The Press back issues from September 2006:
DARCI'S THE ANCHOR
Sep 01, 2006; ... I t is P day for star galloper Darci Brahma at Hastings tomorrow. A Pick6 punter is likely to be $1 million better off if theDanehill horse can resume on a winning note in the Mudgway Stakes inwhich he will be an anchor for many. And a win will will push hisearnings well past his ...
NAME THE FACE; Answer
Sep 01, 2006 ... Who is this former jockey? Answer in OFF TRACK, p16.....
Friday FORUM
Sep 01, 2006; ... It was interesting to hear retired chief thoroughbred stipendiarysteward Noel McCutcheon's views in a recent Trackside racing show. I perked up about his comment regarding the Judicial ControlAuthority (JCA) operation. McCutcheon felt it would be more beneficial to have the ...
Rowe Cup winner to change stables
Sep 01, 2006; ... Rowe Cup-winning mare Inspire is likely to have a new home by theend of next week. Leeston trainer Paul Nairn confirmed the Chiola Hanover mare hadbeen trialled for big money. He says the offer is too good to refuse. "Once the word got out that she could be bought, ...
The Flyin Doctor ready for take-off
Sep 01, 2006 ... Tim Butt and Phillip Anderson should get another win for theharness trainers' premiership at Addington tonight. The West Melton trainers rolled to an early one-win lead lastweekend, advancing to five wins. They look good to score again with The Flyin Doctor in ...
THE EXPERTS PICK THEIR LUCKY SIX; MUDGWAY STAKES
Sep 01, 2006 ... $1 MILLION Pick6 at Hastings Races 5-10 Betting closes 1.50pm Jetbet 4 THE EXPERTS PICK THEIR LUCKY SIX . Dominion Post Racing Editor, ROBIN BLOOR . LEG ONE Mon Reve created a big impression winning fresh-up on this ...
Off TRACK
Sep 01, 2006 ... * QUICK QUIZ: Which of these events did not occur in the 1996-97season. a) Lisa Thompson won the Railway Handicap at Ellerslie. b) Darren Beadman won the JRA Classic at Ellerslie. c) Sharp And Telford won the Auckland Trotting Cup. d) Ricky May drove the ...
Police to probe Field; PM's motorcade drivers cleared. Huata averts charges
Sep 01, 2006; ... Labour MP Taito Phillip Field will spend months on full pay at hisAuckland home after being suspended by Prime Minister Helen Clarkfollowing the launch of a police inquiry into corruption allegations. Field was banished from Parliament and from his Mangere electorateoffice ...
Police to probe Field; PM's motorcade drivers cleared. Huata averts charges; >>>>> AWAITING GRAPHIC <<<<<
Sep 01, 2006; ... Labour MP Taito Phillip Field will spend months on full pay at hisAuckland home after being suspended by Prime Minister Helen Clarkfollowing the launch of a police inquiry into corruption allegations. Field was banished from Parliament and from his Mangere electorateoffice ...
Rescued sailor a benefit fraudster
Sep 01, 2006; ... A man who was rescued from a stricken yacht last year at a cost ofnearly $1 million to the taxpayer has admitted charges of benefitfraud, which came to light after his rescue. Bruce John Cox, 49, was this week sentenced in the ChristchurchDistrict Court to 250 hours community work ...
Barnett signals mayoral interest; Barnett signals interest in mayoral candidacy
Sep 01, 2006; ... Labour MP Tim Barnett has signalled a possible tilt for theChristchurch mayoralty next year, particularly if incumbent GarryMoore runs as an independent. Both men are keeping their powder dry but Barnett told The Pressthis week that he was watching the nomination process ...
Lawmakers on the edge of the law
Sep 01, 2006 ... Helen Clark, Labour 2005: The Prime Minister's high-speed dash from Waimate toChristchurch in July leads to charges being laid against five policeofficers and a ministerial driver. Police decide not to lay chargesagainst Clark. . 2002: Police investigated a fraud ...
Govt defends decision on refugees
Sep 01, 2006; ... New Zealanders could be at risk of syphilis, tuberculosis andother deadly diseases as well as HIV, after 1300 Zimbabweans enteredthe country without health checks. Government officials have conceded that up to 200 HIV- positiverefugees were allowed in between 2000 and 2004 as part ...
Mediation order
Sep 01, 2006 ... The standoff between supermarket owner Progressive Enterprises andnearly 600 distribution workers goes to mediation today after theparties spent a day in court. The National Distribution Union andEngineering, Printing and ...
Seaman rescued
Sep 01, 2006 ... A Polish seaman was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital yesterdaywith severe stomach cramps. Christchurch's Westpac Rescue Helicoptergeneral manager ...
Varsity labs 'out of date'; $56.5m needed for new facility
Sep 01, 2006; ... Canterbury University needs to spend $56.5 million on a newbiological-sciences facility or face pulling out of research andpostgraduate study due to "significant non-compliance issues" withhealth and safety legislation, a report has shown. The previously confidential report, which ...
Top fraudsters take $200,000
Sep 01, 2006; ... The nation's top benefit fraudsters have each stolen enough moneyto buy a modest home and are unlikely to repay their debts to thetaxpayer in their lifetimes. Figures released by ACT yesterday show the top four benefitfraudsters have each stolen about $200,000, and been given ...
IAG misled clients
Sep 01, 2006; ... New Zealand's largest motor vehicle insurer, IAG has been fined$127,000 for misleading customers who made claims for windscreenrepairs. The company, which operates under the State Insurance and NZIbrands, pleaded guilty in the Auckland District Court yesterday to 30breaches of ...
Fire ban
Sep 01, 2006 ... ALEXANDRA -- Firefighters throughout Central Otago remained onalert yesterday amid fears strong winds could fan open fires. A totalfire ban was imposed after helicopters were used to contain ...
Avalanche risk
Sep 01, 2006 ... FIORDLAND -- Trampers are being advised to delay plans for walkingin Fiordland National Park because of the high avalanche risk. TheMilford ...
Youth arrested
Sep 01, 2006 ... RANGIORA -- A 17-year-old youth will appear in the RangioraDistrict Court after being caught driving a car that had allegedlyflattened mailboxes and road signs in the Sefton area earlyyesterday. Sergeant Rene ...
No to pool plan
Sep 01, 2006 ... MOTUEKA -- Motueka ratepayers have voted against paying $23 a yearfor a new $4.1 million pool complex, but the Tasman District Councilsays the result of the poll is not binding. Tasman Mayor John Hurleyhad previously said the poll, which ...
Bach prices soar
Sep 01, 2006 ... GREYMOUTH -- Whitebait baches and stands are fetching recordprices, apparently piggy-backing on the West Coast real estate boom.The new season opens today on the Coast but those chasing a riverbankstand will need a big wallet. A tiny bach on the ...
Internet 'bullet train' launched
Sep 01, 2006; ... Universities and research organisations have hopped on to a super-high speed internet "bullet train" while most New Zealanders arestill on a railcar stopping at all stations. Prime Minister Helen Clark last night launched the Kiwi AdvancedResearch and Education Network (Karen) in ...
Crash closes highway
Sep 01, 2006; ... Motorists travelling through mid- Canterbury yesterday faced longdelays after a trucking accident closed State Highway One for most ofthe day. The crash occurred about 7.45am when a large truck and trailerfilled with frozen vegetables flipped at a railway crossing nearChertsey ....
Researchers warn of deadly quake
Sep 01, 2006; ... South Islanders need to prepare for an earthquake more deadly thanthe Napier catastrophe of 1931, Canterbury University researcherssay. More than 250 lives were lost in the Napier quake but one alongthe southern alpine faultline would cover a larger area and be moredamaging ....
Land scheme 'could bring harm'
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Government's tenure-review process could be harming SouthIsland biodiversity, a new report has found. Scientists at Landcare Research found that high-priority areascontaining endangered plants were not protected because they werebeing privatised as a result of tenure review ....
Driver avoids prison
Sep 01, 2006 ... A recidivist drink-driver on his eighth charge has escaped jailafter a judge was told he could be at risk in jail. Craig Luhrs was said by lawyer Tony Garrett to have driven awayafter a heated domestic argument and was stopped by police and foundto have a high alcohol level ....
Crash closes road
Sep 01, 2006 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- Motorists travelling through mid-Canterburyyesterday faced long delays after a trucking accident closed StateHighway One for most of the day. The crash occurred about 7.45am whena large truck and trailer filled with frozen vegetables flipped at arailway crossing near ...
Driver avoids jail
Sep 01, 2006 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- A recidivist drink- driver on his eighth chargehas escaped jail after a judge was told he could be at risk in jail.Craig Luhrs was said by lawyer Tony Garrett to have driven away aftera heated domestic argument and was stopped by police and found tohave a high ...
Two children hurt
Sep 01, 2006 ... TAI TAPU -- Two young children were seriously injured in a carcrash at Tai Tapu last night. The children were trapped in a ...
Nurse Maude post
Sep 01, 2006 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- The Nurse Maude Association has appointed formerChristchurch Hospital general manager Jim Magee ...
Bach prices soar
Sep 01, 2006 ... GREYMOUTH -- Whitebait baches and stands are fetching recordprices, apparently piggy-backing on the West Coast real estate boom.The new season opens today on the Coast but those chasing a riverbankstand will need a ...
Sightings of girls reported to police
Sep 01, 2006 ... Nelson and Greymouth police spent yesterday afternoon following uptwo unconfirmed sightings of three teenage girls missing sinceSunday. Nelson youth aid Constable Kathy Talbot said sightings of thegirls were reported in Westport and Motueka yesterday afternoon. The trio, ...
Strip bar owners lose dining rent appeal
Sep 01, 2006; ... The battle over outdoor dining on Christchurch's Oxford Terracecould be heading back to court after bar owners lost their bid forlower rents yesterday. The Christchurch City Council voted 5-4 to adopt a policy foroutdoor dining areas, including rental charges of about $9000 a ...
Internet 'bullet train' started
Sep 01, 2006; ... Universities and research organisations have hopped on to a super-high speed internet "bullet train" while most New Zealanders arestill on a railcar stopping at all stations. Prime Minister Helen Clark last night launched the Kiwi AdvancedResearch and Education Network (Karen) in ...
Author, mother, wife, spy
Sep 01, 2006; ... Terrorism will only be defeated if intelligence agencies can getinto the minds of the terrorists, says former top British spy DameStella Rimington. Britain's first MI5 female director-general spoke to a large crowdat The Press's Literary Liaison last night. Now an author, ...
Relief found in art of tai chi
Sep 01, 2006; ... The suffering of thousands of arthritis sufferers could be greatlyrelieved through the gentle art of tai chi, a visiting expert says. Arthritis New Zealand will host Sydney-based family doctor and taichi expert Dr Paul Lam at a public talk in Christchurch today on thebenefits of ...
NZ police face riots in Timor
Sep 01, 2006; ... New Zealand police went to East Timor unprepared for some of thetasks they would have to handle, including riot control, and have hadto order in new protective equipment. Superintendent Grant O'Fee, the top Kiwi cop in the violence-ravaged country, serving as Assistant ...
Classroom diversity good for students, community
Sep 01, 2006; ... Sharing a classroom can spark long- lasting friendships betweenchildren of different ethnic groups and foster harmonious racerelations in the wider community, new research on cultural mixing inschools has found. London South Bank University researchers Irene Bruegal and ...
Council opposed to plan for boundaries
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Waimakariri District Council is likely to object toEnvironment Canterbury's preferred representation arrangement underwhich part of Christchurch City is included in the North Canterburyconstituency. The council, in a submission to be considered on Tuesday, said itsupported ...
Cancer drug funded after long wait
Sep 01, 2006; ... Cancer advocates are welcoming new government funding for a breastcancer drug, but say it has taken too long. Government drug-buying agency Pharmac yesterday announced thatTaxol (paclitaxel), already offered to women with advanced breastcancer, would now be funded for those in the ...
Gambling drove thefts
Sep 01, 2006; ... A gambling addiction was said to have driven a manager to stealmore than $6000 from his company. Employed as a catering manager with responsibility for banking,Gregory Edwin Piper failed to deposit $6872 of cash sales into thecompany account, converting the money for his own ends, ...
Ex-husband angry about violent crime
Sep 01, 2006; ... A year on from his former wife's murder, Andy Thompson's life haschanged; he has gone from a "humble kind of person to an angry one". Christine Hindson, 45, was killed by her de facto partner LewisRobert Blackburn, 48, a freezing worker, at her New Brighton home onSeptember 7 last ...
Residents demand public hearing
Sep 01, 2006; ... Ambitious plans by the Kaikoura District Council to shift itsoffices, the town pool, library, museum and sports facilities to thetop of the peninsula are under fire from a group of residents. The concept, previously costed at $16 million, was first putforward at the beginning of ...
Land reform 'harms biodiversity'
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Government's tenure-review process could be harming SouthIsland biodiversity, a new report has found. Scientists at Landcare Research found that high-priority areascontaining endangered plants were not protected because they werebeing privatised as a result of tenure review ....
Experts warn of need to ready for deadly quake
Sep 01, 2006; ... South Islanders need to prepare for an earthquake more deadly thanthe Napier catastrophe of 1931, Canterbury University researcherssay. More than 250 lives were lost in the Napier quake, New Zealand'sdeadliest, but one along the southern alpine faultline would cover alarger area ...
Keep Hagley as it is - no fences
Sep 01, 2006 ... Add one more vote against allowing fences to be erected in HagleyPark to allow pay-per-view cricket. We already have that on Sky TV,and at Jade Stadium -- why would we want more? No thanks, the cricket club can continue as before and can use themoney saved by not building a fence ...
Preserve heritage
Sep 01, 2006 ... I am not a resident of your wonderful city but I do have stronghistorical ties to the city of my New Zealand ancestors. I was delighted with the news that Hagley Park is to berevitalised. Hagley Park is a New Zealand icon and a living memorialto the English heritage that so ...
Another disincentive
Sep 01, 2006 ... I support Sue Hunt (August 30) in her objection to the proposednarrowing of Riccarton Avenue. In addition to the stated safetyissues, this would be yet another disincentive to visit the centralcity, a concern that councillors have already wasted countlessmillions trying to manage ....
Target: gridlock
Sep 01, 2006 ... When I arranged to move to Christchurch in the late 1970s it wasthe nicest city I had seen. It had a reputation for bad driving andvery bad roading. Since then the driving has improved somewhat but not to Europeanstandards, there still being a noticeable lack of courtesy and ...
No accountability
Sep 01, 2006 ... Liam Ashley's death is just another incident where Crown bodiesand hospital boards are allowed to cause death with immunity toprosecution. We have a system where the no-fault ACC Act coversmistakes with no accountability. You see politicians and bureaucratsrunning for cover. They will ...
Outdated attitudes
Sep 01, 2006 ... The attitudes reflected in A. Woodhouse's and Allen Cookson'sletters (August 30) were left behind last century and by the averageNew Zealander too. My sister of another faith, Ola Kamel, has every right to claimher adopted country as her own (August 29). Freedom of speech ...
What right has she got?
Sep 01, 2006 ... I believe in live and let live, so when I read Bob Clarkson'scomments about gays and Muslims I thought he was a pig and I stillthink he is. But when I read the letter from Ola Kamel (August 29) Iwas angry at her comment that we don't need people like him in NewZealand. What right has she ...
One man's contribution
Sep 01, 2006 ... In your Commercial Property Feature (August 29) it is stated thatthe (Selwyn District) council put its money where its mouth was andopened a new library and community centre in Rolleston. This is onlypartially correct. The council did fund and open the RollestonLibrary, but not the ...
Farmers pressured
Sep 01, 2006 ... John Lancashire's assertions of rural environmental fundamentalism(August 25) are indicative of the ignorance that is alienating manyrural people. He fails to realise, from his publicly funded cocoon,that it is economics causing the pressure on the environment, andalso, incidentally, on ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Sep 01, 2006 ... Totally fabulous! Tuesday's Secondary Schools' Orchestra Festival,which ended with a spine-tingling massed item performed by over 1200students and members of the Christchurch Symphony, under theinimitable Sir William Southgate. Thank you to the dedicated musicteachers, CS members and CS ...
Making a good start
Sep 01, 2006 ... When he arrived as the new chief executive of the ChristchurchPolytechnic Institute of Technology a couple of months ago, NeilBarns came with a reputation as someone who could fix troubledinstitutions. He had gone to the Nelson Marlborough Institute ofTechnology in 2000 when it was in ...
Victim remembered
Sep 01, 2006 ... It is with reawakened dismay that I read of the continuingviolence against our fairer citizens, with the exposure of yetanother evil-doer who ran over his victim several times after hisvicious act of rape, then killed her and discarded her in the Avon. No doubt he has received ...
DIARY
Sep 01, 2006 ... Mind over matter Your Diarist has been under the weather this past week,necessitating a visit to the after-hours clinic in search ofsomething with a little more kick than the tea and sympathy on offerat home. Felt suitably chuffed when ushered in to see the doctor ...
Credit rating plan for finance firms
Sep 01, 2006; ... Finance companies may be required to gain a credit rating undertougher regulations proposed for the finance and insurance industry. Commerce Minister Lianne Dalziel yesterday released a series ofnine discussion papers as part of the Government's review of non-bank financial ...
Lightning raid by Pascoes on Australian jeweller
Sep 01, 2006; ... Privately owned New Zealand jeweller Pascoes launched a lightningraid on Australian jeweller Angus & Coote, with the market betting atakeover was on the cards. Auckland's James Pascoe Ltd, which owns Pascoes Jewellers, StewartDawsons, Australian chain Prouds and Farmers department ...
Porter Heights Ski Area likely to change hands
Sep 01, 2006; ... Canterbury's oldest commercial skifield, Porter Heights, is up forsale with its shareholders saying the field needs snowmakinginvestment despite one of its strongest snow years. Porter Heights Ski Area's North Island owners initially looked atdrawing in new investors and capital, ...
Australian directories player eyes Yellow Pages
Sep 01, 2006; ... Australian directories firm Sensis is considered a potential buyerfor Telecom's Yellow Pages Group, reports from across the Tasman say. It is expected to face strong competition from private equitybuyers and media firms for the lucrative business, which would have aprice tag of ...
Tight hold on costs pays off for Fairfax
Sep 01, 2006; ... A tight hold on costs in a weakening advertising market and therise and rise of TradeMe have helped Fairfax Media boost New Zealandearnings. Fairfax New Zealand, whose stable includes The Press and the Stuffwebsite, yesterday posted a 3 per cent rise in annual revenue fromNew ...