The Press back issues from October 2005:
Stormy scenes as Huatas jailed
Oct 01, 2005; ... Family and supporters of Donna Awatere Huata and Wi Huata launchedinto a rowdy haka and yelled "phoney justice" and "mongrel" at thejudge sentencing the couple to jail terms. Judge Roderick Joyce, QC, left his Auckland courtroom for 30minutes yesterday when 20 of the 70 supporters ...
Police raids net boy racers
Oct 01, 2005; ... Police are promising more arrests after raiding dozens ofproperties as part of a covert operation targeting boy racers whoterrorised Templeton residents. Twenty cars have been impounded and as many people face a range ofcharges, including dangerous driving, breaching licence ...
Stormy scenes as Huatas jailed
Oct 01, 2005; ... Family and supporters of Donna Awatere Huata and Wi Huata launchedinto a rowdy haka and yelled "phoney justice" and "mongrel" at thejudge sentencing the couple to jail terms. Judge Roderick Joyce, QC, left his Auckland courtroom for 30minutes yesterday when 20 of the 70 supporters ...
Rock event lined up for Christchurch
Oct 01, 2005; ... Christchurch's Queen Elizabeth lI Park will host some of Australiaand New Zealand's hottest musical talent in November at a one-dayfestival called Southern Amp. Southern Amp features a main rock stage and a dance tent operatingunder the banner of international club franchise ...
Hide: jailing end to tragic saga
Oct 01, 2005; ... The leader of the party that fought a year-long legal battle tohave Donna Awatere Huata expelled from Parliament has given a sombrereaction to the news she has been jailed. ACT leader Rodney Hide said the sentencing brought an end to a"saga" that had dragged on for nearly three ...
Leadership plan for tribe
Oct 01, 2005; ... Ngai Tahu is drawing up plans for an institute that will turn outMaori leaders of the future. The institute may be part-funded by the Government through theMaori Affairs Department, Te Puni Kokiri, which has given the tribe$300,000 to deliver leadership programmes and set up a ...
Hay fever arrives early
Oct 01, 2005; ... The hay fever season has arrived early -- and with high pollencounts expected, it is about to get a lot worse for sufferers. Retired Massey University scientist David Fountain said the worstof the hay fever season was yet to come. "The hardest time for sufferers is in late ...
Flight security rules relaxed
Oct 01, 2005; ... Relaxed flight security rules mean airline passengers can nowcarry small pocket knives, scissors and knitting needles in theircabin bags. From today, airline passengers will be able to take onboard theirpreviously banned pocket knives, scissors and nail files -- as longas the ...
50 police in hunt for tourist's killer
Oct 01, 2005; ... The man believed to have stolen a vehicle at the centre of theBirgit Brauer murder investigation continues to elude police. About 50 police from throughout the central North Island are nowinvolved in the hunt for Brauer's killer. The body of the 28-year-old German hitchhiker was ...
Thief sentenced
Oct 01, 2005 ... A Belfast man who admitted stealing a $150,000 ambulance at aservice station has been sentenced to community work. Regan Rhys O'Connor, 35, unemployed, jumped into the ambulance,which was on its way back from a job in the country, while the crewwere inside ...
Kids mix it with best sandcastle scientists
Oct 01, 2005; ... The Ahearn siblings know their sandcastles. As construction got under way on Sumner beach yesterday, the threechildren showed little interest in recent United States scientificfindings on how to make a superior sandcastle. They have no need for professional advice on the ...
Disease test results withheld
Oct 01, 2005; ... The Christchurch School of Medicine is refusing to release copiesof its positive tests for the legionella bug, despite claiming to be"upfront and open" about the issue. School spokesman Ainslie Talbot said the information it hadreleased so far was an accurate reflection of those ...
Call for inquest on baby
Oct 01, 2005; ... Justice campaigners are calling for an inquest to be held for theinfant daughter of murderer and rapist Paul Bailey, 16 years afterher tragic death. Eight-week-old Linda Rose Bailey died after being seriously burnedin a kitchen fire at Bailey's home in Ettrick, Central Otago, ...
Police review plans for flu pandemic
Oct 01, 2005; ... Police plans for dealing with a flu pandemic are being reviewed inthe face of growing fears about bird flu hitting New Zealand shores. Bird flu has killed more than 60 people across four countries inAsia since late 2003, mostly through direct contact with infectedpoultry. But ...
Woman suffers contractions as family flees house fire
Oct 01, 2005 ... Alarm bells rang twice for a pregnant Christchurch woman whostarted having contractions while fleeing her burning home yesterday. The woman, her partner and young daughter fled their Papanuirental property about 3am after waking to the smell of smoke andseeing their lounge on fire, ...
Toby's listing probed
Oct 01, 2005 ... The fate of a Wanaka man who enrolled his dog to vote has beenplaced in the hands of the Queenstown police. Otago rural areacontroller Inspector Phil Jones said yesterday that DetectiveSergeant Grahme Bartlett, of the Queenstown CIB, would ...
View from the top before party summit
Oct 01, 2005; ... Inter-party negotiations to shape the next government will step upa gear today after the final election result, due at 11am, isconfirmed. Caretaker Prime Minister Helen Clark will be in Nelson with PrinceAndrew as the results come through, and is hosting a dinner for himat ...
Drowning leads to tips for outdoors
Oct 01, 2005; ... The father of a North Canterbury girl who drowned while canoeingwith classmates has welcomed a new electronic directory thatidentifies the hazards of school outings. Annabel Atkinson, 11, and Hayley North, 13, died in October 2001when their canoe flipped and became pinned against ...
A nose for travel
Oct 01, 2005; ... Christchurch is gearing up for the start of the Antarctic summerseason today, and that is bad news for Roald Amundsen's nose. Amid lectures, church services and other commemorations of theresumption of flights to Scott Base and McMurdo Station, anunofficial ritual for those ...
Charge after crash
Oct 01, 2005 ... BLENHEIM -- A-74-year old Blenheim man has been charged withcareless use of a motor vehicle causing death following a crash on apedestrian ...
Race nearly full
Oct 01, 2005 ... QUEENSTOWN -- Entries for the Motatapu Icebreaker mountain bikeand running race through Shania Twain's high-country properties arefast approaching capacity, organisers say. The March ...
Cars stolen
Oct 01, 2005 ... RANGIORA -- A man who left a trail of stolen vehicles in his wakeon Thursday evening first took a vehicle from Lyttelton and dumped itat Rangiora before stealing another. He was stopped by the owner butafter a short altercation he ...
Board resignation
Oct 01, 2005 ... GREYMOUTH -- The West Coast District Health Board's generalmanager of operations, Ebel Kremer, has resigned after ...
Liquor ban lifted
Oct 01, 2005 ... ASHBURTON -- The Ashburton District Council has confirmed itsdecision to lift its central business district liquor ban for NewYear's Eve, despite police opposition. Senior Sergeant Arnold Kellysaid it was important for police and the ...
Lakes property prices double
Oct 01, 2005; ... Queenstown and Wanaka property values have virtually doubled forthe second consecutive three-year period, with the average propertyin the area now costing $663,000. A Quotable Value report presented to the Queenstown Lakes DistrictCouncil (QLDC) yesterday shows land values have ...
Kiwis quit cigarettes
Oct 01, 2005; ... Fewer than one in four adult New Zealanders now smoke after anestimated 6000 people quit the habit in the past two years. The Health Ministry's latest Tobacco Facts, released yesterday,shows the proportion of adult smokers fell to 23.4 per cent last yearfrom 24.5% in 2002 ....
Big revamp for Blenheim centre
Oct 01, 2005; ... The heart of Blenheim is in for a major makeover with a hotel,convention centre, club and theatre project totalling $50 million. What started as a joint venture between the Marlborough ReturnedServices Association and the combined Workingmen's Club andMarlborough Club has grown to ...
CPIT not an asset to High Street
Oct 01, 2005 ... We take issue with the statement by Sue Sutherland, a CPIT councilmember (Sept 24), that "the campus has been a major catalyst in theregeneration of High Street". The regeneration of High Street has occurred in spite of buildingthe Christchurch Polytechnic Jazz School. This ...
Limited thinking
Oct 01, 2005 ... John Walker's article promoting clean-heat methods (Sept 27)wrongly assumes all logburners produce high levels of air pollution.This is a common misconception and is a classic symptom of tunnel-visioned bureaucratitis. Those affected by this syndrome tenaciously believe that the ...
Offensive offer
Oct 01, 2005 ... Recently Philip Carter destroyed the Kinsey house, one of our moresignificant pieces of local history linked with names such as Scottand Shackleton. Now a trust he is associated with proposes to create a magnificentwalkway at Moncks Bay using ratepayers' money with a ...
Double standard
Oct 01, 2005 ... Your article "NZ woman joins suit against Vioxx" (Sept 27)highlights the failure of medicine regulators in New Zealand. When a patient is told a drug will kill her, give her a stroke ordissolve a clot, it's time to ask how Vioxx ever got approved.Especially when these same ...
Doing their best
Oct 01, 2005 ... The first reaction to Adrienne Gault (Sept 23) that farmers do notcare for their stock during polar blasts was to invite her up for alambing beat in those conditions, just to see what it is like in thereal world. However, I have a husband who tolerates fools ...
Avoid US
Oct 01, 2005 ... In recent years, insurance costs have increased significantly foreveryone whenever major disasters, particularly expensive ones,occur, because insurers spread their risk worldwide. However, I suggest that the rest of the world could decrease theircosts considerably by simply not ...
Democracy in action
Oct 01, 2005 ... An article (Sept 27) made it clear that police officers no longerhave faith in their minister and want him to go. What puzzles me is what makes the police so different from othergroups dissatisfied with the minister in charge of their portfolio(beneficiaries, teachers, for ...
Nats don't get it
Oct 01, 2005 ... Michael Bassett (Sept 27) claims that "there is little disputethat the Don Brash/John Key tax package was the most popular -- moststood to benefit from it". Actually, the National Party and ACT who supported these tax cutswon 42 per cent of the party vote. All the other parties, ...
We must remember
Oct 01, 2005 ... On September 24, 1945, NZ3526 left Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides,bound for Whenuapai. On board were four crew and 16 passengersreturning from active service in the Pacific. An urgent "stand by, stand by" was transmitted after 3 1/2 hours,then nothing further. The disappearance of ...
Slower roads
Oct 01, 2005 ... When large amounts of my tax or rate money are spent rearrangingroads and intersections, am I unreasonable to expect an improvement? Yesterday I spent 14 minutes traversing the length of ParkhouseRoad in a queue that started in Hayton Road. Before the intersection with the ...
Letter of the Week
Oct 01, 2005 ... Your Letter of the Week (Sept 23) is one of the most profoundletters that I have ever read. Given the terrible experiences this young woman had growing up, itis truly wonderful to see how she ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Oct 01, 2005 ... As one with an interest in history, I complain about theoccasional historical howler in your On This Day column. The firstitem (Sept 26) was a beauty: 1580 -- Francis Drake returning toPlymouth, Massachusetts, after his circumnavigation. This was decadesbefore that Plymouth (and the ...
Ugly duckling
Oct 01, 2005 ... Beauty and charm are undoubted advantages in life, even for lakes. Lake Ellesmere, the unwelcoming, unattractive expanse of greychilly water in Christchurch's backyard, is, according to some,virtually in its death throes, brought to the brink of destruction bydecades of abuse and ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Oct 01, 2005 ... Like A. Young (Sept 6), I endorse the need for openness andhonesty with adopted children regarding their roots. Unfortunately,there are still legacies of secrecy and guilt around adoption, andmany families who continue to find it impossible to talk openly andhonestly about their feelings ...
POSTSCRIPT
Oct 01, 2005; ... We started it so we can hardly complain. An article in The Presson Wednesday about the owners of four- wheel-drive vehicles hasinitiated a minor outbreak of bad language and ad hominem argument inthe letters column -- two things the column generally strives toavoid. Wednesday's ...
Life's a beach
Oct 01, 2005; ... The trend started long ago and in the last few months we have seenit accelerating with Timaru firm Swanndri shifting its production toChina and Waimate and Ashburton furniture makers either closing downor doing the same. That antiquated concept of trading is thankfully on the way ...
Brother jailed for killing
Oct 01, 2005; ... Jesse Atkinson has joined his younger brother in jail, getting ahefty jail sentence for the brutal and seemingly senseless killing ofa defenceless drunk at a party outside Christchurch. Atkinson, 21, was sentenced to seven years jail yesterday for hispart in the killing of George ...
Waitaki water plan due on Monday
Oct 01, 2005; ... Farmers and other key stakeholders will find out on Monday whataccess they will get to water from the Waitaki River when theallocation plan is finally released. The Waitaki Catchment Allocation Board is due to release its planfor the vital catchment at noon on Monday. The ...
Tears in Unimog case
Oct 01, 2005; ... Soldiers broke down in the witness box yesterday as they recalledtheir desperate attempts to save their dying mates, trapped in thewreckage of a Unimog truck. Private Matthew Goldsworthy, 21, voice shaking, told an inquestinto the army accident that left Private Daniel Kairua, 22, ...
Forest in water proposal
Oct 01, 2005; ... More than 5500ha in the Waimakariri District, including theEyrewell Forest, could become farmland if an application by Ngai TahuProperty Group to take irrigation water from the Waimakariri Riversucceeds. The group has applied to Environment Canterbury to take 3.9 cubicmetres of ...
Shellfish ban
Oct 01, 2005 ... High levels of marine biotoxins have closed Golden Bay toshellfish gathering and delayed the opening of the commercial scallopseason. Nelson Marlborough District Health Board senior health protectionofficer Geoff Cameron yesterday warned the public not to take or eatany ...
Factory failure costs $430,000
Oct 01, 2005; ... A second West Coast factory dream has burst, leaving ratepayers$430,000 out of pocket. Two years after the Westland District Council was forced to pullthe pin on the now infamous Hokitika plastics factory, the BullerDistrict Council has called it quits on a similar loan for a ...
Glacier landing remembered
Oct 01, 2005; ... Landing on the glacier was not the problem. It was taking offagain that had Harry Wigley worried. The South Canterbury pilot realised a long-held dream when helanded his ski-equipped Auster on the Tasman Glacier 50 years ago.Aviation and tourism people are celebrating the ...
Will problematic alliances spawn odd bedfellows?
Oct 01, 2005; ... The Maori Party fell three seats short of its goal of taking allseven Maori electorates and did not gain sufficient party votes toqualify for list seats. And on election-night figures, it caused an overhang of two seats. For all that, the achievement of this party, which is ...
Otago ski industry eyes new fields
Oct 01, 2005; ... A shorter and warmer winter has done nothing to dent theconfidence of the Central Otago skiing industry, which has big plansfor expansion. DEBBIE JAMIESON reports. On Thursday night, a Queenstown bar held a party celebrating the"winter that wasn't". It was a warmer winter ...
Hey baby, Daddy's getting married _ to Mom
Oct 01, 2005 ... All 10 newly married couples pose for a picture during "Marry YourBaby's Daddy Day" in New York yesterday. Ten women were married tothe fathers of their children in a group ceremony. The idea for thewedding came from the book of ...
QUOTE UNQUOTE
Oct 01, 2005 ... "The filthy dogs. How dare they be harsh!" -- film-maker GuyRitchie, hits back at critics who have given his latest movie,Revolver, a less than kind reception. "My opinion was never terribly high of the world. The world hasdone nothing to alter itself. Stalemate." -- US ...
Refit a shopper's delight
Oct 01, 2005; ... New Zealanders riding the wealth wave are spending up a storm. SUEALLEN looks at how the big operators are moving upmarket to meetcustomers' rising expectations. Whether you see shopping as torture or an enjoyable nationalpastime, it is hard to ignore the fact that New Zealand's ...
Smiths City predicts tough times
Oct 01, 2005; ... Smiths City Group has warned shareholders of possible tough timesahead, but is not worried enough to put the brakes on its NorthIsland push. Chairman Craig Boyce told shareholders at yesterday's annualmeeting that the retailer's financial results usually pre-empted aneconomic ...
Fonterra payout raised
Oct 01, 2005; ... Dairy farmers got a 4 per cent pay rise yesterday after Fonterraraised its forecast milk payout. The co-operative increased its forecast payout for the 2005-2006season to $4 per kilogram of milksolids, 15c ahead of its earlierforecast, but still well short of last season's $4.59 ....
Reverse bid talk on Feltex
Oct 01, 2005; ... Merging Australia's Godfrey Hirst and Feltex Carpets could occurvia a reverse takeover, with a large number of Feltex shares issuedto its Melbourne rival. That is the conclusion analysts draw, after comments by GodfreyHirst finance director Jim Walsh to BusinessDay this week ....
Baycorp plug pulled
Oct 01, 2005 ... Baycorp Advantage's hostile takeover bidder Allco Equity Partnershas thrown in the towel. The Australian private equity fund said itwould let its offer for the trans-Tasman credit ...
Lion target ahead
Oct 01, 2005 ... Lion Nathan takeover target Coopers Brewery yesterday announcedannual earnings had risen 51.3% to $A14.3m ($NZ15.91m). The family-owned South Australian (SA) brewery is embroiled in a hostile bidfrom the trans- Tasman liquor group, which is offering $A260 a share.The $A352m bid has ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Oct 01, 2005 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Atria, Z Berth. Amaltal Explorer, Dry Dock. Energy Angel, Cashin Quay 1. Independent 1, Z Berth. Zlatno More, No. 4 West. ARRIVED Ponl Wellington, 3:26am 10,546, Pt Chalmers, Adsteam. Msc ...
Building permits rebound
Oct 01, 2005; ... A backlog of building consents trickling through the system andbusinesses moving to better premises helped push up building consentsin August. Although the trend for residential consents has been down for thelast eight months, the number of permits issued in August rose 6.8per ...
NI plant taken offline
Oct 01, 2005; ... Taranaki has stopped producing methanol for the first time in 22years with closure of the third and last methanol plant at WaitaraValley -- one of the original Think Big plants. But the Canadian owners are not saying die yet. They hope they can secure some gas at an economic ...
Dick Smith expands
Oct 01, 2005 ... Dick Smith Electronics' expansion continues with the latestaddition to its stables being a 350sq m store in Masterton. The storereplaces a distribution centre ...
ANZ in NZ venture
Oct 01, 2005 ... Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will make a one-off $NZ16mgain from selling the National Bank of New Zealand's funds managementand life insurance business to ING New Zealand. ANZ said its fundsmanagement and life insurance joint venture with ING had ...