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And from the "only in New Zealand" file...
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Pimps' initiative aims for safe streets
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and last but by no means least!
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..Now this is a good way of keeping the criminals in jail forever.
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A minor but significant victory today in the war against beauracracy.
For the first time in New Zealands history I am actually allowed to call myself a "New Zealander" in our census. Up until this time I could be a New Zealand citizen but under the ethnicity column I was not allowed to be so. There still isn't a box to check labelled 'New Zealander" where as there is one for Maori, Fijian, Indian, Japanese, Korean, English, Irish, Dutch, et cetera, but for the first time I am 'allowed' to write NZr in the 'others' category. Up until now if you wrote this, you would be catalogued as 'European'. Nor was I allowed to state that I was of mixed race, I could only check Maori, which I partly am, or one of the others such as Irish/Scots/English which I also am. I couldn't and still cannot even be New Zealander/Maori or European/Maori. So after 5 generations of my ancestors all being born in New Zealand, I'm actually officially allowed to be one. Apparently the reason for the strict criteria was that the statistics were used to define the demographics of discrimination. So having won that battle, this year I and others of like mind are organising to write 'Pakeha' or 'Ngati Pakeha', which is of course what we truly are ![]() |
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Cash sent to pay father's fine in bully case
20 April 2006 By JOANNA DAVIS Families from throughout New Zealand have been pledging money to pay the $500 fine of the Christchurch father convicted of assaulting a boy who bullied his daughter. Beckenham mother-of-three Alisha Woodhouse is organising the fund to show support for Daryl Falcon's actions in standing up for his 11-year-old daughter, who had been repeatedly bullied by a classmate. The bullying included being hit on the head with a book, being punched in the arm and verbal abuse. Falcon was convicted on Tuesday of assault after the attack outside Mairehau Primary School before classes on March 30 in which he grabbed the 11-year-old boy around the neck (edit: he actually grabbed his collar, not his neck) and poked him in the face. Woodhouse, a clairvoyant, said a network of parents throughout the country wanted to show support for Falcon and frustration at the lack of action on bullying. "I don't necessarily condone what Daryl did, but the fact is he felt there was no other platform for him to get something done," she said. "It shows something needs to be done in our schools." Advertisement Advertisement Woodhouse said any extra money donated to the fund would be given to Women's Refuge, the Whatsup children's helpline or another women's or children's charity. She was pleased to help the Falcons as they had been stressed recently with an ill premature baby, the bullying and the "blemish on Daryl's record" from the assault conviction. "He should be commended in standing up for his daughter," she said. Woodhouse has started an online forum on the case and bullying. Falcon said the fund was generous and he would not have been able to make a lump-sum payment of $500. "Especially with my wife off on maternity leave and having to pay for a lawyer, and as coincidence would have it, my car broke down, too." Falcon said he had had support from workmates and strangers. "Lots of guys have been coming up and shaking my hand and saying, `I would've done the same thing'." He was initially embarrassed by his actions, but people's response to his court case showed bullying was an issue that needed highlighting, he said. Falcon said outside court on Tuesday that he was unhappy with the school's lack of action. "At the end of the day, the bully still wins. The school didn't do anything." Falcon said his daughter had not been bullied again by the boy but other children had. He believed the boy should be suspended from school. Mairehau principal John Bangma said his school had a zero-tolerance approach to bullying. It had run the police-led Kia Kaha programme for at least four years and also devised a special programme for children who bullied and/or had been bullied. Bangma would not comment on the Falcons' case. Last edited by Parihaka : 04-19-2006 at 20:29 PM. |
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Woman's hair falls out after pharmacy blunder
18.04.06 By Stuart Dye A woman collapsed and needed hospital treatment after she was given HIV medication instead of drugs for arthritis. Tracey Sunderland's hair began falling out in clumps as she suffered a severe reaction because of the mix-up by the Unichem pharmacy at LynnMall in West Auckland. The pharmacy has apologised and blamed human error for the mistake. The 35-year-old went to the pharmacy with her usual prescription for Methotrexate, a drug she uses to treat the arthritis she has suffered since childhood. But the mother of two was instead given Thioprine, an immune suppressant to prevent rejection of organs after transplant and also to treat HIV patients. The mix-up comes less than three months after a 2-year-old nearly died when a Palmerston North pharmacy dispensed the wrong drug for her. Mrs Sunderland, who is a medical laboratory scientist, says she knows the risks and seriousness of such cases. "Someone has made a horrible mistake and a simple apology is not good enough." Mrs Sunderland picked up the drugs at the beginning of last month and took what she thought was her usual weekly dose. The next day she felt dizzy and nauseous, but did not link that feeling to the drugs she had been taking for 18 months. The following week she took another dose and vomited for several days. Her hair began falling out and she suffered severe cramps. She attempted to take her dog for a walk but collapsed and was taken to hospital. It was only when her husband collected the drugs to show them to a doctor that the mistake came to light. Mrs Sunderland had been taking 300mg of Thioprine - a huge dose that legitimate patients usually spend months working up to. "It could have been much worse," she said. "People need to be aware that this happens and can be very dangerous." LynnMall Unichem confirmed a dispensing error was made and apologised for any distress caused. It said a human error was made in the final checking stage of the dispensing process. "LynnMall Unichem has subsequently reviewed these procedures and changed the way it stores its medicines to help prevent a similar incident occurring in future," said a spokeswoman. The Health and Disability Commissioner has been notified. In January's prescription blunder in Palmerston North, toddler Emma Leader was supposed to take a cough medicine but was given a mislabelled anti-psychotic drug. Only hospital intervention saved her life. The Pharmacy Council estimates that New Zealand pharmacists process about one million prescriptions a week, or 50 million a year. Steve Wise, president of the Pharmacies Guild of which over 700 pharmacies are members, said the error rate was very low. |
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Great stuff.
Keep it going. If you don't, you wil get headbutted!
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Otter on the run
June 21, 2006 - 2:44PM
Jin the otter is still on the loose after leading a daring breakout from Auckland Zoo. The four-year-old Asiatic short-clawed otter dug her way through two walls and scaled a 1.8 metre barrier to get out of the zoo last week. She then swam across the city's harbour. Two other escapee otters were recaptured the next day, but there was no sign of Jin until she was spotted at a North Shore suburb 10km from the zoo and on the other side of Waitemata Harbour. "While otters are good swimmers, we're absolutely stunned at the distance she has travelled," curator Maria Finnigan said. Zoo carnivore keeper Trent Barclay has a few theories. "We figure maybe she made her way down to the foreshore and maybe caught the outgoing tide which shunted her across the harbour there," Barclay told Radio New Zealand. "The alternative is taking the harbour bridge which would probably be a bit more hazardous for her." Government conservation workers and zoo staff are searching the area where Jin was last sighted and even playing tape recordings of otter calls in an attempt to lure her into a trap. |
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