A photo published on page A6 on Saturday incorrectly identified a drunk Toast Martinborough reveller who turned a firehose on the crowd. The man who appeared in Masterton District Court was Daniel Michael Lockyer. However the photograph published was in fact that of Lachlan McHattie, a Masterton builder who runs Lockstar Construction. Mr McHattie has [...]
In a story on Saturday, Carterton Mayor Ron Mark was quoted as saying Wellington city had a “consultative” economy. He in fact said “consumptive”. Link Report an error
Andrew Trethewey was sentenced to 7 1/2 months’ jail on a charge of careless driving, not 7 1/2 years’ jail for careless driving causing death as reported yesterday. He served half the sentence. The error is regretted. Report an error
Lawyer Fergus Steedman told a Palmerston North jury they may want to "hate" his pensioner client, not "hit" him, as reported yesterday. Report an error
Yesterday’s editorial about the potential sale of 16 Crafar farms to a Chinese consortium said the farms were placed in receivership when the Crafar family went bankrupt. That is incorrect. None of the directors of the Crafar farms or members of the Crafar family have been made bankrupt. The companies that own the farms were [...]
In a January 30 article headlined “Daily abuse just goes with the territory” a reporter and photographer accompanied a Wellington parking warden. Published above the article was a photograph of Ray Pineaha receiving a ticket. The caption to the photograph recorded the warden saying the abuse occasionally makes him consider getting another job. The newspaper [...]
An article on Saturday about the court appearance of Lynn Fiebig stated that Alexander Fiebig and Richard Chittock received payment from the false invoices involved. That was wrong. The Dominion Post accepts that none of the payments involved relating to the false invoices was made to either Alexander Fiebig or Richard Chittock and apologises for [...]
Children as young as 14 who took part in a Colmar Brunton research project were not shown footage of rape, sadism or "graphic" violence, as reported on December 4. Forty-four teenagers aged 14 to 17 participated. Consent was gained from their parents, who had already viewed the clips, taken from eight films or television programmes. [...]
TEEN smoker Jayden Marshal said he attends Onslow College in an article yesterday but the school says it has no record of him. Report an error
ON MARCH 24, The Dominion Post reported that the Solicitor-General, Dr David Collins, had tried to “slip through” security into the Supreme Court. In fact, unbeknown to the newspaper, the solicitor- general had not attempted to avoid the security measures in place at the Supreme Court. Dr Collins had gone through the same security measures [...]
WRITER Lynley Dodd did not say she was too old to go changing her ways, as reported in yesterday’s article about the Government restoring titular honours. The error is regretted. Report an error
MASSEY UNIVERSITY economist Dr Greg Clydesdale said Pacific Islanders have less productivity and are less likely to contribute to economic growth but he did not use the term “a drain on the economy” as reported in The Dominion Post of May 20. Report an error
AN ARTICLE published on June 2 wrongly stated that Brad Shipton was acquitted of raping Louise Nicholas in 1994 after two trials had been aborted. This is incorrect. Brad Shipton was not involved in any rape trial as an accused in 1994. That trial related to another man who has permanent name suppression. Report an [...]
THE National Council of Women did not recommend sending women to finishing school, or telling them to act more demurely and like ladies, as reported on March 8. The council has never advocated sending women to finishing schools. Its press release, which related to binge-drinking among women, said it was perfectly acceptable to act like [...]
TAURANGA woman Donna Johnson has accused former policeman Brad Shipton of sexually violating her, not Clint Rickards, as reported yesterday. The error is regretted. Report an error
