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NZTONIGHT ANALYSIS WORLD SPORT Bollard ‘s new Too much Swayze Back in world order Gore reassures fans the race PAGE 3 PAGE 7 PAGE 9 PAGE 11 TGIFEDITION.TV Auckland Hamilton Wellington Christchurch Queenstown Dunedin Sat: 25°/18° Sun: 24°/17° Sat: 26°/16° Sun: 26°/13° Sat: 26°/19° Sun: 23°/12° Sat: 29°/15° Sun: 21°/11° Sat: 26°/12° Sun: 23°/8° Sat: 24°/14° Sun: 16°/8° THERE’S ONE EASY WAY TO GET THIS SUBSCRIBE TODAY, ONLY $3 PER MONTH DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX EVERY WEEK... www.tgifedition.com EDITION ISSN 1172-4153 | Volume 2 | Issue 23 | | 30 January 2009 on the Calls for Fonterra bosses to quit INSIDE By Ian Wishart ous milk out to stores until the balloon went up in and in fact tried to bribe and silence whistleblowers September, after then Prime Minister Helen Clark on Chinese websites as early as May last year. The media have stepped up the pressure on New found out. At the news conference this week, Fonterra execu- Zealand’s largest export earner, by calling tonight As TGIF has previously reported, Sanlu manage- tives described the hectic time they had trying to for Fonterra CEO Andrew Ferrier to “resign”. ment were donkey-deep involved in the poisoning, find out what melamine was. Continue reading And a combination of New Zealand media aggres- siveness and Fonterra management stupidity may tonight have damaged the brand of the big New NZPA/Ross Setford Zealand dairy company. The tussle for the past few months between jour- nalists seeking answers and a company refusing Fire out at Wellington GOODBYE to give them is turning international media atten- DADDY tion away from China’s Sanlu company and onto apartment building Halatau’s farewell Fonterra. Since the milk scandal broke in September, Page 2 Fonterra’s name and brand has largely emerged WELLINGTON, JAN 30 NZPA – A fire at a Wel- unscathed, but ongoing newswire coverage is start- lington apartment complex is out, and fire safety ing to single the New Zealand dairy company out officers are investigating the cause of the blaze. for attention. Windows were blown out of the Gateway com- “Executives at Sanlu, partly owned by New Zea- plex on Maida Vale Road in Roseneath during the land’s Fonterra group, failed to report cases of Chi- fire which began shortly before 5pm. nese children developing kidney stones and other Resident Ross Setford, who lives next door to the complications from drinking milk adulterated with second-floor apartment where the fire began, said melamine for months before the scandal broke in there has been damage to surrounding apartments, September,” reported a US paper carrying Bloomb- including his. erg’s newswire service tonight. He arrived home and heard the fire alarm coming SAMOA’S Part of the reason for the ongoing media cover- from his neighbour’s apartment. SUPERSTAR age has been the inconsistent story the dairy giant The neighbours were not believed to be at Super Bowl hitman has told about its role in the scandal that killed six home. Page 12 babies and injured hundreds of thousands. The fire had blown windows out of the complex When TGIF Edition grilled Fonterra CEO and was “roaring” by the time fire crews arrived. Andrew Ferrier at a news conference in September, The cause of the fire was not yet known. TURTLE he was adamant that no further melamine contami- Seven appliances attended the blaze. POWER nated milk had been produced after August 2, when – NZPA A struggle to live the Sanlu board was advised of the problem. However, the Chinese court hearings this month Page 19 confirmed that Sanlu continued to ship poison- High speed broadband rollout this year WELLINGTON, JAN 30 – Telecom is being praised sale customers. This means that residential custom- pletion of the fibre-to-the-node roll out in 2011. sively installed into all roadside cabinets and local for improving its network and for investing in its ers would have a range of suppliers. VDSL2 broadband plans will most benefit those telephone exchanges in towns and cities with more core home market. “We recognise that Telecom these days is putting who regularly download large files or use their than 500 lines. Telecom said today its new VDSL2 (Very High-Speed its key investments in its core business – a very wel- broadband service for multiple voice, video and In the second quarter of 2009, Telecom will offer Digital Subscriber Line 2) will be offered from fibre-fed come change from the days when major investments other applications. service providers a new, dedicated VDSL2 broad- roadside cabinets and local telephone exchanges. were made in other countries, or adjacent markets, VDSL2 had been tested for several months, said band product initially available in key Auckland VDSL2 was expected to offer download speeds of leaving the core home market to lag behind,” said Telecom wholesale chief executive, Matt Crockett. exchange areas, with roll out to all major cities and up to 50Mbps and upload speeds of up to 20Mbps Tuanz chief executive Ernie Newman. “We’re excited to be getting the VDSL2 roll out towns in the third quarter of the year. to customers who live one kilometre or less from an But Tuanz said the goal of having fibre to every underway in key metropolitan centres across New Service providers can then offer VDSL2 broad- exchange or roadside cabinet. customer remained. Zealand. With the fibre-to-the-node programme hot- band plans to their retail customers based on their Tuanz, the Telecommunications Users Associa- Already 57 per cent of New Zealand lines can ting up and shortening copper loop lengths across the needs, and their proximity to the nearest telephone tion, welcomed the announcement of the VDSL2 take advantage of Telecom’s next generation access country it’s the perfect time to deploy VDSL2.” exchange or roadside cabinet. launch and Telecom’s intention to offer it to whole- network and this would grow to 84 percent on com- From March, VDSL2 line cards will be progres- – NZPA Before and after... trust Olympus The new E-410 from Olympus For more information contact H.E. Perry Ltd.phone: 0800 10 33 88 | email: [email protected] | www.olympus.com NEW ZEALAND 2 30 January 2009 off BEAT PRINCE HARRY LOOKALIKE PLAGUED BY GIRLS LONDON, Jan. 30 (UPI) – A 21-year-old man who serves as an impersonator of Prince Harry says he has gone into hiding due to all of the female attention the British royal draws. Elliott Gibson said while he is used to some female attention due to his physical similarities to Prince Harry, he has been overwhelmed with lovelorn girls since the prince’s publicized split from his girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, The Daily Telegraph reported. “People have been staring at me my entire life because of how much I look like Harry – and, as embar- rassing as it is, a lot of girls come up to me to get a picture,” Gibson said. “But the past few days have been like nothing I’ve ever experienced.” The prince and Davy ended their 5-year-relationship this month. Gibson said during a recent London visit he was Halatau Naitoko’s mistaken for Harry once again, but this time he barely partner Stephanie escaped being chased by 50 U.S. teenagers. Cook with their “I seriously thought I might be injured. I couldn’t even daughter at the begin to think what they’d do to me if they caught me,” graveside: NZPA / he told the Telegraph of the Sunday incident. Geoff Dale Goodbye, daddy AUCKLAND, JAN 30 – More than 1000 mourners overshadowed by a dark cloud,” one of the five min- His girlfriend Stephanie Cook and his baby were gathered at Mangere Cemetery today, as Halatau isters officiating at the service told mourners. his dream. He had a loving heart and much compas- Naitoko, the teenager accidentally shot dead by As rain showers broke through the clouds, the sion and hope for the future, the aunt said. police last week, was buried. minister told mourners the blood of an innocent The funeral in Tongan and in English began sev- The mourners gathered for the final part of Mr boy had been shed. eral hours after the first mourners arrived and after Naitoko’s service at the cemetery, where flowers “Let that be a message to the government offi- a 6am prayer session over his open casket. OffICE WORKERS adMIT TO PORN AT WORK were laid on top of his casket by grieving family cials, and dignitaries, Minister of Police and police His mother Ivoni Fuimaono, about to give birth LONDON, Jan. 30 (UPI) – A survey of British office and friends. officers, even to the beloved policeman who fired to her latest child, a son to be named Halatau after workers found 33 percent of respondents admitted to A powerful haka signalled the arrival of the casket that fatal shot.” his dead brother, wept uncontrollably. viewing pornography on their work computers. However, the survey of 400 office workers, carried out by to the cemetery, which was carried on the shoulders The words were met by applause. For Paea Fangu Fangu, Mr Naitoko’s 16-year-old e-mail security provider Proofpoint, found only 7 percent of of Mr Naitoko’s brothers and close family. Mourners were told Mr Naitoko worked hard to brother, it was a day of sadness. those polled said they had been caught viewing inappropri- Earlier this morning, the gentle lilt of traditional help feed his six brothers and three sisters. “I am feeling very sad.