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Prime TV: The Great Global Warming Swindle

Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 4:15 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Prime TV: Important Viewing For Everyone Who Cares about the Planets future and our Standard of living. More >>

Emissions targets kicked for touch

Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 9:14 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The about face on the proposed Emissions Trading Scheme is welcome but its really a kick for touch beyond the election, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Government ownership of rail no recipe for success

Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 9:09 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Finance Minister Dr Cullen has said there will be no profit in a properly integrated rail system without subsidization, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) chief executive, Alasdair Thompson. More >>

Plant shut downs point up ramshackle power supply

Friday, 2 May 2008, 3:45 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The lack of a reliable electricity supply is causing New Zealand long term economic damage, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Carbon trade proposals could destroy economy

Monday, 28 April 2008, 3:00 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

For common sense to prevail the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) is urging our law makers to think long and hard about the effects of the Climate Change (Emissions Trading and Renewable Preference) Bill. More >>

Employers damned if they do and if they don't

Wednesday, 16 April 2008, 10:12 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

TV3's failure to provide balance in its reporting of KiwiSaver employer contributions has prompted the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern), or EMA, to complain to the Broadcasting Standards Authority. More >>

Employers acting lawfully on KiwiSaver

Monday, 14 April 2008, 5:04 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Reported criticism of the way employers are implementing employer contributions to KiwiSaver is causing unnecessary confusion and uncertainty, says David Lowe, employment services manager for the Employer and Manufacturers Association (Northern) or EMA. More >>

Airport shares intervention hits free society

Sunday, 13 April 2008, 3:11 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Government veto of the sale of shares in Auckland's airport removes the rights of shareholders to sell private property, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Waikato manufacturers buck national trend: PMI

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 11:48 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Manufacturing activity in the Waikato bucked the national downward trend in March, according to the BNZ, Business New Zealand Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI) More >>

China FTA's protections world class

Thursday, 10 April 2008, 9:28 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The Free Trade Agreement with China has world class provisions to protect our businesses against unfair trade practices, says the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>

Government out of touch with business: airport bid

Thursday, 28 February 2008, 9:16 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Retrospective changes to the tax rules by which companies organise their funding shows the government is out of touch with business, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Ring road plan earns tick

Thursday, 7 February 2008, 4:51 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

It's good to see the Government prepared to investigate the completion of Auckland's western ring route by means of a public private partnership (PPP), says Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>

Complacency must not be an option

Thursday, 6 December 2007, 3:02 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association, (MEA), says that the RBNZ’s decision to hold the OCR, no change along with hard words, is not an excuse for the Government and the select committee on monetary policy to sidestep the issues driving ... More >>

Electoral Finance Law Would Muzzle Public Debate

Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 9:21 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Politics is far too important to be left to the politicians, but under the Electoral Finance law political parties would be the only groups able to freely debate important issues, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

MEA Media Release - 7 November 2007 OutLook Report

Wednesday, 7 November 2007, 3:22 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The New Zealand Manufacturers and Exporters Association (MEA) releases its OutLook report titled, ‘Assets, Tax and Productivity’, the second in a series published by the MEA examining the Association’s policy development research that supports ... More >>

Energy strategy triggers more alarm

Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 2:57 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Government's advice to its SOE power generators not to develop any new base load thermal generation is a return to the bad old days when SOE's were government departments and used to steer the economy, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) ... More >>

Tax cuts needed to restore fiscal discipline

Thursday, 11 October 2007, 11:59 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Tax cuts are essential if for no other reason than to get financial discipline back into the government sector, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Offshore action not high priority for Kiwi firms

Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 4:37 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Exporting is not high on the agenda of most established kiwi businesses, according to the 2007 PricewaterhouseCoopers Clever Companies/EMA Survey (the Clever Companies Survey). More >>

Climate Change Solutions A Strategy For NZ Inc

Friday, 21 September 2007, 4:57 pm | Employers And Manufacturers Association

The measures announced this week to 'solve' climate change amount to a long awaited strategy for New Zealand's economic development, the Employers & Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

Polls leave no doubt: Aucklanders want change

Thursday, 2 August 2007, 9:43 am | Employers And Manufacturers Association

Aucklanders have demonstrated their support for reform of local government through three opinion polls this week, and the support is probably higher than that, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern) says. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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