Joint Media Statement - Latest News [Page 30]
Broadcasters Join Forces To Defend TV Reporting
Friday, 6 July 2007, 9:45 am | Joint Media Statement
New Zealand's major television news organisations - Television New Zealand, TV3, Maori Television and Sky News NZ – today issued a joint public pledge to defy parts of Parliament's new rules on TV coverage of Members of Parliament in the debating ... More >>
Sealord, Aotearoa, Sanford Want Lower Hoki Quota
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 1:44 pm | Joint Media Statement
Sealord, Aotearoa Fisheries and Sanford would like a reduction in the Hoki Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) for the long term good of the hoki fishery, Sealord and Aotearoa Fisheries Chair Robin Hapi and Sanford Managing Director Eric Barratt ... More >>
Project launches a website with 10,000 legs!
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 1:29 pm | Joint Media Statement
A FREE, easy-to-use, on-line invertebrate and host plant database will shortly open up the world of plant-feeding insects to all New Zealanders. The database pulls together information that has traditionally been scattered in scientific literature, biological ... More >>
New Chief Advisor: Integrated Care
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 11:43 am | Joint Media Statement
A new Chief Advisor: Integrated Care is to be appointed by the Ministry of Health in what is a first for New Zealand, Health Minister Pete Hodgson and Green Party Health Spokesperson Sue Kedgley announced today. More >>
Cooper and Cooper reach agreement over trade marks
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 11:04 am | Joint Media Statement
A Statement Concerning the Trelise Cooper and Tamsin Cooper Trade Mark Dispute Outlined below is a media statement concerning the case of Trelise Cooper Ltd v Tamsin Cooper & ors. More >>
Orcon & CallPlus join forces
Friday, 29 June 2007, 4:33 pm | Joint Media Statement
In a joint submission to the Commerce Commission on Telecom's standard terms proposal for local loop unbundling (LLU), telecommunications providers Orcon and CallPlus have called for significant changes in order to allow the effective implementation ... More >>
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts Signs On Bezurk.com
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 9:50 am | Joint Media Statement
Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts partners with one of Asia Pacific’s leading travel search engine Bezurk.com to further extend its reach to customers booking hotels online. More >>
Youthful Councillors Back Lower Voting Age
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 2:32 pm | Joint Media Statement
Youthful representatives on two of New Zealand’s largest city councils are lending their support to MP Sue Bradford’s private members bill aimed at lowering the voting age to 16. More >>
Scoop.co.nz partners with Bezurk.com
Thursday, 21 June 2007, 11:19 am | Joint Media Statement
Singapore, June 21st, 2007 – Scoop, the leading independent news publication in New Zealand, today announced a partnership with the Asia-Pacific Travel Search Engine, Bezurk.com to launch a new travel search engine service for New Zealanders on Scoop.co.nz. More >>
NZ & Japan Oppose Conservation Of Sharks At CITES
Saturday, 16 June 2007, 3:33 pm | Joint Media Statement
The NZ Government is coming under fire from conservation groups for helping to block EU proposals that would see two threatened shark species gain greater protection. More >>
Fishing Industry Pays Small Price Abusing Quota
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 2:54 pm | Joint Media Statement
Over eleven hundred tonnes of west coast snapper have been taken in excess of sustainable quota limits since the introduction of the quota management system. That equates to over one million fish - a profit for commercial fishers of over three million ... More >>
Forum To Set Priorities For Business Growth
Thursday, 14 June 2007, 9:25 am | Joint Media Statement
A new business group is being launched with the aim of expanding New Zealand's international business. More >>
(IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers partnership
Tuesday, 12 June 2007, 9:28 am | Joint Media Statement
The Interactive Advertising Bureau of New Zealand (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers announced today they have signed an agreement to provide accurate measurement of interactive advertising spending in the New Zealand market. PricewaterhouseCoopers ... More >>
ACC And Police Target Motorcycle Accidents
Monday, 11 June 2007, 11:54 am | Joint Media Statement
Since 2001 the number of ACC claims for motorcycle accidents has nearly doubled, and annual ACC claim costs now exceed $52 million (not including treatment in public hospitals). More >>
Community petitions to put cigarettes out of sight
Thursday, 31 May 2007, 9:25 am | Joint Media Statement
Thousands of New Zealanders are putting their puff behind a petition driven by ASH, the Cancer Society and the National Heart Foundation calling on Parliament to get cigarettes out of sight, by banning retail cigarette displays. More >>
Slice of Paradise Helps Dreams of a Family Holiday
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 1:10 pm | Joint Media Statement
An idyllic section on the shore of Lake Rotorua is set to become a special haven for kiwi families to relax and enjoy precious moments together with their children. More >>
Auckland Students Call for Elder's Resignation
Wednesday, 30 May 2007, 12:01 am | Joint Media Statement
Students from the environmental and human rights groups at the University of Auckland are calling for Don Elder's resignation after revelations that Solid Energy, the state owned enterprise Don Elder directs, paid spies to infiltrate environmental ... More >>
NZ's First Private Radiotherapy Centre In Auckland
Monday, 28 May 2007, 10:04 am | Joint Media Statement
MercyAscot and Southern Cross Hospitals have jointly announced that they will develop New Zealand’s first private radiotherapy centre in Auckland to provide a private ‘close to home’ treatment option for cancer patients. More >>
Trans-Tasman legal co-operation set to improve
Friday, 25 May 2007, 4:15 pm | Joint Media Statement
Businesses and individuals involved in trans-Tasman civil legal cases are set to benefit from reforms that will make the legal process easier and more affordable. More >>
Feeding our Futures - a great start
Thursday, 24 May 2007, 2:39 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Obesity Action Coalition, The Cancer Society and the National Heart Foundation today applauded the Minister of Health’s launch of Feeding our Futures, at the Agencies for Nutrition Action Conference in Rotorua. More >>