The Press back issues from December 2008:
Unstoppable All Blacks skittle England and collect Grand Slam glory; Catch me if you can
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dan Carter sums up England's day as he evades four opponentsduring the All Blacks' 32-6 win in London yesterday morning. The victory at Twickenham ensured the All Blacks wrapped up theGrand Slam and also won the Hillary Shield, the trophy that wascontested for the first time as a ...
Crash, bang, wallop . . . what a picture
Dec 01, 2008 ... The cars of two of New Zealand's top amateur racers may be toobadly damaged to race again after being involved in a dramatic smashat Ruapuna Park Raceway on the outskirts of Christchurch thisweekend. Competitors Logan Childs and Simon Sceats were involved in a high-speed smash ...
Unpaid bills a drain on CDHB, says expert
Dec 01, 2008; ... The cash-strapped Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) iswasting millions of taxpayer dollars by not paying its bills ontime, a leaked report on financial waste says. The report, leaked to The Press, labels the CDHB supply chain"highly inefficient". It says that many ...
Uncle devastated
Dec 01, 2008; ... The elderly uncle of one of the men killed in the Air New ZealandAirbus crash in France says his nephew planned to visit him inChristchurch this week, then take him on holiday. Rodney Eastgate, 92, said he was close to his nephew, JeremyCook, 58, who worked as an airworthiness ...
ODDSPOT
Dec 01, 2008 ... Uganda's police warned male bar-goers to keep their noses cleanafter a probe found a gang of robbers had been using women withchloroform smeared on their chests to knock their victimsunconscious. Victims have been found naked and unconscious with all theirbelongings ...
Bid to help stranded NZ tourists; THAILAND RIOTS
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Government is in talks with airlines and the AustralianGovernment to rescue about 200 New Zealanders stranded in Thailand. Internal political conflicts in Thailand saw SuvarnabhumiInternational Airport occupied on Tuesday and the smaller Don Muangdomestic airport since ...
Hundreds celebrate 100 years of guiding; GIRLGUIDING
Dec 01, 2008 ... Pippins, brownies, girl guides and rangers in their hundreds tookpart on Saturday in the final Canterbury North event commemorating100 years of GirlGuiding in New Zealand. More than 420 girls agedbetween five and 18, including nine- year-old Jesse Doherty, shownhere, participated in the ...
At-risk youths stand tall before embarking on boot camp
Dec 01, 2008 ... The first group of recruits on the Canterbury Youth DevelopmentProgramme march out at Burnham Military Camp. Principal ChristchurchYouth Court judge Jane McMeeken ...
Energy incentive 'silly' - landlords
Dec 01, 2008; ... A landlord lobby group has slammed a "silly" proposal to linkaccommodation supplements to houses and flats that meet minimumenergy efficiency standards. The New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development madethe recommendation in its Survey of New Zealand Housing that ...
Cycling event seen as safe despite death; MOA HUNT RIDE
Dec 01, 2008; ... Distraught organisers of a back- country mountain-bike ride inwhich a man died at the weekend believe they have a safe eventdespite the death. The dead man, described as a 40-year-old from Blenheim, was partof the second annual Moa Hunt mountain-bike ride in the ...
Melanoma cases likely to decline
Dec 01, 2008; ... New Zealand could lose its unenviable reputation as the skin-cancer centre of the world - thanks to climate change. Extreme levels of ultra-violet (UV) radiation caused by clearskies and bright sunshine kill between 250 and 300 Kiwis a year,giving New Zealand the highest death ...
Christmas in the Park sparks festive-season spirits
Dec 01, 2008 ... Record numbers of revellers turned out to see Santa and a band offestive entertainers at this year's Christmas in the Park inChristchurch. The event, the 15th of its kind, was compered by popularCanterbury radio duo Simon Barnett and Gary McCormick, who appearedat one stage of ...
Inner-city mayhem 'shocking'
Dec 01, 2008; ... Christchurch's inner city at the weekend was "absolute mayhem"with drunk people, particularly women, "at each other's throats",police say. Inspector Malcolm Johnston, who was part of Operation Crusade onSaturday night, said he was disappointed and shocked by the numberof drunk ...
Study finds gay men most at risk of HIV with one in 20 infected
Dec 01, 2008 ... Today marks the 20th anniversary of World Aids Day and the latestfigures on the disease are no cause for celebration. The recently released Aids Epidemiology Group at the Universityof Otago study on people infected with HIV during 2005 and 2006showed a marked increase in the ...
Police tackle surge in house burglaries; OPERATION DENTIST
Dec 01, 2008; ... A large jump in household burglaries across Christchurch hasprompted police to issue early warnings leading up to Christmas. There were 771 burglaries in Christchurch in September andOctober compared with 558 during the same time last year, the worstfigures for the period since ...
Gracious Isaac honoured by order investiture
Dec 01, 2008 ... Diana, Lady Isaac was honoured at an investiture ceremony for theOrder of Saint Lazarus at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament inChristchurch on Saturday. Isaac was promoted to Dame Commander ofGrace at the ceremony in which 11 other members were also promoted."I was very humbled ...
Rain makes Brownlee's day
Dec 01, 2008; ... New Energy Minister Gerry Brownlee has had a lucky start to hiswatch, with rain boosting flagging southern hydro-lake levels. The Mackenzie Country lakes have just experienced an unusuallydry six-week spell at a time when inflows are normally close totheir highest because of ...
Our man on Coast
Dec 01, 2008 ... Giles Brown is The Press's new reporter for the West Coast,starting today. For the last year he has been working for The Press inChristchurch and wrote for national ...
Recyclable plastic and metal markets plunge
Dec 01, 2008; ... The recycling industry's honeymoon is over. Global commodity prices for some recycled material this yearsoared to record highs. However, prices have dropped so dramatically that Asian importersare choosing to abandon containers on docks in cities such asShanghai or Hong ...
Charge for water
Dec 01, 2008 ... Any expectation that the Christchurch City Council'sinvestigation of water charges will be easily transformed intopolicy is mistaken. The issue arouses ratepayers' emotions, and mostof the emotion opposes charges. It will be a brave council that goesagainst that opinion. But ...
CCC must apologise and seek fair rent solution
Dec 01, 2008 ... The mayor and councillors who voted for the rent increase shouldapologise for the ordeal they put tenants through because ofarrogance. At the time of the decision to increase the rents, the evidencewas put to the council that has caused the High Court to strike downthe rent ...
The award goes to . . .
Dec 01, 2008 ... Congratulations to Justice Chisholm for making the right choiceto stand against the CCC's increase of tenancy rentals on councilflats. Congratulations to Sharon Torstonson, of the Council of SocialServices, and other groups ...
Fund this basic right
Dec 01, 2008 ... It is pleasing that the High Court has ruled invalid theexorbitant rent rises for city housing that were rushed through bythe mayor and council. It was considerably less pleasing - though hardly unexpected - tosee Mayor Parker threatening "sub- standard housing'' as a result ...
Love denied
Dec 01, 2008 ... Love my rubbish? I think not. There is never a way we could loveour garbage. The CCC, by urging we love our waste is minimising this awful,continuing problem. I'll handle our rubbish as sensibly as I can. But as for the ...
Stop the felling
Dec 01, 2008 ... The paths along either side of our main rivers, with their stripsof trees and other vegetation, offer many opportunities to citizensfor quiet contemplation or modest exercise. The stretch of the Heathcote River between Barrington and Colombostreets is a particularly attractive ...
IN A FEW WORDS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Mayor Parker is annoyed at the court overturning the exorbitantrent rises for council homes and is contemplating an appeal. Hestates the properties may not now be able to be upgraded. Perhapsthe councillors who supported the recent $17 million bailout ofdeveloper David Henderson from the ...
Water plentiful
Dec 01, 2008 ... Last Tuesday, 150 million cubic metres of water flowed down theRakaia - enough to water Christchurch for three years or to irrigate25,000 hectares of the plains for one year. Water is a scarce resource in Canterbury. Yeah, right! There's a mountain of evidence to show that ...
Restrict population
Dec 01, 2008 ... The article on aquifer demand was a well illustrated example ofthe ecological trouble we are in (Nov 27). This, and numerous ecological articles recently, tend to focus ona dire need for the reduction in consumption, based on a simpleequation: over consumption = big trouble. This ...
Fat cats creaming it
Dec 01, 2008 ... Your report on the cut by perhaps 37 per cent in dairy farmers'payouts was accompanied with the disturbing but not unexpectedcomment that, "Despite the predicted payout drop, WMP directorsawarded themselves a healthy pay rise.'' Unfortunately, the fat cats seem unable to ...
Perspective restricted
Dec 01, 2008 ... It may be good politics for the Minister of Local Government,Rodney Hide, to applaud the Local Government Forum's views on localgovernment because they reflect his own view that councils shouldstick to the basics (Nov 28). What this same report does not make clear is that the ...
Terror link in NZ
Dec 01, 2008 ... The terrorism that Mumbai has just been subjected to, and whichis grabbing international headlines, is much the same as what SriLanka has been subjected to at the hands of the Tamil Tigerterrorists for over a quarter of a century, but away from theinternational media limelight ....
Save our pubs
Dec 01, 2008 ... To the people of Edgeware and greater Christchurch, I implore youto save the great Edgeware Watering Hole, the Caledonian Hotel, orCaly as it has been known for generations. A silver lining to the current gloomy property clouds must be thereprieve this fine historic establishment ...
Did Nats win a booby prize?
Dec 01, 2008; ... Given the enormous challenges ahead, would the 2008 election havebeen a good one for National to have lost, COLIN ESPINER asks. -------------------- National must be starting to wonder whether it wonthe money or the bag in last month's election. For, apart from the extraordinary ...
Telstra bid
Dec 01, 2008 ... Telstra Corporation has put in a bid to build a nationalbroadband network. But ...
Attacker killed
Dec 01, 2008 ... Police shot and killed a knife-wielding man who wounded threepeople and took a nurse hostage in a Carrefour store in Kunming,southwest China yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency said. The39-year-old ...
Pea replanting starts
Dec 01, 2008; ... Mid Canterbury pea growers are replanting crops damaged by hailand frost while elsewhere in the region harvesting begins forprocessing by Heinz Watties. The processor hopes to match last year's crop and has offeredcontracts with incentives for late-growing peas, which require ...
SCF a 'positive' amid gloom; SOUTH CANTERBURY FINANCE
Dec 01, 2008; ... The South Island's richest individual, Allan Hubbard, is verymuch the "chairman of the board" and the focus of all eyes at SouthCanterbury Finance's annual meeting. He conducts events with aplomb, a polished hand and in goodhumour and then joins happy investors for a hot ...
SEA, AIR, RAIL
Dec 01, 2008 ... Port of Lyttelton Ships in Port: Atria, Altair2, Ivan Golubets, 3west; Janas,Melilla201, drydock; Kapt Rusak, 2West; Lake Dany, 2 East;Machiaveli, cattle jetty; Oyang70, Zberth; Oyang 77, 3 East.Expected arrivals: Cape Flattery, Napier; Sthn Progress, sea; Spiritof Resolution, ...
Investing your way to a debt-free retirement
Dec 01, 2008; ... Safe as your houses in retirement? In our latest Money Makeover, AMANDA MORRALL looks at the integrity of a property-based savingsstrategy. . A South Island couple in their 50s -- we'll call them Bob andMary -- have four properties between them and no dependents ....
VISUAL ARTS; MEGA GUIDE
Dec 01, 2008 ... ARTS EN VOGUE GALLERY: 60 Victoria St. Traditional andcontemporary oils, acrylics and watercolours; ceramic and stonesculptures; pottery and blown glass. Mon-Fri, 10am-4.30pm; Sat, 10am-3pm. Ph: 377-0260. THE ART DEPARTMENT: Arts Centre, Christchurch. Paintings by EliotCoates ...
FILM; MEGA GUIDE
Dec 01, 2008 ... AMERICAN TEEN: Documentary on a group of seniors at a small-townIndiana high school and their various cliques. (M) AND WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER?: Colin Firth and JimBroadbent star in this drama about a son's conflicting memories ofhis dying father. (M) BRIDESHEAD ...
GIG GUIDE; MEGA GUIDE
Dec 01, 2008; ... BAILIES BAR: Celtic Session, every Monday, 7pm-8.30pm. BEDROCK BAR: Free pool all day. CARTEL: Monday Machine. SAINTS AND SINNERS: Happy Hour hosts, 7pm-9pm; Sweet As, 9pm-12.30am. SULLIVANS: Topia, 9pm. THE BOG: Guinness quiz night, 7.30pm ....
MEGA GUIDE; MONDAY, DECEMBER 1 _ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7; THE PRESS GUIDE TO EVERYTHING email entries to guide@press.co.nz
Dec 01, 2008; ... Hi, What to look forward to this week: An exhibition opens todayin Gallery O, upstairs in the Arts Centre, featuring sculpture,painting, life-sized dolls, carved river boulders, artwork on silkshawls and scarves, drawings and digital photos, painted furnitureand abstracts. On Friday ...
MEGA GUIDE; FAMILY/PERFORMANCE/THEATRE; COMMUNITY/TO MARKET
Dec 01, 2008 ... ADRENALIN FOREST: Aerial adventure course in the tree canopy,opposite Spencer Park camping ground, 9am daily. Minimum height1.25m. To book, ph: 0800 TO GO APE. FERRYMEAD HERITAGE PARK: Return to yesteryear, weekday admission -- adult $6, child $3, family pass $16. Weekend, public ...
WIN! WIN! WIN!; PICK OF THE BUNCH; MEGA GUIDE
Dec 01, 2008 ... The Press has five double passes to Suddenly, a film by JohanBrisinger, to give away. To enter the draw, write your name, addressand contact phone number on the back of an ...
Adelaide alternative; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Adelaide is becoming one of Australia's hottest destinations,offering Kiwis an alternative to Melbourne or Sydney. Attractionsinclude the German settlements which sprang up in the 19th centuryand became the foundation of the South Australian wine industry.Towns such as Hahndorf, Klemzig ...
Sydney getaway; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Now is the perfect time to sneak away to Sydney for that longweekend and explore tourist and shopping attractions, includingCockle Bay, China Town, Queen Victoria Building and Darling Harbour.House of Travel has packages, including return airfares to ...
Perth paddling; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Perth has some of the best city beaches in Australia. They rangefrom the calm bays on the Swan River at Crawley and PeppermintGrove, to the more wild (but patrolled) surf beaches on the IndianOcean coast. Scarborough is known for its beachside cafe society andis great for experienced ...
Grand Prix; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Join in the non-stop action and experience the thrill of Formula1 racing in Melbourne during March 26-29, 2008. House of Travel hasGrand Prix packages, including three nights accommodation at AllSeasons ...
Billy Elliot season; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Coming to Melbourne is Billy Elliot the Musical -- a funnycelebration of a young boy's dreams to be a dancer in a man's worldof mining hats, football boots and boxing gloves. House of Travelhas packages, including return airfares to Melbourne flying Air NewZealand direct from ...
Top End highlights; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... From Kimberley to Kakadu, a 10-day adventure tour from IntrepidTravel offers travellers a real-life experience of the locations andlandscapes inspired by Baz Lurhmann's epic movie Australia. Includedare Broome, the Gibb River Road, Windjana ...
Uncover Noosaville; HOT AUSSIE DEALS
Dec 01, 2008 ... Enjoy seven relaxing nights at Breakfree South Pacific Resort inNoosaville, Queensland. Take leisurely strolls along the foreshorewalkways or dine at many of the alfresco cafes and restaurantslocated along the Noosa River front. House of Travel has packages,including return airfares to ...
Samoa tales
Dec 01, 2008 ... Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Scottish author of such booksas Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, settled inSamoa in the early 1890s with his family. The Samoans gave him thename Tusitala (Teller of Tales) and he was honoured throughout theislands. When he passed ...
Magical Maui
Dec 01, 2008 ... Maui, the second largest of the Hawaiian islands, boasts moremiles of swimmable beach than any other. Over 3000 whales winterover in Maui's waters, giving birth to calves weighing more than 900kilograms. If staying on shore is more your thing, then Maui is alsohome to Haleakala National ...
Marlborough festival
Dec 01, 2008 ... Pack your picnic rug and head to the annual Marlborough WineFestival at Montana Brancott Estate on February 14, 2009. The day isa feast of New Zealand and world-famous wines, wine tutorials anddelectable cuisine packaged with music from star New ...
Guides winners
Dec 01, 2008 ... Winners of Japanese guidebooks are: Lonely Planet Tokyo City guide: Allan Bilbrough, Frances Taylor,Graham Barrett, and Lindsay ...
Operation Grand Slam; Mision Accomplished
Dec 01, 2008; ... This was always going to be a year of redemption. Having survived the fallout of last year's World Cup debacle, AllBlacks coach Graham Henry and his team simply had to win, and winthey have. A test season that began on a dirty night in Wellington, whererain lashed Westpac ...
Flutey gets his All Blacks jersey at last - from Nonu
Dec 01, 2008; ... Riki Flutey has an All Blacks jersey to take home at last. The England second five-eighths who is as Kiwi as it gets, tradedjerseys with his old Wellington and Hurricanes team-mate, Ma'a Nonu,after yesterday's test at Twickenham. Although the All Blacks won by 26 points - a ...
England is not that tough - Cowan
Dec 01, 2008; ... All Blacks halfback Jimmy Cowan reckons England was never goingto win at Twickenham yesterday and was not the toughest of the fourHome Union teams. The feisty Southlander also had a crack at England's persistentinfringing at the break-down in an effort to slow the All Blacks ....
All Blacks leave opponents in the dust
Dec 01, 2008; ... If there was one moment that summed up these All Blacks it camestraight after the kick-off to restart the second-half. They had tried to be devious, splitting their forces and kickingright, but it didn't work and England's fullback Delon Armitagebroke free. Suddenly No. 8 ...
Proteas dominate
Dec 01, 2008 ... South African captain Graeme Smith is looking ahead to a worldtest championship showdown with Australia after his side crushedBangladesh by an innings and 48 runs to win the series 2-0 on thethird day of the second test at Centurion Park. That regained SouthAfrica second place on the ...
Announcement makes statement
Dec 01, 2008; ... Last season John Hay trained 12 winners, not a bad strike rateconsidering he only started horses 93 times. But as the halfway markin the 2008-09 season approaches, Hay is already one shy of lastseason's total and with a good team of horses behind him, theAshburton trainer looks well on ...
SCOREBOARDS
Dec 01, 2008 ... SENIOR SCOREBOARDS RICCARTON V OLD BOYS-COLLEGIANS RICCARTON First innings 211 Second innings I Robertson c Johnston bBennett ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .....20 B Stebbings c Rae bBond ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ....4 ...
Dragons fire but muster draw
Dec 01, 2008; ... There was a hint of disappointment in coach Korouch Monsef'svoice after Canterbury United celebrated its first point of thenational football league season. A Gareth Turnbull header gave the Canterbury Dragons a 1-1 drawwith defending champion Waitakere United on Saturday after a ...
Tiffen hits 85 to give Old Boys first victory of the season
Dec 01, 2008 ... Old Boys Collegians-Country sprung the surprise of round eight ofthe premier women's one-day cricket competition with a grippingvictory, its first of the season, over Lancaster Park Woolston-Sydenham at Garrick Park on Saturday. Park set a competitive total of 237 with Haidee ...