Joint Media Statement - Latest News [Page 43]
Westpac union members ratify Collective Agreement
Monday, 19 July 2004, 5:22 pm | Joint Media Statement
Finsec’s members at Westpac Phone Assist call centres in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch have voted to ratify a new collective agreement. More >>
Core Industries Request RMA Changes
Friday, 2 July 2004, 12:43 am | Joint Media Statement
Improvements to the Resource Management Act have been requested by a group of significant New Zealand industries. Manufacturing, processing, transport and energy companies and others have sent a joint letter to the Government asking for changes to streamline ... More >>
New Education Deal For Auckland
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 5:43 pm | Joint Media Statement
International Students The Big Winners In New Education Deal For Auckland, New Zealand Auckland is to become a major destination in the education of international students through More >>
Residents’ Assocs. Unite Against Council Decisions
Friday, 25 June 2004, 2:19 pm | Joint Media Statement
Representatives of the Residents’ Associations (RAs) of Plimmerton, Paremata, Pauatahanui and Whitby together with observers from Titahi Bay RA met on the 21 June to consider joint action opposing recent decisions made by Porirua City Council (PCC) in relation ... More >>
The People's Choice Sports Awards
Wednesday, 23 June 2004, 2:21 pm | Joint Media Statement
SKY TELEVISION AND THE RADIO NETWORK PRESENT 'THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE SPORTS AWARDS', PARALYMPICS NEW ZEALAND NAMED AS BENEFICIARY More >>
Major Changes For Auckland Orthopaedic Services
Friday, 11 June 2004, 5:42 pm | Joint Media Statement
Months of planning have gone into ensuring that major changes to the delivery of adult orthopaedic services in the Auckland region go smoothly and safely in June. More >>
Industry To Build Grower Support For Forest Levy
Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 10:26 am | Joint Media Statement
The forestry industry intends to work to build forest growers’ support for the introduction of a compulsory commodity levy to promote the development of the industry. More >>
Stop-Inghams-Ge.org Campaign Day: 28th of May
Friday, 28 May 2004, 10:50 am | Joint Media Statement
On Friday the 28th of May (Today), GE Free activists and supporters of a GE Free Aotearoa/New Zealand are invited to join in an email, fax and phone in day to help http://www.Stop-Inghams-GE.org/ . More >>
Urgent Petition to the Supreme Court on Rafah
Friday, 21 May 2004, 8:08 pm | Joint Media Statement
Urgent petition to the Supreme Court against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Allow the evacuation of the injured from Rafah, the unobstructed passage of ambulances and medical equipment, renewal of the supply of basic services, opening an immediate ... More >>
Eastern Transport Corridor, finally more certainty
Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 12:56 am | Joint Media Statement
The Mayors of Auckland and Manukau cities, Hon John Banks and Sir Barry Curtis, today reconfirmed their commitment to building the Eastern Transport Corridor sooner rather than later following a defining steering group meeting which made significant resolutions ... More >>
New School Welcomed By Mayor
Tuesday, 20 April 2004, 9:23 am | Joint Media Statement
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey has welcomed plans for a major new school in Hobsonville. More >>
POO Cleanup
Wednesday, 14 April 2004, 3:29 pm | Joint Media Statement
Protect Our Ocean and Forest and Bird are delighted that the Dunedin City Council has voted to withdraw its appeal on the Tahuna sewage appeals. The Councillor's vote means they have agreed to upgrade the Tahuna wastewater treatment plant by 2012 to ... More >>
Lost Childhood Condemned By Physicians
Thursday, 18 March 2004, 12:11 am | Joint Media Statement
Gaza Community Mental Health Program (GCMHP), Defence for Children International/Palestine Section (DCI/PS), and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel condemn the use of a Palestinian child to carry explosives, and the Israeli Occupation for using him in their propaganda. More >>
Regarding the aircraft accident of 6th June 2003
Monday, 15 March 2004, 5:11 pm | Joint Media Statement
Air Adventures, Jan Williams and the Bannerman Family make the following statement regarding the aircraft accident, which occurred on 6 June 2003. More >>
Time to digest Opus recommendation
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 2:41 pm | Joint Media Statement
Councillor Greg McKeown, Eastern Transport Corridor Steering Group chairperson, says that time is needed for city politicians and officials to digest the latest Opus International reports before decisions are made by the Auckland and Manukau city ... More >>
Mayors upbeat over Eastern Transport Corridor
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 2:41 pm | Joint Media Statement
The recommended option and economic justification reports received by the Eastern Transport Corridor Steering Group from consultants today take the project forward, ease many residents’ fears and reconfirm the corridor must be built, said the Mayors ... More >>
International Women’s Day – Women and HIV/AIDS
Tuesday, 9 March 2004, 9:15 am | Joint Media Statement
New Zealand and its Pacific neighbours have a small window of opportunity to stem the rising rates of HIV/AIDS, Family Planning Association Executive Director, Dr Gill Greer, told a Wellington audience celebrating International Women’s Day at Parliament ... More >>
University Unions Foreshadow 10 Days Strike Action
Thursday, 4 March 2004, 10:18 pm | Joint Media Statement
University staff across New Zealand have indicated they will take up to ten days strike action if satisfactory national collective employment agreements are not agreed between universities and their unions. More >>
Councils approve new chairman for Techscape board
Wednesday, 3 March 2004, 2:32 pm | Joint Media Statement
Waitakere and North Shore City Councils have appointed a new chairman to the board of their jointly-owned company, Techscape Limited. More >>
A winter storm in summer
Wednesday, 25 February 2004, 6:09 pm | Joint Media Statement
The wild weather that saw parts of the lower North Island and top of the South Island under water last week had a definite touch of winter about it. More >>