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Murder hearing told of Mob texts . Murder hearing told of Mob texts The Tuesday, 19 August MURDER ACCUSED: Quentin Duff, accused of murdering his partner, during depositions hearing at Porirua District Court. Dog, can you come to the pad? My Mrs is dead. Duff, a patched Mongrel Mob member, is accused of beating his partner of eight years, Bronwyn Aroha Whakaneke, 33, with a metal scaffolding pipe before dumping her outside a bus at the mob headquarters in Waitangirua. The text message, allegedly sent by murder accused Quentin Duff to a Mongrel Mob associate soon after Duff's partner's death, was among several revealed in Porirua District Court yesterday. Duff, who has yet to enter a plea, appeared expressionless in court yesterday for a depositions hearing. Her naked and battered body was found on January 8. Phone records in court revealed that before police were called, Duff text-messaged a Mongrel Mob associate: . It will determine if he will face trial... Duff later text-messaged the same associate from the police station: Dog, I'm examining at a lot of jail now. dog, can you come to the pad? My Mrs is dead. Tell me you didn't bro. The associate replied: I want to believe you didn't do it. Duff replied: I'm in a lot of sh. Getting no response he added: Come on, bark back. at the moment.. Another text from Duff to the associate said: Dog, I'm sorry I just f. That's all I can say..... Police prosecutor Claire Boshier told the court Duff and Ms Whakaneke had argued before Duff inflicted the fatal injuries. Police prosecutor Claire Boshier told the court Duff and Ms Whakaneke had argued before Duff inflicted the fatal injuries. Drag marks on the gang pad floor and gravel marks on Ms Whakaneke's face and clothing were consistent with being dragged from the headquarters to the bus, Ms Boshier said. The pipe, covered in blood, had fingerprints on it. Ms Boshier told the court Duff admitted resulting in the fatal injuries and told police he had been trying to sleep when Ms Whakaneke punched him in the nose. The first of three videotaped police interviews with Duff was played for the court. During the interview Duff said Ms Whakaneke had left the gang pad about midnight. He then said he locked up, went to sleep and found her body in the morning. She just said she was going to wait for her ride, Duff told police. They had not argued and when she left she was in a happy mood . Three witnesses who gave evidence to the court had name suppression. Justices of the peace Ian Symonds and Bernardine Poole remanded Duff in custody. The hearing continues today. Maori land blocks frustrated surfers' access . Maori land blocks frustrated surfers' access - Wednesday, 20 August MIKE SCOTT/ WORST NIGHTMARES: Taranaki surfers' worst nightmares are coming true, as access to premium surf breaks is cut off as fences go up on Maori family land. Taranaki surfers' worst nightmares are coming true, as access to premium surf breaks is cut off. In the past two weeks, Maori family land, right on the coast, has had 2m high gates and a fence erected around it, blocking access to the world-class breaks. Surf breaks at Mangahume and Sky Williams, just south of Opunake, have become the latest casualties. Mrs Hohaia said she did not want to restrict access to surfers, but wanted to protect three urupa (cemeteries) on the land. Owners Teresa and Donald Hohaia, of New Plymouth, said they knew nothing about the gates and fence. I know nothing about it, she told the . It wasn't done with my knowledge. Surfers say the South Taranaki District Council should be doing more to secure beach access for the future. Mrs Hohaia said other family members who did not live in the region were involved with the land, but she could not provide contact details. I think that it is negligent that they are not doing it, Mr Arthur said. Surfer Wayne Arthur said the STDC should be ensuring coastal access for everyone. The marketing of Surf Highway 45 is a South Taranaki initiative, and they are not managing the assets at all. The lockout could affect tourism in the area. Mr Arthur said surfers were facing constant battles to retain access to surf spots as coastal property was sliced up and sold off. They have got a gem, but it needs a bit more polishing than what they are doing. If we have got some sort of historical access, then the council should be doing whatever it can to secure that for the future. Local surfer Craig Williamson said the STDC should negotiate for access when approval for land to be subdivided was given. He was devastated to see the fence and gates blocking access to
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the two breaks. Once it is gone, you can't get it back, Mr Williamson said. I was heading down for a surf, and found I couldn't get down there. I'm gutted, absolutely gutted. Surf Highway 45's attraction would be lost if nobody could get to the surf. People from all over the world are surfing down there in the summer, Mr Williamson said. Surfers were grateful to farmers who, for years, had allowed them to cross their land for access to surf breaks. Surfers were grateful to farmers who, for years, had allowed them to cross their land for access to surf breaks. An Opunake surfer, who did not want to be named, was not concerned at the loss of easy access. He said there were other routes to the breaks. It just means I get to enjoy surfing there without the crowd. STDC Mayor Ross Dunlop said the region was renowned for its surf breaks. When possible, the council negotiated access to the beach with developers, but it might not be in the same place as before. In the past access across private land was at the land owner's discretion. I would be very concerned if some of our popular surfing spots are being cut off from the public, Mr Dunlop said. We want to be creating more, rather than reducing them. Rerun for rally that led to riot . Rerun for rally that led to riot and NARELLE SUISTED - Wednesday, 20 August Police are bracing for hundreds of Canterbury University students to defy authorities and converge on Dunedin in a rogue Undie 500 car rally this weekend. Last year, 69 people were arrested and charged over rioting in Dunedin streets the following day the rally arrived in the city. An anonymous Canterbury University student created a dummy student email address to circulate two emails on Saturday and yesterday, detailing how this year's unsanctioned event will run. The year before, 25 of the 56 students arrested for disorderly behaviour over the Undie 500 weekend were from Christchurch. The anonymous email from the self-styled Undie 500 master said: There will be drinking, along with theme cars and costumes! An entire Dunedin courtroom was set aside to deal with students arrested over last year's rioting. Two students intending to go to the event told they expected the controversial rally to be at least as big as those of the last two years. This year's event will proceed despite the urging of student and civic leaders, the university and police. The last of those charged cleared the court system only last week. It's bad for the city (Dunedin), bad for our reputation and we don't need it. All the Undie 500 does is cause us a considerable amount of grief, Dunedin and Clutha police area commander Inspector Dave Campbell said. We believe we're well-prepared. Police were caught out by events last year and would have a zero tolerance approach to any more trouble, he said. The Undie 500 was previously organised by the Canterbury University Engineering Students' Society (Ensoc). We certainly have a significant number of staff rostered on this weekend. Ensoc and the University of Canterbury Students' Association (UCSA) tried to organise another event this year but gave up when Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin refused to support their proposals. Since 1989, students have bought cars valued under $500, decorated them to a theme and driven to Dunedin, stopping at designated pubs along the way. Yesterday, Walker said he did not know who was behind the alternative event and did not support it. In July, when Ensoc president Graeme Walker formally withdrew support for the event, he warned that an alternative event would go ahead regardless. This individual has basically organised the event themselves. We have been working really hard this year to protect the Undie 500 name and we don't want to compromise that at all, Walker said. It's still our students and we're trying to make sure they don't go down, Goldstein said. UCSA president Michael Goldstein said he did not want to talk about the event because we don't want any publicity given to it . People have just said since this was cancelled, everyone will still go, Alex Crossan, 18, said. Two first-year students living at Christchurch's University Hall said they were not worried by the lack of support from student leaders. He expected hundreds more from the university's five other halls as well as student flats to go on the rally. He expected hundreds more from the university's five other halls as well as student flats to go on the rally. Crossan and Alan Fallon, 19, said they had taken advantage of a special on 24 packs of beer and bought four boxes to drink between the four passengers on their
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way to Dunedin. They had a designated driver who would not be drinking, they said. We don't really know what to expect, Fallon said. He said Otago University students were finishing exams this weekend so they will be having big parties . Dunedin Mayor Peter Chin said the event was not welcome, but the Dunedin City Council was powerless to stop it. If students want to put their future careers at risk by indulging in something like this ... then that's their choice, Chin said. If they conduct themselves in a way that is unlawful, then the police are ready, he said. A spokesperson for Canterbury University said the university did not support the unofficial event. We deplore any anti-social and illegal behaviour, and would like to remind students of the consequences this can have in their personal and professional lives, the spokesperson said. Director of Student Services at Otago University David Richardson said the university would respond to any situation as appropriate at the time. Whatever the situation, the safety and wellbeing of students and staff are paramount, Richardson said. Meanwhile, the Students Against Driving Drunk (SADD) group will hold its national street appeal across the country on Friday, the day the rally begins. SADD regional co-ordinator Jessica Stringer hoped the students would use sober drivers. We hope the students in the Undie 500 will be responsible in the decisions they make. Learn - 9 Learn in Car Italian speak Italian to Audio CDs Your Learn in Your Car Italian - 9 Audio CDs The Complete Language Course Get Other Italian Language Learning click here Learn in Your Car Italian - 9 Audio CDs Brand New : 9 Audio CDs - plus three listening guides plus zippered carry case plus bonus DVD This exciting new edition includes a 60-minute Travelogue DVD of the relevant destination countries for each language. This added feature will enrich the learning experience and add that extra stimulus to motivate users with their studies. New material in this second edition includes a variety of internet and digital media/technology terms. It features: nine 60-minute CDs; full text listening guide; and zippered CD carrying case. It includes: Level 1 - introduction to key words numbers phrases sentence structure and basic grammar; Level 2 - more challenging vocabulary more grammar more complex sentences generate confidence in your ability to Hallows the by Potter and 7 CD Deathly Audio Harry NEW Book BOOK read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Read by Jim Dale) Audio Book CD Get Other Harry Potter Audio Books click here Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling - AudioBook CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): Unabridged. 17CDs (from Wikipedia) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. The book title was announced on 21 December 2006 via a special Christmas-themed "hangman" puzzle on Rowling's website and confirmed shortly afterwards by the book's publishers. Rowling has stated that the final volume relates so closely to the previous book in the series Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that they are "almost as though they are two halves of the same novel. ] It features the adventures of the series' protagonist Harry Potter as he attempts to bring an end to his nemesis Lord Luceno - Wars Dark CD James Dark Lord - Star Wars by James Luceno (Read by Jonathon Davis) The Rise of Darth Vader Brand New: abridged Still shrink wrapped 5 CDs Dark Lord - Star Wars by James Luceno Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader is a Star Wars novel written by James Luceno that was published by Del Rey on November 22 2005. Dark Lord takes place in the immediate aftermath of the events in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and focuses on Darth Vader and his rise to prominence in the newly-inaugurated Galactic Empire. Throughout the galaxy it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker-the Chosen One-had died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And to some extent that was true. Anakin was dead. From the site of Anakin Skywalker's last stand-on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar where he sought to destroy his friend and former master Obi-Wan Kenobi-a fearsome specter in black ha Homeless man was alive when he entered water . Homeless man was alive when he entered water Monday, 18 August A homeless man whose body was found floating near an Auckland wharf was alive when he entered the water, police say. Post-mortem results of the man whose body was floating under the
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Wynyard Wharf yesterday morning showed there were no injuries on him. Detective Senior Sergeant Mark McHattie said police know the man's identity but are yet to locate and inform next of kin. Police said the man, who has been described as a homeless transient thought to be in his 50s and Caucasian, was alive when he went into the water.13am on Saturday. Police inquiries show the man's money card was used on August 12, 15 and 16 in Auckland; the last time being at an ATM machine on Newton Rd at 11. At this point there's nothing to suggest the person who used the card was anyone other than the deceased, as there was money and the card in his wallet which was in his pocket when he was recovered from the water in the Viaduct. We're hoping to get CCTV footage of the card being used at that location so we can prove who was in possession of it at the time. - . Police divers spent the day searching the seabed around Wynyard Wharf and beyond but have not retrieved anything of significance to the investigation Violence flares at Wellington's Manners Mall . Violence flares at Wellington's Manners Mall Thursday, 21 August A central Wellington street was closed off this afternoon after a man brandished a weapon at a clothing store and brawls broke out among spectators gathered outside. Sergeant Mark Oliver, of central police communications, told extra police had to be called to the incident at Manners Mall to deal with the group of about 150 people. The man brandished nunchakus, a martial arts weapon, at the staff and police. Police were called to the scene about 4pm when a man, in his mid-20, became abusive towards staff at the clothing store Loaded, who had confronted him over shoplifting. The crowd was quickly dispersed, he said. While police were speaking with the man another group not connected with him gathered in the mall and small pockets of fighting broke out , Mr Oliver said. - . The man was arrested and taken to Wellington police station Report shows homes more affordable . Report shows homes more affordable - Tuesday, 19 August Houses are moving back within the reach of young Kiwis. The latest Wizard Home Loans housing affordability report, released yesterday, shows it now takes 71. That figure is down 6 percentage points from the same time last year.2 per cent of the median Canterbury income to pay the mortgage on a median-priced house in the region. Nationally, the affordability index has dropped to 77. Falling house prices and rising incomes have taken some of the heat out of the housing affordability crisis.3 per centa year ago.4 per centfrom 82.4% from 99. Canterbury was the biggest regional improver in the report behind Auckland, which fell to 89. Southland dropped from 48.2 per cent a year ago.8 per cent, and Nelson-Marlborough residents on a median income now need 82.3 per centto 42.1 per centin July 2007.7 per centof their income for a median-priced house down from 84.co. The improvement in the interest. The committee report called for more streamlining local authority processes and releasing suitable land on to the market.nz figures came as the parliamentary commerce select committee issued a report suggesting measures to address the affordability issue. It's a classic dynamic, he said. ANZ chief economist Cameron Bagrie said the timing of the report was ironic. It's a bit of a case of Murphy's law. Ironically, as soon as you start talking about those off-the-wall schemes it's normally when the market starts to correct itself. Bagrie said the improvement in affordability was expected. Bagrie said the improvement in affordability was expected. The economy was six months into an adjustment phase and it had a long way to run. It's not flash if you're an existing property owner, but the end game here is that house prices are going to become more affordable, he said. Bagrie predicted Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard would cut interest rates at the next monetary policy announcement on September 11 and again in October and December. The cuts would help but most people were on longer-term fixed interest rates. Editor of interest.co.nz Bernard Hickey said while the improvement was encouraging, it was not time to ease off on Government measures. You could argue instead of being more affordable, it's slightly less unaffordable, he said. There is plenty of room for local and central government to change the way they do
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things to make it easier for people to buy and live in houses. Hickey agreed Bollard would cut rates three times before the end of the year, but housing prices would have to fall as much as 30 per cent before affordability returned to the 43.9 per centseen five years ago. We're so far away from affordable that a couple of months of improvements isn't going to make that much difference to most people, Hickey said. PM's husband to read tribute at guide's funeral . PM's husband to read tribute at guide's funeral Monday, 18 August Prime Minister Helen Clark has written a tribute to her friend and mountain guide Gottlieb Braun-Elwert, but won't be able to attend his funeral due to her attendance at the Pacific Islands Forum. Mr Braun-Elwert died of a suspected heart attack on Thursday while guiding Miss Clark, her husband Peter Davis, a niece, and Cabinet Ministers Damien O'Connor and David Parker in back country close to lake Tekapo. However, her husband would attend and read a tribute she had written. Miss Clark today said Mr Braun-Elwert's funeral was on Wednesday, but she would not be able to attend as she was required to attend the Pacific Islands Forum in Niue. However, any such move would need the approval of his family, she said on TVNZ's Breakfast programme. She said naming an unnamed peak after Mr Gottlieb, who was hugely respected in the mountaineering community, would be a fitting tribute to his life and achievements. - Feel CD Audio it JEFFERS and Fear anyway Feel the Fear - and do it anyway Susan Jeffers Dynamic techniques for turning fear indecision and anger into power action and love - Read by the Author Brand New: Still shrink wrapped Abridged 1 CDs Feel the Fear - and do it anyway - Susan Jeffers In this internationally acclaimed best-selling classic Susan Jeffers inspires us with many dynamic techniques and profound concepts that have helped millions throughout the world grab hold of their fears and move forward with their lives. Inside 'Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway' you'll learn what we are afraid of...and why and the five surprising truths about fear. You'll also learn how to let go of the victim mentality the secret of making 'no lose' decisions how to expand your 'comfort' zone how to create more meaning in your life...and much more. With understanding and humor Susan shows you how to become powerful in the face of your fears-- Cantonese Audio Pimsleur Chinese Cantonese speak - Chinese Pimsleur Basic Cantonese Chinese 5 Audio CDs Get Other Chinese - Mandarin and Cantonese language learning Audio click here Pimsleur Cantonese Chinese - 5 Audio CDs Brand New : . 5 CDs This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. HEAR IT LEARN IT SPEAK IT The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Cantonese structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Cantonese can actually be enjoyable and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They booklet 101 French Verbs 101 Keep your vocabulary on the cutting edge Get Other French Language Learning click here French Verbs 101 - 36 page listening guide and 4 Audio CDs Brand New (still shrink wrapped) Learn in Your Car Verbs 101 CDs - French Pack contains 4 audio CDs and a 36-page listening guide. No sentence is complete without that one essential part: the VERB! An excellent beginner to intermediate student's verb guide that: demystifies verb conjugations; features an interactive audio format; organises verbs into patterns to simplify learning and recall; focuses on learning just the key verbs must used in everyday conversation. Learn in Your Car Verbs 101 presents 101 most used verbs in all conjugations. About the French Language French is a Romance language originally spoken in France Belgium Luxembourg and Switzerland and today by about 350 million people around the world as either a nati NEW Daniel and Jon Mindfulness@Work Audio book Mindfulness@Work Daniel Goleman and Jon Kabat-Zinn New 1 CD Unabridged 1 Hour In this provocative new audiobook bestselling authors Goleman and Kabat-Zinn explore the role that self-awareness plays in great
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leadership. Many leaders have been schooled in critical and analytical thinking but were never taught the importance of being mindful. In cultivating this forgotten element leaders will learn to trust their intuition develop new decision-making and problem-solving methods and plan ahead instead of living on the way to the next step. Listeners will gain the tools that allow them to truly lead as opposed to living in the concept of leadership. Mindfulness @ Work gives listeners the power to transform their workplaces from self-involved to self-aware - and successful. When work and love are more or less the same thing it doesn't matter what the work is. Jon Kabat- Rain, snow and thunder keep on coming . Rain, snow and thunder keep on coming By KAY BLUNDELL Saturday, 16 August A weather bomb has pelted Porirua with hail the size of marbles and knocked out a Radio New Zealand transmitter at Titahi Bay. A fierce northwest front brought thunder, lightning and hail to the Wellington region in the past 48 hours and MetService warns that a series of fronts will bring more rain, thunderstorms and snow to the western parts of both islands during the weekend. About the same time, hail the size of marbles was reported in Whitby, Porirua, and a severe hailstorm caused traffic problems on Haywards Hill and in the Hutt Valley. A suspected lightning strike knocked out the Radio New Zealand transmitter about 8am yesterday, cutting its AM frequency transmission to the Wellington region for about six hours. The Mountain Safety Council has issued warnings of extreme avalanche risks for Arthur's Pass, Mt Cook and Westland National Parks. Later in the day snow closed several South Island roads - the Haast and Arthur's passes and State Highway 94 in Milford - and ice closed the Desert Road in the North Island. The avalanche risk in the Wanaka and Craigieburn ranges was also considerable. Warnings of high avalanche risk have been placed on ranges in Taranaki, close to Queenstown and on Mt Ruapehu and Mt Hutt. . MetService said the bad weather was not expected to ease till tomorrow Ice AudioBook At a remote ice station in Antarctica a team of US scientists has made an amazing discovery. They have found something buried deep within a 100-million-year-old layer of ice. Something made of METAL. Led by the enigmatic Lieutenant Shane Schofield a team of crack United States Marines is sent to the station to secure this discovery for their country. They are a tight unit tough and fearless. They would follow their leader into hell. They just did ... Matthew Reilly born July 2nd 1974 is an Australian thriller writer. While attending the University of New South Wales he wrote his first book Contest in 1994. It was rejected by every major publishing company in Sydney which drove Reilly to self-publish 1 000 copies. One copy was read by an editor at Pan MacMillan who immediately signed Reilly up to write Ice Station which became an international best-seller. In the years to come he wrote Te Dead CORNWELL of PATRICIA CD Audio Book the Book of the Dead - Patricia Cornwell - Audio Book Read by Kate Reading - Unabridged (11 CDs) Dr. Kay Scarpetta Novel Get Other Patricia Cornwell Audio Books click here Book of the Dead - Patricia Cornwell - Audio Book CD Brand New : 11 CDs 13 Hours The book of the dead is the morgue log a ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Scarpettta however it is about to take on a new meaning. Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida Scarpetta decides it's time for a change of pace not only personally and professionally but geographically. Moving to the historic city of Charleston South Carolina she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice one in which she and her colleagues-including Pete Marino and her niece Lucy-offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsy services to communities lacking local access to modern competent death inves Tracy Audio NEW Advanced Advanced Selling Strategies - Brian Tracy (Read by the Author) The Proven System Brand New: Still shrink wrapped 2 CDs Advanced Selling Strategies - Brian Tracy (Read by the Author) GAIN THE EDGE YOU NEED! Strategy tactics and mental preparedness separate superior salespeople from the average -- and with technological advances leveling the competition the selling edge is more important than ever. Drawing on his own successful sales career and on his extensive experience as a sales consultant and seminar leader Brian Tracy has developed the most comprehensive and effective
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approach to selling ever created. Advanced Selling Strategies provides you with the techniques and tools used by top sales people in every industry -- methods that net immediate and spectacular results. This audiobook explains how to: • Develop the self-image to give you the edge in every sales situation • Concentrat Collection: Du NEW KATHY Jour/Deadly Audio Books Deadly REICHS Audio Decisions CD Dead/Death s Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs Death Du Jour - Kathy Reichs Deadly Decisions - Kathy Reichs read by Amy Irving and Katherine Borowitz Brand New: abridged Still shrink wrapped 14 CDs Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs Kathy Reichs blasts into Patricia Cornwell territory -- and onto the New York Times bestseller list -- with this critically acclaimed debut novel inspired by Reichs' own career. Dr. Temperance Brennan the wry impassioned director of forensic anthropology for the province of Quebec is driven to unravel shocking acts of violence by reading the bones of the dead. In the year since Tempe left behind a shaky marriage in North Carolina work has often preempted her weekend plans to explore Quebec. But when an unidentified female corpse is discovered meticulously dismembered and stashed in garbage bags Tempe detects an alarming pattern within the grisly handiwork -- and her professional detachme Riot cops quell fighting in inner-city mall . Riot cops quell fighting in inner-city mall Friday, 22 August Riot police had to control fights among a crowd of almost 200 people as they tried to arrest a suspected thief wielding nunchaku in Wellington's Manners Mall. Police called in a specialist support team wielding long batons and shields to the mall about 4pm yesterday after a man suspected of shoplifting produced nunchaku - a martial arts weapon - and began attacking police and staff in a clothes shop. Holly Payne, from Newtown, said when two police officers arrived, the man reached into his bag, pulled out the nunchaku and began swinging at police. Witnesses said the man, in his mid-20s, was locked inside Loaded after staff suspected he tried to take a jacket. Several staff locked themselves in a back room and the man was left in the shop while police waited for back-up. He looked like he knew what he was doing with them. While police attempted to keep people back, youth gangs took the opportunity to start fights, she said. Alysha Collier, 18, said Manners Mall was packed from one end to the other with spectators, and police had blocked access at both ends. Kazz Coughlan-Briggs, 16, said when riot police arrived, the crowd yelled for them to Taser the man, who was still in the shop. They just beat up anyone who looks at them the wrong way. Sergeant Mark Oliver said while police were speaking to the man, another group not connected with him gathered in the mall and small pockets of fighting broke out . The police were too scared to go in there, they kept going up to the door and then he'd start swinging again, she said. Witnesses said the drama was just another day in Manners Mall , where daily acts of violence were expected. A police negotiator entered the store and spoke to the man, who was then arrested and taken to Wellington police station. - With . We see drunken brawls, people on P, fist fights, bottle fights - it's not okay, but it's just normal, one teenager said Ambulance crew stood down after hitting man . Ambulance crew stood down after hitting man Thursday, 14 August A Christchurch St John crew was stood down yesterday after its ambulance hit and seriously injured a middle-aged man while responding to an emergency callout. The victim, who suffered head and facial injuries, was later reported to be in a stable condition in Christchurch Hospital.15pm. The ambulance struck the man as he was getting off a bus and crossing Main North Rd, in northern Christchurch, about 1. It was unclear how fast the ambulance was travelling. The crew was responding to a callout north of the city, and had its sirens going and lights flashing. At all times St John has the best interests of patients, communities and staff in mind. This is a very rare and regrettable incident, St John regional operations manager Chris Haines told The New Zealand Herald. The ambulance crew involved have been stood down for now, and usual support services are being provided. Immediate clinical care was provided by the ambulance officers to the injured pedestrian at the scene, before he was transported to hospital by another
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ambulance. Police are investigating the incident. - Heavy snow on way for South Island . Heavy snow on way for South Island and IAN STEWARD - Monday, 18 August Heavy snow is on the way for parts of the South Island which have so far escaped some of the deepest falls in more than a decade. With snow still lying thickly on higher ground in many western and southern areas yesterday, the MetService issued yet another heavy snow warning this time for Canterbury, Marlborough, Otago and Southland. One of the party was buried in the avalanche by 2m of snow but his fellow skiers were able to dig him out. The warning came as a group of heli-skiers was struck by an avalanche on Temple Peak, 50km north-west of Queenstown, yesterday afternoon. Police later said the man's condition was satisfactory. The man, a Christchurch resident in his mid-30s, was flown to hospital with suspected hypothermia. The hardest-hit areas are likely to be Banks Peninsula and Christchurch's Port Hills, the coastal hills of Otago and Dunedin's hill suburbs, with 15cm to 20cm of snow predicted down to 300m by 9am tomorrow and smaller amounts settling to 100m or to sea-level. The MetService says very cold southerly air is expected to spread north today with the snow level dropping from about 300m this morning to around sea level tonight. It's looking like snow close to sea level in the east of the South Island, for Christchurch, and that'll be more the evening and overnight, but Dunedin and Otago will probably be getting close to that during the day. Severe weather forecaster Ian Miller said last night the polar outbreak would peak tonight over Canterbury and should be over by the middle of tomorrow, although conditions would be cold enough that snow from heavy flurries would quickly accumulate. Clear skies on Wednesday means it'll be pretty icy with snow on the ground. It's just one burst, so conditions will improve from the south early Tuesday. The large volume of snow in the South Island's mountains is a skiers' delight but is also increasing the risk of avalanches. State Highway 94 from Te Anau to Milford Sound was closed as a result of snow yesterday and State Highway 80 from Pukaki to Mount Cook was restricted to vehicles with chains. We are strongly advising people not to go on tracks in Nelson Lakes National Park, and that includes lakeside tracks, due to the avalanche risk, the weather conditions, and risk of tree fall due to snow, DOC Nelson-Marlborough technical support manager Martin Heine said. The Department of Conservation said extreme care was needed in the Nelson, Marlborough and Kaikoura alpine areas and people were advised to stay away from the Nelson Lakes National Park for the time being. Then it looks like we may have another pretty cold sou'wester going into the weekend. Miller said another low pressure system was heading for New Zealand on Thursday and more snow was possible at first in inland Canterbury and Otago basins before milder north-westerlies on Friday. - CD Lando Lando by Louis L'Amour - Audio Book CD a Novel in The Sacketts saga Get Other Louis L'Amour Audio Books click here ' Lando by Louis L'Amour - (Read by Ron McLarty) Audio Book CD Brand New: Still shrink wrapped Unabridged Lando Sackett got to Texas with a well-oiled dogleg a racing mule that didn't look worth its salt and a damn good idea of the whereabouts of buried gold across the border in Mexico. In Mexico he had bad luck. His party had to run for it and when Lando stood rear guard they pulled out and left him. Six years in a Mexican prison put muscles in his arms fire in his heart and pure recklessness in his head. When he caught up with the men who betrayed him it made no difference that he didn't have a gun. A man never to count out.... For six long years Orlando Sackett had survived the horrors of a brutal Mexican prison. He survived by using his skills as a boxer and by making th Learn Basic speak Pimsleur Basic Vietnamese Totally Audio - only 30 minutes a day 5 CDs Latest Pimsleur release More Vietnamese Language Learning click here Pimsleur Basic Vietnamese Audio 5 CDs Brand New : . 5 CDs This Basic program contains 5 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. HEAR IT LEARN IT SPEAK IT The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Vietnamese structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Vietnamese can actually be enjoyable
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and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing usele Little stretch of Canterbury road a big killer - police . Little stretch of Canterbury road a big killer - police Thursday, 14 August Police are stepping up enforcement of a short stretch of Canterbury highway they say contributes disproportionately to the number of deaths in the region. Police are concerned that the 63km of State Highway 7 between Hanmer Springs and the Lewis Pass accounts for 10 per cent of the fatalities on Canterbury state highways. Speed is a major factor which leads to many crashes, and certainly has a direct effect on the outcome of any crash regardless of cause. This is unacceptable , Senior Constable Richard Parker of the Canterbury Highway Patrol said today. He said police enforcement in the area would be stepped up over the coming months, with specific emphasis on speeding drivers and those who failed to keep left. The faster you go the bigger the mess. The highest recorded speed was 162kph, with a 20-year-old West Coast man arrested for reckless driving and failing to stop for police. In the first two weekends of the operation 135 infringement notices were issued, mostly for speed. - EMyth - GERBER NEW Book Mastery E-Myth MICHAEL E-Myth Mastery by Michael E. Gerber (Read by the Author) The Seven Essential Disciplines for Building a World Class Company Get Other E-Myth Audio Books click here E-Myth Mastery by Michael E. Gerber - AudioBook CD Brand New : Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 7.5 hours 6 CDs (Abridged) The bestselling author of the phenomenally successful and continually vital The E-Myth Revisited presents the next big step in entrepreneurial management and leadership with E-Myth Mastery. Building on the phenomenal success of The E-Myth Revisited bestselling author Michael Gerber presents the next step in his program E-Myth Mastery. A practical real-world program that is implemented real-time into your business Gerber teaches the listener to understand why the entrepreneur is so critical to the success of any enterprise no matter how small or large and why the mindset of an entrepreneur is so integral t Book Yourself + Teach Yourself Instant Spanish 2 Audio CDs and Book More Spanish Language Learning click here Teach Yourself Instant Spanish - 2 Audio CDs and Book Brand New : . 2 CDs and Book 35 minutes a day in 6 weeks you'll speak Spanish! Teach Yourself Instant Spanish is the book for you if you want to speak basic Spanish immediately or if you have tried other courses without success. The carefully structured method targets only the most important vocabulary and grammar and gets you speaking straight away. The special learning programme takes only 35 minutes a day for six weeks and has fewer than 400 words for you to learn. The grammar is explained in a no-nonsense way in simple English so you will not get bogged down by unnecessarily complicated structures that you will not need. There is lots of practice for you as you work through the course and by using the flashcards provided at the end of the Conversational Understand Speak Pimsleur Pimsleur Conversational Thai 8CDs 16 Lessons Audio CDs play on Car/Portable/Home CD player More Thai Language Learning click here Pimsleur Conversational Thai 8 Audio CDs Brand New : . 8 CDs This Basic program contains 8 hours of audio-only effective language learning with real-life spoken practice sessions. The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Thai structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Thai can actually be enjoyable and rewarding. The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble Flat the focus of police inquiry . Flat the focus of police inquiry - Friday, 22 August JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON/ INQUIRY: police survey the scene at the block of flats in the Christchurch suburb of Riccarton where Kerry Downey was last seen alive. Police investigating the death of Christchurch woman Kerry Downey are focusing their
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investigations on the flat she was last seen visiting. She was last seen alive by neighbours of a Riccarton flat from which she was picking up a stray cat on Monday night. Downey, 52, disappeared after 7pm on Monday and her body was found down a bank on a Port Hills street on Wednesday morning. Police cordoned a large part of the housing estate, surveyed the area and examined the interior of the flat. The flat, in one of three large blocks of Housing New Zealand homes in Riccarton Road, was the scene of forensic investigations yesterday. The occupant of the flat is understood to have called Downey's workplace, the Cats Protection League, to have a cat taken from the property. The scene investigation is expected to take several days. The red Suzuki Alto hatchback was found in Neville Street, off Barrington Street, in Spreydon, a short drive from where Downey's body was found. Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Wormald said Downey's car was still a focus of the inquiry, and he appealed for any sightings of it. People in the neighbourhood are being approached to establish when the car was parked. Wormald said police wanted to find out when the car was left before it was found at 2am on Wednesday. Clearly, the car has been driven from Riccarton Road, where Ms Downey was last seen. This is an important aspect of the inquiry, he said. The car had been removed from Neville Street and was being examined by police forensics experts. The car could have been used to travel around the city, so any sightings of it are important. Formal identification of the body was completed yesterday afternoon. Wormald said an examination of the area where the body was found in Worsleys Road, Westmorland, had been completed. When Downey did not turn up for work on Tuesday, Sisson and another friend of Downey's went to the scene of her last callout and, after speaking to neighbours, alerted police. Wendy Sisson, Downey's long-time friend and fellow cat rescuer, said she had spoken to members of Downey's family, who were distraught . He was remanded in custody. A man appeared in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday charged with the theft of a cat-carry case. . Anybody with information is asked to call police on 363 7400 the CD book Sale- Secrets NEW Closing ZIGLAR of Audio Secrets of Closing The Sale - Zig Ziglar (Read by the Author) in CD Format. Make 'Em Say Yes Secrets of Closing The Sale - Zig Ziglar Brand New 4 CDs 4 Hours MAKE 'EM SAY YES All of us are involved in selling every day. Whenever we present a product or a principle inform a client or instruct a child we are engaging in the art of effective persuasion. Allow America's master of the art of selling explain proven practical sales techniques all of us can use every day. He provides vital strategies for specific closes hundred of sales questions and dozens of persuasion procedures to help everyone sell their ideas or themselves. No matter what your age gender occupation or lifestyle these proven techniques from America's selling sensation can work for you. About the Author Zig Ziglar left a highly successful sales career to sell the things people needed most: self-image confidence motivation Charlottes Web CD E.B.WHITE AudioBook Charlotte's Web by E. B. White The New Movie was released December 2006 (Click here for the Movie Site) Brand New: Abridged Still shrink wrapped 3.5hrs 3 CDs Charlotte's Web by E. B. White Audio Book CD - Wilbur is the pet piglet of a young girl named Fern Arable. On the morning after he was born he was going to be killed by Fern's father John because he was a runt in his litter of 11. Unfortunately when he grows into an adult pig Fern is forced to take him to the Zuckerman farm where he will be prepared as dinner in due time. Charlotte A. Cavatica a spider lives in the space above Wilbur's sty in the Zuckermans' barn; she befriends Wilbur and decides to help prevent him from being eaten. With the help of the other barn animals including a rat named Templeton she convinces the Zuckerman family that Wilbur is special by spelling out such descriptions as "Some Pig" in her web. Charlotte to Learn Danish CDs- Audio 5 Danish Pimsleur Pimsleur Danish - Audio CD Audio CDs play on Car/Portable/Home CD player Other Danish Audio Language Learning click here Other Pimsleur Audio click here Pimsleur Danish - 5 Audio CD Brand New : 5 CDs HEAR IT LEARN IT SPEAK IT The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed. The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Danish structure without tedious drills. Learning to speak Danish can actually be enjoyable and rewarding.
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The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction only bits and pieces of a language. Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills. They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak. Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learni of New Power Audio CD Book Eckhart Practicing - Practicing the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Essential Teachings Meditations and Exercises from The Power of Now Get Other Eckhart Tolle Audio click here Practicing the Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle - Audio Book CD Practicing The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle 3 Hours 3 CDs Essential Teachings Meditations and Exercises from The Power of NowThe author is a pre-eminent expert on the power available to us when we focus on our immediate experiences rather than thinking abstractly about the past or future. At every moment we have what we need to actualize our talents connect fully with others and dissolve the painful spaces between what we want and who we are. With language and ideas that will require some adaptation from many listeners the author invites us to surrender our resistance to our true nature which will be revealed to us when we stop trying to control everything. This eloquent lesson Telescope project may lift the south . Telescope project may lift the south By DYLAN THORNE - Friday, 22 August An Australasianbid to build the world's largest radio telescope could be worth tens of millions of dollars to the Southland economy. Venture Southland enterprise projects manager Robin McNeill said the region was ideally placed to take advantage of the project, following news the Government would formally support Australia's push to host the giant next generation Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope. If Australia won the bid to build the $2. The project had the potential for exciting new discoveries on the origins of the universe and could revolutionise astronomy, physics and many other areas of science, Mr McNeill said. But such was the scale of the SKA — it would have thousands of antennas spread over 3000km — that observatory sites in New Zealand would be needed and would be linked by high-speed data connectivity, Mr McNeill said.6 billion SKA, its centre would be in Western Australia. Up to 50 satellite dishes could be based in Awarua or on the south coast of Southland, Mr McNeill said. Southland was ideally placed to be one of the sites, he said. Early tests suggest that Awarua, which already housed an international spacecraft tracking station, would be the perfect radio quiet-spot with no interference, he said. The cost to install and build those dishes would be worth $50 million alone. You can't go any further south without having accommodation and transport problems. The construction of the tracking station meant Southland had a track record in the field and its position on the south-eastern fringe of Australasia also worked in its favour. SKA New Zealand project leader Sergei Gulyaev said sites in Southland and Northland were likely because they were ideally positioned geometrically to link into the project. Venture Southland, with the Auckland University of Technology and the Ministry of Economic Development had undertaken radio noise tests and the results had been promising. If Australia was successful and Southland was selected as a site it would see a massive improvement in information technology associated with the project. Sites in the two areas would extend the range of the antennas from 3000km to 6000km, he said. Mr McNeill said if the project got the green light it would be a major boost for industrial tourism and employment in Southland. This would include extremely fast broadband and the use of supercomputers, Mr Gulyaev said.6 billion Square Kilometre Array (SKA), a radio telescope 50 times larger than anything available now. STAR GAZING A 19-nation consortium will build the $2. While a radio telescope usually consists of a single dish, the completed SKA will be a single radio telescope consisting of several thousand dishes all linked together as a single instrument, which feed back to a computer. The SKA is a global radio astronomy project. South Africa is short-listed with Australia to host the radio telescope, which is being billed as one of the great scientific projects of the 21st century. Scientists have no idea what they will find with it, saying that they will be able to probe the Dark Ages , the area where the first light in the
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universe formed. The hosting site for the SKA will be decided in November 2012 by global scientists. The hosting site for the SKA will be decided in November 2012 by global scientists. Wayne awake as brain cut . Wayne awake as brain cut By REBECCA PALMER Saturday, 16 August ANDREW GORRIE/ FINE WORK: Neurosurgeon Martin Hunn performed an awake craniotomy on Wayne McNeill (inset). Wayne McNeill needed a brain tumour like he needed a hole in his head. Mr McNeill, 51, of Hastings, was the first Wellington Hospital patient to have an awake craniotomy. He briefly got both - and was awake when surgeons removed the tumour through the hole. Mr McNeill, a coolstore supervisor for the apple industry, was not worried about being the first. The hospital's brain surgeons have performed the surgery on two other patients since his operation a few weeks ago. I knew they would be taking special care of me. I thought: `Well, they are not going to muck this up'. We are trying to be as aggressive as we can be within the safety limits, neurosurgeon Martin Hunn said. Operating on patients who are awake allows surgeons to remove the maximum amount of a tumour without interfering with critical parts of the brain, because the patient can talk to them. Mr McNeill started off the operation asleep but was woken up to carry out a series of verbal tests. In Mr McNeill's case, the area of the brain that controls speech was particularly vulnerable, but surgeons were not sure exactly how far they could go in removing the tumour. He did not feel any pain, but knew when they hit a part that affected speech. While he was doing this, the surgeons stimulated parts of his brain so they could establish which areas were safe to cut.. I kept on trying hard to say that word but it wouldn't come . But it wasn't horrible.. The operation required skilful anaesthetists because the patient had to be able to be woken up and put back to sleep easily. Mr Hunn said: Luckily for us, the brain doesn't feel pain but the skin does, and the muscles. He was incredible . Mr McNeill could have chosen to go to sleep while the actual tumour was removed, but he opted to stay awake, Mr Hunn said... [Neuropsychologist] Kay Cunningham basically just chatted to him for two hours. [Neuropsychologist] Kay Cunningham basically just chatted to him for two hours. Mr McNeill said he barely noticed the surgeons were operating. If he started to look around, Ms Cunningham would remind him to concentrate on talking to her. Once the tumour was removed, he was left with a cavity in his brain about three centimetres in diameter. If he had not been awake, it would have been too risky to remove such a large amount, Mr Hunn said. Previously, the patient would probably have had a biopsy and radiation treatment. He said awake craniotomy required skilled staff, including anaesthetists, an EEG specialist to record the brain's electrical activity, the surgeons, the neuropsychologist and a speech language therapist. The hospital had originally expected to do about six such operations a year. It's all gone so smoothly that we are probably looking at doing it more often. A neuropsychologist and a speech-language therapist prepared Wayne McNeill for surgery. They checked he was psychologically ready, practised relaxation techniques and rehearsed the tests he would do during surgery. On the day of the operation, Mr McNeill's head was clamped in a frame and he was given a general anaesthetic. He started the operation asleep, so he did not have to listen to the sound of his head being drilled open. That could be distressing, neurosurgeon Martin Hunn says. Once asleep, Mr McNeill was given a local anaesthetic. Surgeons cut a hole about 7cm by 5cm in the top of his head. Once his brain was exposed, a special machine mapped the tumour's boundaries. A human being can't look at a tumour and tell where the edge of it is. After the machine had finished its mapping, clinicians placed labels on different parts of the brain to mark the ridges. Electrodes were also attached to record electrical activity and detect any seizures. Surgeons then stimulated parts of his brain to check his movement. The general anaesthetic was withdrawn and Mr McNeill soon woke up. The local anaesthetic protected him from pain. He was given tasks to carry out, including counting to 20, repeating phrases and identifying pictures. While he was doing this, the surgeons, Ales Aliashkevich and Mr Hunn, carefully stimulated different parts of his brain. We put all that information together and decide what can be removed and what
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can't. Mr McNeill opted to stay awake while the surgeons removed the tumour. They then closed his head. Police use blowtorch on gang's door . Police use blowtorch on gang's door The Wednesday, 13 August Armed police used a blowtorch to gain entry to a motorbike gang's headquarters during a dawn raid, seizing property to help pay for more than $100,000 in outstanding court fines. Twelve police, including four who were armed, helped district court staff gain entry to the Satan's Slaves headquarters in Luxford St, Wellington, yesterday, impounding a Ford Explorer, a Harley-Davidson motorbike and $2000 worth of electronic goods owned by two gang members. Detective Sergeant Martin Todd said that, though the pair did not answer the door, police knew they were inside so used a blowtorch to get past the strengthened door. One owed about $18,000 in fines and the other $84,000. You will have to pay your fines even if you are a gang hiding behind fortified doors. We had to use force and began using a blowtorch but, once one hinge had been blasted off, they decided to open the door. District court staff asked for police help during the raid because the gang members were judged to be a risk. It has caught up with them - items have been seized which they treasure. book Peace Deep Natural Peace by Ian Gawler in CD Format. Nature Relaxation and Mindfulness Meditations Other Ian Gawler Audio Book CDs Click here Deep Natural Peace by Ian Gawler in CD Format. Brand New (1 CD): Drawing upon the sounds of Nature in the Yarra Valley bushland to enhance meditation - deeply relaxing regenerative and healing. Three tracks - Deep Relaxation Mindfulness Meditation and Deep Natural Peace. Ian guides the meditation on the first two tracks. The third track contains only the pure nature sounds to use as a background for your own silent meditation. About the Author Ian Gawler: Dr Ian Gawler OAM is one of Australia’s most experienced and respected authorities on mind/body medicine and meditation. Also Ian is well known as an advocate of self-help techniques and a healthy lifestyle. A long-term cancer survivor he was diagnosed with bone cancer and his right leg was amput Mighty - Husband Book Brave Life Pearl A Mighty Heart - The Brave Life And Death Of My Husband Danny Pearl Audio Book CD Read by the Author - Mariane Pearl The Movie Stars Angelina Jolly produced by Brad Pitt A Mighty Heart - The Brave Life And Death Of My Husband Danny Pearl by Mariane Pearl Audio Book CD Brand New Abridged (5 CDs 6 Hours): In A Mighty Heart an astonishingly courageous woman tells the terrifying and unforgettable story of her husband's life and death. For five weeks the world watched and worried about Danny Pearl a reporter for the Wall Street Journal kidnapped in Karachi Pakistan. And then came the news of his shocking and brutal murder. Danny's reasons for being in Karachi the complete story of his abduction and the intense effort to find him are told here for the first time. Mariane and Danny Pearl were working in South Asia as they had been elsewhere in the world because they believed that good reporti Book CD - Tolle The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment Get Other Eckhart Tolle Audio click here The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle Audio Book CD Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 7.5 hours 7 CDs UNABRIDGED The Power of Now has been widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. A #1 New York Times bestseller it has been translated into over 30 languages. The book has helped countless people around the globe awaken to the spiritual dimension in their lives find inner peace increased joy and more harmonious relationships To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self the ego behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where one breathes a lighter air the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging Eckhart Tolle of Go in style in hearse fit for a queen . Go in style in hearse fit for a queen Friday, 22 August ROYAL RIDE: Top: The rare Rolls Royce Phantom VI, that once carried the royal family around New Zealand, being re-conditioned into a hearse. Bottom: Princess Anne, Prince Philip and the Queen in the car, March 1970. The Rolls-Royce Phantom VI used in the Queen's 1970 tour has been transformed into a hearse and will take a distinguished place
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in the fleet of Gee and Hickton Funeral Directors in Lower Hutt later this year. Apiece of history that carried the royal family around New Zealand is to give Wellingtonians' final journey an illustrious twist. During the royal tour the front grille and radiator were smashed when the car hit a sheep on a country road. It was one of two identical limousines bought by the government for the royal visit, which was the first time Prince Charles and Princess Anne had been to New Zealand. It was transformed into a hearse by an Auckland funeral home. The other car became the governor-general's till 1996 and the sheep-damaged one was sold to an Auckland cabaret club and used as a limo for clients. The company is having it fully reconditioned in Auckland. Gee and Hickton bought the car this year. It struck me how much that meant to her generation, how they loved the royal family, he said. General manager Gavin Murphy said the idea of buying the car came from hearing of his grandmother's experience winning a radio competition during the Queen's visit - just to sip tea at a lakeside spot where the monarch had sipped her tea. It's a piece of New Zealand history. My grandmother would be tickled pink to go out in something like this. The 6. Mr Murphy would not reveal the price but said the car was in mint condition. .2-litre V8 - which will be available for funerals from November - would have electronic ignition added to avoid any starting problems Harry Park AudioBook CD - Echo NEW Bosch Connelly Michael Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Read by Len Cariou) A Harry Bosch Novel UNABRIDGED Echo Park by Michael Connelly (Read by Len Cariou) Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 10.5 hours 9 CDs In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Fearing the worst the case was elevated by LAPD commanders from the missing persons squad to the Homicide Division where Harry Bosch was assigned the case. But the 22-year-old woman never turned up - dead or alive - and it was a case Bosch couldn't crack. Thirteen years later Bosch is in the Open-Unsolved Unit when he gets a call from the DA's office. A man accused of two heinous killings is willing to come clean in regard to several other murders in a deal to avoid the death penalty. One of those murders he says is the killing of Marie Gesto. Bosch is now assigned to take Raynard Waits' confession and to make sure the kille Drunk driver's sentence angers victim's family . Drunk driver's sentence angers victim's family By JENNY LING Saturday, 23 August The family whose lives were forever changed when Karl Edwards was killed on Wellington's inner-city bypass say the drink-driver's sentence was unacceptable . The loss of the 28-year-old had left an indelible void in many lives, a spokesman said as the family expressed disappointment about the 12 months of home detention given to Justine Mary Schou at Wellington District Court this week. Judge Denys Barry also disqualified her from driving for three years and ordered her to pay $8000 reparation for emotional harm to Mr Edwards' partner, Fiona McDiarmid, and his mother, Kay Edwards. Schou, 27, pleaded guilty last month to driving with close toly twice the legal blood-alcohol limit and crashing into Mr Edwards' car after driving the wrong way up the one-way section of Willis St last October. Schou, a manager from Foxton, had been drinking at a work function before the crash at the intersection of Karo Drive and Willis St. There are many, many people here whose lives have been changed and traumatised by these few moments of abhorrent inexplicable driving, he said. Mr Edwards died at the scene. She suffered severe head and back injuries and is still on crutches. The legal limit is 80mg. Schou admitted driving with an excess level of 140 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. A tearful Ms McDiarmid told of her daily struggle and overwhelming grief at losing her boyfriend of four years. About 20 of Mr Edwards' family and friends, including his mother from Dargaville, attended the court. This is the man I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with, the 25-year-old teacher said. She had lived with him in Upper Hutt and planned to marry him and have children. Ms McDiarmid's father, Brian, said the decision to drive drunk was an act of supreme arrogance . Instead of saving for a wedding or our OE, I am instead saving for his headstone. Judges need to be firmer and create precedent if New Zealand is to prevent drunk drivers killing innocent people. A
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prison term would have been more appropriate. Schou said she would live with the incident for the rest of her life. The taking of Karl's life has left an indelible void in the lives of those who loved him the most. Anything I could do to bring Mr Edwards back I would. Sometimes I wish it was me killed in the accident. Property lease-back key to iwi settlement . Property lease-back key to iwi settlement By TIM DONOGHUE Tuesday, 19 August A Wellington-based iwi is expected to be given the opportunity of buying prime real estate, before leasing it back, when it signs a deed of settlement with the Crown today. As part of the deal, the iwi grouping, known as the Taranaki Whanui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika, is also expected to receive a $25. It is understood buildings that are part of the purchase-lease-back arrangement include Archives New Zealand, the National Library, the High Court and Wellington Girls College.025 million cash settlement. The group doing the deal is a collection of Taranaki iwi (Te Atiawa, Taranaki, Ngati Tama, Ngati Ruanui and Ngati Mutunga) whose ancestors migrated to Wellington in the 1820s and 1830s. The iwi grouping is also expected to be given the opportunity of taking control of the former air force base at Shelly Bay on Miramar Peninsula. There are 16,500 beneficiaries to the collective. The iwi signed the Port Nicholson Block Deed of Purchase in 1839, but there was a subsequent failure to set aside 10 per cent of the land for Maori, as was agreed at the time. The deed of settlement is expected to be signed by Treaty Negotiations Minister Michael Cullen and Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia for the Crown. The agreement is also understood to include the transfer of properties of cultural significance to Taranaki Whanui, including the three islands in Wellington Harbour, the lake beds of Kohangatera and Kohangapiripiri near Pencarrow Head and reserve lands such as Wi Tako Scenic Reserve, Upper Hutt. The iwi negotiating team was headed by Wellington Tenths Trust chairman, Ngatata Love. Tony Veitch: Now I can tell my story . Tony Veitch: Now I can tell my story Monday, 18 August ASSAULT CLAIMS: A 34-year-old company director, believed to be sports broadcaster Tony Veitch, was due to appear in court this afternoon charged with assault. Tony Veitch outside court Former sports broadcaster Tony Veitch says he's looking forward to telling his side of the story about incidents over which he faces assault charges. The charges were dated between 2002 and 2006 and relate to him allegedly assaulting his former partner, Kristin Dunne-Powell. Veitch, 34, appeared in front of a public gallery packed mainly with media in Auckland District Court today on six counts of male assaults female and one count of injuring with reckless disregard. He was remanded on bail, which was not opposed by the Crown. Veitch wore a jacket and shirt when he appeared in court and kept his head up for most of the brief time he appeared. While the past six weeks have been incredibly difficult and they have been incredibly frustrating watching this entire saga play out in the public, I can honestly say I am absolutely relieved now that there is clarity going forward and I now know what I am up against, Veitch said. His lawyer Stuart Grieve QC said the charges would be vigorously defended, something Veitch affirmed when he spoke to media outside the court. The former One News sports presenter and host of the Radio Sport breakfast show reportedly paid Ms Dunne-Powell more than $150,000 following a 2006 incident, which allegedly left her with four broken vertebrae. While I am shocked and also saddened that it has got this far in terms of all the allegations and the charges, I am more determined than ever to fight to clear my name. Veitch said today that he was looking forward to having his version of events told in the court process. Ms Dunne-Powell laid a formal complaint with police about Veitch last month. There are two sides to every story and I guarantee that (both) will come out in the end. I now look forward to every chance and every possibility for all information and all of the facts to be played out in the appropriate forum. - . Veitch will reappear in the District Court for a pre-depositions hearing on September 29 Key shelves search for cocktail spy . Key shelves search for cocktail spy The Wednesday, 13 August / FOOTAGE SEARCH: John Key with his welfare spokeswoman, Judith Collins - he appears to have given up hope of finding who
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recorded MPs conversations at a cocktail party. National Party leader John Key appears to have given up hope of finding who recorded MPs conversations at a cocktail party, after CCTV footage was found to be too poor to identify the culprit. Mr Key and the three taped MPs - Bill English, Lockwood Smith and Nick Smith - viewed the video footage yesterday after National staff members spent two days studying the images to reduce the list of suspects. But he reasserted his claim that the recordings were part of a political dirty-tricks campaign - an accusation he earlier levelled at Prime Minister Helen Clark, who has described it as paranoia. It's fair to say the pictures are not high definition. I had a quick glance at the tapes, Mr Key said. Mr Key said his staff would continue to work through the material, but it now appears the investigation will quietly be shelved. For this reason I will not be spending any more time on them. Wellington City Council initially said it did not have video footage of the area in Wellington's Michael Fowler Centre where National's annual conference was held. Lockwood Smith has already said he was not certain he could identify the person he was speaking to when he was taped. Mr Key had accused the Labour Party of dirty tricks after the recordings were made public, claiming a Labour snoop was behind the taping. But it supplied the tapes on Friday after National threatened legal action to get video from other areas. Miss Clark has dismissed the claim and TV3, which ran extracts of the tapes, has said the person who recorded them insisted he was not a member of any political party. Yesterday he said: I think fair-minded Kiwis will see this for the dirty trick it is. Rings- BBC of -Audio the Talking NEW Book Lord CD Book Dramatisation The Lord of the Rings – 13 CD Boxed set (BBC Dramatisation) CD Format. This trilogy of Tolkien's Middle Earth is presented in dramatization from the BBC with original music and sound effects The Lord of the Rings – 13 CD Boxed set (BBC Dramatisation) CD Format. Brand New (still shrink wrapped): 13 Hours 13 CDs This trilogy of Tolkien's Middle Earth is presented in dramatisation from the BBC with original music and sound effects. It has actors playing the parts of the stories characters - it is not a reading of the book. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths and Sauron The Dark Lord forged the One Ring filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell by chance into the hands of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. From h Man arrested after Port Hills body discovery . Man arrested after Port Hills body discovery Wednesday, 20 August CRIME SCENE: A tent covers the spot where Kerry Leigh Downley's body was found on the Port Hills. Homicide inquiry for Christchurch police Fears for missing Christchurch woman Body discovered on the Port Hills A man has appeared in court charged over the theft of property belonging to a woman found dead in Christchurch. Police investigating the case have not yet publicly identified the body, but are calling for sightings of Ms Downey's car, a red 2001 Suzuki Alto, since she disappeared on Monday night. Police launched a homicide investigation after Kerry Leigh Downey, 52, was found dead on the Port Hills on the edge of the city this morning. The arrested man was remanded in custody when he appeared in Christchurch District Court. The car was discovered in Neville Street, Barrington, in the early hours of this morning. Crime crashes promising career . Crime crashes promising career and Saturday, 16 August In 2005,Jayant Singh was a struggling young driver, relying on cast-off tyres and doing his own mechanics to chase his car-racing dream. By late 2006, he had quit his job, his car was freshly painted, and he was spending freely - always paying in cash. Instead, he had turned to daylight robbery. The racing fraternity assumed he had sponsorship. On a sunny Friday morning in August 2006, as three security guards went to fill the Left Bank cash machine in Cuba St, Singh came up behind them with a knife and gun and said: You know what to do. Jayant George Singh, 29, of Ngaio, Wellington, admitted yesterday two aggravated robberies and an aggravated burglary, which together netted him $190,000. In December, he robbed some security guards again - including one of his victims from August. They put the money in a bag and he fled with $115,000. The money turned his
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fortunes around, but ultimately brought him crashing down. This time, he singled out a National Bank cash machine in Victoria St and made off with $75,000. Singh, 26, was one of the quickest drivers in the Formula Ford last season, though he was driving an old car on a very limited budget, The reported in October 2005. A year before the robberies, Singh was being touted as a promising driver who regularly beat competitors whose cars should have been faster than his. The Victoria University science graduate was polite, but did not socialise a lot with other drivers. While other drivers had substantial crews and facilities behind them, Singh did his own mechanics and travelled with just his parents and a small tent. In his first season he struggled and finished towards the back of the field. In October 2005, he entered a contract to buy a $140,000 Toyota Racing Series car, a sophisticated single-seater with wings and slick tyres. In November 2006, however, his car was gleaming white and sporting Valvoline logos. Other teams hired expert engineers but again Singh had limited resources and could not even afford new tyres - he had to use tyres cast off by other teams. It appeared he had found substantial sponsorship. He had quit his job at a specialist telecommunication equipment firm to concentrate on racing and was spending freely, paying in cash. Last season Jayant Singh had a miserable time, under-resourced and running at the back of the field, the magazine reported. A report in Speed Sport magazine in December 2006, the month he was arrested, noted his finances seemed to be looking up. Singh's talent on the racetrack did not, however, extend to aggravated robbery, and he was arrested after an extensive police investigation that used the gene-carrying molecule dna, CCTV footage, and a $500 petrol voucher reward for the public's help to find his getaway car to link him to three offences - a failed burglary in May 2003 and the two robberies. This season he has found more support, bought new tyres for the first time, quit his job to concentrate on racing and, after two rounds and consistently good placings, he stands fifth on points. They also found a a gun and a knife. They also found a a gun and a knife. Now, it will be a while before he experiences the thrill of the racetrack again. His sentencing is on September 8. Fire starts near flat's light bulb . Fire starts near flat's light bulb Tuesday, 19 August A Wellington apartment building was evacuated after a fire started around an energy-efficient light bulb, spewing smoke and flames across the ceiling. American student Andrew Mendes was in the lounge of his Dixon St flat on Friday night when the fire alarm activated and he rushed outside to see the roof above his door engulfed in flames. The Fire Service has confirmed that the light fitting contained a spiral energy-efficient bulb, which had been taken away as part of their investigation. Unable to use the fire extinguisher, he ran back into his kitchen, returning with pots of water to put out the fire. There was a lot of smoke but I didn't want my stuff to burn up so I took care of it. Mr Mendes said he was checked by paramedics for fear he had been exposed to mercury from the bulb. It makes you wonder if being better for the environment is worth it when you get fires [like this]. Since then I've heard a lot about these light bulbs. It was definitely one of those energy-efficient bulbs but it's too early to say if the bulb or the electrical wiring was at fault, he said. Senior station officer Paul Lyall said firefighters arrived to find the melted lightbulb lying on the carpet of the second storey foyer, electric wires hanging from the ceiling and scorch marks around the light fitting. New wiring had been put in the building only three weeks ago which may have been a contributing factor, he said. No one was injured and residents evacuated the building after smoke alarms went off. The revealed last week that Government safety watchdog Energy Safety has asked the Fire Service to document failures involving energy-efficient bulbs. Beat - NEW CD Michael Crime Beat - Michael Connelly A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers - Non-Fiction read by Len Cariou Nancy McKeon and Carl Franklin Brand New: abridged Still shrink wrapped 5 CDs Crime Beat - Michael Connelly Before he became a novelist Michael Connelly was a crime reporter covering the detectives who worked the homicide beat in Florida and Los Angeles. In vivid hard-hitting articles Connelly leads the reader past the yellow police tape as he follows the investigators the victims their families and friends—and of course the killers—to tell the real stories of murder and its aftermath.
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Connelly's firsthand observations would lend inspiration to his novels from The Black Echo which was drawn from a real-life bank heist to Trunk Music based on an unsolved case of a man found in the trunk of his Rolls Royce. And the vital details of his best-known characters both heroes and villains would
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