http://www.nzherald.co.nz/ Latest Content for Canterbury en-nz Copyright 2010 APN HOLDINGS NZ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:25:06 +1200 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss APN RSS Generator webnews@nzherald.co.nz webmaster@nzherald.co.nz http://www.nzherald.co.nz/images/nz_little_logo.gif http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/headlines.cfm?l_id=121 A frontal system is expected to bring heavy rain to Fiordland and Westland and northwest gales to parts of Otago and Canterbury on Monday morning. Metservice forecaster Chris Noble said the heavy rain was likely to create a "spillover"... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10633239&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 11:55:21 +1200 Loyal doctors are already considering leaving the West Coast amid grave concerns for the future of Grey Base Hospital - and warn patients could die if services decline. The West Coast District Health Board yesterday released external... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10633229&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:46:22 +1200 A Labour MP says former National prime minister Jenny Shipley is to be put in charge of Canterbury's regional council but Environment Minister Nick Smith says such decisions haven't been made yet. In February a review team recommended... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632981&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:05:23 +1200 A "greater good" defence does not exist legally and its future use has been made unlikely by the very public acquittal of three men who damaged Waihopai spy base, says a legal expert. Three men were found not guilty by a jury in... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632804&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:23:17 +1200 Telecom has created a new section on its website to keep media and customers updated on its XT network during a review and improvements following a series of outages affecting thousands of customers. The inside XT section has information... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632779&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:31:23 +1200 The acquittal of three activists yesterday on charges of vandalising the Waihopai spy base near Blenheim does not set a legal precedent, but other defendants may consider using the same "greater good" defence, a criminal law expert... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632748&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:52 +1200 Today was the coldest morning of the year, according to www.weatherwatch.co.nz weather analyst Philip Duncan. The morning was colder than predicted with Hamilton dropping to zero and Palmersto http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632742&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:53:43 +1200 TVNZ news and current affairs is set to lose $5 million from its budget. About 75 jobs could be affected by the move as management scale back the $40m news and current affairs budget, Fairfax Media reported. Sources told the... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632729&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:37:30 +1200 The invention of the printing press by Johann Gutenberg in 1440 was a revolutionary moment in Western history. The ability to produce, en masse, pamphlets transmitting the opinions of anyone willing to pay was immensely democratising,... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632985&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 It's just her week. Hollie Smith's beautiful new album Humour and The Misfortune Of Others , released on Monday, is getting five-star reviews, television networks are scrambling for an interview and, to top it all off, she has announced... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632752&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 Singapore Airlines ordered a midflight search on a commercial plane out of Auckland after two young Christchurch women made bomb threats to ground staff, a court was told yesterday. Georgina Langley, 19, admitted two charges of... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632725&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +1200 The New Zealand sharemarket gained in early trading following a rally by stocks in the United States, after the US Federal Reserve kept monetary policy http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632555&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:11:09 +1200 A portrait by renowned New Zealand artist Charles Frederick Goldie of one of his favourite subjects is expected to sell for close to $250,000 when it goes up for auction in Auckland. Goldie painted Arawa chieftainess Ahinata Te... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632411&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:19:52 +1200 A father who spent years using his three small children as "sexual playthings" shook his head as he began the 19-year prison term imposed in the Christchurch District Court today. The man, a 37-year-old freight worker, continues... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632365&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200 The Government is taking security at next year's Rugby World Cup very seriously and it will be very different to the way provincial games are handled, Prime Minister John Key says. Today he echoed Friday's criticism by Police Minister... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632233&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:58:49 +1200 A cold front forecast to hit New Zealand tomorrow will result in abrupt temperature drops in the South Island. Queenstown is forecast to reach 20degC during the day, then plunge to 2degC on Wednesday morning, said MetService spokesman... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632190&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:07:17 +1200 A Christchurch man allegedly fleeing a domestic violence incident used his car to ram an ambulance and police cars before threatening police with a baseball bat on Saturday night, police say. Emergency services were called to a... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632134&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:19:58 +1200 A Christchurch ambulance is out of action after being struck by a car while the crew was at an incident last night. St John was called to Hills Road at 9 o'clock. Police were also in attendance. District Operations Manager Tony... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10632016&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:35:30 +1200 The Sunday Star-Times is standing by an investigation it ran involving sending reporters into Super 14 rugby matches last weekend carrying fake bombs. The newspaper ran a series of stories today highlighting what it claimed were... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10631973&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:49:28 +1200 A newspaper has been widely condemned for sending mock terrorists into Super 14 rugby games last weekend. The Government, police, stadium managers and media commentators attacked the Sunday-Star Times for sending people to matches... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/canterbury/news/article.cfm?l_id=121&objectid=10631781&ref=rss newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +1200