The Press back issues from January 2008:
SCOUT JAMBOREE; Norovirus contained 46 boys isolated
Jan 01, 2008; ... Prompt action appears to have saved the national scout jamboreein Christchurch from "a disaster" after an outbreak of a highlycontagious stomach bug. Medical teams, including one from the army, were rushed in onSunday after 30 scouts at the 18th New Zealand Scout Jamboree ...
Bars caught in police operation; LIQUOR LICENSING
Jan 01, 2008; ... Hotels in Darfield and Springfield have had their liquor licencessuspended after being caught selling alcohol to under-age teenagersin a sting operation. In separate decisions by the Liquor Licensing Authority, theTerrace Cafe and Bar lost its licence for three days and ...
Multimillion-dollar debt left by company director
Jan 01, 2008 ... A company director has left New Zealand, leaving a trail offailed companies and millions of dollars in debts. Neil Gurdjieff Dougan was a director of companies developingluxury lodges in Hanmer Springs and Kaikoura and a 30-apartmentbuilding in Christchurch. The liquidators ...
Licensing bind for port delicatessen
Jan 01, 2008; ... Offering prosciutto and biscotti to customers has cost aLyttelton food and liquor outlet its ability to sell single maltwhisky to go with it. Licensee Jenny Garing says she is a victim of out-of-datelicensing laws after the Liquor Licensing Authority ruled that shesold too much ...
Christchurch to switch off lights; WHAT SYDNEY ACHIEVED
Jan 01, 2008; ... EARTH HOUR : What difference can we make in just 60 minutes? On Saturday, March 29, Christchurch will join cities around theworld to take a stand against one of the planet's biggest threats --climate change. Cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto, Chicago and Manilawill ...
A time in darkness sheds light on climate change; EARTH HOUR
Jan 01, 2008; ... One night last March, more than two million Sydney residentsspent an hour in darkness -- not because of a natural disaster or amix-up by a power company, but out of choice and a desire to make adifference. They were taking part in Earth Hour -- the brainchild of theWorld Wide ...
RESEARCH PROJECT; Dream summer job for student fascinated by world of insects
Jan 01, 2008; ... A Lincoln University student is spending his summer hunting for"miniature dinosaurs". Bachelor of Science student Al Check has been given a $5000summer scholarship through the university's bio-protection andecology division and will spend 10 weeks studying the rare bluffweta ....
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS; Young singing star working on chords
Jan 01, 2008; ... Chart-topping New Zealand singer Hayley Westenra has made a newyear's resolution to learn how to play the guitar. Speaking from a bach "somewhere in New Zealand", Westenra saidshe wanted to learn to use the guitar to write new songs. "I have already started learning, but I ...
Holiday offer loses its lustre
Jan 01, 2008; ... A Christchurch family says it was misled after paying $360 for ahotel voucher that did not save it any money. Judy McArdle, 62, bought the voucher in October when companyHoliday Fever Club sold it to her over the phone. She said she was told the voucher could get her an extra ...
Experts agree water is the key to dealing with morning after
Jan 01, 2008; ... If this article is jumping on the page, your head is throwing itsown party and your throat is parched, chances are you need a decenthangover cure. It is clearly much too late for Alcohol Advisory Councilguidelines that suggest women stick to four alcoholic drinks in onenight and ...
Aust fire ordeal gives firefighter lust for life
Jan 01, 2008; ... Rangiora firefighter Barrie Hunt, who was scorched in theDecember 2006 bushfires in Australia, is looking to do somethingmore serene this summer -- like fishing. "It's not so dangerous," said Hunt, who had to be resuscitatedthree times by fellow firefighter Don Clarke during a ...
Graffiti damage escalates
Jan 01, 2008 ... Fresh graffiti attacks have defaced fences in Fendalton despitethe arrest of a teenager accused of intentional damage. On Saturday, outraged Fendalton residents photographed andtracked a youth for more than an hour, believing he was responsiblefor tagging their properties ....
Ships take a Bob each way ...
Jan 01, 2008 ... Three Robert Gainsfords arrived in Christchurch 125 years ago. The grandfather, father and child were part of a family group of14 that emigrated from England and set up home in New Zealand. However, they did not travel together. Researching the Gainsfordhistory for a reunion ...
Ferrymead park director moves on
Jan 01, 2008; ... Ferrymead Heritage Park director Bryan Lintott has resigned afterseven years at the helm. Lintott said he decided to resign because he believed museumdirectors had only a seven-year lifespan and went off the boil ifthey stayed too long. "It is time I moved on to other ...
Samoan struggles to stay
Jan 01, 2008; ... Filisi Lealuga has not seen his family for nearly three years ashe struggles for the right to live in New Zealand. His wife and four children, aged eight to 18, have been waitingin Samoa since 2005, when Lealuga came to New Zealand looking for abetter life. The 43-year-old ...
Tougher moves needed to make Christchurch safe
Jan 01, 2008 ... Does Bob Parker really believe that Draconian measures limitingthe sale of alcohol will make our streets safer (Dec 31)? Theywon't. Tasering the scumbags, subjecting them to a period of solitaryconfinement, then enforcing them to do beneficial work for thecommunity (cleaning up ...
Trust endangered
Jan 01, 2008 ... Dave Jones' dismissal of criticisms of Stephen Bellingham's deathdiverts attention from the wider consequences (Dec 28). Is mentally unstable behaviour in a public place an offence thatrequires summary execution? Following the refusal to prosecute theofficer, do police now ...
Leadership lacking
Jan 01, 2008 ... Cyd Wright's article on the reasons for Australia's wealthadvantage perfectly summarises the folly of public policy for thelast 25 years (Dec. 21). It should be compulsory reading. Administrators should not be leading any enterprises. Their roleis to see that people of skill and ...
Ask _ we're nice
Jan 01, 2008 ... Googling came to the rescue of more than Antarctic explorers.John Henzell's article was saved from fog by a Google search (Dec29). It was a thrill to be quoted on the front page of The Press,but in the future please consider actually talking to me as well. Bythe time the story came out, ...
In a few words
Jan 01, 2008 ... "Operator targets Dutch naturists" (Dec 28). That will make it adarned sight easier for Customs. TOM VAN MEURS Scott Wilson's article about Israel's alienation of its Arabcitizens (Dec 28) proves wrong some Press readers who, during themost recent war with Lebanon, wrote in ...
Not a bad year
Jan 01, 2008 ... New Zealanders last evening would have reminisced on the yearthat was. It is all too easy to recall the shocking crimes and otherlow points, accentuating the negative, but in reality most peoplewould have to concede that 2007 was actually not a bad year at all. A highlight was the ...
Men of the Trees; [Part two of six]
Jan 01, 2008 ... EXPLICIT LANGUAGE: Please note that this story contains explicitlanguage. The tree-dweller knew, as any Coaster must, that timber can onlybe felled downhill, away from standing trees. His tree was on atongue of bush that extended down the creek-bed. Because the ridgeson either ...
SIMON SNOW
Jan 01, 2008 ... The Press Summer Fiction series today continues a six- partseries by Geraldine writer Simon Snow. His first work, Devil'sApple, a mystery novel, was published by Random House in 2003. Plansare under way to film it. Men of the Trees is his first completed work since then, and ...
From sea to hot springs; THE CROSSING [Part two of six]; Coast to hot springs
Jan 01, 2008 ... Press journalists JOHN HENZELL and JOHN KIRK- ANDERSON head insearch of adventure from one coast of the South Island to the othervia the summit of New Zealand's highest peak. Part 2 of a six-partseries. Tomorrow: snowed in. On a warm December day, we waded into the Tasman Sea, ...
WISH YOU WERE HERE
Jan 01, 2008 ... Email us a holiday photo for our Wish You Were Here competitionand you could win a Canon digital camera (EOS400D) valued at $1500and a photo printer (MP610) valued at $399. Second prize is aportable Canon printer (CP740) valued at $149. Each photo published either in The Press or ...
MINI GUIDE
Jan 01, 2008; ... * Wave goodbye to the Spirit of Enderby * Weber Bros Circus * Phat '08 * Canaan Downs --Vicki Anderson . TODAY CANAAN DOWNS: Canaan Downs Festival, State Highway 60, TakakaHill, Nelson Bays, Takaka (to Jan 2). CAROLINE BAY ...
A warm welcome in the hills
Jan 01, 2008 ... For more than a century, travellers from around the world havebeen drawn to these hot springs, where a soak is definitely in orderafter a seven-hour tramp in from the road. The pools are huge, capable of fitting dozens of weary trampers,but the view from them up to the Sierra ...
Pioneer explorer
Jan 01, 2008 ... "Mr Explorer Douglas" was the term Scottish immigrant CharlieDouglas earned for decades of poorly paid, frequently dangerous andalmost inevitably pioneering survey work in the wilds of the WestCoast in the late 19th Century. From near Milford Sound in the south up to near ...
ON THIS DAY
Jan 01, 2008 ... Today is Tuesday, January 1, 2008. Highlights in history on this day: 1622 - Papacy adopts January 1 as beginning of new year insteadof March 25. 1808 - The US Congress officially prohibits the African slavetrade. 1833 - British proclaim sovereignty over ...
More of the wild ride likely
Jan 01, 2008; ... Tumultuous times, techie teasers and tax tweaking: 2007 on theinvestment market front was a wild ride and this year might be moreof the same, reports NICK CHURCHOUSE. New Zealand Exchange (NZX) boss Mark Weldon has watched hisexchange pick up a handful of new companies over the ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Jan 01, 2008 ... PORT OF LYTTELTON VESSELS IN PORT Nahaue, No. 7 East. Pacinui, No. 2 West. Sharpshooter 2, No. 3 West. Southern Progress, No. 3 West. Zlatno More, No. 4 West. Aleksandr Ksenofontov, Gladstone Pier East. Kuratai, Cattle Jetty ....
AUSTRALIAN SALES
Jan 01, 2008 ... Because of early holiday deadlines, the full table of AustralianStock Exchange shares will appear ...
Celebrating New Zealand; NEW ZEALAND'S TOP 10 SPORTING TEAMS
Jan 01, 2008 ... 1987 ALL BLACKS RUGBY Winning the Rugby World Cup is no mean feat - plenty of AllBlacks have tried and failed in the 20 years since David Kirk liftedthe pot of gold - the Webb Ellis Cup - at Eden Park on June 20,1987. The team Kirk captained had it all - arguably New ...
Racing World
Jan 01, 2008 ... DALE BAIRD, almost unknown to the public but the world's leadinghorse trainer in terms of winners, was killed in a car crash at theweekend when his truck crossed a median line killing two passengersin another vehicle. Baird trained 9445 winners at small tracks inIndiana and was the first ...
Pickens switches to chase US circuit spot
Jan 01, 2008 ... Michael Pickens, New Zealand's midget speedway champion, willmake a dramatic switch in his motor racing career when he starts inthe Toyota Racing series at Ruapuna this weekend. Pickens, 24, has won the New Zealand midget title twice andestablished himself as one of the speedway ...
RESULTS
Jan 01, 2008 ... NATIONALS Results from the New Zealand championships played in Christchurchyesterday: Men's Pairs First rounds of post-section play: Section 1-Round 2: Steve Ford (Belfast) beat Steve Smith(Kensington) 20-13, Merv Pascoe (Blaketown) beat Bryan ...
The punter calls on luck but Barron sticks to hard yakka HARNESS
Jan 01, 2008; ... If you were to suggest a touch of magic and a lot of good luck iswhat is needed to win an event like yesterday's $220,000 three- year-old pace at Alexandra Park, Georgetown's trainer-driver, Ken Barron,is liable to give you one of his steely looks. The Cinderella story of three- ...
Downs claims upset
Jan 01, 2008 ... Caroline Downs (Kensington) caused a boilover in the third roundof women's singles post- section play when she eliminated NewZealand representative Val Smith (United) 21-12 at the New Zealandbowls championships yesterday. Downs said all she wanted to do was give Smith a good game ...
NZ in devastating form
Jan 01, 2008; ... New Zealand cricket fans will justifiably feel short-changedafter one of the most farcical international contests, but DanielVettori and Brendon McCullum were not complaining after a day ofmilestones in Queenstown yesterday. New Zealand romped to a 10-wicket win after dismissing ...
Bell, Fulton back in NZ test team
Jan 01, 2008 ... Matthew Bell's excellent form this season has earned him a recallto the New Zealand cricket team for the two tests againstBangladesh. Bell has been preferred to Michael Papps who was on the tour ofSouth Africa in November. Papps struggled on that tour while Bell was ...
Guide falls 60m to death; Tourist's miracle Mt Cook survival; NEW YEAR TRAGEDY
Jan 02, 2008; ... A Scottish woman watched helplessly as her climbing guideplummeted past her to his death on Mount Cook. The New Year's Day expedition ended in tragedy when the 54-year-old Wanaka guide fell 60m to his death. The guide, who will not be named until his family has ...
Students 'gaming' with loans
Jan 02, 2008; ... The Government's interest-free student loan scheme is encouraging"gaming", with students borrowing unnecessary amounts so they canreinvest the money, says a National MP. His claims come as the Government's recently released studentloan scheme annual report shows the total amount ...
Surfing skies by kite
Jan 02, 2008 ... The easterly may be an ill wind to Christchurch beachgoers butfor kite surfers like 13-year-old Anthony Hopkins it is a real lift. Hopkins made the most of the cool breezes, gusting up to 33km/h,to get some big air on the Avon-Heathcote Estuary. The Linwood teenager, who has ...
Descendants share in Ice trip send-off
Jan 02, 2008; ... Kiwi descendants of crew members who went to Antarctica withErnest Shackleton were on hand in Lyttelton 100 years later to theday to farewell the latest band of adventurers heading to the Ice. On New Year's Day 1908 Shackleton set forth for Antarctica onboard the Nimrod on an ...
Child centres short of staff; NEW REGULATIONS
Jan 02, 2008; ... Early childhood centres are struggling to meet a new Governmenttarget for qualified teachers, the National Party says. New regulations, which came into effect yesterday, mean at leasthalf the staff at teacher-led early childhood centres must now bequalified. However, ...
Virus contained
Jan 02, 2008 ... The norovirus outbreak at the scouting jamboree in Christchurchremained under control yesterday, with 45 scouts in isolation.Canterbury medical officer of health Alistair Humphrey said therehad been about 15 new cases. Scouts were being ...
Almost drowned
Jan 02, 2008 ... A 22-year-old man is in a serious condition after almost drowningin Lake Wakatipu. The unconscious man was pulled from the lake atthe beach adjoining the Frankton Motor Camp about 2.45pm yesterday.He was ...
Alyssa delays arrival until 2008; FIRST BABY
Jan 02, 2008; ... The new year brought a late Christmas present for oneChristchurch couple -- the birth of their first child. Tarina and Gareth Wood welcomed their daughter, Alyssa, justafter 1am yesterday. She was the first baby to be born at Christchurch Women'sHospital in 2008 and weighed ...
Recycle your tech stuff; Where to recycle
Jan 01, 2008; ... Christmas is over. New computers, television sets and DVD playersare up and running. Michele Taylor suggests eco-friendly homes for theold ones. I n 1972, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards hoisteda television set over a hotel's 10th-floor balcony and let go.Glass, metal, ...
SPORT ON TV
Jan 01, 2008 ... A League: Wellington Phoenix vs Sydney FC. Live from WestpacStadium in Wellington. 7pm on Friday on Sky Sport 1. Premier League: Arsenal vs West Ham United. Live from EmiratesStadium in London. 3.40am on Wednesday on Sky Sport 2. Premier League: Newcastle United vs Manchester ...
A must-buy action masterpiece
Jan 01, 2008; ... Uncharted: Drake's Fortune For: PlayStation 3 From: Naughty Dog Classification: R16 Score: * * * *Uncharted: Drake's Fortune could be the game finally worth buyinga PlayStation 3 for. After a raft of games that have failed to live up to the ...
Carnival capers
Jan 01, 2008; ... Carnival Games For: Wii From: GlobalStar Classification: G Score: * * * Roll up, roll up, the carnival is in town -- in disc format, thatis. The new Nintendo--2K Play game for the Wii is a great party andsingle- player game. Experienced ...
Crash Bandicoot reappears
Jan 01, 2008; ... Crash of the Titans For: Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP From: Sierra Classification: G Score: * * * 12 Crash Bandicoot is one of the most recognisable PlayStationcharacters of all time and this is his second appearance onNintendo's DS ...
Soccer game on the ball
Jan 01, 2008; ... This game will stir up the old "which football game is better"debate. Pro Evolution Soccer '08 For: PS2, PS3, Xbox 360 (reviewed) From: Konami Classification: G Score: * * * In my house, my son is the soccer junkie: he just loves the sportand was ...
French yachtie welcomed; SOLO CIRCUMNAVIGATION
Jan 02, 2008 ... A French solo sailor has been enjoying festive Kiwi hospitalityafter problems with his boat resulted in an unscheduled stop inLyttelton. Jacques Riguidel arrived at the port on Saturday and is likely tobe there for at least another week while he waits for replacementparts for ...
Signs of wealth on display at marina; MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS
Jan 02, 2008 ... For a display of South Island wealth, the Waikawa Marina nearPicton has boatloads. The summer has seen a noticeable increase in new boats using themarina, many of them runabouts from Canterbury, says supervisorBrian Carver. The new vessels cost between $80,000 and $100,000, ...
Moggy helps lessen attack
Jan 02, 2008 ... An unlikely alliance of fireworks, a vigilant neighbour and amysterious midnight moggy combined to possibly prevent morewidespread damage at Prime Minister Helen Clark's Mount Albertelectorate office early yesterday morning. A brick was thrown at the office's window around ...
Signs of wealth on display at Waikawa marina
Jan 02, 2008; ... For a display of South Island wealth, the Waikawa Marina nearPicton has boatloads. The summer has seen a noticeable increase in new boats using themarina, many of them runabouts from Canterbury, says supervisorBrian Carver. The new vessels cost between $80,000 and $100,000, ...
Taggers show off on internet; CHRISTCHURCH GRAFFITI
Jan 02, 2008 ... Christchurch graffiti artists are showing off their work onYouTube and inadvertent- ly outing themselves in the process. The video-sharing website has dozens of videos show- casinghundreds of pieces of graffiti art and tagging across Christchurch. The short films make every ...
A year of living uncertainly
Jan 02, 2008; ... Last year brought the rise, slide and rise again of Nationalunder John Key while, on the Labour side, Helen Clark struggled tocontrol the agenda. VERNON SMALL talks to the two leaders who wouldbe prime minister about the year in politics. For years now,Wellington's gossip circuit has ...
Easy night for police as revellers see in 2008; HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 02, 2008; ... Revellers at the traditional party hot spots brought in the newyear in restrained fashion, with police reporting few problemsacross the South Island. From Nelson in the north to Wanaka and Queenstown in the south,there were just handfuls of arrests -- generally for drunkenness ...
Punters 'positive' on last night of year; HAPPY NEW YEAR
Jan 02, 2008; ... JOHN HARTEVELT samples New Year's Eve celebrations inChristchurch. The bars filled and the beer spilled. Blue words snapped frombeneath dark, hooded faces. "F ...!" shouted the drunk young man, at no-one in particular."F ...!" again, louder, as police approached ....
Learning opportunities seen as way ahead; PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN CANTERBURY
Jan 02, 2008; ... In the first of a five-part series on the Pacific Islands andtheir relationship with New Zealand, REBECCA TODD looks at thekingdom of Tonga, where improving education has become a priority. Pina Ofa can barely imagine what her life would be like if shehad not migrated to New ...
Floods, polar winds blast country; 2007 WEATHER
Jan 02, 2008; ... The north and the south were exposed to the full force of theweather in 2007 but the middle of the country, especially the tophalf of the South Island, generally escaped the worst of it. Vigorous storm systems fuelled by sub-tropical warmth swiped theNorth Island, bringing ...
PUTTING IT RIGHT
Jan 02, 2008; ... Putting It Right is a weekly forum for corrections,clarifications and debate about matters relating to articlespublished in The Press. . Last Saturday's The Way We Were said A. E. Fitzgerald, theBritish climber denied the first ascent of Mount Cook by three NewZealanders, ...