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Perceptive And Paymark Launch Ada
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 12:22 pm | Joint Press Release
Leading customer insights agency, Perceptive, and New Zealand’s original fintech startup, Paymark, are excited to launch Ada, a new tool that offers unprecedented insights as to how New Zealanders spend their money. Ada combines Paymark’s EFTPOS ... More >>
Business Lending Partnership Gives Westpac Customers Faster Access To Funds
Tuesday, 13 April 2021, 9:44 am | Joint Press Release
Westpac NZ and Common Ledger are giving Kiwi small businesses faster and more efficient access to lending, reducing online loan application times to as little as five minutes. Under the open data arrangement, Westpac business customers applying for loans from ... More >>
Cross Sector Coalition Calls For Urgent Government Action To Treat All Drug Use As A Health Issue.
Monday, 12 April 2021, 2:18 pm | Joint Press Release
More than 25 health and social service organisations, charities and prominent individuals are today calling on the Government to urgently overhaul the Misuse of Drugs Act and treat all drug usage as a health issue. The open letter , signed by a broad range ... More >>
Jockey Launches ‘Lifesaving Undies’ In Partnership With Testicular Cancer Nz
Tuesday, 6 April 2021, 12:36 pm | Joint Press Release
‘Remundies’ are ‘Reminder Undies’ that prompt men to check for signs of Testicular Cancer New Zealand’s favourite underwear and apparel brand, Jockey has announced it is teaming up with Testicular Cancer New Zealand (TCNZ) to ... More >>
Harraways To Fuel The Highlanders
Friday, 26 March 2021, 10:12 am | Joint Press Release
Iconic Otago business, Harraways and Sons Ltd, has joined forces with the Highlanders in a new partnership announced today. Harraways produce famous oat cereals and process other flaked grains too. They have been Otago based since 1867. The original Green ... More >>
Social Contract Calls For Unified Action To Make Central Wellington Safer
Friday, 26 March 2021, 9:48 am | Joint Press Release
Wellington City Council, Greater Wellington Regional Council, the city’s hospitality industry, retailers, and Police have launched a social contract asking Wellingtonians to join them to help make the central city safer. The social contract asks everyone ... More >>
Trade Aid & World Vision Rally Kiwis By Launching A Petition To Pass A Modern Slavery Act.
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 10:08 am | Joint Press Release
Trade Aid and World Vision are calling on New Zealanders to take action against modern slavery by signing a petition calling for a Modern Slavery Act. The petition is launched on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and ... More >>
Northland And Auckland Launch Joint Marketing Campaign
Wednesday, 24 March 2021, 12:08 pm | Joint Press Release
Kiwis are being encouraged to explore the Great Kiwi Road Trips between Auckland and Northland in a new joint marketing campaign by regional tourism operators (RTOs) Northland Inc and Auckland Unlimited in partnership with AA Traveller. <img ... More >>
Sika Deer Project To Benefit Hunting And Conservation
Friday, 12 March 2021, 10:22 am | Joint Press Release
The hunting sector is developing a proposal for a science-based management programme for sika deer in the Kaimanawa and Kaweka Forest Parks that will benefit both hunting and conservation. The proposed programme is led by the Central North Island Sika ... More >>
Doctors Back A Fully Empowered Māori Health Authority
Friday, 12 March 2021, 10:06 am | Joint Press Release
The Association of Salaried Medical Specialists and the New Zealand Medical Association are making clear their support for the establishment of a Māori Health Authority with full commissioning rights, as a new pathway to deliver health equity for Māori. ... More >>
Chemistry Tasked By Z Energy To Launch Z Electric, To Make Paying For Power More Rewarding For All New Zealanders
Thursday, 11 March 2021, 12:55 pm | Joint Press Release
Westhaven based agency, Chemistry together with Z Energy has announced today, the launch of Z Electric - New Zealand’s first electricity and fuel rewards bundle to combine power with ongoing fuel rewards. With no fixed term contracts, no caps ... More >>
Thank You To The People Of Northland And Auckland – 1 Million COVID-19 Tests And Counting
Tuesday, 9 March 2021, 3:24 pm | Joint Press Release
More than 1 million COVID-19 tests have been completed in the Northern Region (Northland and Auckland) since testing began in February 2020. The testing infrastructure is managed by the Northern Region DHBs (Northland, Waitematā, Auckland and Counties ... More >>
Natural Spaces Vital To Wellbeing
Friday, 5 March 2021, 10:47 am | Joint Press Release
Environmental historian, policy consultant and writer Dr Catherine Knight highlighted the importance of access to nature for human wellbeing to an audience of 80 people in Nelson on Thursday night (March 4). <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2103/7b2a20cd2fd56a72c458.jpeg" ... More >>
Dirty PR Exposed In Whale Oil Defamation Trial
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 9:55 pm | Joint Press Release
Three public health advocates are relieved that their long-standing Whale Oil defamation trial against Cameron Slater, Carrick Graham, Katherine Rich and the Food and Grocery Council has finally concluded and they are pleased that the truth has come out. Shane ... More >>
Harraways And Whānau Āwhina Plunket Supporting Homegrown Heroes
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 10:33 am | Joint Press Release
Harraways and Whānau Āwhina Plunket have a lot in common. Both ‘homegrown’, heritage brands were founded in Otago over a century ago and they collectively strive to support Kiwis’ wellbeing. To celebrate their partnership, Harraways and Whānau ... More >>
Vaccine Passport – Have You Got Your Cancer-prevention Stamp?
Wednesday, 3 March 2021, 9:52 am | Joint Press Release
As our collective consciousness is focussed on coronavirus and the new COVID vaccines, it seems timely to remind New Zealanders about another effective virus-fighting vaccine that we should be thinking about too: Gardasil. This highly effective, safe vaccine ... More >>
South Auckland Marae Leaders & Māori Health Providers Feeling Pressures Mount In Spike Of Community Transmission
Monday, 1 March 2021, 2:28 pm | Joint Press Release
“One Test Doesn’t Mean You’re OK” Leaders of Manurewa Marae, Papakura Marae, Te Puea Memorial Marae and Ngā Whare Waatea Marae, Turuki Healthcare and the Manukau Urban Māori Authority are feeling pressures mount at ground zero in the latest lockdown ... More >>
BlackBenchers To Play Ex-BlackCaps In Hamilton
Friday, 26 February 2021, 1:04 pm | Joint Press Release
The New Zealand Parliamentary Cricket Team (aka The BlackBenchers) have a busy few days ahead as they take on ex-BlackCaps, local media, and Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield in a series of matches around New Zealand. On Sunday March 28 ... More >>
New Māori Cultural App Te Kupenga Launched Today
Monday, 22 February 2021, 2:40 pm | Joint Press Release
A new Māori cultural app launched today called Te Kupenga is being described as an exciting step forward for Hawke’s Bay’s five councils. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2102/d2bc8a53a5c8bead5703.jpeg" width="720" height="446"> Te Kupenga is the result of ... More >>
Appreciation For Hard Working Truck Drivers
Monday, 22 February 2021, 2:31 pm | Joint Press Release
Truck drivers have played a vital role in delivering essential supplies for New Zealanders as the Covid-19 pandemic has taken the country into a whole range of alert levels and lockdowns. This week (Monday 22 February to Friday 26 February) is National ... More >>
