The Press back issues from May 2007:
National has new plan on tax cuts
May 01, 2007; ... A National government would repeal part of Labour's Working forFamilies welfare package to enable tax cuts under the country'stightening economy, National leader John Key says. National was considering unbolting the extra $500 million Labourpromised at the last election for middle ...
DAYLIGHT SAVING; More fun in the sun from this year
May 01, 2007; ... The Government has extended daylight saving by three weeks,starting this year. The move was announced yesterday by Prime Minister Helen Clark andInternal Affairs Minister Rick Barker, who cited support fromFederated Farmers, which later disputed the claim. Barker said ...
Drunken drive- to police station
May 01, 2007; ... A youth drove with six times the legal alcohol limit -- to theTimaru police station, police say. Police stopped the youth, 16, as he left the station about 9.30pmon Sunday after he had dropped off clothes for a prisoner. They said he was found to have a breath-alcohol level ...
Sunnyside demolition work starts
May 01, 2007 ... Demolition workers have removed parts of the former SunnysideHospital's administration building in Hillmorton. Work to demolish the 130-year- old building began yesterday tomake way for a Ngai Tahu Property housing subdivision. The demolition has been the subject of some ...
TERTIARY EDUCATION; $127m for tackling skill deficit
May 01, 2007; ... The Government has pledged an extra $127 million for the troubledtertiary education sector. But the increased funds, announced yesterday by Finance MinisterMichael Cullen, who also holds the tertiary education portfolio, camewith a warning. The "bums on seats" approach to ...
Addicts' access to methadone tightened
May 01, 2007; ... Drug addicts are having their access to methadone restricted aspart of efforts to stem a black market trade in the drug. All South Island district health boards have signed up to newrules governing the prescription of the Class C controlled drug.Methadone is used for the treatment ...
Call made for wider hospital probe
May 01, 2007; ... The death of a young man who was sent home from ChristchurchHospital has prompted calls from other families distressed and angryabout the hospital's standard of care. Dean Carroll, 25, died of an overwhelming infection less than 12hours after he was sent home from the emergency ...
Anglicans to march to support bill; CHILD-DISCIPLINE BILL
May 01, 2007; ... The Anglican Church is rallying its membership behind Green PartyMP Sue Bradford's controversial child-discipline bill in aconfrontation with its fundamentalist opponents. A showdown is looming on the steps of Parliament between acoalition of Anglicans, Presbyterians, Methodists ...
AOS called out
May 01, 2007 ... The police armed offenders squad was called to the Christchurchsuburb of Casebrook about 8.30 last night to find a person dead aftera domestic incident. Senior Sergeant Gordon Spite, of the Christchurch police, saidofficers were called to Regents Park Drive ...
WIND FARM PROPOSAL; Range site gives huge potential - Meridian
May 01, 2007; ... The site of a proposed $2 billion wind farm for Central Otago isunrivalled in its potential, Meridian Energy says. The company yesterday began a five-week bid to gain resourceconsent for the southern hemisphere's largest wind farm on the remoteLammermoor Range, near Ranfurly ....
MISSING FISHING BOAT; Mi Jay owner avoids jail time
May 01, 2007; ... The death of three men after the loss of Nelson fishing vessel MiJay is a "wake-up call" for fishermen, an industry leader says. The Mi Jay's owner, Warwick Loader, was sentenced in the NelsonDistrict Court yesterday to 350 hours community service. In March, Loader, and his ...
Fine for making false passport
May 01, 2007; ... A dangerous criminal was allowed back into Australia after hisfemale friend helped concoct a passport in a false name. Helen April Truscott, 27, was yesterday ordered to pay $3130 infines and costs after being found guilty of making a falserepresentation under the Passports Act ....
Wells need more rain in winter, says expert
May 01, 2007; ... Deep wells in North Canterbury and inland Ashburton are low andneed rain to avoid water woes next summer. Environment Canterbury's latest well monitoring results show thatwells deeper than 50m have only had a limited rainfall and snowrecharge over the past year, and are below or ...
More SI firms ponder shift abroad or closing MANUFACTURING PLIGHT
May 01, 2007; ... Several more South Island manufacturers are weighing up movingproduction overseas or shutting down as the high dollar bites, says aCanterbury business leader. Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce chief executive PeterTownsend said yesterday the economic pain in the ...
Maori study rivers, estuary
May 01, 2007; ... Canterbury Maori are investigating fish and plant life at nearly30 sites along rivers that feed the Avon- Heathcote Estuary. The monitoring programme will move from the Avon and Heathcoterivers towards the estuary, assessing the health and amount of fish,invertebrate and plant ...
AIR QUALITY; Winter forecast signals more smog
May 01, 2007 ... Canterbury towns could be in for a smoggy winter. Environment Canterbury (ECan) will begin forecasting smog levelstoday and will report when pollution goes beyond the nationallyprescribed level. Blue Skies forecaster Tony Trewinnard predicted a drier thannormal winter, with ...
Taxi fares to rise 10% under rules
May 01, 2007; ... Taxi passengers face paying up to 10 per cent more for fares as aresult of new legislation clamping down on rogue operators, the TaxiFederation says. New Land Transport New Zealand regulations to catch and punishdodgy operators will be in place within the next five months ....
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT COURT; Judge's last day on the job
May 01, 2007 ... The Canterbury law community yesterday marked the retirement of along-serving District Court judge, paying tribute to his concisenessand wit. Lawyer Gerald Lascelles told Judge Stephen Erber on his last dayof sitting that on behalf of counsel he would like to acknowledge ...
We must end reliance on overseas borrowing
May 01, 2007 ... An OECD report has suggestions for improving New Zealand'sstandard of living (April 24). These include rewarding the rich (bycutting the top personal tax rate) and punishing the poor (byincreasing GST). It won't help our economy for the rich to spend more on importedluxuries ....
Leave markets alone
May 01, 2007 ... New Zealand's exchange-rate troubles are driven by the misuse ofthe official cash rate. Our interest rates are the highest in theindustrialised world, which makes the kiwi dollar a target forspeculation. The late great economist Milton Friedman strongly argued thatmonetary ...
Drive dollar down
May 01, 2007 ... Drive down interest rates and the kiwi dollar. Scare away theforeign currency speculators. This will get investment out ofproperty and into the productive sector. This sector thrives when thedollar is below $US50c. The banks will then have to work harder asthere will ...
Land only for Kiwis
May 01, 2007 ... The Governor of the Reserve Bank once again raises the officialcash rate -- now 7.75 per cent -- as he says he is trying to put alid on the property market which he says is too high. But what isdriving up property values? Is it hard-working Kiwis living the Kiwi dream of owning ...
Typical of them
May 01, 2007 ... Mike Crean's article (April 21) on the sorry saga of the Sunnysideadministration building illustrates how very badly the citizens ofChristchurch have been let down by the CCC and in particular byMichael Aitken, the greenspace manager. In discussing this matter with a range of ...
Demeaning
May 01, 2007 ... Reading Keith Brown's comment on solo mums (April 26) confirmsthat even in our "enlightened" age, prejudice against women is alive.The negative connotation he ascribes to a "solo mum" is demeaning,perpetuating the myth that women need men around to maintain anacceptable identity in ...
Not about war
May 01, 2007 ... In response to Valerie Morse's letter (April 28), what is mostoffensive about her actions is not the flag-burning but that shebelongs to a group so uncommitted that the only time we hear of themis when they choose to make a self-serving spectacle of themselvesthrough a direct assault on ...
Inappropriate act
May 01, 2007 ... It was good to see Valerie Morse fronting up (April 28) for herpart in the flag-burning on Anzac Day in Wellington. If she wants todo that again, I suggest she thinks about modelling her message. Despite sharing their sentiments, I have no truck with violentpeace protests ....
Discovered ourselves
May 01, 2007 ... Ross Brighton (April 27) asks why an involvement in a "tacticalblunder" is a national day. Well, it's not why we were there that is as important as what wediscovered there. Until then we saw ourselves as simply members ofthe UK living in New Zealand. What we discovered for the ...
US a failed state
May 01, 2007 ... Lorne Kuehn says the strength of public debate is an importantindicator of a democracy's health (April 28). I trust he includes theUnited States in his list of "failed states" which "stifle publicdiscourse", in light of what the New York Times referred to as a"disturbing recent ...
It's natural
May 01, 2007 ... Humans say "a weed is a plant in the wrong place" but nature saysthe opposite. Nature is impartial, egalitarian and unbiased,welcoming all-comers at any time. There are no weeds in nature. Rocksnot, wilding pines and lupins are given homes as quickly as redtussock and the Mount Cook ...
Day in the garage
May 01, 2007 ... An easy way to reduce traffic congestion is to reduce the amountof traffic. I suggest we implement carless days. One day every weekyour vehicle would not be ...
No more Bradfords
May 01, 2007 ... Is there an untainted MP prepared to introduce a private member'sbill prohibiting people surnamed Bradford from standing forParliament? First we had Max Bradford in the last National governmentconfiscating our publicly owned electricity generation ...
In a few words
May 01, 2007 ... It's time we investigated exporting our parliamentary jobs, sothey can have a taste of their own medicine. I'm sure we could findsome Chinese or Singaporeans who could do a better job than theditherers we're stuck with. Or is that what the Australian-NewZealand dollar is all about? ...
Please explain
May 01, 2007 ... Christchurch finds itself in the midst of another heritage rowthat should never have arisen. The demolition of the Sunnysideadministration building demonstrates that we do not have a consensusabout preserving our past or the mechanisms to handle such caseswithout one side feeling ...
Tablet sensitive to the touch
May 01, 2007; ... Toshiba Portege R400 (model: PPR40A 00H0L) $4325 including GST I'mwriting this review using Toshiba's Portege R400 laptop. Well, it goes without saying that I'm writing it using the R400,but what I mean is that I'm writing the review using a stylus on theR400's touch-sensitive ...
Sony's eye camera super smooth
May 01, 2007 ... PlayStation is building on the success of its EyeToy camera range,with the PlayStation Eye Camera for the PS3. Announced by Sony Europe at the weekend, the PSEye camera willmost likely be released in New Zealand this winter, and will be ableto be used for voice, video chat and ...
Batting with the best
May 01, 2007; ... Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2007 From: Codemasters Classification: G Score: 53% With the Cricket World Cup over and the sofa still warm, there isprobably no better time for Codemasters to release Ricky PontingInternational Cricket 2007 ....
Another shooter
May 01, 2007; ... Medal of Honour: Vanguard From: EA Classification: R16 Score: 60% World War 2 games are a dime a dozen these days, and any new gamethat falls into that genre has to do something special to lift itselfabove the ranks. Taking on the role of Corporal ...
THL soars 21% after offer; Bidder is Aust, same-sized rival
May 01, 2007; ... Tourism Holdings' shares have jumped on news of a $277 millionAustralian takeover bid and speculation a rival suitor could emerge. Australia's MFS Living and Leisure Group yesterday offered 280c ashare for listed Tourism Holdings Ltd (THL), which runs a diversetourism business, ...
Support for separate lines company lukewarm; TELECOM NETWORK ACCESS
May 01, 2007; ... Telecom's proposal to split its lines company into a separatebusiness has received a lukewarm vote of support from other industryplayers. But many are calling on the Government to go back to the drawingboard and consult the industry before making any decisions. Orcon ...
Diversification planned
May 01, 2007; ... The proposed purchase of Tourism Holdings Ltd (THL) comes as theGold Coast's MFS Living and Leisure Group seeks to diversify itstourism businesses. The group now runs skifields in Australia and aquariums inAustralia and Asia, and is also developing tree-top walks inAustralia ....
Auckland Airport pinched by kiwi
May 01, 2007; ... New Zealand's high dollar appears to be biting into tourism. Auckland International Airport (AIA) said yesterday that Americanvisitors for March had fallen 4.4 per cent, compared with the same2006 month. AIA chief financial officer Robert Sinclair said the drop wasunusual, ...
Gull says thank you with 5c price drop
May 01, 2007 ... Gull New Zealand has opted to thank its customers by dropping itsprice 5c for a day, but other oil firms are unsure if they will besaying thank you too. Petrol and diesel prices at Gull service stations will bediscounted by 5c today for 12 hours as a thank you gesture to ...
Software firm under offer; SOFTWARE OF EXCELLENCE
May 01, 2007; ... Software of Excellence (SOE) has received a conditional takeoverproposal from a mystery suitor, thought to be a British or Australianhealth information technology (IT) firm. The New Zealand Exchange- listed dental software specialist hasgiven the unidentified firm 20 working days ...
Record crush
May 01, 2007 ... Blenheim's listed New Zealand Wine Company says it has completed arecord 2007 grape crush. The crush of 3647 tonnes included 2251tonnes of the company's own grapes and exceeded the previous recordcrush last year by more than 640 tonnes, the firm said yesterday.Despite the ...
New cafe up for sale
May 01, 2007 ... A cafe which opened in November in the Christchurch seaside suburbof Southshore has been put up for sale. The Seahorse Cafe, on thecorner of Pine Avenue and Caspian Street, is for sale with an askingprice of $795,000. Business broker ...
Paladin extends takeover offer for Summit Resources
May 01, 2007; ... Paladin Resources has extended its takeover offer for New Zealand-listed uranium explorer Summit Resources by two weeks as acceptancesfor its bid climbed to over 50 per cent. Paladin's offer has been extended by 14 days and will now close onMay 11. Summit shareholders will ...
Reserve Bank gets good data; BUILDING CONSENTS
May 01, 2007; ... Home building went off the boil in March, the first soft piece ofnews in housing for the Reserve Bank since it started liftinginterest rates seven weeks ago. Residential building consents eased about 3 per cent to about 2270in March, partly retracing a 6% gain in February. It was ...
Complex in second stage
May 01, 2007 ... A second stage of units is being added to a new tradesmen'scomplex being built in Papanui in Christchurch after the first stagesold out. The complex, called the Sawyers Arms Trade Centre, is beingdeveloped by Waterman Investments at 97E Sawyers Arms Road. The firststage ...
Mum offers to bail out Whimpagain
May 01, 2007; ... The mother of Christchurch property developer Tristram Whimp hasagain volunteered to rescue her son from financial difficulties. Whimp yesterday told the High Court she was willing to sell aproperty towards repaying a $115,000 debt to help him avoidbankruptcy. In February, ...
RATES FOR $10,000 DEPOSIT
May 01, 2007 ... Bank deposits HSBC ... ... ... ....9 months ... ....7.70% TSB Bank ... ... ... .....6 months ... .....7.60% Raboplus ... ... ... ...3 months ... .....7.90% Kiwibank ... ....1 year ... ... .....8.15% . Bond Market Deutsche Bank ... ...28 Feb 08 ... .....8.07% ...
Picking the trends in randomness
May 01, 2007; ... Financial markets not only look random, they could be infected bytwo entirely different kinds of randomness. JOHN McCRONE finds howsome hope to make money from knowledge. Investors with good memories will know that two years ago peoplewere agreed the housing market had hit its ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
May 01, 2007 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON Vessels in port Aleksey Slobodchikov, Z Berth; Altair 2, drydock;Kapitan Rusak, No3 East; Malakhov Kurgan, Gladstone Pier East;Pelican, No3 West; Zlatno More, No4 West. Arrived Maersk Niigata, (2:40am), 37,902, Ak, (Adsteam). Departed Kota Jaya, ...
Warning on market
May 01, 2007 ... An era of strong capital gain and easy money will end soon andabruptly, Timaru barrister and financial adviser David Wood says. From lessons learnt in the 1987 crash, he considers a correctioninevitable. For some people a 5 per cent drop in real estate valueswould have big ...
Rakaia business
May 01, 2007 ... The Railway Tavern on Railway Terrace in the Mid-Canterburytownship of Rakaia is for sale. The sale includes the refurbished two-storey weatherboard tavern building ...
City hotel on market
May 01, 2007 ... The century-old Provincial Hotel in central Christchurch is forsale. The tavern, on the corner of Cashel and Barbadoes streets, isbeing advertised with an asking price of $1.1 million plus GST. It is alternatively being offered for lease by marketing agentNoel McGuigan, of ...
Demand for show home
May 01, 2007 ... A former show home in the Christchurch suburb of Sockburn has beensold as a commercial investment for $685,000. The property is on MainSouth Road near the Wigram Air Force Museum and is leased to ...
Palms deal one of biggest for Chch
May 01, 2007; ... The sale of the Palms Mall in Christchurch will take the city'slast big mall out of local hands. LIZ McDONALD reports. . It was always likely to happen. With increasing demand for big properties from asset-hungry funds,Christchurch's only privately-owned major mall ...
RESULTS
May 01, 2007 ... AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL AFL Round five results: Collingwood 95 Essendon 79, Port Adelaide 96St Kilda 43, West Coast 99 Richmond 76, Brisbane Lions 136 Carlton124, Sydney 109 Melbourne 60, Western Bulldogs 110 Hawthorn 93,Kangaroos 118 Geelong 102, Fremantle 58 Adelaide 57 ....
Matamata trainer bringing Fiscal Madness back to Riccarton Park
May 01, 2007; ... Nostalgia will give Matamata trainer John Sargent an edge in thehistoric Coca Cola Gold Cup at Riccarton Park on Saturday as FiscalMadness heads south to win the oldest continuous race in New Zealand. Fiscal Madness heads south today accompanied by Shining Lightwhich is aimed at ...
Barron making progress
May 01, 2007; ... Smart two-year-old Mattnamarras Band and trainer Ken Barron areboth progressing nicely toward their next assignments, though inBarron's case that could be further away. Barron underwent hip surgery two weeks ago. "I am down to one stick to get around and I am off the ...
Finalists line up for summer awards
May 01, 2007 ... Blacks Caps cricketer Shane Bond, New Zealand touch captain LeonSkinner, international lawn bowler Serena Matthews, track cyclistFiona Carswell and triathlete Gina Ferguson are all vying for the2007 Canterbury Summer Sportsperson of the Year award. They are the finalists at this ...
Conditioning programme created few benefits
May 01, 2007; ... Six rounds have passed since the 21 reconditioned All Blacksreturned to the Super 14, but how many have flourished since theenforced lay-off? Despite being sidelined for half the competition to work onfitness and strength levels, it is difficult to think of any AllBlacks that ...
Caughey speeds to fifth national superboat title
May 01, 2007 ... Jetsprint driver Peter Caughey continued his dominance of the NewZealand Superboat championship, with his fourth consecutive win atFeatherston in the Wairarapa on Sunday. Caughey comfortably returned the fastest time in the final leg ofthe championship, 45.97sec, to head Daryl ...
Kiwis find good place to roost
May 01, 2007; ... The Beijing Olympics are still 15 months away but the New Zealandteam management has already sorted out its headquarters at thecompetitors' village. Dave Currie, the team chef de mission, returned at the weekendfrom a two-week visit to Olympic Games venues with ...
Godfrey confident about surgery
May 01, 2007; ... New Zealand track cycling representative Hayden Godfrey is readyto kick-start an Olympic Games campaign with a "patched-up" leg. The Commonwealth Games medallist underwent surgery last month tocorrect a circulation problem in his left leg and is now lookingahead to next year's ...