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Barnardos, Plunket welcome Never Ever Shake a Baby
Friday, 4 December 2009, 10:01 am | Joint Media Statement
Barnardos New Zealand and Plunket welcome today’s launch of the campaign Never, Ever Shake a Baby, by Hon Paula Bennett, Minister of Social Development. The campaign is highly significant in that it focuses on protecting the most vulnerable of our ... More >>
Superfund should divest from Israeli war crimes
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 2:40 pm | Joint Media Statement
New Zealand peace and justice organisations are today restating a call made four weeks ago for the New Zealand Superannuation Fund to divest from Israeli investments as part of a global divestment campaign aimed to put pressure on the Israeli occupation ... More >>
Unions mark Intl Day of Persons with Disabilities
Thursday, 3 December 2009, 9:13 am | Joint Media Statement
The Public Service Association and the Service and Food Workers Union are marking the ‘International Day of Persons with Disabilities’ by calling on the government to address long-standing funding problems for the disability support sector. Today ... More >>
Lack of ATM coverage threatens holiday season
Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 9:54 am | Joint Media Statement
Dairies, social clubs, and service stations in small towns expecting population numbers to rise in the holiday season, including the inter-island ferries which attracts high numbers over Christmas want all New Zealanders to have access to independent ... More >>
Paddock to plate – new market food tracker
Monday, 30 November 2009, 12:41 pm | Joint Media Statement
A food tracking process developed by Onslow College students has enabled some Harbourside Market stallholders to identify the exact point their produce was grown. Fruit and vegetable stallholders at the market can now tell customers exactly which paddock ... More >>
LIFE Education Trust Gets Donation From Lockwood
Monday, 30 November 2009, 11:49 am | Joint Media Statement
Life Education Trust received a $108,000 donation yesterday following the sale of a brand new two bedroom Lockwood home, which was built in 32 hours and put up for auction for the charity with a $1 reserve. Some 25 Lockwood builders from all over ... More >>
St. Jerome's Auckland Laneway Festival
Monday, 30 November 2009, 11:23 am | Joint Media Statement
The very first St Jeromes Auckland Laneway Festival has already got you very excited. We at festival HQ are very excited too! You already know the line up is quite possibly one of New Zealand best ever featuring: ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, FLORENCE & THE MACHINE, ... More >>
Stay safe, have fun in the water this summer
Friday, 27 November 2009, 2:52 pm | Joint Media Statement
Plunket and Water Safety New Zealand are urging families to have fun but be safe around water as the Kiwi summer heats up Sue Campbell, Plunket’s National Child Safety Advisor, says parents and caregivers need to keep a close eye on children ... More >>
Pacific Democracy: What’s Happening? - Conference
Thursday, 26 November 2009, 3:03 pm | Joint Media Statement
More than 50 papers will be presented by leading scholars, analysts and political commentators from around the Pacific region including Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Hawaii, Australia, United States, Japan, Niue, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Solomon ... More >>
PSA and Ministry of Justice to Mediate
Wednesday, 25 November 2009, 4:44 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Public Service Association and the Ministry of Justice have agreed to meet on Thursday 26 November in order to progress bargaining. The PSA has suspended industrial action to enable mediation to occur. In a joint media statement issued today, both ... More >>
ACC punishing low paid home support workers
Tuesday, 10 November 2009, 9:21 am | Joint Media Statement
The Public Service Association and Healthcare of New Zealand say home support workers supporting ACC clients in rural areas will be hardest hit by the ACC cutting funding for their travel allowance. The Public Service Association is the union representing ... More >>
Community Drive For Realising Youth Potential
Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10:18 am | Joint Media Statement
Hastings District Council is bringing together groups with an interest the district’s young people to discuss ways to unlock their potential and address anti-social behavior of at-risk youth. Around two years ago, Council established the Hastings District ... More >>
Joint media release re RMO changes in Ak hospitals
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 5:07 pm | Joint Media Statement
Twenty new Resident Medical Officer (RMO) positions are to be created across the three Auckland District Health Boards (Auckland, Waitemata & Counties/Manukau) as part of a coordinated effort to shift resource toward areas with the greatest need ... More >>
Second disclosure of expenses claimed by MPs
Thursday, 29 October 2009, 10:28 am | Joint Media Statement
The second disclosure of expenses claimed by members of Parliament has been released by the Prime Minister, the Hon John Key, and the Speaker of the House, the Hon Dr Lockwood Smith. The first disclosure of expenses covered the first two quarters of ... More >>
$29m Tui profit justifies pay freeze – Yeah right
Monday, 19 October 2009, 3:23 pm | Joint Media Statement
Tui workers in Timaru and Greymouth are giving a collective ‘yeah right’ to Dominion Breweries over the company’s attempt to impose a pay freeze. More >>
10-20% Pure New Zealand March on Parliament
Friday, 16 October 2009, 12:51 pm | Joint Media Statement
Today hundreds of Wellington Students will be taking to the streets in a climate march leaving Kelburn Park at 12pm and arriving at Parliament at 1.15pm. The march is asking the New Zealand Government to commit to an emissions reduction target of ... More >>
The Gift of Rice
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 4:54 pm | Joint Media Statement
Children on the Edge is proud to be partnering with UNCLE BEN’S & The Body Shop to produce a novel and rewarding Christmas gift – The Gift of Rice. PERFECT for all those friends and family members who are so hard to buy for, so a must for shopping ... More >>
Middle East: Is Religion the problem or solution?
Thursday, 15 October 2009, 10:17 am | Joint Media Statement
Victoria University of Wellington and the Wellington Council of Christians and Jews Present a Public Seminar More >>
Bus services remain suspended until notice
Friday, 9 October 2009, 4:44 pm | Joint Media Statement
Bus services provided by Metrolink, North Star, GO WEST, Waka Pacific, LINK and City Circuit remain suspended over the weekend “until such time as the unions’ notice of industrial action is withdrawn,” says Zane Fulljames GM Operations. Negotiations ... More >>
Exporters Want Govt Crack Down On Currency Punters
Thursday, 8 October 2009, 5:25 pm | Joint Media Statement
Punters speculating on the New Zealand dollar were creaming profits at the expense of meat, wool and dairy producers and the Government should be focussing on ways to step in and weed them out. Wool exporter Peter Christensen from Fuhrman and Co ... More >>
