Published: 1:04PM Tuesday March 14, 2006
Sunday Stories 2006
Some of our stories from 2006
Cooper v Cooper - Dec 3, 06
What's in a name? Well plenty if it happens to belong to a
fashion label worth millions of dollars. Cooper versus Cooper.
One's called Tamsin, you may never have heard of her and the other
is Trelise, no stranger to the New Zealand fashion industry.
They're at loggerheads over the right to use the Cooper name on
their fashion labels.
They're both Coopers, they both want to use it and their dispute is
heading to the high court. It's been bitter, costly and so
far, with no end in sight. Here's Janet McIntyre.
Who Pays? (Battling Over Eden Parks Bill) Dec 3,
06
The World Cup Rugby stadium for 2011. Eden Park
looks like getting the nod after the waterfront sank without a
trace.But at what cost? Well one thing's for sure, Auckland
ratepayers look set to be stuck with a large chunk of the bill
whether they're rugby fans or not. Here's John Hudson.
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Brooke Fraser- Nov 26, 2006
You'd think a chart topping pop star would love listening to her own hits but not Brooke Fraser. At nineteen this incredibly talented songstress topped the New Zealand charts with her debut album "What to do with daylight". Yet now at twenty two, Brooke says she finds the songs from that album rather embarrassing. Her new album she says was a life changing experience, inspired by a story out of Africa. This from Ian Sinclair.
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Shoplifting- Nov 26, 2006
With just a month before Christmas, you'd expect retailers to be rubbing their hands together at the prospect of a bumper season. They're not the only ones....shoplifters are also expecting to be doing their Christmas shopping for free this year.
Shoplifting costs retailers around two million dollars a day...
And if you think this doesn't affect consumers. Think again because
the costs get passed directly on to you. Now some retailers have
had just about enough...and are taking the law into their own hands
in very inventive ways. Here's Lisa Glass.
Gunshop- Nov 19, 2006
Criminal charges were finally laid against Greg Carvell. The
Auckland gun shop owner who claims he shot an armed intruder in
self defence.
The case raises some important questions such as when is self
defence justified? How far can you go in defending
yourself? And What would you do if you found yourself in the
same situation? Here's Janet McIntyre.
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Anorexia- Nov 19, 2006
This week the death of a Brazilian fashion model from anorexia
nervosa once again highlighted just how big a problem eating
disorders are for young women.
Here in New Zealand kids as young as eleven and twelve are falling
prey and there's a real absence of dedicated clinical services to
help them. Jackie Maher with the story.
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Best News Yet - Nov 12, 2006
There's always hesitation in announcing the next big
breakthrough in cancer research. How many times have we heard it
all before and yet cancer is far from cured?
But here is a breakthrough pioneered right here in New Zealand
producing remarkable results in treating lung, ovarian and prostate
cancers. It coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Auckland
cancer society which has backed the research right from the
start.
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Born Bad - Nov 12, 2006
Lately we've seen an alarming number of cases of babies and
toddlers suffering and dying at the hands of their parents. Those
who should care for them the most. But now there's a radical plan
to try and prevent that happening and stop it before it even
starts.
What's being suggested is a sort of parental warrant of fitness at
birth to determine whether they are up to the job of raising a
child, or not.
It's not just about the parents, it's also about preventing abused
children becoming killers themselves.
A warning about John Hudson's report. You might find
some of the pictures disturbing.
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Demon Drink - Oct 29, 2006
We call it binge drinking.
The aim? To pour as much of the demon drink down your throat in as little time as possible. Now emergency doctors tell us it's catching on among our youth - with deadly consequences. This at a time when the tragic stabbing of a teenager in Auckland has revived the debate on the drinking age.
But what's behind this apparent upsurge in teen alcohol abuse?
Is it the drinking age? Is it our drink culture? Or is it our
liberal liquor marketing laws? Ian Sinclair talks to the family of
another teenager, killed his father says, by booze.
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A mate for Kelly - Oct 29, 2006
Marineland in Napier. It's the only place left in New Zealand where dolphins are kept in captivity and millions have watched them perform over the last 40 years.
But times have changed and Marineland is struggling against the tide by trying to find a mate for its one remaining captive dolphin - Kelly.
Could this leave Marineland dead in the water? Mark Crysell with
the story.
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Streets of Shame - Oct 22, 2006
South Auckland has endured a violent crime wave the likes of which it has never been seen before.
People have been stabbed, bludgeoned, and run down in a series of homicides and assaults that have shocked the community.
So why is this happening and what can be down about it? We asked
the cops and gangs. John Hudson reports.
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Too sexy, Too Soon - Oct 22, 2006
Even before we tell you about this story we should warn you it contains controversial images and you should exercise viewer discretion.
Young girls modeling for magazines like Pavement, some as young as ten, made up to look much older than they really are.
It's a formula that sells but are we sending the right message?
Janet McIntyre reports.
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Taito and the Tiler - Oct 15, 2006
It has been a story that just won't go away. Not for Taito Phiilip Field MP or the Labour Party.
There has been a half million dollar government investigation and now the police are looking into the affair.
Was Field using his office as MP for Mangere for personal gain?
Did he employ a Thai tiler - an overstayer - to work on his home in
Samoa for no pay in return for the promise of an entry permit into
new zealand, a work visa?
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Marc Ellis - Oct 15, 2006
Last year was a big one for Marc Ellis. His juice company,
Charlies, listed on the stock exchange, he was voted New Zealand's
most popular TV personality and he was busted for buying drugs.
Ellis spoke to Mark Crysell about his conviction for buying ecstasy
and the media frenzy over what was claimed to be a celebrity drugs
ring.
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Exclusive Brethren uncovered - Oct 1,
2006
The Exclusive Brethren are fundementalist Christians who shun the
world as we know it. Yet that doesn't stop them trying to influence
the political process - when they don't even vote themselves.
Ian Sinclair meets a former member - an outcast - who lifts the
veil on a closed community.
Spycatcher - Oct 1, 2006
A real life story of espionage and intrigue that happened in New
Zealand. For the first time a former New Zealand secret agent
breaks cover to give the inside story of our biggest spy
scandal. Jackie Maher talks exclusively to the agent who caught the
New Zealand public servant accused of spying for the Russians.
Lonely Dog - Oct 1, 2006
The very best creative ideas can have some very humble beginnings,
and one of the better creative ideas out there at the moment
started out just like that. It's the story of a South Psland
painter, his family dog and a very fertile imagination.
Rainbow Warrior tapes released - Oct 1,
2006
The Rainbow Warrior bombing just won't go away. TVNZ fought long
and hard for the right to show you in court pictures of the two
French agents pleading guilty to manslaughter in 1985.
Men in early childhood education - Sept 24,
2006
They're a tiny band of brothers - men working with toddlers in
early childhood education, haunted by an unfounded suspicion that
as men they might be abusers. But these blokes say that attitude is
not only discrimination against men, it's also bad for the kids.
Ian Sinclair with the story.
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Dodgy Agents- 17 Sept 2006
In the housing market, are consumers being adequately protected? Or is the real estate industy all about looking after its own? Robyn Janes looks at two cases where a house sale did 'not' go according to plan.
Margaret Mahy is currently the greatest living children's writer in the world. She has received top international honours..what they call the 'little nobel'...the biennial Hans Christian Andersen award for a lasting contribution to children's literature. Jackie Maher follows the success of this kiwi icon.
It was tough love with the best of intentions, but it would end in the tragic death of 17 year old Liam Ashley. Cameron Bennett speaks with the Ashley family who are struggling to come to terms with everything that's happened. They want to know what went wrong and why? .
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Dr Ozone- 3 Sept 2006
They call him Doctor Ozone, Hellfried Sartori. An Austrian born self-styled healer who claims he can cure cancer. Is he really a Miracle Worker or a Quack? Janet McIntyre reports.
Alan Gibbs- 27 Aug 2006
He's one of the country's richest men. Alan Gibbs the hard man who made good under Rogernomics also has one of the country's great art collections. But it's been hard to get a look at...until now. Mark Crysell gets a guided tour.
Jack Lovelock's Gold Medal Race - 13 Aug
2006
For the first time New Zealanders can view Jack Lovelock winning
the 1500 metres in front of Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Berlin
Olympics.
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In the second report looking at middle income New Zealand Sunday
talks homes - the place where we bring up the kids, the asset that
gives us a decent retirement. But soaring house prices and sagging
incomes are putting paid to that.
Houses are becoming so unaffordable for first time buyers that
banks are now talking about 50 year mortgages. The government -
mindful that this could cost votes - has boosted the amount it will
lend to low income first home buyers in its welcome home
scheme.
But there is genuine concern that plummeting home ownership rates
are set for permanent freefall. Are we witnessing the
collapse of the great kiwi dream - owning your own home? Jackie
Maher reports.
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The Big Rates Squeeze - 06 Aug 2006
In the first of two reports Sunday looks at the plight of middle
income New Zealand, who are being squeezed like never before.
Petrol, power, water and now property rates. Is there a way
out?
Well there is an increasing number of middle incomers taking a
very radical approach to their changing economic circumstances and
it flies in the face of conventional wisdom. John Hudson
reports.
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Kahui Case - 23 July 2006
It is a story that breaks the wall of silence surrounding the
deaths of the three month old twins Chris and Cru Kahui.
Two of the babies Aunties speak out for the first time on
Television. They fill the gaps about the Mother, the family and
mosty importantly of all who killed the babies. Cameron Bennett
reports.
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Tragic Accident or Fatal Mistake? - 30 July 2006
When mates head out to the bush to hunt they are out to bring
down a stag not each other. But it happens. Last
year in the
Pureora Forest near Taupo Bernie Lee shot his mate William Gilles
while they were following the roar.
Usually in circumstances like this hunters plead guilty - at the
very least - to careless use of a firearm. But Lee didn't, his case
went to trial and the result split a community. Mark Crysell
reports.
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Breaking Free - 16 July 2006
Family abuse has made for agonising news this month, tonight another sobering story. Cheryl Pareanga came from a family of inter-generational abuse. She did everything she could to break free, so did those she went to for help.
Even so, Cheryl was savagely murdered, just as she had predicted
by her abusive partner. Last month he was jailed for 15
years, but it begs the question; if all the safeguards and all the
best will in the world couldn't stop this deadly case of family
violence, then what can? Jackie Maher reports.
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Did you know that we have two million pet cats and dogs in New Zealand, and each year they chomp their way through two hundred and seventy million dollars of petfood?
That's just their food for a start, there's health care on top of that, which now includes the sort of high-end surgery formally reserved for humans. Ali Ikram investigates.
Turning the Tide - 25 June 2006
He spent 10 years in jail for murder, a conviction that he's already appealed once and lost. Rex Haig's petition to the Government for mercy was also rejected, but he's never given up, he's always maintained he is innocent.
Well, the Court of Appeal has just heard his case for a second
time and is now considering whether Haig's conviction will be
quashed or not. Rex Haig has never spoken publicly in his
defence, but he does tonight exclusively to Janet
McIntyre
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On Sunday tonight, a bit of a departure from the sharp end, we have the truly outlandish story of Phillip Sharp, or 'King Philip' to his devoted followers.
Philip claims he received a message from God. God, he says, wanted him to become an Old Testament hebrew King, a prophet. Well, King Philip obliged by taking seven wives, one of them happens to be a New Zealander, by the name of Margot
John Hudson visited Philip's modest kingdom in Brighton, England.
Timor in Tatters - 11 June 2006
East Timor, it was the UN's poster boy independence so what has gone so horribly wrong? The country was granted independence in 2002 after almost three years of UN administration.
Finally freed of Indonesian rule, East Timor rode to self-determination on a wave of international good will but since Prime Minister Alkatiri sacked 600 dissident soldiers a month ago the country has been on the brink of civil war. Mark Crysell reports and a warning some of the images in this story are disturbing.
Bundle of Trouble - 04 June 2006
Our largest, listed company, in the space of just a couple of weeks was given a staggering upper-cut. Your monopoly is over announced the government, open up the copper wires to greater competition or we'll force you to. At stake is something we all want and need, cheaper, faster access to the internet.
Telecom has reluctantly announced it will play ball but does the government have the will to make them? And, given all the recent disclosures can Telecom be trusted to deliver? Tonight we talk exclusively to Telecom's embattled Chief Executive, Theresa Gattung.
You've heard of the World's Fastest Indian, well tonight we're bringing you Rocket Ron, The Flying Fossil
Rocket Ron Kirkman is a 70 year old speed freak who literally lives life in the fast lane, pedal to the metal, Mark Crysell did his best to keep up
Operation Vacation - 28 May 2006
It's not that long ago, cosmetic surgery was considered so risky,
expensive and embarassing you barely heard it mentioned.
Today it's out there, easily accessible and so cheap in some parts
of the world you can actually build a holiday around it.
The ultimate quick fix, leave home obese, come back trim, that was
Angie Rota's plan. A middle aged Auckland mum, who says she
tried everything to lose weight but as you'll hear from Angie's
story it's riskier than you might think. A warning too for
the squeamish, there are some graphic pictures of surgery, Janet
McIntyre with the story.
An Unholy Row - 21 May 2006
The Da Vinci Code, it's everywhere, the best selling book, and of course now the movie starring Tom Hanks
There's been a storm of controversy, accusations that it's laced with blasphemy and gross historical inaccuracies and if that wasn't enough there was the accusation that Dan Brown, the author who made a fortune writing it, pinched the idea from somebody else. A New Zealander by the name of Michael Baigent.
John Hudson spoke to Michael Baigent, a
writer who's made a career of winding up the church
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Kiwi Lifeline - 14 May 2006
Tony Woolhouse, a name you haven't heard much of in the remarkable story of the Tasmanian mine rescue. The New Zealander played a vital role in the rescue of Brant Webb and Todd Russell.
Tonight for the first time he gives his extraordinary account of what happened one kilometre below at the Beaconsfield gold mine.
This from Janet McIntyre
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A Question of Honour - 07 May 2006
As murders go, it was as bizarre as it was brutal. A 32 year
old married man, a New Zealander begins an affair with an 18 year
old girl from a traditional Italian family in Australia. The family
is dishonoured but did they take their revenge by having him
murdered?
That is what the Victoria Police and the Coroner believe happened
but at this point no-one's been charged and the crime remains
unsolved. What is even more surprising the dead man's widow
forgives him and wants justice to be done.
Back to School - 30 April 2006
High school students go back to school tomorrow, most of them anyway but others will be wagging class, playing truant instead.
It comes at a big cost and not just to the kids involved. Truancy leads to criminality experts say. The Education Ministry says it's not their problem so do the schools, they say it's up to the parents.
Garth Bray with this story
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Honiara Heartache - 30 April 2006
What an extraordinary week it's been in Solomon Island's political history, unprecedented violence, arson and looting, a Prime Minister sworn in and then forced to resign, outrage and then jubilation in the streets.
In the middle of this the Solomon's Honorary Consul in New Zealand, Doreen Prebble, dealing with the turmoil in her country as well as in her personal life
Janet McIntyre reports from Honiara.
Pain at the Pumps - 23 April 2006
It was all bad news this week... if you happen to like driving a car. Fuel prices hit record levels with some predictions that petrol will be nudging two dollars a litre before the end of the year.
Record prices and record profits for the world's major oil companies, the New Zealand government is in for a financial windfall as well but is it time they started giving a bit more back to the poor, old, beleaguered motorist?
This report from Cameron Bennett
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The 90 Million Dollar Man - 16 April 2006
You're about to meet a man who is New Zealand's biggest ever fraudster. Derek Turner, a charming liar and swindler who stole millions of dollars from people all over the world.
Sunday has an exclusive interview with Turner inside a top security New York prison, and as you are about to see he may be doing time inside but he's lost none of his touch
This report from Mark Crysell
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The Big Chill - 09 April 2006
Monuments to the Golden Age of Exploration? Yes, so long as someone else is paying the bill.
The Antarctic Huts of the legendary British explorers, Ernest Shackleton and Capt. Robert Scott are rapidly deteriorating.
New Zealand's done its bit to try and save them, sending in a team of conservation specialists over summer. But Britain the once proud mother country of the explorers is refusing to help pay for it.
Janet McIntyre travelled to Antarctica this summer and this is
what she found.
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Taking the Rap - 09 April 2006
They were a couple who just wanted a home full of children, but not just any kids, they wanted foster kids from broken homes. Don and Ann Eathorne's track record as foster parents was impressive until one little boy came to stay with them.
He was twice caught for vandalism and they smacked him as punishment, but those smacks have led to the Eathornes facing criminal charges and now all their children have been removed from their care.
Jackie Maher reports
Not fit to Practise - 02 April 2006
When a midwife's skills fall way short of the expected standard, should she be held accountable and her mishaps be made known to expectant mothers?
Sunday pieces together the alarming record of one midwife, and how she continued to practise unnamed and unchecked, putting lives at risk. Janet McIntyre reports
Grave Injustice - 02 April 2006
This story comes under that category of bizarre, a story of the supernatural. Of ghostly apparitions, graveyards at midnight, and an heirloom belonging to a dead Maori grandmother. At its heart is a crime that's gone unpunished, even though police have known about it for two years. A crime most of us would find deeply unsettling, because it involves robbing the dead. This story from Garth Bray.
Broadband Blues - 12 March 2006
A few years ago we all heard a lot of talk about New Zealand catching the Knowledge Wave, remember joining the new digital super-highway, broadband, internet.
Telecom New Zealand said 'Trust us, we'll deliver", and we did trust them, there wasn't much choice after all , they had the monopoly but recently there's been a storm of complaints about how Telecom is not delivering
The fact is there are still parts of New Zealand where you can't get high speed internet at all and in those that you can users are frustrated and appalled by how slow it is.
The Government's now under pressure to intervene but how did it come to this? What's gone wrong and why? John Hudson reports.
LA Lynskey - 05 March 2006
Meet Melanie Lynskey, she's been stealing all the best lines as the serial stalker of Charlie Sheen in '2 and a Half Men', and she's a Kiwi, who at 16 came from nowhere to star in Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures opposite Kate Winslet.
While co-star Kate and Peter Jackson have gone onto bigger and
brighter things it seemed Melanie's career was stuck in second gear
but not anymore, Mark Crysell caught up with Melanie recently in
Hollywood
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Harry's Secret War - 05 March 2006
He was wrongly accused, wrongly charged and wrongly
sentenced. Not an allegation, it's a matter of
fact.
And for almost all his life Harry Rosenberg has lived with the
shame and injustice of it. Not even his family knew about
this wartime secret of his youth. He kept it that way, even
had his name suppressed by court order, until today
Only now, for the first time does he tell his story to Janet
McIntyre. And how in an extraordinary legal
twist, 63 years later, his honour has finally been
restored.
Candid Camera - 26 February 2006
Ever wondered how your teenage son or daughter really drives
when they get behind the wheel?
They're on their restricted or full license. They've done defensive
driving courses. They tell you they are safe and responsible.
The fact is according to the AA road trauma is
the leading cause of injury among 17 to 19-year-olds but what
if you could monitor the way they drove by way of a 'black box'
recorder? And not just teenagers. What about commercial fleet
drivers? Would it make the difference? John Hudson reports
The Mystery Deepens - 19 February 2006
It was 20 years ago this week that the Russian cruise ship Mikhail Lermontov sank, killing a crewman and risking the lives of hundreds of passengers.
Nothing like this had happened before and after all this time we still really don't know why.
Tonight we'll be asking a lot of questions, and we've discovered some surprising new information, that the inquiry never heard.
Tonight in a special two part investigation John Hudson reports
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