He Died INSIDE ‘A Hero’

COMMENT BLOGS SPORT MOVIES Brown cheats Media strangle Warriors ready Journey to political death democracy for the big one the Centre PAGE 5 PAGE 6 PAGE 11 PAGE 13 TGIFEDITION.TV Auckland Hamilton Wellington Christchurch Queenstown Dunedin Sat: 17°/7° Sun: 17°/11° Sat: 16°/3° Sun: 18°/8° Sat: 15°/3° Sun: 14°/9° Sat: 20°/3° Sun: 16°/8° Sat: 13°/1° Sun: 15°/4° Sat: 15°/3° Sun: 14°/7° 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 1 | Issue 8 | | 26 September 2008 on the He died INSIDE ‘a hero’ AUCKlanD, Sept 26 – Slain hero Austin Hem- mings had no idea his simple act of kindness to a stranger who asked for help would leave him dead in the street a few seconds later. NZ MILK Police said Mr Hemmings, 44, the father of three PINGED teenage children, went to the aid of a woman who Melamine found here was being attacked near Mills Lane in downtown Auckland shortly after 5pm yesterday. Page 3 He was stabbed in the chest and mortally wounded, staggered about 50 metres before he fell dead on the street, blood streaming from a chest wound and running in rivulets down Mills Lane. Members of the public and paramedics worked feverishly to revive Mr Hemmings but police say his chest wound was so bad there was nothing anyone could do. Today as Mr Hemmings’ body lay behind him KEA KAHA under a police tent and an hour after a man appeared Another chick born in court charged with assaulting the woman, Detec- tive Senior Sergeant Gerry Whitley said one simple Page 4 word described Mr Hemmings – “heroic”. Without his intervention the woman may have died. “He had no idea and there were no signs that in a very short space of time – just a second – it would escalate into a very violent reaction. “He did not do anything to provoke that reaction whatsoever. He went to the assistance of a woman asking for it and received a fatal wound,” Mr Whit- WORLD ley said. Mr Hemmings, a manager who moved to Devon- ON BRINK port on Auckland’s North Shore from Hamilton six Detective Senior Sergeant Gerry Whitley talks to the Media at the scene where Austin Hemmings was stabbed to death after trying to rescue a Money crisis spreads months ago, was not trying to stop the man, he was female colleague who was being attacked. NZPA / Wayne Drought. INSET: 44 year old Austin Bernard Hemmings who was killed while coming to the Page 7 aid of a woman adjacent to the BNZ Tower / NZPA / NZ Police trying to help the woman. Continue reading Clark and Key won’t debate the rest Wellington, Sept 26 TV3 and TVNZ wanted the leaders of all eight par- “There are only two people who can lead the next arrogant, and ACT leader Rodney Hide said it – Prime Minister Helen ties represented in Parliament to take part in an MMP government – Helen Clark and myself. It’s a very was the “old club” arrangement where Labour and Clark and National debate, which has happened in previous campaigns. important opportunity for New Zealanders to com- National stitched up deals between themselves. Party leader John Key But the two leaders refused, and did not change their pare and contrast.” In 2005 there was a row when TV3 tried to exclude have refused to share minds when both networks asked them to reconsider. They will appear in two leaders debates during United Future leader Peter Dunne and Progressive the stage with other “There are two candidates for prime minister the campaign. Party leader Jim Anderton from the MMP debate. party leaders in an election campaign TV debate. – I’m one and the Leader of the Opposition is the Neither would say which one of them instigated The network said eight was too many, but Mr They both say their head to head debates are the other. That’s why the head to head debates are so the agreement that neither would appear with the Dunne and Mr Anderton went to court and TV3 ones that really matter, because one or the other is important,” Miss Clark said on TV3 News. other leaders. had to let them take part. going to lead the next government. Mr Key held the same view. Political scientist Jon Johansson said they were – 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 26 September 2008 off Cullen: NZ economy dependent BEAT on US sorting out finance crisis U.S. President George W. Bush THE FIRST BITE IS THE DEEPEST prepares to host a meeting SYDNEY (DPA) – An Australian woman has admit- with Republican ted grinding up glass and putting it in her husband’s Presidential sandwiches in anger over an affair that broke up their Nominee Sen. 20-year marriage, news reports said today. The husband John McCain found out and kept his lunches in a freezer to be used in (AZ), Democratic evidence against her, the court in Hobart, Tasmania, was Presidential told. The prosecution is pushing for the woman to face a Nominee Sen. Barack Obama charge of domestic violence, arguing that doctoring the (IL) and other lunches her husband took to work could have had fatal Congressional consequences. leaders to dis- cuss the current BLACK HUMOUR economic crises. DES MOINES, Iowa, (UPI) – An official at a community UPI Photo/Roger college in Des Moines, Iowa, says his school is struggling L. Wollenberg to deal with a handbook typo rife with controversy. Des Moines Area Community College school president Rob Wellington, Sept 26 – New Zealand’s economic The forecast at budget was for around $3.5 bil- recession if they see the path ahead to better Denson said nearly 10,000 copies of the student hand- fortune largely depends on the United States sort- lion a year. incomes,” Mr Key said. book were handed out with a typo reading Black History Linch and Learn, The Des Moines (Iowa) Register said. ing its financial crisis, Finance Minister Michael Treasury will open the Government’s books on “The reality is that fiscal initiatives at this point The Linch typo, which was supposed to read Lunch, Cullen said today. October 6 as well as its latest fiscal and economic must be targeted at strengthening the economy appears to refer to lynching and the typo unfortunately Speaking after statistics confirmed New Zealand forecasts in the Pre-election Economic and Fiscal for the future. Only a strong economy can provide came attached to a reference to a minority group, had been in recession for the first half of the year, Dr Update (Prefu) continued improvements in public services.” Denson said. There’s no question in my mind that it was Cullen said the country was probably experiencing Dr Cullen said the“enormously successful” intro- Dr Cullen said tax cuts taking effect from next inadvertent, the school president said. a third quarter of economic shrinkage as well. duction of KiwiSaver had “fiscal consequences” week would help feed spending and the pressure He was confident there would be some growth in which would become apparent at Prefu. from high oil prices was down a little. Dr Cullen the last quarter of the year or early 2009. About two-thirds of the deterioration in position described the debt track as “not a pretty picture” Though this was subject to“one very, very impor- was based on the economy. and indicated it would exceed targets. tant caveat” – if the US financial crisis was not sorted “The slow down in the New Zealand economy has Asked if there was any room for big election prom- out then there was a serious risk an international been deeper than forecast at budget time. ises, Dr Cullen said there was room for a“modest total in credit crisis would create a major international eco- “The impact of the international credit crunch terms of spending promises provided there is restraint nomic slowdown, he said. and some errors by Treasury in terms of forecasting across the board in other areas of spending”. “That is something where New Zealand is a cork means the deficits that we are forecasting for the Figures published today by Statistics New Zea- on the wave in the ocean,” Dr Cullen said. next four years will be very much larger than they land show gross domestic product (GDP) shrank American political leaders are trying to get agree- were at budget time.” 0.2 percent in the June quarter. ment on a trillion dollar rescue package that would The other third in deterioration would be from That follows a decline of 0.3 percent in the March RADIO STATION CAUSES CHAOS result in the Government buying dodgy mortgages more spending due to KiwiSaver and the uptake of quarter, so the country now meets the common defi- FORT PIERCE, Fla., (UPI) – Fort Pierce, Fla., police are off banks and finance companies. early childhood education subsidies. nition of recession – two consecutive quarters of blaming at least four traffic accidents on a radio station Dr Cullen was very hopeful this would happen No matter who won the election they would be economic contraction. gas giveaway. Police Capt. Greg Kirk said Wednesday in a matter of days. forced into fiscal restraint without large increases The last time economic activity declined for con- afternoon’s promotion by WMBX-FM and attorney Willie Even if this did happen there were tight times in spending or reductions in virtue, he said.

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