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Undie 500 not returning to Dunedin
Thursday, 17 September 2009, 3:34 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Engineering Society of Canterbury (ENSOC) has today advised the University of Canterbury that, in light of events at the weekend, the Undie 500 Charity Drive will not be returning to Dunedin in the foreseeable future. ENSOC President Carl Shrimpton ... More >>
Councils to work together on sea lettuce
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 3:06 pm | Joint Media Statement
Environment Bay of Plenty, Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council will be working together to help in the clean up of an anticipated abundance of sea lettuce in and around Tauranga Harbour this summer. The Climate Prediction ... More >>
Fashion Fights for Animal Rights
Monday, 14 September 2009, 2:03 pm | Joint Media Statement
Dynamic New Zealand makeup entrepreneur Phoenix Renata, director of Phoenix Cosmetics, backed by a talented group of makeup artists has created a 2010 calendar of fabulous fashion makeup-art to raise money for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ... More >>
Bus workers reject offer
Friday, 11 September 2009, 3:59 pm | Joint Media Statement
More than 1000 Auckland bus workers meeting in Auckland today have rejected a new pay offer from bus operator NZ Bus. The workers – members of the Akarana Public Drivers’ Association, the Auckland Tramways Union, the National Distribution Union ... More >>
Mayors Back Unison as Hawke’s Bay’s Fibre Company
Friday, 4 September 2009, 3:45 pm | Joint Media Statement
Hastings and Napier Mayors are backing electricity lines company Unison Networks as Hawke’s Bay’s local fibre company. Hastings Mayor Lawrence Yule and Napier Mayor Barbara Arnott said as the community-owned lines network, Unison’s decision ... More >>
Asian Women’s Health – A concern for all
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 11:44 am | Joint Media Statement
Auckland, New Zealand (September, 2009) – A highly successful symposium that challenges and highlights the urgent needs of Asian Women’s health and wellbeing in New Zealand returns to Auckland on Friday 18 September at Alexandra Park Function Centre. Organised ... More >>
Bring the barriers down, leaders challenged
Thursday, 3 September 2009, 9:51 am | Joint Media Statement
A new report challenges a number of leading Auckland organisations, to tackle barriers that get in the way for 77,000 disabled Aucklanders. The report shows that disabled people could play a bigger part in the city if barriers were removed in public spaces, ... More >>
Youth advocates concerned about mobile price rises
Wednesday, 2 September 2009, 9:37 am | Joint Media Statement
Parents Inc. and Youthline today spoke out on behalf of families and young people, with concerns that the Commerce Commission’s proposed mobile phone regulation may have a negative impact. The organisations’ key worry is that New Zealanders will ... More >>
Preserving quality of life for ageing population
Monday, 24 August 2009, 9:53 am | Joint Media Statement
Social policy researchers are warning that there will be widespread poverty among the burgeoning older population if critical issues of income, housing and health aren’t addressed. Research carried out by the Family Centre Social Policy Research ... More >>
Decreasing Discrimination Against People With HIV
Friday, 21 August 2009, 9:55 am | Joint Media Statement
Two of New Zealand’s HIV prevention and support organisations have joined together to applaud a groundbreaking development for people living with HIV in New Zealand. For the first time, Your Life and Associates, a Hamilton based insurance broker has ... More >>
ACC targets sexual abuse counseling
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 3:20 pm | Joint Media Statement
Specialists in the provision of counselling and psychotherapy for sexual abuse are joining together to challenge ACC’s drive to push down operating costs at the expense of the current options available to their clients. Treatment providers throughout ... More >>
Breakthrough for NZ pastoral tech exports to US
Thursday, 20 August 2009, 9:47 am | Joint Media Statement
New Zealand Agritech Inc.(NZA) and Cullen Agricultural Technologies Inc. (Cullen) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to fast track the rollout and commercialisation of Kiwi pasture technology in the South-eastern United States – a market with potential ... More >>
Westpac & Finsec agree to protect Kiwi jobs
Friday, 14 August 2009, 4:15 pm | Joint Media Statement
“A positive result that protects Kiwi jobs,” is how Michael Wood from bank workers’ union Finsec describes a new Collective Agreement with Westpac New Zealand, ratified by union members today, that provides an assurance to not off-shore jobs for a year. ... More >>
New safety ratings to help used car buyers
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 5:07 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Automobile Association and the New Zealand Transport Agency have released new safety ratings to help consumers choose the safest used cars they can afford. More >>
Include workers in health & safety group - Unions
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 1:53 pm | Joint Media Statement
Transport workers have questioned why workers have not been invited to join a new health and safety group being set up by the Minister of Labour. Two of New Zealand's leading transport unions, the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ) and the Rail and ... More >>
Yahoo!Xtra & Hubsta announce new shopping channel
Monday, 10 August 2009, 1:17 pm | Joint Media Statement
Yahoo!Xtra and Hubsta today announced a partnership to create a new shopping channel which will be integrated into the Yahoo!Xtra portal. More >>
Collaboration keeps heritage collections safe
Monday, 10 August 2009, 11:36 am | Joint Media Statement
Archives New Zealand and the National Library are working together to ensure a safe environment for some of the Library’s most precious collections, during the Library’s upcoming building redevelopment. Greg Goulding, Archives New Zealand Acting Chief ... More >>
Submissions On Super City Support Maori Seats
Friday, 31 July 2009, 12:35 pm | Joint Media Statement
Auckland Maori tribal leaders presented a united front when calling on Prime Minister John Key and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide to reconsider Maori seats on the proposed Super City Council at a meeting yesterday hosted by Minister of Maori Affairs ... More >>
Microsoft, Yahoo! Change Search Landscape
Thursday, 30 July 2009, 10:23 am | Joint Media Statement
SUNNYVALE, CA and REDMOND, WA — 29 July, 2009 — Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve the Web search experience for users and advertisers, and deliver sustained innovation to the industry. In simple terms, Microsoft will ... More >>
Future looking brighter for New Plymouth RSA
Wednesday, 29 July 2009, 4:27 pm | Joint Media Statement
Following recent media reports regarding concerns about the future of the proposed redevelopment of the New Plymouth and Districts Returned and Services Association clubrooms at the Te Ara Complex, 435 Devon Street, representatives of the RSA Executive ... More >>
