The Press back issues from April 2009:
Dreaming of good sleep
Apr 01, 2009 ... For Shakespeare, sleep was the prelude to dreams. However, thetalk of recession has us tossing and turning all night with nochance of sleep and even less of dreams, says Kim Triegaardt . It's official the economy is stressing us out and we are sleepingless. Figures just ...
In this issue
Apr 01, 2009 ... Christchurch is slowly returning to normal after hosting itsfirst Ellerslie International Flower Show. Reviews are mixed but the turnout showed the city deserves itsreputation as a garden and flower- loving community. at home columnists Simonetta Ferrari and Erik Ellis both ...
Autumn colours
Apr 01, 2009 ... Arrangements of flowers are always a welcome sight in any home,but if the recession is keeping your vases empty it's time torediscover your backyard. Due to popular demand, Rachel Thornton andSally Rumble of Carousel Flora are running an autumn floral workshopon rediscovering the ...
Explore Gunyah
Apr 01, 2009 ... at home garden landscape columnist Simonette Ferrari and herhusband, author William Cottrell, are holding an open home at theirhistoric Canterbury homestead Gunyah Country Estate on Sunday, April5, from 10am to 5pm. Visitors will be able to play croquet, have ...
Design contest
Apr 01, 2009 ... Young Kiwi industrial designers are being invited to let theirfuturistic imaginations run wild in this year's Electrolux DesignLab global design competition. The brief this year is to createthoughtfully designed home appliances that will shape how peopleprepare and store food, wash ...
Sleep sweet
Apr 01, 2009; ... Take time to turn your bedroom into a peaceful sanctuary, writes Kim Triegaardt . You will spend about a third of your life in your bedroom, so youneed to ensure it's a place you want to be. Bedrooms are oursanctuaries from the world. As a child a bedroom is a time-out zonefrom ...
Good stuff
Apr 01, 2009 ... Every month at home looks at the latest must have dcor items foryour home. Tea time This funky teapot is available in a range of bright colours andsizes, priced from $45 to $95. Available from The T Shop inMerivale Mall, be sure to check out their fantastic range of ...
Time to colour your life
Apr 01, 2009 ... Unlike the other rooms in your house, you spend a lot of time inyour bedroom looking at the ceiling and the walls. That's especiallytrue if you suffer from insomnia. Research shows that colour can affect your moods and the colouryou paint the walls in your bedroom can influence ...
A peek inside Chinese homes
Apr 01, 2009; ... Kim Triegaardt rounds up the latest house ...
Wood flooring the way to go; Home portfolio
Apr 01, 2009 ... Homeowners can save money and help the environment at the sametime with pre- finished timber, bamboo and laminated flooring. At a time when the economic downturn is pinching people's pocketsand climate change is becoming an ever-hotter topic, James Gu ofEulux Flooring says the ...
Standards and safety pledge
Apr 01, 2009 ... With building regulations undergoing myriad changes, it is hardfor homeowners to know what they can and can't do, says HomePlusowner Kevin Barnes. One of the areas that HomePlus can help with, however, is thebalustrade on a deck. "If you want to ensure smooth construction ofyour ...
Unobstructed hillside splendour
Apr 01, 2009; ... A Cracroft home was built to take in all-day sun and sweepingviews of Christchurch and the Canterbury Plains, writes KimTriegaardt . 'I wouldn't change a thing," says Karen Powers of her newly builthome at the top of Worsley Rd in Cracroft. Powers, who heads the interior ...
Waiting for a better time to sell?
Apr 01, 2009; ... How to get a new home without getting a new home, writes JenniferManson . With uncertainty in the property market you may be looking aroundyour current home and thinking, "It's not so bad after all". Here are some tips for transforming your home with ease. Make the ...
Things we do for the love of chocolate
Apr 01, 2009; ... Sue Bramwell gets up close and personal with chocolate. Ideally, entertaining at any time of the year should involvechocolate, but Easter provides the ideal excuse, if one was neededat all. For some Easter means donning their best pinny and staying up allnight hand ...
Inspiration from flower shows
Apr 01, 2009; ... What brings the crowds to see a garden and flower show, asks Simonetta Ferrari . That's it, the show is over. The rubbish has been cleaned up, thefliers have stopped flying and the crowds have dissolved into theirusual routines. Gone are the magic displays of horticultural ...
Bedrooms from A to V
Apr 01, 2009 ... With so much of our lives taken up in the bedroom - eitherasleep, getting out of bed in the morning or retiring at the end ofthe day - it makes a lot of sense to spend a bit of time making itone of the most relaxing rooms in the house. Strawberry Sound's Aaron Boyce says shrill ...
Mod cons
Apr 01, 2009; ... Kim Triegaardt looks at the latest products designed to makehome life easier. Chromatic hub Who says USB hubs have to be boring. These square blocks areconnected together and can be rearranged into varying shapes orstacked if you like things neat. There are four USB 2.0 ...
Greenwashing the issues
Apr 01, 2009; ... Record temperatures show that humans are changing the weather, Dr Erik Ellis writes. Climate-change sceptics are getting thin on the ground withincreasing scientific evidence that human activity is rapidlyaccelerating changes in our atmospheric and physical environment ....
Passive heating reduces power costs
Apr 01, 2009 ... The owners of many modern homes are slashing heating costs byemploying a heat source accessible for millions of years - the sun'senergy. By combining good design with effective insulation, thiscommodity can be collected and stored to provide a home with warmthday and night ...
Free home-energy tips
Apr 01, 2009 ... Minister of Energy Gerry Brownlee opened the Canterbury HomeEnergy Advice Centre, a new service from Christchurch-basedcharitable trust Community Energy Action (CEA). The centre offers free, impartial advice on energy use in thehome via an 0800 free phone line and joins similar ...
Help drawn for curtain needs
Apr 01, 2009 ... The issue of heat loss from windows is coming back into the frameas Christchurch looks towards winter. However, Community Energy Action (CEA) is looking to tackle theproblem with the Christchurch Curtain Bank, which reopened on March30, and the use of plastic window-insulation ...
Where nature meets design
Apr 01, 2009 ... When John Marsh established his landscape architecture firm in1983, his business focused primarily on the design of privategardens in Christchurch and around Canterbury. These commissions still figure prominently in the company's workschedule but, in 26 years, the demand for its ...
Pohutukawa red and a spot of shooting
Apr 01, 2009; ... Owner of Christchurch's specialist whisky shop, Whisky Galore,Michael Fraser Milne talks about his favourite things. Favourite colour: Pohutukawa Red is my favourite colour. Although I do like anypositive, definite colour, I don't like wish- washy. Autumn is oneof the best ...
Billion dollar internet reboot
Apr 01, 2009; ... High-definition TV on the internet, instant music downloads andmovies downloaded in less than a minute are among the benefits of amultibillion-dollar network upgrade. The Government's plan to roll out billions of dollars in fibre-optic cabling to 75 per cent of New Zealand homes ...
Badly injured but with a dog at his side, a tramper conquers pain to reach help
Apr 01, 2009; ... Bone-deep lacerations, fractured limbs and dwindling rations werenot enough to stop Matthew Briggs hobbling to safety through ruggedWest Coast bush with his faithful dog. Briggs' amazing tale of endurance unfolded yesterday after ahelicopter plucked the exhausted Middlemarch man ...
House-sale fee runs foul of market watchdog
Apr 01, 2009; ... A large group of Christchurch real estate agents has scrapped anagreed commission after the competition watchdog warned that itmight amount to illegal price fixing. The Commerce Commission, whose role is to ensure competition forgoods and services, has warned the Real Estate ...
ODDSPOT
Apr 01, 2009 ... A very early photograph of New York City in the 1840s has soldfor $US62,500 ($NZ- 112,491). The photo depicted Manhattan's UpperWest Side as open countryside. The photo is a daguerreotype, anearly form of ...
Parking fees lead bus push; CHRISTCHURCH TRANSPORT
Apr 01, 2009; ... Long-stay parking fees could be increased on Christchurch streetsto get more commuters on buses. New parking charges could also be introduced in streets aroundsuburban shopping centres and on the fringes of the city centre tocut commuter traffic and encourage bus travel ....
Bungy-jumpers excite Duffy; SINGER-SONGWRITER
Apr 01, 2009; ... Welsh soul sensation Duffy (Aimee Duffy to her mum) is screaming.Yes, she is delighted to be performing her first shows in NewZealand but the screaming relates to the view outside the window ofher Auckland hotel room. "Somebody is jumping from the next building. It's quite scary, ...
Ex-officer's conduct queried; BAIN MURDER TRIAL
Apr 01, 2009; ... A former senior Dunedin detective who led part of the Baininquiry has admitted a "Hang Bain" slogan he painted on his housewas "inappropriate". Former detective sergeant Milton Weir, who was officer in chargeof the scene at the Bains' Every St house, told the David Bain trialin ...
Bloody fingerprints found on rifle that killed family; BAIN MURDER TRIAL
Apr 01, 2009; ... A bloodied hand left fingerprints on the rifle used in the murderof the Bain family, the High Court in Christchurch was told. After days grilling police about their investigation of the Bainmurders, David Bain's retrial turned a corner yesterday to deal withscientific evidence ....
Pot pie suggested to curb wallabies; PEST CONTROL
Apr 01, 2009; ... Fancy a nice wallaby pie? How about a bowl of hot wallaby-tailsoup for starters? The culinary opportunities presented by a booming population ofthe bouncing marsupial pests have been suggested as a nice littleearner for a South Canterbury entrepreneur. Wallabies were ...
'Goodwill' sought on break entitlements; TEACHING HOURS
Apr 01, 2009; ... Teachers are being asked for "a bit of goodwill" to stave offextensions to the school day. Changes to employment laws taking effect today entitle teachersto two 10-minute breaks and one of 30 minutes during the school day. The Post Primary Teachers' Association (PPTA) says the ...
Faithful companion helps Sister do her good deeds; BLIND APPEAL
Apr 01, 2009; ... Sister Eleanor Corston has an unusual best friend and constantcompanion. The Christchurch nun has a medical condition that means she cansee only about a metre away, and she needs to be constantlyaccompanied by her five-year-old golden retriever- labrador guidedog, Kyla ....
Council member resigns; MARLBOROUGH
Apr 01, 2009; ... Marlborough district councillor Pat O'Sullivan quit yesterdayafter being on the receiving end of some fiery rhetoric in thedebating chamber. Last Thursday, Cr Gerald Hope described O'Sullivan's abstentionfrom a vote on draft spending plans as "a nonsense". Hope then ask ...
ECan delays landmark decision; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT
Apr 01, 2009; ... Environment Canterbury (ECan) councillors are today set toapprove one of the most important submissions in the council's 20-year history. Councillors yesterday asked for an extra night to sleep on ECan'ssubmission on the Government's proposed changes streamlining theResource ...
Money bagged; GOOD SAMARITAN
Apr 01, 2009 ... A bag containing thousands of dollars has been handed in toChristchurch police. The plastic bag full of cash was handed in to the Hornby stationby a 67-year-old man who saw it in a gutter in Waimairi Road nearthe Bush Inn Centre in Upper Riccarton. Senior Constable Mike ...
Hip-hop dancers chase world title
Apr 01, 2009; ... A Christchurch hip-hop group will get their chance at national -and international - stardom this weekend. The Legionnaires hip-hop dance troupe booked their flights toAuckland this week for the weekend's national hip-hop dancechampionships. A lack of funds had threatened ...
Scheme puts hole in cavity numbers; PRESCHOOL DENTAL CHECKS
Apr 01, 2009; ... A campaign to get Canterbury preschoolers to the dental nurse hasled to a big drop in the number of toddlers with cavities. A new report from the Canterbury District Health Board'scommunity dental service shows the number of five-year-olds withoutcavities has increased 14 per cent ...
Key puts Worth on final warning; INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER
Apr 01, 2009; ... Internal Affairs Minister Richard Worth has resigned from anothercompany board with links to India, but Prime Minister John Key sayshe is effectively on his final warning. The beleaguered Worth took a battering in Parliament yesterdayfrom Labour MPs, and Key left him in no doubt ...
Stewart 'informant' arrested; HUNT FOR FUGITIVE
Apr 01, 2009; ... A reported sighting of fugitive William Stewart in East Otagosparked a massive manhunt and led to the informant's arrest. A 37-year-old Waimate man appeared before a Justice of the Peacein Oamaru yesterday charged with obstruction and was remanded onbail to appear in the Oamaru ...
Stewart 'informant' arrested; HUNT FOR FUGITIVE
Apr 01, 2009; ... A reported sighting of fugitive William Stewart in East Otagosparked a massive manhunt and led to the informant's arrest. A 37-year-old Waimate man appeared before a Justice of the Peacein Oamaru yesterday charged with obstruction and was remanded onbail to appear in the Oamaru ...
South still stronger for jobs; ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
Apr 01, 2009; ... The South Island is weathering the economic storm better than theNorth, despite substantial job layoffs, the Canterbury Employers'Chamber of Commerce says. There have been more than 300 job losses in the South in recentweeks. Sealord is making 160 process workers and 20 ...
Volunteer steps up to world stage; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Apr 01, 2009; ... A Christchurch woman has been elected vice-chairwoman of theworld Alzheimer's association. Wendy Fleming, of Clearwater, was last week elected to theposition for Alzheimer's Disease International, the umbrellaorganisation of Alzheimer's associations around the world ....
Church link for SA migrants; WEST COAST
Apr 01, 2009; ... Christianity on the West Coast is adapting to an influx of SouthAfricans - many attracted by the region's mining industry. In Greymouth, a new South African church has been established,while the local Anglican vicar is learning Afrikaans so she can useit in services. A ...
Pair sold catches illegally, say police; FISH QUOTAS
Apr 01, 2009 ... Two Southland commercial fishermen will face charges forallegedly selling tens of thousands of dollars worth of theircatches illegally. Ministry of Fisheries officers and police swooped on an allegedillegal-fish ring yesterday. They had been watching the Bluff-based ...
Vili honoured by 'thank you from her country'
Apr 01, 2009 ... Olympian Valerie Vili has something else to wear with her goldmedal after she was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order ofMerit. Vili received the honour from Governor-General Sir AnandSatyanand at an investiture at Government House in Aucklandyesterday. It felt ...
Pumping station 'joyous'; ARCHITECTURE AWARD
Apr 01, 2009 ... A Christchurch sewage-pumping station has won a nationalarchitecture award. The concrete, glass and timber construction in Linwood won aregional prize last year and has now been honoured at the 2009 NewZealand Architecture Awards. The station, which also features a ...
Immigrant fights freezing of assets
Apr 01, 2009 ... A Polish immigrant is fighting an order that freezes his NewZealand assets until court proceedings against him in Poland areconcluded. Slawomir Bujak, who had a transport company in Poland, settled inChristchurch in 1999, married, got permanent residence, and bought ahouse and ...
Teachers' union considers legal action over pay talks; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Apr 01, 2009; ... The union for early-childhood education teachers is exploringlegal action against the Government over stalled pay negotiations. New Zealand Educational Institute (NZEI) national secretary PaulGoulter said negotiations for fresh collective agreements forkindergarten teachers and ...
Killers apologise
Apr 01, 2009 ... Las Vegas rock act The Killers caused an outcry when theycancelled a Christchurch tour date, but apologetic guitarist DaveKeuning hopes the band will be back. The acclaimed four piece, which released their third album Day &Age last year, originally scheduled two New Zealand tour ...
High hopes for quality harvest; VINEYARDS
Apr 01, 2009; ... A string of warm days ensured perfect grape-picking conditions inMarlborough this week, with vineyard gangs out in force. Contract picker Tukta Holloway is working her fourth harvest andsaid quantity appeared to be down on the last three seasons. Fewer grapes may reduce ...
Part of pay rises go to charities; COUNCILLOR WAGES
Apr 01, 2009; ... Canterbury's regional councillors who were vocal in theiropposition to a 7 per cent pay rise but ended up getting a 9.3 percent increase say they are giving some of the money to charity. But Environment Canterbury (ECan) deputy chairwoman Jo Kane, whois in line for a 6.9 per cent ...
CRIME STOP
Apr 01, 2009 ... Wanted to locate Tai Hapata Gorrie, 25. Santana Jackie Parish, 20. Call ConstableAlec Pickover on 363 7400. . Wanted on warrant Daniel Christopher Magill, 23. Ronald James Barr, 61. AdrianPatrick Brand, aka ...
PUTTING IT RIGHT
Apr 01, 2009; ... The Press is committed to accuracy and talking with its readers.Putting It Right is a forum for clarifications, corrections,trainspotters, pedants, perfectionists, etymologists, polymaths,people who make mistakes and those who never do. From March 25 toMarch 31, The Press published 918 ...
Breast and bed sharing 'best'; LACTATION CONFERENCE
Apr 01, 2009 ... Mothers who share a bed with their breastfed babies are able toproduce more milk for longer and regulate their infants' vitalsigns, a visiting expert says. At a Christchurch seminar featuring international lactationexpert Professor Helen Ball, a medical anthropologist from ...
Keep names
Apr 01, 2009 ... Leave place names as they are. Over many years words haveevolved into what we have today. The evolutionary journey of names is as much a part of historyas what they were originally, and certainly no insult to any ...
Advert was funny
Apr 01, 2009 ... What is wrong with people who complain about ads? The deathbed scene with the chainsaw is an ad. It's not real. Getit? Stop complaining and do something more constructive. We have been ...
Concessions on burners
Apr 01, 2009 ... The Press reports that "open fires and solid-fuel burners morethan 15 years old will be snuffed out from April 1 next year'' inChristchurch, with ECan spending $397,000 to publicise this (March26). But as part of a settlement overseen by the Environment Court,ECan agreed regular ...
Not city's job
Apr 01, 2009 ... The decision by the CCC to fund canada goose control in the cityappears short-sighted (March 27). Fish and Game is responsible for the control throughout thecountry, within a management plan developed with all stakeholders,and it ...
Earthly confusion
Apr 01, 2009 ... In his article "Fate of planet at stake'' Reuben Hunt makes a lotof claims that range from faintly possible to outrageously absurd(March 27). He says: "The Earth was about 60 per cent of the present radiusin the two Jurassic eras. As a result, gravity would have been muchweaker ...
Downsized
Apr 01, 2009 ... I love my boy racer RX7. That's it upon the shelf. It had a date ...
Reducing plastic bag use won't save the planet
Apr 01, 2009 ... The great plastic bag panic has arisen again, this time as ameans of increasing supermarket profits. Supermarket bags constitute a small part of landfill, soreducing their use isn't going to save the planet. A calm analysis shows that the fossil carbon content of ...
Use green bags
Apr 01, 2009 ... In response to everyone whinging about potentially having to paya levy for plastic bags, I point out that if they cared for theenvironment we wouldn't have these issues. If you are so worked up over the cost of the levy, ...
I will not pay
Apr 01, 2009 ... We live out of town and tend to make one big supermarket visiteach Friday. Our family have made an effort to reduce our plasticbag requirements by taking the supermarket trolley to the car andstacking the bulky and sturdy items directly into the car boot.Consequently I carry a buffer ...