The Press back issues from May 2005:
Race-day thrill endures after 150 years
May 02, 2005; ... Riccarton's special day was almost a red-letter day for Rangioratrainer Paul Harris as well. The Canterbury Jockey Club was marking 150 years of racing atRiccarton, and Harris was expecting great things from stablerepresentative Senorita Dane in the Warstep Stakes, one of ...
Waiting list ill crowd hospital; List patients crowd ED
May 02, 2005; ... Christchurch Hospital's overcrowded emergency department is facingadded pressure from hundreds of waiting-list patients seeking urgentattention for their conditions. Even though many of the waiting- list patients are deemed by theemergency department (ED) to be sick enough to need ...
Race-day thrill endures after 150 years
May 02, 2005; ... Riccarton's special day was almost a red-letter day for Rangioratrainer Paul Harris as well. The Canterbury Jockey Club was marking 150 years of racing atRiccarton, and Harris was expecting great things from stablerepresentative Senorita Dane in the Warstep Stakes, one of ...
Police warn on approaches to women
May 02, 2005; ... An Indian man sought in relation to the killing of prostituteSuzie Sutherland may have approached a young woman walking inChristchurch on Saturday night. She was near the intersection of Cashel Street and Olliviers Road,in Linwood, about 9.30pm when she was approached by an Indian ...
Old soldiers find time to remember
May 02, 2005 ... Frank Newsome gets the scene in order for a photograph to rememberthe weekend's reunion of men who undertook Compulsory MilitaryTraining (CMT). Newsome, part of a 1953 CMT intake, was one of thedriving forces behind the establishment of a CMT Association and theweekend's reunion at ...
Diary moves
May 02, 2005 ... Dear Reader, Devotees of The Press Diary will today notice it has a new homeand a new-found sting in its tail. The column has moved from itsdaily spot on page A2 and from now on an expanded, and sharpened,Diary will appear on the Perspective page on Mondays and Thursdays.The ...
Parents welcome menu call
May 02, 2005; ... South Island parents have welcomed calls for family restaurants tocut the fat out of kids' menus by offering healthy alternatives tochips and chicken nuggets. Reader responses to stories in The Weekend Press about the stateof children's menus overwhelmingly backed its concerns ...
Lotto winners
May 02, 2005 ... The winning numbers in Lotto draw No. 934 on Saturday were: 19 2430 36 37 40. Bonus: 38. There were no division one winners. Prizevalues and numbers of winners in other divisions were: division two$35,720 (8); division three $778 (382); division four $64 (1100);division five $37 ...
Athlete's grit sees him home in long haul
May 02, 2005; ... Rule changes to one of the country's toughest multisport eventsmean one remarkable race record will never be broken. Hit-and-run victim Graham O'Neill completed his Coast to Coastmultisport event at Sumner beach on Saturday -- 2024 hours, 29minutes and 59 seconds after he first ...
Young party-pill 'victim' joins call to ban them
May 02, 2005; ... A Christchurch schoolgirl who suffered a seizure afterexperimenting with party pills has joined calls for a ban. Being rushed to hospital with a bloody and bruised face, looseteeth and galloping heart-rate threw an almighty scare into "Jane". The Press agreed to withhold the ...
Life at risk after fire
May 02, 2005; ... A Lincoln man is fighting for his life after an early-morning fireat his West Belt home. Fire service staff treated him for smoke inhalation at the sceneof the blaze yesterday, which is believed to have worsened a pre-existing cardiac condition. Assistant fire region ...
Mussel sea farms 'way of future'
May 02, 2005; ... Marine farming in Marlborough looks set for another surge, withkey decisions due on several new offshore developments totalling morethan 1200ha. Wakatu Incorporation has gained consent for a 770ha mussel farmoff the south-west tip of D'Urville Island in the outer ...
Poor progress on hospital review
May 02, 2005; ... The future of Ashburton Hospital services remains shrouded inmystery, six months after public consultation was due to begin. The small hospital has lurched from one near-crisis to the nextfor more than a year, largely because of a chronic shortage of juniordoctors prepared to do ...
Public to comment on plan
May 02, 2005; ... The public will still have a chance to comment on the blueprintfor the future of the Ashburton District, despite a tight timetablefor producing the document. Ashburton District Council environmental services manager JohnMcKenzie said the draft development plan being put together ...
Waste reticulation an issue
May 02, 2005; ... Tasman District Council staff and consultants are recommending thecouncil not reticulate sewage from a proposed 1260-house coastalzone, despite the high environmental risk. In a paper prepared for next week's hearing on the zone, councilstaff concede the number of new homes would ...
Dancers compete
May 02, 2005 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- Two of the three prizes in the weekend's first NewZealand Dance Idol competition went to Christchurch dancers. Eighteen-year- old Daniel Sintes topped the senior competition, and GemmaBoswell, 14, won the pre-teen, 12 to 14-year-old category. The winnerof the junior ...
Taking a peek at the competition
May 02, 2005 ... A would-be dog trial champion checks out the competition from hisdog box perched on the back of his owner's ute at this weekend'sOxford Annual Collie Dog Trials. Top ...
Wife-beating claim rejected
May 02, 2005; ... Canterbury's Muslim community is fighting back over reports itadvises men to beat their wives and command their wives to have sexwith them. The comments from community leaders come after a weekend newspaperreported the Muslim Association of Canterbury (MAC) website ...
Overseas pupil cuts hit schools
May 02, 2005; ... Christchurch schools are feeling the pinch of a $13 millionnationwide decline in revenue from overseas student fees. New figures show the ongoing downturn in student numbers is stillstinging state primary and secondary schools, which rely on the extrafunding to cover day-to- day ...
Little progress on review
May 02, 2005; ... The future of Ashburton Hospital services remains shrouded inmystery, six months after public consultation was due to begin. The small hospital has lurched from one near-crisis to the nextfor more than a year, largely because of a shortage of junior doctorsprepared to do three- ...
Confusion after closure
May 02, 2005; ... A leading stamp dealer has gone out of business, leaving a trailof confusion. Christchurch firm Stirling and Company closed early last month inits 75th year and just six months after the death of its principal,Bruce Alexandre. Rare stamps, coins, banknotes, postcards, ...
Pots cause most fatal house fires
May 02, 2005; ... "Don't drink and fry" is the overriding message from the FireService's biggest study of fatal house fires. Pots left unsupervised on the stove were the main cause of fire(17 per cent), the survey of 131 lethal blazes between 1997 and 2003found. Cooking fires accounted for ...
Campervans put pressure on ferries
May 02, 2005 ... The Interislander ferry service is already turning away bookingsfor late June, under pressure from thousands of British and IrishLions rugby supporters trying to get campervans across Cook Strait. Interislander communications manager Jess Batchelor said sheestimated bookings would ...
Victoria's legacy unveiled
May 02, 2005; ... Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright opening a letter would notnormally attract much ceremony -- unless the letter came from QueenVictoria. In a ceremony in Christchurch Cathedral, Cartwright opened theLetters Patent from the 19th-century monarch that established ...
Pilot to retrace famous flight
May 02, 2005; ... Australian aviator Dick Smith will re-enact the first solo trans-Tasman flight next January 7 to celebrate the 75th anniversary ofHarihari's one claim to fame. On a cloudy West Coast day in 1931, Guy Menzies landed his single-engine biplane in swampy ground just west of Harihari ...
Strategy meetings ahead
May 02, 2005 ... Canterbury councils will push home their call for public input onthe Urban Development Strategy with a series of neighbourhoodmeetings in the next month. Four options are being considered by local bodies to plan forpopulation growth in the greater Christchurch area ....
Supervision for youth who spat at officer
May 02, 2005 ... A youth who spat blood into the face of an off-duty female policeofficer has been sentenced to a year's supervision. Judge David Saunders said in the Christchurch District Court thathe would accept a recommendation of a year's supervision for ReganTamati Wawatai, who had just ...
Drug dealer jailed after admitting possession
May 02, 2005 ... Drug dealer Bernard De Hair found his extensive previous recordinsurmountable after he admitted possessing morphine for supply. Christchurch District Court Judge David Holderness said the courtcould not get past his long list of previous convictions andregularity before the ...
$163,000 owed on PAYE
May 02, 2005 ... A company director owed $163,000 to Inland Revenue afterdefaulting on PAYE payments, a court has been told. In the Christchurch District Court, Christopher John Goodwinadmitted multiple charges of aiding and abetting the non- payment ofincome tax. The court was told the ...
Sand between their toes - but no world record
May 02, 2005 ... Christchurch children gathered on New Brighton Beach at theweekend to try to break the world record for the longest humanconveyor belt. While the attempt to move a surfboard along the humanline without hands or feet making contact was unsuccessful, more than1000 people had fun, said ...
Assault earns jail time
May 02, 2005 ... Getting drunk at his office Christmas party, then kissing anunwilling workmate and attacking the man who came to her aid haslanded Ioane Tufuga in jail for 18 months. Tufuga, 28, admitted indecent assault, assault and injuring withintent to commit grievous bodily harm for the ...
Tribe develops new structure
May 02, 2005; ... A new management structure for Ngai Tahu is intended to be inplace by July 1. The South Island's largest iwi has spent the past four monthsreorganising its corporate affairs, during which the Ngai TahuDevelopment Corporation has been merged with the Office of Te Runangao Ngai ...
Families sought for study
May 02, 2005; ... Health and housing researchers are struggling to find Christchurchfamilies to apply for a free $5000 home heating upgrade. University of Otago researchers will assess whether heating makesa difference to people's health by installing efficient units such asheat pumps in homes in ...
CCC power shifts from councillors to McTurk
May 02, 2005 ... Strike action, council meetings in camera and councillorsseemingly floundering with the demands of council work are clearsigns that all is not well within the CCC. We must put to one side the fact that we have a mayor nice enoughto chat to but not born to lead, and a smaller pool ...
QEII plan upsets residents
May 02, 2005; ... Residents have attacked a Christchurch City Council concept planfor Queen Elizabeth II Park. Councillors have voted to put the controversial plan out forpublic consultation. But residents told councillors the initial plan did not provideenough protection for open space ...
Attack on pleasure
May 02, 2005 ... The Alcohol and Drug Association has publicised misleadinginformation on nos by ignoring the benefits of controlled use and therange of contexts of use (April 20). Nos is like a male orgasm, slightly risky healthwise, butbeneficial for pleasure, stress relief and well-being ....
Worth investigating
May 02, 2005 ... A Press article (April 20) detailed the substantial savings thatthe Local Government Commission has identified by Banks Peninsulaamalgamating with Christchurch. In many cases the projected savings were in the order of $500 to$600 per annum for each residential peninsula property ....
Simple solution
May 02, 2005 ... The recent tragedy of a parent reversing his vehicle over hischild reminded me of my own parents' fear of this situation when thishappened to one of their friends many years ago. They came up with asimple solution which I hope may help others. We played a game of going for a short ...
Fatted calves
May 02, 2005 ... Children's menus on offer in family restaurants show a depressinguniformity which suggests a lack of interest in the well- being ofyoung diners at odds with the deadly obesity epidemic engulfing ouryouth. Chicken nuggets, battered hotdogs, processed fish fingers -- andchips with ...
No such claim
May 02, 2005 ... I wish to advise Sir Kerry Burke (April 26) that I made no claimto any contamination of the aquifier by Christchurch InternationalAirport Ltd. What I was saying was that there has been no contamination byexisting activities to date, and I cannot see how future land usesmight ...
Deserves applause
May 02, 2005 ... Sir Kerry Burke's splendidly resolute statement of the need toprotect the quality of our drinking water by more extensive controlson land use (April 26) deserves the widest applause. It is indeed reassuring to see such forthrightness on this topicbeing shown by our regional ...
Courtesy needed
May 02, 2005 ... Several times a day I need to use the complex intersection ofFerry/Moorhouse/ Nursery/Wilsons roads, travelling between Nurseryand Wilson. This crossing would not be possible without the courtesy andconsideration of other drivers. Regardless of time of day, drivers, ...
Good and bad
May 02, 2005 ... Few things are more irritating than road users railing about otherroad users. Frances A. Blake (April 26) can count on one hand the number ofcourtesies she has been extended in Christchurch streets. I am an almost daily Christchurch motorist, cyclist andpedestrian. I ...
No change
May 02, 2005 ... Duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses. (Citizens worryabout only two things these days -- bread and ...
Why the difference?
May 02, 2005 ... I've just been reading about all the big name, high profile rugbyplayers taking lucrative money contracts overseas. Have people forgotten the underhanded nastiness and ridicule we soblantantly handed out to our world-class yachties as they left ourshores to pursue these big money ...
IN A FEW WORDS
May 02, 2005 ... I'm a 26-year-old Irish national living and working in NewZealand. I earn a modest salary. Due to higher car insurance bracketsbased on engine size, power and age of driver, I could not possiblyafford a boy-racer car back home. G. SYMS The commerce select committee points ...
What the PM knew
May 02, 2005; ... I t's funny how your past can come back to haunt you. Funny --until it happens to you -- but not particularly surprising. As any politician with a drink- driving conviction, an assaultrecord, or a weak bladder will regretfully agree, sooner or laterit's going to get out. So ...
DIARY
May 02, 2005; ... Nice new home Life is full of absurdities, so why not give them more space inthe newspaper? This morning the old Reporter's Diary has moved to asumptuous new home, a bit like relocating from a two-bedroomed StAlbans flat to a palatial West Melton lifestyle block. No longer ...
Telecom likely to post $620m profit analysts
May 02, 2005; ... Telecom's nine-month profit its tipped to come in at $620 million,or 4 per cent higher than the year before. The big focus for New Zealand's largest phone company is theperformance of its cellphone business and its high-speed internetservices business. Telecom is spending ...
Supply of big tyres dwindling
May 02, 2005; ... Oceana Gold says its only concern for the future is the worldwideshortage of large- scale haulage truck tyres. The international construction boom, particularly in China, hascreated a shortage not only in tradesmen, steel and other materialsbut also in tyres for industrial ...
Partners in court scrap over Pohokura
May 02, 2005; ... The $1 billion development of the crucial Pohokura gas field maybe slipping behind because of a bitter row between energyheavyweights Shell New Zealand and Todd Energy over operating key NewZealand gas fields. Pohokura is the biggest gas field development since Maui, whosegas is ...
Boost for venture capital
May 02, 2005; ... The Government is hoping to boost New Zealand's venture capitalindustry by introducing a new legal structure, limited partnerships,which limit investors' exposure to company debts. Commerce Minister Pete Hodgson last week said the Government waslooking at updating New Zealand's ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
May 02, 2005 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Atria, Dry Dock. Independent 1, Z Berth. Pelican, No. 2 West. Zlatno More, Oil Berth. Salamanca, Cashin Quay No. 1. MSC Teresa, Cashin Quay No. 3. Dolores, Cashin Quay No. 4. Aleksandr Buryachenko, No ....
Important for businesses to get prices right
May 02, 2005; ... I n many businesses, pricing the product or service is easy. It's simply what people generally pay for that type of product orservice. But for many new businesses, the pricing of their product orservice can be rather tricky. If you charge too much -- without the ...
Firms, workers win with 'worsure'
May 02, 2005; ... Do you want to raise your business's productivity, keep your staffhappy and avoid the skills-shortage crunch? You could do worse thanthink worsure, reports DAVID KING. `Worsure.' You read it here first, folks. It's a cross between work and pleasure, and it could save ...
Building rush to beat lift in fees
May 02, 2005; ... Building consents rose 6 per cent in March to a seasonallyadjusted 2673 as developers got in before higher consent fees andbuilding- law changes. Statistics New Zealand (SNZ) said the gain was driven by strongapartments consents, 882 in the month. The number of permits for ...
Skills shortage biting
May 02, 2005; ... Research has highlighted New Zealand's chronic skills shortage asbeing among the world's worst. Industry Training Federation executive director Darel Hall saidthe Grant Thornton International Business Owners Survey (IBOS)results supported the argument that this country needed to ...
Playgrounds of coral
May 02, 2005; ... Village hospitality gives AL NISBET a herbal high after he takesthe plunge in adventure tourism at the northern end of the Fijianislands chain. . We sit cross-legged on the old, wooden porch trying to think ofsome coherent questions to ask. The villagers smile innocently, ...
Niagara Falls Active in Adelaide; For art lovers Swinging Shanghai; Send in the clowns
May 02, 2005 ... Niagara Falls Straddling the Canadian-United States border, Niagara Fallsattracts around 12 million tourists each year. One fifth of all thefresh water in the world lies in the four Upper Great Lakes ofMichigan, Huron, Superior and Erie; all the outflow from them emptiesinto the ...
A fertile ground for science
May 02, 2005 ... Budding scientists are being nurtured at Cashmere High School. As well as the usual Science Fair entries, the south Christchurchco- educational secondary school has designed a range of programmesto ignite the passion of those interested in biology, chemistry,physics and problem ...
Variety of choice at Rangiora
May 02, 2005 ... Rangiora High School prides itself on being the best in the"country". Since 1884, the North Canterbury co-educational secondary schoolhas provided the families of this district with quality education. Itis now the third largest secondary school in the South Island,boasting more ...
Rangi the envy of others
May 02, 2005 ... Rangi Ruru is known as one of New Zealand's top performingschools. Apart from its reputation as one of New Zealand's top achievingschools for academic performance, the school also has an enviablereputation for its students' creative and cultural activities, and isNew Zealand's ...
Fostering excellence
May 02, 2005 ... Students at Christchurch South Intermediate are encouraged to takeopportunities. Acting principal Ross Hastings says with resources and equipmentfocused on just two years of schooling, the intermediate is able toprovide a vast range of academic, sporting and cultural options ...
Reputation for excellence
May 02, 2005 ... Villa Maria College has a reputation for excellence. Founded in 1918 and set in 4.8ha of grounds close to theUniversity of Canterbury, the Year 7 to 13 integrated college aims toprovide girls with a Catholic education of highest standard. "That encompasses true Christian ...
Papanui on a roll
May 02, 2005 ... There is a buoyant mood around Papanui High School. The roll at the north Christchurch co-educational secondary schoolhas risen by more than 200, to 1350, in the past two years and ispredicted to continue to grow for the next five years. Principal Denis Pyatt says the growth ...