11 Mar 2010

Thursday's newspaper headlines

10:16 am on 11 March 2010

Health Minister asks why it took so long to cancel an Auckland doctor's practising certificate; angry 60-year-old woman stops two burglars; more than 12,000 people at first day of Ellerslie Flower Show.

NZ Herald

The paper speaks to the flatmates of the man police suspect stabbed Auckland taxi-driver Hiren Mohini. It says the man had a badly injured leg in the days following the attack.

The actions of an angry 60-year-old woman stopped two burglars from getting away with robbing her home.

FAI Money director Mark Hotchin has written to investors telling them they'll be repaid early and the company will no longer be raising money from the public to fund its lending.

Dominion Post

Health Minister Tony Ryall asks why the Medical Council took so long to cancel an Auckland doctor's practising certificate. A Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal says the doctor had 16 complaints lodged against him and had forged a practising certificate.

Hollywood has entered the debate on the Wellywood sign, saying it could breach the trademark lettering of its Los Angeles counterpart.

The Press

Two men were sentenced on Wednesday over the stabbing death of Afghan taxi-driver Abdulrahman Ikhtiari in Christchurch. The paper points to a growing trend of knife crime among young New Zealanders.

The Christchurch Arts centre wants to generate money for its earthquake strengthenging work by seeking new developments and selling the lease for its bar Dux de Lux.

More than 12,000 people went to day one of the Ellerslie International Flower Show.

Otago Daily Times

The Telford Rural Polytechnic could become another campus for Canterbury's Lincoln University. Telford chairman, David Yardley, says cuts to course funding could wipe out the polytech's viability and merging with Lincoln would mean a seamless transition for Telford's students.

A fire started by an engine spark came within metres of destroying properties in Wanaka yesterday.