Daily News; White Plains

Night of Bashings Keeps City Police Busy

A CEREBRAL palsy sufferer and a National Basketball League player were knocked unconscious in separate early morning assaults in central New Plymouth yesterday. The two assaults were the most serious among a number in the city overnight, Acting Sergeant Shaun Darth said. "It was a busy night -- there were assaults right through town. I know the hospital was flat- out dealing with assaults. And they have still been coming in this morning -- people making complaints.

Women Argue for Restroom Rescue

LEAVE our loos alone. That was the cry from dozens of women -- young and old -- using the toilet facilities at the women's restrooms in Ariki St.

Close-Encounter Haka has Player Cooling Heels

IT WAS probably the first time a footballer had ever been sinbinned before a match kicked off. And almost certainly the first time it had happened in a final.

Family Begins to Rebuild Dream After Grounding

A GOLDEN BAY family whose yacht ran aground off Cape Egmont just over a fortnight ago has begun repairing the damage and plans to continue their voyage. "It's mainly steel, paint, sandblasting work. I have started to rip out the interior," said skipper Aaron Broido. "Our cruising fund paid for the salvage."

Taking the Taranaki Arts Festival to the Streets

A SECTION of a central New Plymouth street will be closed for the entire three weeks of the Taranaki Festival of the Arts. And the closure has been okayed without a single complaint -- unlike Bertie Burleigh's plan to close off Egmont St for Lions rugby team supporters, the Barmy Army, which attracted a bevy of dissenters.

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The Write Job, Says Tv Reporter

MORALS over money was the message told to WITT journalism students by TV3 political reporter Duncan Garner at their graduation dinner on Saturday night. Mr Garner, guest speaker at the dinner, gave advice and revealed behind-the-scenes anecdotes about New Zealand's top decision- makers.

Retiring Principal has Advice for Others

ALAN SMITH woke up one morning in October last year and couldn't get out of bed. The Puketapu School principal, who retired on Friday, realised he had suffered a major burnout.

Arthritis Victims Slam Drug-Funding Rule

A NEW PLYMOUTH family says the Government is discriminating against people by only funding an arthritis drug for children. And a Human Rights Commission investigation may back up the claim.

Jews Brothers Play Hawera

SOUTH TARANAKI has scored another one-off concert by the internationally acclaimed Jews Brothers Band. South Taranaki District Council's events co-ordinator, Daniel Keighley, said the band's performance in Hawera on Friday would be the only Taranaki show in the group's New Zealand tour.

To the Rescue

MAN DOWN: Central Taranaki search and rescue team members (from left) Bruce Walker, Bob Schumacher and Gary Were carry their patient, New Plymouth police's Detective Paul Barron, while TET Rescue Helicopter pilot Richard Foale (centre) and crew member Phil Dwyer look on. Detective Sergeant Keith Borrell marks the team's effort.

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COLD CALL: Members of the New Plymouth District Council community development team (from left) Inia Ashford, Melanie Larkin and Denise McGregor brave freezing water for charity on Saturday. Thirty-four people in 10 teams took the ice-cold plunge for the Taranaki branch of the national charity Heart Children.

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ARTY BUNCH: Siblings Holly Newsome (9), Jasmine (7) and Jack (5) proudly show off a copy of Jack's winning entry for a national art competition for Auckland YMCA's 150-year celebrations. Jack's drawing depicting one of the four YMCA core values, caring, won him his age-group category, while his sisters were finalists in each of their categories. Jack's drawing of two people helping each other across the road impressed the judges.