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Energy Companies Team Up To Explore LNG Potential
Wednesday, 28 January 2004, 10:25 am | Joint Media Statement
Planning to ensure that national electricity demand continues to be reliably met took an important step forward today with the announcement of advisers to lead studies into the logistical and market implications of importing Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) ... More >>
BP and POAL reach agreement on tank farm sites
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 5:16 pm | Joint Media Statement
BP Oil New Zealand (BP) and Ports of Auckland (POAL) have reached agreement on BP’s early exit from its leases in the Western Reclamation, Freemans Bay. More >>
Unions To Fight Contracting Out Of Food Services
Tuesday, 27 January 2004, 5:10 pm | Joint Media Statement
''Unions are opposed to the contracting out proposal from the CDHB which would see private firms cooking meals for patients from mid way through this year,'' said Campbell Duignan, Spokesperson for the Combined Unions and Regional Secretary of the Service ... More >>
Smartest parking machines in the country trialed
Monday, 26 January 2004, 8:05 am | Joint Media Statement
Wellington City Council is starting a six-month trial of TXT-a-Park – the country’s first pay-and-display parking machine system that allows Vodafone customers to pay for parking via Txt. More >>
Pilot Project For Financial Reporting System
Monday, 22 December 2003, 2:14 pm | Joint Media Statement
Investors, the financial markets and regulators can look forward to accessing more accurate and reliable financial information faster as the result of an electronic reporting initiative currently being trialed in New Zealand. More >>
Armstrong Report Fails To Identify Real Villain
Friday, 19 December 2003, 3:49 pm | Joint Media Statement
The report of the Auditor-General into payments made by Television New Zealand, New Zealand Post and Industrial Research Ltd to the former chair of all three, Dr Ross Armstrong, was never going to identify the real culprit - Prime Minister Helen Clark, ... More >>
Revised Intl. Accounting Standards Welcomed
Friday, 19 December 2003, 2:29 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Securities Commission of New Zealand, the Accounting Standards Review Board (ASRB) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants’ Financial Reporting Standards Board (FRSB) have welcomed the publication of two revised International Accounting Standards addressing ... More >>
Massey and Victoria back Council plan
Thursday, 4 December 2003, 1:10 pm | Joint Media Statement
Massey and Victoria universities are pushing ahead with their plans for a joint School of Music with the national centre of musical excellence now having a name, interim director and possible inner-city location. More >>
University Negotiations Continue
Wednesday, 3 December 2003, 9:52 am | Joint Media Statement
University unions and employers will are meeting in Wellington on Wednesday and Thursday this week to continue the negotiation of national collective employment agreements in the university sector. More >>
Multi-Million Dollar Lincoln Road Development
Tuesday, 25 November 2003, 1:47 pm | Joint Media Statement
Work is starting on transforming the former Press paper store into a multi-million dollar office and retail development. More >>
Mass Mobilizations Opposing Empire This Week
Friday, 21 November 2003, 2:52 pm | Joint Media Statement
Joint Solidarity Statement of The Stop the War Coalition (UK), The Mobilization to Stop the FTAA (US), and The School of the Americas Watch Movement (US) More >>
Rescue Helicopter Returns To The Beach Patrols
Tuesday, 28 October 2003, 6:41 am | Joint Media Statement
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter is to return to patrol and rescue duties along Auckland’s West Coast beaches this weekend. More >>
Eastern BOP Schools to be $50,000 better off
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 2:42 pm | Joint Media Statement
The results of energy audits on 14 schools in the Eastern Bay of Plenty were announced at a meeting in Whakatane last night - and show savings of almost 20% can be easily achieved. More >>
Amalgamation Approved By University And College
Tuesday, 21 October 2003, 2:06 pm | Joint Media Statement
The respective Councils of The University of Auckland and the Auckland College of Education have approved a proposal to amalgamate the two institutions. More >>
ASB adopts mobile working solution
Friday, 17 October 2003, 3:37 pm | Joint Media Statement
ASB Bank has launched a limited deployment of 25 Toshiba Portege tablets for remote working staff that will provide them with real-time access to customer and bank data from anywhere within New Zealand’s 027 network. More >>
Launch Of Global Control Arms Campaign
Friday, 10 October 2003, 11:10 am | Joint Media Statement
The global arms trade is dangerously unregulated, and allows weapons to reach repressive governments, human rights abusers and criminals, says a new report released today. To address these concerns, three international organisations have joined to launch ... More >>
University Negotiations Delayed
Tuesday, 7 October 2003, 4:51 pm | Joint Media Statement
Negotiations delayed, mediation for university staff Discussions between university employers and unions have been delayed after the parties failed to agree on aspects of a bargaining protocol intended to govern conduct during formal employment agreement ... More >>
More Progress On Rail Upgrade
Monday, 6 October 2003, 5:18 pm | Joint Media Statement
The next phase of the Auckland Rail Upgrade Project is now underway with progress on basic station improvements, construction of three “signature stations”, improved lighting and security and “de-stressing” of the tracks to minimise delays over summer. More >>
Time For Urgent Action On Physical Punishment
Tuesday, 23 September 2003, 2:15 pm | Joint Media Statement
Women’s Refuges, Child Abuse Prevention Services and National Network of Stopping Violence Services are united in their support for the Prime Minister’s statement in the media yesterday that she is reconsidering Section 59 of the Crimes Act, which ... More >>
‘Health Nazis’ Actually Saving Lives
Friday, 19 September 2003, 2:47 pm | Joint Media Statement
The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, Heart Foundation and Cancer Society are extremely disappointed by United Future leader Peter Dunne’s comments in Parliament last night about tobacco control health workers. Mr Dunne called the workers ‘health Nazis’, ... More >>
