep 01, 2003 ... Ports of Auckland could learn a lesson in sensitivity. At a timewhen the nation is up in arms about the thought of the ownership offoreshore and seabed being placed in private hands, Ports of Aucklandhave decided to put New Zealand's largest marina up for internationaltender ....
Airport security
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--Avsec's obsessive confiscation of anything remotelyconsidered sharp (August 30) is nonsensical. The only reason the Saudi terrorists took over the aircraft onSeptember 11 with box-cutters was because the perceived wisdom of thetime was that if you sat tight and did as you ...
Buying art
Sep 01, 2003 ... Sir--The Press arts editor, Christopher Moore, in his choice ofthe best of the week in Art Beat (August 30), has tossed off somejournalese that I find disquieting. Writing about an exhibition at Campbell Grant Galleries, Mooreseems to be praising it; "a wonderful Aladdin's Cave; a ...
GE saga sets Greens grinning
Sep 01, 2003; ... There's a look cats get when they have just slurped up a bowl ofcream. It was the look on the face of Green MPs in Parliament lastweek. It's hard not to look smug when your party's single biggest issuehas just catapulted it back into the headlines with such force thatGreen ...
THIS WEEK
Sep 01, 2003 ... GENERAL Wednesday: ANZ Bank commodity index. Thursday: Reserve Bank official cash rate review and monetarypolicy statement. June quarter energy data. Friday: July's overseas merchandise trade. June quarter buildingstatistics. COMPANIES Today: ...
Act may be reborn; Talk of law for project fast track
Sep 01, 2003; ... Sir Robert Muldoon's infamous National Development Act could bereborn to help the Government fast-track power projects. The legal community is talking about a reincarnation of the Act, ahighly unpopular law passed in 1979 to speed up and remove obstaclesto the Think Big projects ...
Harcourts clinch $1b in July sales
Sep 01, 2003; ... Real estate agent Harcourts clinched a record $1 billion in groupproperty sales in July -- usually the quietest month of the year. Some economists predict prices will continue to rise for the nextfew months, although some buyers are already starting to walk awayfrom "unrealistic" ...
Commission move points to airline alliance approval
Sep 01, 2003; ... The Commerce Commission is understood to have begun work on asurveillance regime to police any proposed alliance between Air NewZealand and Qantas, an industry source says. The regime would allow the commission to ensure that the alliancedid not breach any conditions to safeguard ...
Toll threatens to quit Tranz Rail bid
Sep 01, 2003; ... Tranz Rail now knows Toll Holdings is not bluffing about walkingaway if it cannot buy the company for 95c a share, Toll boss PaulLittle says. "We had a meeting with the company during the week in Auckland,and I think the company realises we are serious," Mr Little, now backin ...
Jockeying in Richmond as ruling nears
Sep 01, 2003; ... The jockeying for control of New Zealand's biggest meat firm,Hastings-based Richmond, is beginning, before an Appeal Court rulingthat could alter the balance of the firm's shareholding. British company North Meats, which runs a cutting plant inWaipukurau that is supplied by ...
Tiwai production cut lowers port tonnage
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GRD reports lower group profit
Sep 01, 2003 ... GRD, the Australian operator of East Otago's Macraes goldmine, hasreported a lower group profit, before foreign exchange gains, in itslatest half-year. The Perth-based miner announced a $A7.001 million ($NZ7.75m)profit, down 5.3 per cent on the previous corresponding June ...
PeopleSoft opposes attempted takeover
Sep 01, 2003; ... PeopleSoft has bought the remaining shares of J. D. Edwards &Company not tendered in its exchange offer, possibly thwarting a$US7.3 billion ($NZ12.58b) hostile takeover bid by Oracle. Oracle's move was launched just days after PeopleSoft's Juneannouncement that a definitive ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Sep 01, 2003 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Om, No. 4 West. Ksenia Zharkikh, No. 4 West. Atria, Z Berth. Cars on Wharf, Cashin Quay 1. Gudni Olafsson, No. 2 West. Hebe, Dry Dock. Pelican, No. 3 West. Spirit of Enterprise, No. 3 West ....
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Sep 01, 2003 ... Positive parenting Parenting course begins on Friday, September 5, from 9.30am to11.30am at Home and Family, 221 Manchester Street. To register phone379-5646. Step families Dr Jan Pryor, lecturer, author, and researcher, will speak on StepFamily Realities, at the ...
Restless enigma
Sep 01, 2003; ... Life can send you all sorts of blows. Blows to your wallet, toyour career, or in Reg Richards' case, blows to the head. But perhapsthe worst blow of all, is one to your confidence, writes STANDARLING. Reg Richards set out to be a ploughman -- a man of the land -- andwas a good ...
DRINK-DRIVE CONVICTIONS
Sep 01, 2003 ... Drink-drive convictions for the week August 21 to August 27(breath-alcohol limits are 400 micrograms per litre of breath, or150mcg for people under 20; blood- alcohol limits are 80 milligramsper 100 millilitres of blood, or 30mg for people under 20): ADDIE, Brendon John, 20, ...
Rare Return ready for spring resumption
Sep 01, 2003; ... Rare Return, freshened after winning a hat-trick in June, is readyfor a spring return to racing for Ladbrooks trainer Dean Taylor. The Armbro Operative gelding was a neck winner over cup classpacer Disprove in the open mobile heat at the Rangiora workouts onSaturday. Rare ...