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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 >>
Over Two Thirds Of New Zealanders Want The Government To Increase Income Support Rates
Monday, 22 February 2021, 9:50 am | Joint Press Release
Polling out today shows seven out of ten (69%) of New Zealanders agree “the Government should increase income support for those on low incomes and not in paid work”. The UMR poll was commissioned by a super-group of NGOs who are urging the government ... More >>
Aotearoa New Zealand Organisations Join Global Call For An End To Single Use Products
Thursday, 18 February 2021, 8:33 am | Joint Press Release
As government representatives from 193 member states prepare to discuss “Strengthening Actions for Nature”[1], 188 environmental groups from around the world – including four from Aotearoa New Zealand – are calling on them to change the systems that ... More >>
Resource Consent Declined For New Jet Fuel Storage Facility In Mount Maunganui
Friday, 5 February 2021, 4:20 pm | Joint Press Release
Joint Media Release - Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Tauranga City Council Resource consents for the development of a new jet fuel storage facility in Mount Maunganui have been declined. The decision under the Resource Management Act in relation to ... More >>
Indian Groups Demand NZ Supports WTO Vaccine Waiver
Thursday, 4 February 2021, 9:47 am | Joint Press Release
A group of 36 Indian health organisations and 50 respected individuals has sent a letter to the NZ Ambassador to India, calling on the NZ Government to support the proposed waiver of World Trade Organisation (WTO) intellectual property rules to ... More >>
Pfizer And BioNTech Achieve Approval By Medsafe For Their Vaccine Against COVID-19
Wednesday, 3 February 2021, 2:24 pm | Joint Press Release
Pfizer New Zealand and BioNTech today welcomed the drug safety regulator Medsafe in New Zealand granting Provisional Consent for their COVID-19 mRNA vaccine COMIRNATY™. Pfizer is the Market Authorisation Holder in New Zealand. The distribution of the ... More >>
42 Groups And Respected Experts Call On PM To Back A Peoples' Vaccine
Friday, 29 January 2021, 10:09 am | Joint Press Release
42 different groups and noted experts, including Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand, NZ Council of Trade Unions, the New Zealand Public Service Association, Greenpeace Aotearoa and Médecins Sans Frontières New Zealand have signed a letter ... More >>
Failed Consultation Leads To Loss Of Māori Legacy At Unitec
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 3:46 pm | Joint Press Release
The whānau of Te Ahikaiata Turei supported by Māori and non-Māori staff at Unitec will take back a portrait of the Tūhoe leader who led the establishment of Te Noho Kotahitanga Marae and the values that brought the institute back from the brink of ... More >>
Metro Auckland Testing Network Responds To Two New Border-related COVID-19 Cases
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 11:55 am | Joint Press Release
In light of yesterday’s two positive COVID-19 cases, two additional pop-up testing stations have immediately been stood up and are open this morning at Orewa and Albany. The Orewa testing station is at Victoria Eaves Park and is open from 9.30am-4pm this ... More >>
TransferWise And Visa Announce Global Partnership Following Successful Collaboration On Cloud Technology
Thursday, 28 January 2021, 8:37 am | Joint Press Release
Visa and TransferWise today announced a global partnership and the first use of Visa Cloud Connect, a new way for fintechs and partners to securely connect to VisaNet, Visa’s global processing network, through the public cloud. Visa Cloud Connect ... More >>
Vulnerable Youth Better Protected This Summer
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 10:40 am | Joint Press Release
Two organisations that work with children and young people have teamed up to provide an enhanced level of support for young people this holiday period, following a nationwide rise in child protection enquiries. Child Matters has partnered with Youthline to ... More >>
Port Otago Workers Launch “campaign Of Resistance” Over Mismanagement
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 9:55 am | Joint Press Release
Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) joint media release Workers at Port Otago are going on the front foot in a public campaign to change aggressive management tactics which are threatening the ... More >>
New Zealand And Niue Announce Next Steps Towards Quarantine-free Travel
Thursday, 17 December 2020, 9:34 am | Joint Press Release
The Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern and the Premier of Niue Dalton Tagelagi have announced next steps towards quarantine-free travel between the two countries. Negotiations on the text of an ‘Arrangement to Facilitate Quarantine-Free ... More >>
