The Press back issues from September 2007:
Dubai firm claims breach in Auckland Airport deal
Sep 01, 2007 ... Dubai Aerospace Enterprise's (DAE) controversial engagement withAuckland International Airport is on the rocks months before the twowere due to make it to the altar. DAE had proposed taking a majority stake in the key tourismgateway in a deal backed by the airport's board ....
Bashed on her way to work, a nurse doubts her faith in others
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Rangiora nurse is "shocked and stunned" that a man bashed herand tried to steal her handbag in broad daylight only 100m fromChristchurch Hospital, where she works. But the coronary care unit nurse, whose lip was split when she wasflung to the footpath, refused to let go of her ...
Car-roof ticket cancelled
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Christchurch candidate's $40 parking ticket for electionadvertising on his car roof has been scrapped after officers found itwas wrongly issued. The ticket was given to Spreydon-Heathcote Community Boardcandidate Phil Clearwater a week ago but yesterday the city ...
Academic says riot charges unlikely to stick
Sep 01, 2007; ... The men charged with rioting in Dunedin are unlikely to beconvicted but will have been given a big wake- up call -- and that is(Ed 1: that's) what a law lecturer believes the police intend. Canterbury University academic Dr Chris Gallavin said that, forthe riot charge to stick, ...
Security cameras catch woman kicking toddler
Sep 01, 2007 ... A woman has been captured on security cameras kicking a toddler inthe stomach when the child tried to get up from a pushchair inBlenheim. Police released photos of the woman, captured on MarlboroughDistrict Council security cameras just before noon yesterday. A Blenheim ...
OLD PETS; Pampered pets live long enough to suffer the ailments of old age
Sep 01, 2007; ... It is not just long-living humans who are feeling the effects ofdementia -- pets are also losing the plot. With better nutrition, top medical care and comfortable living,pampered pets are living up to 10 per cent longer than they wouldhave a few decades ago, a study has found ....
Investors seek early exits as jitters spread
Sep 01, 2007; ... Finance companies are being flooded with calls from investorswanting early exit from their investments, but most will not succeed. Investors' worries about the health of finance companies that holdabout $16 billion of their money have intensified after three wereplaced in ...
Maltreatment admitted
Sep 01, 2007; ... A father who repeatedly dropped and slapped his two- year-old sonas part of supposed discipline has admitted cruelly ill-treating thetoddler, part-way through a defended hearing. Mitchell Ashby, 25, yesterday admitted in the ChristchurchDistrict Court charges of wilfully ...
CANTERBURY CHARITY HOSPITAL; Three hernias and a bottle of bubbly
Sep 01, 2007; ... Three hernia operations were celebrated by a bottle of bubbly andwhite-bread sandwiches yesterday. Canterbury Charity Hospital's first three patients had just goneunder the knife. It was a low-key celebration but it marked a four-year journeyfrom conception to opening day ...
Airfares upset mayors
Sep 01, 2007; ... High regional airfares are deterring travellers, say South Islandmayors following Invercargill's challenge to Air New Zealand pricing. Invercargill City plans to ask the Commerce Commission to lookinto what it calls extortionate fares. Mayor Tim Shadbolt said the airline ...
Former Tront CEO says replacement will have little influence
Sep 01, 2007; ... The new chief executive at Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu (Tront) willhave little influence over the organisation, says former chiefexecutive Tahu Potiki. An advertisement for a new Tront chief executive in The Press onMonday comes five months after the departure of Potiki in late ...
HANS BLIX VISIT; NZ has no need of nuclear power-Goff
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Government says it supports countries in Asia and thedeveloping world pursuing nuclear power, but there is no need for NewZealand to do so. The announcement came after a visiting former United Nations chiefweapons inspector and nuclear expert said nuclear power was ...
Kain family fights on for fortune; FAMILY FEUD
Sep 01, 2007; ... Members of one of Canterbury's most prominent families aredetermined to pursue a multi-million- dollar dispute, despite beingtold to pay tens of thousands for a failed court case. The Court of Appeal has told the patriarch and five siblings ofthe Kain family to pay more than ...
Anti-gambling 'poster boy' berated
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Christchurch nightclub owner is disgusted that a former employeewho stole thousands from him to fund his gambling is now being heldup as "the poster boy for anti- gambling". Mike Searle, now the publican at New Brighton's Esplanade Tavern,stole more than $7000 from the Ministry ...
Trust earmarks millions to double Lake Hood size
Sep 01, 2007; ... Ashburton's Lake Hood development will double in size, and up to300 waterfront sections will be created, in a multimillion-dollarproject. The development is one of the biggest yet planned for Ashburtonand follows analysis of similar developments in the North Island andthe ...
HOSPITAL REVIEW; Surgery error angers woman
Sep 01, 2007; ... A Christchurch woman has been left scarred and angry after abotched operation in which surgical gauze was left and infected herbody. Karen Cassidy has two large scars across her stomach. She calls them the "smile and the smirk", but the smirk makes herfurious. The ...
Porn case 'worst in NZ'
Sep 01, 2007 ... A man who downloaded more than 200,000 images of child sex abuse,bestiality and rape has received the heaviest sentence sinceParliament toughened censorship law penalties two- and-a-half yearsago. Bruce Albert Wigzell, 35, a truck driver, from Titahi Bay, wasjailed for two years ...
COURT SENTENCES
Sep 01, 2007; ... Court sentences is a weekly column of happenings in Christchurch'scourts by reporter DEAN CALCOTT. The courts' attitudes are noticeably hardening towards peopleaccessing child pornography on the internet. Offenders possessing objectionable material who recently wouldhave ...
PORT MARLBOROUGH; Opposition to methyl bromide mounts
Sep 01, 2007; ... Opposition to the use of methyl bromide to fumigate export logsnear Picton is mounting after an emotional public meeting. More than 100 residents gathered in Picton to hear about thepotential risks of methyl bromide, a gas used to fumigate everythingfrom logs to vegetables ....
DOCTORS' PAY; Government to be asked to help end dispute
Sep 01, 2007; ... Senior doctors are going to ask the Government for help to resolvetheir long-running and bitter pay dispute. Pay talks have broken down between the senior doctors union andtheir their employers, district health boards (DHBs), with amoderator needed at a meeting last week ....
Painter's pods mark the approach of spring
Sep 01, 2007 ... Forget calendars, Nelson artist Anna Leary has a peculiar way ofmarking time: she paints. Last spring Leary painted a "pod" each dayfor 90 days based on "a painterly response to the transition inatmospheric light and colour across Tasman Bay", which her studiooverlooks. The resulting ...
Aged-hardship figures disputed
Sep 01, 2007; ... Advocates for the elderly have poured scorn on a Government reportthat shows older New Zealanders are not experiencing much hardship. The Positive Ageing Indicators report, released on Thursday, saidthat older New Zealanders were happy and healthier than ever. Senior Citizens ...
HUNTER DOWNS IRRIGATION; Scheme auditor's role questioned
Sep 01, 2007 ... The role of Hunter Downs Irrigation Scheme lead auditor WarwickPascoe is being questioned by submitters on the project. Environment Canterbury sent a letter to all submitters this monthasking for expressions of concern about a possible conflict ofinterest with regards to Pascoe ....
ASSAULT ADMITTED; Woman feared for life
Sep 01, 2007 ... A sick woman feared for her life during an attack in her housethat was foiled by the police, a judge has been told. In the Christchurch District Court, Russell Korostchuk, 29,admitted charges of male assaults female, Crimes Act assault,trespass and driving while disqualified ....
More to Father's Day than socks and tools; FATHER FACTS
Sep 01, 2007; ... For many, it is still about socks, power tools and CDs, but WARRENGAMBLE reports that Father's Day is also bringing a widerappreciation of dads. . Christchurch father-of-four Peter Thomson has done his basicFather's Day training. The former army warrant officer has ...
Methadone aid to feeling normal
Sep 01, 2007; ... Four out of five patients on Christchurch's methadone programmesay they would be dead without the drug, says Dr David Stoner, theclinical head of the programme. AMANDA MORRALL reports. The way Sarah Smith sees it, people can be divided into twogroups. "There's the sort who can try ...
President's saviour honoured
Sep 01, 2007; ... Sixty-four years after a Solomon Islander rescued a young John F.Kennedy, the Americans have finally honoured him. For changing world history, the United States Navy this week gavenearly blind and deaf Eroni Kumana, 85, an American flag and enoughmoney to put a new roof on his ...
CHESS TOURNAMENT; Home schools claim rules unfair
Sep 01, 2007; ... The families of a group of teenage chess players have complainedto the Human Rights Commission after the Chess Federation bannedtheir sons from winning a competition. The team of four home- schooled boys aged 13 to 15 competing inThe Press Secondary Schools Chess Competition has ...
ILLEGAL DUMPING; Lives put at risk by asbestos left near river
Sep 01, 2007; ... People walking and fishing on the banks of the Waimakariri Rivermay have been exposed to dangerous asbestos. Nearly two tonnes of the cancer- causing material have beenillegally dumped along the river during the past two months, andEnvironment Canterbury (ECan) has appealed for ...
SI baby boom eases slightly
Sep 01, 2007 ... Christchurch Women's Hospital hosted newborns from overcrowdedNorth Island hospitals as the South Island baby boom eased slightlythis week. Christchurch Women's Hospital neonatal unit clinical directorNicola Austin said that this week two mothers due to give birth tovery ...
Waitaki stirs emotions
Sep 01, 2007; ... I t is a quirk of location that arguments central to New Zealand'sfuture electricity generation are being heard in a tearoom onTimaru's pretty Caroline Bay. Each week day since August 13, people for and against Meridian'splan for a major tunnel hydro project have trooped into the ...
Waitaki stirs emotions
Sep 01, 2007; ... I t is a quirk of location that arguments central to New Zealand'sfuture electricity generation are being heard in a tearoom onTimaru's pretty Caroline Bay. Each week day since August 13, people for and against Meridian'splan for a major tunnel hydro project have trooped into the ...
Council finds election clarity and reason just the ticket
Sep 01, 2007; ... The Christchurch City Council finally relented on the parkingticket issued to an election candidate, but the matter should neverhave arisen at all. For a while there this week, it really was the campaign sillyseason in Christchurch City. Community board member Phil ...
It's the gayest place on Earth?
Sep 01, 2007; ... Gay Ski Week NZ event director Mike Sanford tells us whyQueenstown is the perfect spot to paint the town pink for a week. GaySki Week starts today and runs until September 9. How does gay skiing differ from straight skiing? Ummmm. Good question. It doesn't, I guess. It's just ...
DIARY
Sep 01, 2007 ... Rough superhero We know for most parents the ability of children to make themclimb the walls. Scientists are promising the day we can literallyclimb the walls is coming very soon. We could soon all be donning our"spiderman suit" so we can scale vertical walls just like the ...
PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Sep 01, 2007 ... Scenic route: a cyclist takes a spin alongside the ...
Bush's new war must be stopped by exposing his lies
Sep 01, 2007 ... Is it a gullible public or a compliant media that allows George W.Bush to warn that Iran's nuclear ambitions will provoke a nuclearholocaust? The word holocaust is just as inflammatory as calling theillegal invasion of Iraq a crusade. No doubt it appeals to thesupporters of Israel ....
Bush the warmonger
Sep 01, 2007 ... Surely humanity has nothing worse than a fearmongering leader, andwhat he does. I was therefore dismayed to see the headline "Holocaustwarning" (Aug 30) above a picture of President Bush. Every accusationhe makes against Iran's leadership can more truly be amplified andturned back on ...
Insurmountable
Sep 01, 2007 ... J. S. Fisher's contribution (Aug 27) is unfortunate and I suspectis an embarrassment to most Christian believers. We are mandated tolove and do good to all men in our Saviour's name. To insult anotherman's deeply held beliefs and sacred literature in a public forum,irrespective of our ...
Discounting death
Sep 01, 2007 ... What a great concept the Super Gold card is, but if the conditionsof use stipulate that the card is a personal one and that I mustpresent it to obtain discounts and concessions and I cannot give mycard ...
Break his bubble
Sep 01, 2007 ... I watched Campbell Live in appalled disbelief as a Ray Springbragged about luring cats to their deaths. What sort of cold-heartedcrusader would take the law into his own hands with such impunity? If any grieving cat lovers of St Martins-Huntsbury wonder ...
Breed more admirals
Sep 01, 2007 ... Before you clear the winter weeds, leave a few stinging nettlesfor yellow admiral butterflies. They lay their eggs only on stingingnettles. By bringing caterpillars inside and feeding them nettles you canensure their survival. The caterpillars can be kept ...
Behind the name
Sep 01, 2007 ... Former All Black Graham Thorne is looking to represent Hagley-Ferrymead on the CCC. During his time on the Nelson City Council,where he is currently an absent councillor, he was often criticisedfor his lack of attendance. His record was so bad, fellow councilorsrefused to accept his ...
Reality check
Sep 01, 2007 ... It takes only a week visiting New Zealand to give an Australian areality check of Australian politics. New Zealand steadfastly has been opposed to the United States/Australia pre-emptive invasion of Iraq instead of letting the weaponsinspectors finish their job first ....
POSTSCRIPT
Sep 01, 2007; ... Hell's supping with the devil, in the form of Adolf Hitler,prompted the most letters this week. The outflow of criticism was probably what the pizza companysought, if yesterday's letter from its head means anything. But headmitted that his advertising crossed the boundary ...
In search of the lost art of the political insult
Sep 01, 2007 ... When Mike Moore emerged from the political woodwork this week, hewent over the top as only Mike Moore can. He accused Prime MinisterHelen Clark of embracing "Muldoonist" tactics by resorting to the"politics of personal destruction" in Labour's attacks on Nationalleader John Key. There ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Sep 01, 2007 ... Labour are making a laughing stock of themselves by attacking JohnKey on tenuous and trivial grounds. What of the parasites who suckthe vitality out of economies through currency trading? Theycontribute nothing, and thrive on the misfortune of others. If Labouris incapable of using this ...
QUOTE UNQUOTE
Sep 01, 2007 ... "Diets are like boyfriends -- it never really works to go back tothem." -- TV cook Nigella Lawson. "I am far from perfect. I overworked myself and I paid the price.I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rockbottom." -- singer Mariah Carey, recalling a mental ...
Man of mystery
Sep 01, 2007; ... MARGARET AGNEW talks to Southland-born actor Marton Csokas aboutacting, his new film and his `friendship' with Bond girl Eva Green. A h, the elusive Marton Csokas -- international man of mystery.I've heard of playing hard to get, but this is ridiculous. The NewZealand-born and ...
WIN WIN WIN
Sep 01, 2007 ... Win Raimond Gaita's award- winning novel Romulus, My Father andtwo tickets to see the film, starring Eric Bana, Franka Potente,Marton Csokas and Kodi Smit- McPhee. The Press has five books andfive ...
MINI GUIDE
Sep 01, 2007; ... * Kungsbacka Piano Trio at the James Hay Theatre * Spring book and record fair at Al's Bar * The Chills at the Dux de Lux * The Ten Tenors at the Town Hall --Amy Pritchard SATURDAY DUX DE LUX: The Chills. BAILIES BAR: Acoustic Groove ....
ART BEAT
Sep 01, 2007; ... * Sleekness of form and elegance of expression characteriseWaiheke Island-based minimalist artist Kazu Nakagawa's latest show atCampbell Grant Galleries (191 Tuam St, Sat 10.30am-2pm, Tue-Fri10.30am-5.30pm). The show, called 465g of Love and Pleats, comprises mixed media onboard ...
Bullock to the future
Sep 01, 2007; ... PREMONITION (M) Directed by Mennan Yapo *Reviewed by James Croot With two beautiful daughters, a fantastic home and an attentivehusband, Lisa Hanson (Sandra Bullock) has an idyllic life. But thatis seemingly shattered one morning when the authorities inform herthat ...
Of mice and menu
Sep 01, 2007; ... RATATOUILLE (PG) Directed by Brad Bird and Jan Pinkava * * * * Reviewed by Margaret Agnew Some would suggest it's a bad idea to name a movie after a Frenchvegetable stew that few can spell let alone pronounce. Others wouldopine that the notion of a rat running around in a ...
Samoan style scary skin flick
Sep 01, 2007; ... THE TATTOOIST (R13) Directed by Peter Burger * * Reviewed byMargaret Agnew Last year, Pacific Island culture in New Zealand was exploredcinematically and successfully -- in the drama No. 2 and broad comedySione's Wedding. This year, we have an eerie thriller with more thana ...
World War 2 struggle spans 25 years
Sep 01, 2007; ... JOY DIVISION (R16) Directed by Reg Traviss * Reviewed by JamesCroot First, let's clear up a couple of misconceptions. Despite thetitle, this isn't the much-talked about biopic of the late 1970sMadchester band and its lead singer Ian Curtis -- that film is calledControl. Nor is ...
Singing with the ABs
Sep 01, 2007; ... Music tackles sport on All Blacks The Music, writes VICKIANDERSON. Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and Chris Jack -- how many dudes you knowthrow like this? How many dudes you know got the skills to steal theshow like this? Not many, if any. Uh-uh, uh-uh, I don't knowanybody ... ...
WIN, WIN, WIN
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Press has five copies of All Blacks The Music to give away.Write your name, contact number and your Kiwi song choice that youthink should have made ...
the charts
Sep 01, 2007 ... TOP 10 SINGLES 1 Beautiful Girls SEAN KINGSTON (SBME) 1/5 2 The Way I Are TIMBALAND feat. KERI HILSON (Universal) 3/12 3 Bartender T-PAIN feat. AKON (SBME) 2/10 4 Can't Leave Em Alone CIARA feat. 50 CENT (SBME) 5/5 5 Big Girls Don't Cry FERGIE ...
SOUNDCHECK
Sep 01, 2007; ... BEN HARPER Lifeline (EMI) * * * * Lifeline is Ben Harper's 11th album release in just over 15 years.I've never really understood why so many people get into Harper. He'sobviously talented but generally his music suffers from that "wholeJack Johnson round-the-campfire scenario" ...
SOUNDCHECK
Sep 01, 2007; ... YEAH YEAH YEAHS EP Is Is (Modular/ Universal) * * * * O yeah, still good. Karen O seizes every chorus with her bestferal yowl, while guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase soundas competitive and aggressively driven as ever. Miss "O" can still gofrom nought to PMS in 10 ...
SOUNDCHECK
Sep 01, 2007; ... FANTASTIC PLAYROOM New Young Pony Club (Modular) * * * * Wax on, wax off, implores Tahita Bulmer with a staccato, robotictone on opening track Get Lucky before going on to utter otherphrases best left out of a review in a family newspaper. If you wantyour music delivered in a ...
SOUNDCHECK
Sep 01, 2007; ... LETHAL BIZZLE Back To Bizznizz (Shock) * * * * The intro of Back to Bizznizz sounds familiar to Dizzee Rascal andit's clear that this is going to be another underground grime/garage -- whatever Dizzee Rascal hates to call it. When the intro finishesand Lethal Bizzle opens his ...
SOUNDCHECK
Sep 01, 2007; ... GURU Jazzmatazz Volume 4 (Shock) * * * * Jazz-rapper Guru presents volume four in his excellent series ofJazzmatazz, produced by Solar including a range of popular vocalistsfrom all over the globe in this fine selection. Guru has reached outmusically since Gangstarr, appealing to ...
The savage streets
Sep 01, 2007; ... The statistics suggest Christchurch's reputation for random streetviolence is not entirely fair. But that cannot diminish thedevastating effects on the victims of such crime. MATT PHILP reports. The interview begins at dusk and by the time it finishes, reporterand subject are ...