The Press back issues from August 2005:
MPs link power prices to 'disgusting' salaries
Aug 01, 2005; ... Opposition parties are threatening a radical shake-up ofTranspower if elected, after revelations that many of its staff takehome gold-plated salaries. An investigation by The Press shows that of the State-ownednational grid company's 390 full- time employees, one in every ...
Move to ensure prisoners on home detention go to work
Aug 01, 2005; ... Prisoners on home detention are to be pushed into finding jobsunder a tough new work-testing regime. The new rule would effectively switch the burden of proof, from anassumption they could not work to an assumption that they could. The aim is to find work for "suitable ...
'Colonisation' course axed
Aug 01, 2005; ... Prison bosses axed a controversial course on colonisation forMaori women offenders, because it upset inmates. The course -- included as part of a pilot programme for Maoriwomen offenders at Wellington's Arohata Prison in 2003-04 -- aimed tohelp them "contextualise their offending" ...
Top hairdresser gives model credit
Aug 01, 2005 ... Subtle style and strong colour won Christchurch hairdresser Celine-Marie Lamberton the New Zealand Hairdresser of the Year title. Lamberton won the supreme award at the L'Oreal Colour TrophyAwards in Auckland on Saturday. It was the fourth year in which Lamberton had made the ...
Police will not say how man in Sumner died
Aug 01, 2005 ... Police will not say how a wheelchair- bound Sumner man wasallegedly killed by his flatmate. On Saturday, a post-mortem was done on the 56-year-old man who wasfound dead in his Wakefield Avenue home on Thursday night. His 48-year-old housemate, who has been charged with ...
Drug access widens for diabetes sufferers
Aug 01, 2005; ... Thousands more type-2 diabetes sufferers will get access to animportant oral drug as a result of new eligibility criteria. Doctors have welcomed the new criteria -- announced yesterday bythe Government's drug funding agency Pharmac -- which will widenaccess to type-2 diabetes ...
Tomahawk hunt
Aug 01, 2005 ... Christchurch police are searching for a tomahawk allegedly usedduring a weekend domestic dispute. A 26-year- old man was arrested inthe carpark of Christchurch Hospital early on Saturday morning. He isbeing held in custody. Detective Annie Sullivan, of ...
Jive talkers step out of retirement in search of big prize at championships
Aug 01, 2005 ... The cha cha, samba, ramba, paso doble and jive featured at the NewZealand DanceSport Championships at the weekend. Christchurch dancersMichael and Sharan Phillips, who have two small children, came out ofretirement to join other dancers seeking the big prize at the PioneerLeisure Centre ....
Call for training in use of snow gear
Aug 01, 2005; ... New Zealand mountaineers and guides are using safety gear "veryclose to failure limits", an expert has found after the deaths ofhigh- profile climbers and their client. Prominent Wanaka mountain guides Paul Scaife and Dave Hiddleston,trainee guide David Gardner, and Tasmanian ...
CDHB pays for private scans
Aug 01, 2005; ... More than 1000 patients face waits of up to nine months for an MRIscan at Christchurch Hospital as demand for the technology increases. In a bid to reduce waiting times, the Canterbury District HealthBoard (CDHB) has agreed to send 240 patients for an MRI scan in theprivate sector ...
Litter 'disgrace'
Aug 01, 2005 ... QUEENSTOWN -- Parts of central Queenstown are an "absolutedisgrace", the Queenstown Lakes District Council has been told. CrChris Blackford said people reported that the town centre was thedirtiest it had ever been. The base of new trees had become giantashtrays and vehicles running over ...
Geese to be culled
Aug 01, 2005 ... AKAROA -- Canada geese around Akaroa Harbour will be culled byFish and Game. The geese foul recreational water, the foreshore andfarmers' paddocks. Fish and Game counted 275 geese around the harbourin July, down from 416 in 2004 and 355 in 2003. However, ...
Giving voice to Te Reo Maori with tamaiti in mind
Aug 01, 2005 ... Helping support Te Reo Maori is Telena Hohepa, performing withkapa haka group Te Kotahitanga-Pakeke, at the album launch of TamaitiHarikoa (Happy Children). The album -- a compilation of original,contemporary songs in ...
Vintage Peters hits out at usual targets
Aug 01, 2005 ... Only Winston Peters could get away with riding into his electioncampaign showpiece on the back of a Harley Davidson. Even for him, itwas touch and go. Amid dry ice so thick it was a wonder he did not drive off thestage, the pinstriped Peters played pillion passenger to a ...
NZ First will not 'prop up dinosaurs'
Aug 01, 2005; ... New Zealand First is styling itself as the new "conscience ofParliament" in a strong indication the party may defy expectationsthat it will be part of the next government. NZ First became the first party to launch its 2005 electioncampaign yesterday, at a packed Bruce Mason Centre ...
Woodend school given safety stamp
Aug 01, 2005; ... Woodend Primary School will celebrate its new international statusas a World Health Organisation (WHO) Safe School later this month. In 2001, the school brought in outside organisations to help itdeal with bullying, a high injury rate, and concerns over road safetybecause of the ...
Health workers plan strike action
Aug 01, 2005; ... Social workers and occupational therapists are among 600Canterbury health workers planning to strike this month. Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) staff belonging to theNational Union of Public Employees (Nupe) are seeking a 30 per centwage hike. Nupe secretary Nadine ...
Linwood's top score
Aug 01, 2005; ... A formerly struggling east Christchurch high school has received aglowing report from the Education Review Office (ERO). Linwood College's latest ERO report found the school was making"significant progress" and raising student academic achievement. The college has been the ...
Porn images 'violent'
Aug 01, 2005; ... Investigators tracking the child-porn trade say the level ofviolence and abuse found in images is escalating. In the financial year ending June, the Department of InternalAffairs censorship and compliance unit initiated 36 court actionsagainst child porn users compared with 28 the ...
WIN TICKETS
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Press and the Christchurch Arts Festival have 10 double passesto give away to Thursday's opening-night performance of King andCountry, at the Festival Repertory Theatre (7.30pm). Drawing on letters, diaries, newspaper reports and songs from thetime, this play tells the stories ...
TODAY
Aug 01, 2005 ... Jazz and Cabaret Jukka Perko Trio TV One Pavilion, Victoria Square, 7.30pm Bookings: Ticketek . Tim Hollobon Group TV One Pavilion, 5.30pm $5 (door sales only) . Art For Lunch: Peninsula TV One Pavilion, ...
VIPs show shades of green
Aug 01, 2005; ... These days, going green is not just for hippies -- even the Queenis into saving the planet, installing hydro- electrics to powerWindsor Castle. New Zealand prides itself on being a clean, greenland, but how eco- friendly are our homegrown figureheads? ELEANORWILSON reports.....
MAF on alert for signs of bird flu
Aug 01, 2005; ... Surveillance for bird flu in New Zealand poultry is being steppedup as worldwide fears grow of a killer pandemic. International health experts have warned of the potential forrapid global human spread if the H5N1 virus found in South-east Asiamutates to allow human- to-human ...
Performance standards wanted
Aug 01, 2005; ... Abolishing early-childhood subsidies based on centre ownership andreplacing them with performance standards will bring better outcomesfor children, a new report says. The Putting Children First report was prepared by the New ZealandInstitute of Economic Research (NZIER) for the ...
Peters' appeal
Aug 01, 2005 ... Winston Peters' talk last week of a "militant underbelly" ofIslamic extremists in our midst and his return to the subject againyesterday at the launch of his party's election campaign was atypical Peters gambit. He has found a subject about which there islegitimate public concern and by ...
Keep Anderton
Aug 01, 2005 ... I must respond to the sad letter from Garth Lomax (July 25). Jim Anderton is the most effective politician in terms ofdelivering on policies and promises in the last 40 years. His policyachievements, such as Kiwibank, paid parental leave, four weeksannual leave, and the turn- ...
Dump Anderton
Aug 01, 2005 ... As a former active supporter, I hope Jim Anderton gets sentpacking at this election. I honestly believed him when he championed social justice and therights of those at the bottom of the heap. Yet in power he hasdelivered the complete opposite. Who can forget his infamous ...
Mdulded wrods
Aug 01, 2005 ... Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch taem at Cmabrigde Uivervtisy, it deosn'tmttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnttihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. Therset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it ...
Truth will out
Aug 01, 2005 ... Given the fondness Christchurch has for Rewi Alley and sister citylinks, it is understandable that John Henzell (July 27) is somewhatbemused by Jung Chang's uncompromising denunciation of Mao, but useof the word polemic illuminates the Left's discomfort whenconfronting the ugly truth of ...
Expand the page
Aug 01, 2005 ... I really enjoy the letters page in The Press. It's always thefirst thing I read every morning. I'm not the only one either -- alot of people I know feel the same. Given that there are obviously some good letters that never getpublished due to ...
Cannabis law change harmful to youth
Aug 01, 2005 ... I was the first long term full-time undercover police officer inNew Zealand, during 1963 and 1964 in Auckland. During those years thecannabis around the country was usually imported buddha sticks withsome home-grown. The police have always had a discretion to charge for ...
Restoring values
Aug 01, 2005 ... Don Ferguson (July 25) asks if Destiny Church could please explainhow it plans to cure the "evils in society". As a church, we spread the good news of Jesus Christ, and how Hecame to save us from our sins. The church website (www.destinychurch.org.nz) outlines the various ...
Watch this space
Aug 01, 2005 ... I am not at all surprised to see yet another truck accident on theChristchurch to Picton highway on the front page of The Press (July27). On Tuesday evening last week I drove from Picton to Christchurchin heavy rain for half the journey. Whilst a few truck drivers werecourteous ...
Fast and quick
Aug 01, 2005 ... The Ariel Atom 2 is probably not believed to be the fastestproduction road car in the world, as claimed in The Press (July 25 ),because it isn't, though it might be believed to be the quickest,with a paltry top speed of 224kmh but capable of a lightening- quickdash from 0 to 100kmh in ...
Juggling words
Aug 01, 2005 ... Paul Corwin (July 26) disparages PSA testing as an aid in theearly detection of prostate cancer. He says its benefits areunproven. He is on safe ground here of course, because its benefits cannever be proven. I cannot prove that I would have died if my prostatecancer had not ...
My money
Aug 01, 2005 ... I would like the name of the lender who is giving the LabourGovernment interest-free money to underwrite the current student loandebt. I am anxious to refinance my mortgage with a ...
In a few words
Aug 01, 2005 ... Thanks to Alexis Stuart (July 26) for her article on the UnitedStates and New York. It was so refreshing to find somebody here withsomething positive to say about America. LILLIAN GUERRIERO Since tax year 1998/99, when the $38,000 threshold was set, threemembers of my ...
Disturbing omissions
Aug 01, 2005 ... The story of the bringing to justice of convicted murderer PaulDavid Bailey for two rapes that were brought to the police'sattention 14 years ago is not a happy one. The police clearly haddifficult choices to make in the case and some of the decisions thathad to be made were marginal ...
DIARY
Aug 01, 2005; ... Election result exclusive Attention Helen and Don: you may as well call the campaigning offnow. Forget those polls; the election result has been foretold.Evan's pendulum has spoken. Evan, who readers will recall is Peeps'sregular earthquake, seismology, epidemiology and ...
Exit stage centre?
Aug 01, 2005; ... Has Labour found the circuit breaker it was looking for? Fourpolls in as many days show a remarkable turnaround in Labour'sfortunes. Voters have already made fools of swaggering Aussie politicalbetting shop Centrebet, which has switched its odds-on favourite fourtimes since it ...
Big cheeses a birthday highlight
Aug 01, 2005 ... A ppropriately, food and wine tasting was the focus of the NewZealand School of Food & Wine's 10th- anniversary celebrations lastmonth. Graduates and invited guests were treated to artisan cheesetasting, champagne and dinner at Hay's Restaurant. The evening provided a great ...
Passion for food
Aug 01, 2005 ... The New Zealand School of Food & Wine, in Victoria Street, in theheart of Christchurch's inner-city restaurant and cafe scene, is ahighly regarded culinary school, offering part-time and full-timecourses in cooking, hospitality, wine appreciation and restaurantmanagement. Having ...
Essential handbook
Aug 01, 2005 ... Known as an essential handbook for those entering the New Zealandhospitality industry, Celia Hay's How to Grow Your HospitalityBusiness will be updated this year. The book was first published in 2000 and a new edition isscheduled for release before Christmas. The need for a ...
Wide knowledge of wines
Aug 01, 2005 ... As hospitality tutor at the New Zealand School of Food & Wine,Gabrielle Lewis gets a lot of opportunities to taste and evaluatewines. "New Zealand wines have been my mainstay. Over the years I haveenjoyed discovering new wines and wineries as they have beenestablished. It is ...
Banking on baking
Aug 01, 2005 ... Grant Midgley has traded banking for baking with the help of theNew Zealand School of Food & Wine. The former banker who also ran a concrete construction business inSydney decided a couple of years ago it was time for a career change. "There was a sea change in my life. My ...
Award recognises hard work
Aug 01, 2005 ... Seven years of hard work has paid off for Hay's Restaurant. The Victoria Street restaurant has joined a select group of NewZealand eateries to be given a Restaurant Award by the prestigiousWine Spectator magazine. Known as the authoritative wine magazine of North America, it ...
Call to cut light-beer excise
Aug 01, 2005; ... Aussies drink it by the dozen but most Kiwis won't touch thestuff. It is light beer and Foster's Group reckons the Government oughtto abolish the excise on it to encourage socially responsibledrinking. Speaking at the BrewNZ Beer Business Panel in Wellington onFriday, ...
Remote spin on radio
Aug 01, 2005; ... A Christchurch audio-production company is putting a new spin onremote working, pre-recording shows using city-based talent for aWest Coast radio station. Launched in March by veteran broadcaster David Dunlay and award-winning audio producer Toby Ricketts, The Voice Booth produces ...
Honour for travel firm
Aug 01, 2005; ... Kiwi-owned travel company House of Travel has proved technologycan take you places, winning the top honours in the 2005Computerworld Excellence Awards for its online booking tool. The company won the IBM Overall Excellence in use of IT Award forits www. houseoftravel.co.nz website ...
Share law warning
Aug 01, 2005; ... The new legislation on trading shares and the operation ofsecurities markets will expose financial advisers, investment bankersand lawyers to the risk of breaking the law and criminal penalties,according to one of Wellington's leading law firms. Bell Gully partners Roger Partridge ...
Fonterra focus on operational unity
Aug 01, 2005; ... Fonterra is trying to run its manufacturing sites as if they wereone big factory and it is also looking for more ways for itsingredients and brands business to work together. The former initiative -- Operations Journey -- has been runningsince the start of the year and the latter ...
THE WEEK AHEAD
Aug 01, 2005 ... Also this week in BusinessDay we have another five specialistpages for business readers. * Tomorrow Your Money looks at personal finance, and on WednesdayProfile puts a Kiwi leader under the spotlight. * On Thursday ...
FILM; (cinemas and screening times, C3)
Aug 01, 2005 ... ARE WE THERE YET? Family comedy about a playboy bachelor who is forced to take hisnew girlfriend's two children on a road trip. (PG) A ROOM WITH A VIEW Re-release of the 1985 romantic-drama about a young Englishwomanwho must decide whether to follow through with her ...
GIG GUIDE
Aug 01, 2005 ... MICKY'S CITY -- Puree. SOUTHERN BLUES BAR -- Hagley High Jazz. SULLIVANS -- Traditional Irish Jam Session. THE BARD ON AVON -- Nanakos, jazz and free wine tasting, 7.30pm,followed by The Craic Sessions (Celtic). THE BOG Quiz night. TUESDAY ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Aug 01, 2005 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Adi Savu Savu, No. 2 West. Pelican, No. 4 West. Wellesley, Dry Dock. Zlatno More, No. 4 West. ARRIVED SaturdayOyang #77, (6.30am), 899, Sea, (Fisheries Consu). Spirit of Competition, (7.00am), 5,269, ...
VISUAL ARTS
Aug 01, 2005 ... AIGANTIGHE GALLERY (49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru): Artarama! Festival ofSouth Canterbury Student Art (August 6-21). ALLEGORY ART GALLERY (113 Lichfield St): Collectable and DesirablePart 1. Group show (to Aug 5). ANNIE'S WINE BAR (Arts Centre): Paintings by Libby Handy ....
WIN! WIN! WIN!
Aug 01, 2005 ... Take one UK TV show with an oversized curtain and a dodgypresenter. Add a bloke with a vague likeness to Freddie Mercury. Mixwell. Result? One Night of Queen -- starring Gary Mullen, winner ofStars in their Eyes, UK -- will play at 7pm at the Christchurch TownHall on Sunday, August 14 ...
[ APPLAUD 2005 ]; [MEGA GUIDE ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... APPLAUD 2005 The 6th Christchurch Arts Festival ends this Sunday. Applaud? Morelike a standing ovation. Make the most of the fabulous last week line-up and head along. Check out The Press for festival highlights.Events listed below are for this week. For bookings phone ...
[ MEGA GUIDE; MONDAY AUGUST 1 - SUNDAY AUGUST 7 ]
Aug 01, 2005 ... Let's all start Monday by wishing Kiwi horses a big HappyBirthday. Yes, they all celebrate together today. Applaud ends thisSaturday so make the most of the huge line-up this week. Othergoodies include the 29th International Film Festival which is stillreeling us in. Greg Churchill is at ...
All Blacks centre down in the mumps
Aug 01, 2005; ... All Blacks midfielder Conrad Smith may be in doubt for Sunday'sTri Nations test against the Springboks because of a suspected caseof mumps. Smith, who started at centre in the third test against the Lions,missed training on Saturday and yesterday and has been quarantinedfrom the ...
ABs in for 'reality check'
Aug 01, 2005 ... Wallabies coach Eddie Jones believes the All Blacks are headingfor a rugby reality check when they open their Tri Nations campaignagainst a resurgent South Africa in Cape Town yesterday. Jones suggested the All Blacks were over-confident after acrushing 3-0 series defeat of the ...
Close but no cigar for Burnside; AT A GLANCE
Aug 01, 2005; ... The agony and ecstasy of sport was laid bare for all to see in theTelecom Trophy rugby final at Rugby Park. Christchurch experienced the triumph and Burnside the tribulationswith the 16-14 scoreline to the red and blacks on Saturday. The match, rather unfairly, will always be ...
Kiwis beat Aust for title tilt
Aug 01, 2005; ... New Zealand is one "big hurdle" away from its first world youthchampionship netball title in 13 years. The New Zealand under-21 team beat defending champion Australia 52-51 in its championship semi-final in Fort Lauderdale, Floridayesterday. A last minute intercept by New ...
Thomson secures win
Aug 01, 2005; ... Two tries from the individual brilliance of speedy Sydenham wingNic Thomson proved the difference between his team and Marist-Albion34-23 in the Telecom Plate final at Rugby Park. Thomson's brace ensured it kept Marist- Albion at bay during thesecond half of a fairly evenly ...
Coaches help in Varsity win
Aug 01, 2005; ... Coach Mark Meates, the son of former All Black Kevin, playedalongside his own son Thomas in University's 33-24 Telecom Bowl finalvictory at Ilam Park. Meates and co-coach Victor Simpson took the field in the secondhalf, joining team manager Amini Gudrunuvanua. Simpson was ...