The Press back issues from February 2007:
Bogus nurse jailed for two years; Cross-dressing conman sentenced to 2 years jail
Feb 01, 2007; ... A cross-dressing conman who posed as a nurse, duping patients anddoctors at four Christchurch hospitals, has been jailed for two yearsand three months. Turori Chapman was so convincing when he masqueraded as a femalenurse that he was able to counsel patients, update their notes ...
'I'd do it again - it was a joke'; Exam-paper vandal
Feb 01, 2007; ... The temporary New Zealand Post worker who scribbled insultingcomments on national examination papers says he targeted his victimsand would pull the prank again. Former Cashmere High School student Daniel Ziegler, 18, ofBarrington, scribbled comments such as "Good one dick!!" and ...
Supreme Ass Award goes to Telecom; Bad products
Feb 01, 2007; ... The advertisement is xtra- ordinarily bad and so is the service. That is according to the Consumers' Institute, which has releasedits inaugural Complete Ass Awards for bad products and services, withthe Supreme Ass Award going to Telecom's beleaguered Xtra broadbandservice ....
'Little support' in caucus for reinstating Rakaia MP; National Party retreat
Feb 01, 2007; ... Suspended National Rakaia MP Brian Connell remains persona nongrata in the party despite being invited to leader John Key's speechin Christchurch this week. Connell, who has been suspended from National's caucus sinceconfronting former leader Don Brash over an alleged affair last ...
Small person, strong feelings; Global warming
Feb 01, 2007 ... Fynn McRobb is a little boy with big worries for the planet. The looming effects of climate change incensed the eight-year-oldOxford boy so much he felt compelled to write to the Government. A television news item on the devastating natural and economiceffects of climate ...
Student faces court hearing; Dubai drugs case
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Christchurch student held in Dubai on drugs charges will facea preliminary hearing today to determine whether she has to face afull trial. Mariam Shafeek, 21, was arrested at Dubai airport one week agoafter being found with 0.2g of marijuana. Her mother, Seham Ayad, has ...
Ralston may get golden handshake
Feb 01, 2007 ... National says TVNZ's outgoing news boss Bill Ralston is being paida golden handshake -- a practice Labour had promised to eliminate. Ralston resigned on Tuesday ending a 3-year term as head of newsand current affairs at TVNZ. He was expected to be paid out threemonths salary -- ...
Bryson sells out
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Press's Literary Liaison with author Bill Bryson has sold out.All available tickets have been sold for the ...
Ruling reserved
Feb 01, 2007 ... Justice Paul Heath yesterday reserved a decision on an applicationfor an interim injunction banning publication of Family Courtdocuments in the Jayden Healey case. This ...
Scientists seek clients for new diet trial; Losing weight
Feb 01, 2007; ... Struggling to stick to a New Year's resolution to lose weight? Help may be on the way in the unlikely form of a group of white-coated scientists. Lincoln-based Crop and Food researchers want to find 100overweight adults keen to take part in a six-month weight- losstrial ....
Big Wednesday
Feb 01, 2007 ... The winning numbers in draw 67 last night were: 7 8 22 23 ...
Breaches of bail rile judge
Feb 01, 2007; ... A District Court judge has lashed out at the high number ofcriminals breaching bail conditions in Christchurch. Judge Michael Green vented frustration at the consistent highlevels of disobedience on bail after several appearances in the dockat Christchurch District Court No. 1 for ...
Family violence seen as NZ-wide
Feb 01, 2007; ... No part of New Zealand is free from devastating domestic violence,a judge says. Judge Mary O'Dwyer said when people saw the movie Once WereWarriors they related the domestic violence to parts of the NorthIsland. "But I have to say that in the four years I've sat as a judge ...
Pets threatened after 1080 poison pellets pinched
Feb 01, 2007; ... Opponents of 1080 aerial drops have claimed responsibility forstealing poison pellets from Westport and are threatening to killpets to demonstrate the agony they say the poison causes. Thieves last week stole 100kg of heat-damaged cereal pellets,which were destined for disposal, ...
Concern at lab-test delays
Feb 01, 2007; ... Nelson sexual clinic patients could be unwittingly spreadingdisease while they wait extended periods for laboratory test results,a nurse says. Annette Milligan, of Nelson's Independent Nursing Practice, saidtest results, which used to take two days to be returned, had ...
Tekapo's new drawcard nears completion
Feb 01, 2007; ... Tekapo's latest drawcard, the $4 million Alpine Springs and Spawinter park, will open in May. Owner-developer Karl Burtscher, who has worked on the projectevery day for over a year, said yesterday that the 56m by 26mAmerican standard- sized ice-skating rink and hot pools would ...
INXS to return
Feb 01, 2007 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- INXS will return to Christchurch in April afterenjoying its concert in the city in September. The one-off NewZealand concert will be held at the Westpac Centre on Wednesday,April ...
Meth lab counts
Feb 01, 2007 ... CHRISTCHURCH -- Two men face methamphetamine manufacturing chargesafter an alleged methamphetamine laboratory was found at a centralChristchurch house. A 27-year-old man appeared in the ChristchurchDistrict ...
Theatre reprieve
Feb 01, 2007 ... HOKITIKA -- The Regent Theatre has had a reprieve from sale.Members of the society that owns the theatre have withdrawn thebuilding from sale by tender. The society will continue with ...
Rabbits recover
Feb 01, 2007 ... QUEENSTOWN -- Increased resistance to rabbit haemorrhagic diseasein Central Otago has led to an increase in rabbit numbers, the OtagoRegional ...
UN nomination
Feb 01, 2007 ... NELSON -- Forest Herbs Research has been shortlisted for a UnitedNations award focusing on economic, social and environmentalbenefits. The Nelson company's Medicinal ...
Charles returns
Feb 01, 2007 ... GREYMOUTH -- Golf legend Sir Bob Charles will make his secondappearance in the Westland Golf Classic. This year's event will ...
Free of didymo
Feb 01, 2007 ... FIORDLAND -- A Department of Conservation survey has found 14western rivers in Fiordland National Park to be free of ...
Misuse of phone
Feb 01, 2007 ... REEFTON -- Police have charged a Reefton resident, Robert FrankTerry, with misusing a telephone after receiving a complaint from theDiplomatic Protection Service. Senior Constable Brett Simon said ...
Fijian forces 'essential in Iraq'; United Nations mission
Feb 01, 2007; ... The United Nations mission would not be in Iraq without the helpof Fijian forces, says a senior New Zealand Army officer who hasreturned from six months in Baghdad. It is a view that jars with Prime Minister Helen Clark's officialline that as a result of December's military coup ...
Seller 'should repay grant'
Feb 01, 2007; ... The first skirmish in a potentially stormy Christchurch CityCouncil election year has broken out over a small heritage grant fora house owned by Cr Anna Crighton. Cr David Cox raised the issue with The Press, saying Crightonshould consider repaying any heritage grant she received ...
Wineries fear for harvest
Feb 01, 2007; ... Some Central Otago wineries fear a disastrous harvest unless thereis a drastic improvement in the weather. Gibbston Valley Wines marketing manager Brent Carlsson said: "Sofar it's looking like a similar year to 2005 -- brilliant on quality -- but we only harvested about 25 per ...
'Hobbit' proves to be human; Homo Floresiensis
Feb 01, 2007; ... Human remains of a skeleton nicknamed "the Hobbit" have proved tobe a completely new branch of human family tree. The tiny remains of an adult woman measuring 1m in height withlong arms and big feet, were discovered in a cave on the remoteIndonesian island of Flores. Carbon ...
Key check on Maori hopes
Feb 01, 2007; ... National leader John Key has poured cold water on Maori Partyhopes of a closer working relationship. The Maori Party ended a two-day hui yesterday saying it wasdetermined to remain an independent voice in politics, but stronglyhinted it was warming to a new-look National Party ....
Key invites PM to visit poor neighbourhoods
Feb 01, 2007; ... National Party leader John Key is pledging to visit some of NewZealand's poorest neighbourhoods and is challenging Prime MinisterHelen Clark to accompany him. National and Labour have begun the political year fighting overwhether life for the country's poorest citizens is getting ...
Homeowners' optimism set to fuel property boom; House prices
Feb 01, 2007; ... Homeowners are increasingly optimistic house prices will keeprising despite warnings last year they could fall. The ASB Bank's latest quarterly survey shows a marked increase inthe number of homeowners who expect property prices to keep climbing. ASB chief economist Nick ...
Vandals damage tower at crucial time
Feb 01, 2007; ... Windflow Technology's efforts to sell New Zealand-made windturbines to the world have been disrupted by vandalism at its GebbiesPass site near Christchurch. A 30m-high wind-monitoring tower worth about $30,000 was founddamaged beyond repair on Tuesday morning after two guy wires ...
'Work needed' on tertiary sector
Feb 01, 2007; ... New Zealand's tertiary education system "sparkles as do the riversthat meander through the mountains" but has too many institutions, anew international report comparing education around the world says. The report, by experts from Canada, Norway and the Netherlands, ispart of a ...
E-crime unit due to open; Cyber crime
Feb 01, 2007; ... Police will have a national cyber-crime centre within a year toinvestigate electronic crime, national e-crime manager MaartenKleintjes says. "This will enable the collection of complaints, the development ofelectronic crime intelligence and the co- ordination of the ...
Most get care - poll; Waiting lists
Feb 01, 2007; ... One in four adults has been on a public hospital waiting list atsome time and three-quarters have had the treatment they needed,according to an internet survey. The findings come from a web-based survey of adults by market-research firm ACNielsen in December. Of the 1000 ...
Jayden's case highlights blocks on good parenting
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Press is to be commended for its coverage of Jayden Headley.This case is an extreme example of a very common practice calledparental alienation. Publicised cases represent the tip of theiceberg in New Zealand. The widespread attitude that mothers are thegatekeepers of care ...
Enough is enough
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Press editorial (Jan 27) presents the publishing of the JaydenHeadley case in a positive light. It is, however, absolutelyappalling that further trial by media has been aided and abetted bythe Principal Family Court Judge. The mother and her family have beencontinuously vilified in ...
Justice denied
Feb 01, 2007 ... One can only look in amazement as everyone ducks for cover overthe fiasco concerning convicted murderer Graeme Burton. Law and justice are incompatible. Victims hardly ever receivejustice. New Zealanders have voted overwhelmingly for toughersentences for those convicted of crimes ...
Ditching the past
Feb 01, 2007 ... When Labour came to office seven years ago it had a clear agendato reshape Television New Zealand. In the party's view, the State-owned corporation was too focused on producing a commerciallysuccessful product and a profit and not enough on the kind of high-minded stuff that politicians ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Feb 01, 2007 ... I read that Bill Ralston and TVNZ had been negotiating an "exit"package for Ralston (Jan 29) because, apparently, he had been maderedundant. I sincerely hope the unions took notice. Feltex workersand others callously dumped when not needed would dearly love to getan "exit package" ...
Training revived
Feb 01, 2007 ... Peter Stocks' claim (Jan 30) that the apprenticeship system wasdisestablished in the 1980s is wrong. Apprenticeships stagnated andthen declined through the 1980s. The 1990-93 National Government instituted a workplace- basedsystem alongside polytechnics. Legislation allowed the ...
Brings happiness
Feb 01, 2007 ... For once I would like to give a bouquet to the Christchurch CityCouncil for backing the Buskers' Festival for the last 14 years. Ithas improved every year and was stunning this time. The chats I had with fellow viewers demonstrated that laughter andhappiness make us all feel ...
Imperfect but the best
Feb 01, 2007 ... Capitalism has overcome monarchical absolutism, slavery, thedepression, communism, fascism, two world wars, and continues tosustain us today. It is hard if not impossible to find any other system that has sosuccessfully fed, clothed and housed so many people over such a ...
Ease parking
Feb 01, 2007 ... Another Sunday when a visit to the Arts Centre would be enjoyable.But wait! Can everything be fitted in to the two-hour parking meterlimit set by the "experts" at our city council? What if we gotengrossed in watching buskers or shopping? As a long-term resident of Christchurch, I ...
Land contradictions
Feb 01, 2007 ... Canterbury economics lecturer John Fountain could get a job in thecircus. Whilst agreeing pastoral leases are perpetually renewable healso suggests they can ...
Vision needed
Feb 01, 2007 ... Congratulations to Peter Townsend for the Perspective page article"City Full of Promise" (Jan 25). Living in the Christchurch portrayedwould be exciting and satisfying. Such a clearly stated vision forour city is surely an essential for mayoral candidacy. Townsend's ...
Good point
Feb 01, 2007 ... Martin Van Beynen (Jan 31) says he "cannot claim to be an experton poverty" ....
Warmest welcome in coldest place on Earth
Feb 01, 2007; ... Recent celebrations of Scott Base's 50th anniversary also marked amilestone in New Zealand and US collaborations on the Ice, writesBILL McCORMICK. My recent trip to Antarctica in the company of Sir Edmund Hillaryand Prime Minister Helen Clark brought home to me the ...
Deal expands options
Feb 01, 2007; ... The deal with PowerTel teams Telecom with Australia's No. 3 fixedline infrastructure player and significantly broadens its access tothe wholesale market. PowerTel manages and runs its own fibre-optic and copper wirenetwork through which it provides data, voice and internet ...
Carpark hike to lift turnover; CHRISTCHURCH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Feb 01, 2007; ... Christchurch International Airport Ltd's (CIAL) recent rise incarpark charges is just one move to boost its turnover. CIAL's recently opened four- storey carpark -- part of a $200million redevelopment of facilities -- gives the airport 1670carparks, including 1100 existing ground ...
Toll NZ fires salvo at Govt over fees for access to rail track
Feb 01, 2007; ... Toll NZ has warned of lower earnings and fired a fresh broadsideat the Government as the track access fee negotiations between therail firm and the Crown continue to drag on. Government rail agency Ontrack and Toll NZ have been negotiatingrail access fees -- the amount of money ...
Regulatory issues could delay Pike River Coal Company float
Feb 01, 2007; ... Pike River Coal Company's (PRCC) initial public offering still hasloose ends to tie up. But PRCC's company secretary, Brian Roulston, said the intentionwas still to release a prospectus this month for the share offer inthe country's second biggest mine development on the West ...
Aust drive for PowerTel; TELECOM CORPORATION
Feb 01, 2007; ... Telecom is spending another $400 million to bolster its ailingAustralian unit AAPT by buying PowerTel. However, analysts have warned Telecom will have to prove toinvestors it is not throwing good money after bad. Telecom's chief financial officer, Marko Bogoievski, ...
Woolies to keep pressure on prices
Feb 01, 2007; ... New Zealand's supermarket shoppers are likely to get more pricediscounting and product innovation this year, as Australia'sWoolworths tries to grow its business here. Woolworths yesterday reported that its New Zealand supermarkets'sales rose 3.8 per cent to $A1.05 billion ...
Classic motorcars on show
Feb 01, 2007 ... More than 225 of the world's most prestigious classic cars will beforming the grid of the SKOPE Classic 2007 to once again make thePower Built Tools International Raceway at Ruapuna Park a mecca forthe discerning Kiwi motorhead. Entries from all over New Zealand will rub shoulders ...
Private equity boom may end in 'tears'; SECURITIES COMMISSION
Feb 01, 2007; ... International securities regulators are reflecting "quite deeply"on whether the global boom of debt-funded private equity purchasesmay require new regulation, Securities Commission chairwoman JaneDiplock says. Diplock, who also chairs the executive committee of ...
Kiwis not doing enough to save for their retirement
Feb 01, 2007; ... Kiwis are slowly realising they will have to look after themselvesin their retirement, but are waiting too long to do anything aboutit, a new survey shows. The third annual Axa retirement attitudes survey found three outof four working New Zealanders did not expect there to be ...
Sanford nets more
Feb 01, 2007; ... Sanford says first quarter sales are well up on the previous year. However, the fishing firm told shareholders yesterday that itcontinued to be plagued by the high kiwi dollar and had alreadyincurred foreign exchange losses of $4 million. Sales for theDecember quarter were 15 per ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Feb 01, 2007 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON Vessels in port Malakhov Kurgan, Gladstone Pier East. Sharpshooter 2, No. 3 West. Shin Ji, No. 3 East. Zlatno More, No. 4 West. Arrived Westport, (1:24am), 2,611, Westport, (Holcim). Vega Gotland 6:05am, 9,957, Pt ...
we're drinking
Feb 01, 2007; ... Love potion Richmond Plains Nelson Reserve Pinot Noir 2005, $24.99 I fell in love with this wine and hesitated to share my goodfortune -- savoury smoke with a whisky finish and a nose that wouldput Pinocchio to shame. The wine started with tart blueberries andfinished with ...
well RED
Feb 01, 2007 ... THE FLOW IS ON, a bit later than usual for some raspberryvarieties from southern berry farms, but they are looking good. Homeberrygrowers tell us they freeze well if placed in a single layer ona baking sheet in the freezer, left until frozen solid, then storedin airtight plastic bags ....
Thanks, Mrs T.
Feb 01, 2007 ... The minty syrup in the skinny bottle was discovered at WaiparaFarmers' Market, but it has achieved such status amongst those wholike its old-fashioned sweet and minty or vinegary and minty taste ontheir new potatoes or lamb chops or green beans or cucumber slices orpancakes, or icecream, ...
Uncommonly good
Feb 01, 2007 ... Those who have tasted only mass- produced commercial varieties ofcreme fraiche are in for a treat when they sample the creme fraicheproduced by NZ company Canaan Cheeses. Rich? Yes. Velvety? Yes,Fattening? Probably. But see it is as a treat and act ...
Hello dolly
Feb 01, 2007 ... What a doll. More than a pretty face, though, this gal grindspeppercorns for a living. One of many smart everyday kitchen objects -- cake servers, vegetable peelers, whisks, graters and the like --available online at www ....
SMALL BITES
Feb 01, 2007 ... Cheese award New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) is again sponsoring theChampion Export Cheese Award at the annual Cuisine Champions ofCheese Awards, to be held in Auckland in March. NZTE's sector manager food and beverage Michael Fountaine, saidthe sponsorship was a ...