Joint Press Release - Latest News [Page 37]
The Awareness Party Joins Social Credit
Thursday, 9 August 2018, 11:09 am | Joint Press Release
Awareness Party leader Lisa Er and the party’s key personnel have joined Social Credit, and recommended to their members that they do likewise. More >>
Apple and stonefruit group launch legal action
Wednesday, 8 August 2018, 6:22 pm | Joint Press Release
Apple and stonefruit group launch legal action to overturn MPI directive to cut and burn plant material Flawed decision making may kill New Zealand innovation and set industry back 10-15 years A group of five industry members have joined together ... More >>
Ministry and NZEI enter mediation
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 12:47 pm | Joint Press Release
The Ministry of Education and NZEI Te Riu Roa have agreed to enter into mediation today over primary teacher negations for their collective agreement. More >>
Empowering Pacific Media to share our Ocean stories
Monday, 30 July 2018, 4:39 pm | Joint Press Release
Empowering Pacific Media to share our Ocean stories 30 July, 2018 “Our Pacific Ocean, Our Stories” an Ocean Toolkit for Pacific Media was launched in Suva, Fiji this month recognising the role of the media in empowering informed Pacific conversations ... More >>
Specialist Plastic Surgeons from across the globe gather
Monday, 30 July 2018, 1:31 pm | Joint Press Release
Specialist Plastic Surgeons from across the globe gather in the name of patient safety The Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS) and the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons (NZAPS) will, for the first time, be jointly ... More >>
Insights into why dairies sell tobacco
Friday, 27 July 2018, 9:17 am | Joint Press Release
A recent survey by the Cancer Society and Canterbury District Health Board of 62 dairies and convenience stores in Christchurch provides new insight into how important tobacco is perceived to be to their business, and whether they would be prepared ... More >>
New, interactive game series teaches skills
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 8:45 am | Joint Press Release
Auckland, 26 July 2018 - The Ministry of Social Development, Joy Business Academy (JBA), Xero and BNZ today announced the launch of The Tycoon Game series, which consists of Restaurant Tycoon and Tech Tycoon. More >>
New Breast Cancer Partnership Projects Announced
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 12:14 pm | Joint Press Release
The Health Research Council of New Zealand, Breast Cancer Cure and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ are pleased to announce that funding has been offered to four recipients through the Breast Cancer Research in New Zealand initiative. This fifth call for ... More >>
Call for BYO containers at delis
Thursday, 19 July 2018, 3:21 pm | Joint Press Release
Hannah Blumhardt and Liam Prince of The Rubbish Trip; Rachel Benefield, founder of Plastic Free Kāpiti; Wellington-based waste advocacy group Waste-ed; and Kristy Lorson, the owner of zero waste business EarthSavvy and the founder of the 19,000 ... More >>
Young Greens & Young Labour Conversion Therapy Petition
Thursday, 19 July 2018, 9:46 am | Joint Press Release
The practice of Conversion Therapy harms the mental health of LGBTTQIA+ people in Aotearoa and should be outlawed. More >>
Otago and Southland Regional Transport Plans mid-term update
Friday, 13 July 2018, 3:59 pm | Joint Press Release
The Otago and Southland Regional Transport Committees (RTC) have recently completed their mid-term update of the 2015-2021 Regional Land Transport Plans (RLTPs) which set a vision of transport in the future. The combined plans also outline how the ... More >>
Iwi Fundamentally Opposed to Seabed Mining Activity
Friday, 13 July 2018, 2:07 pm | Joint Press Release
Te Kotahitanga o Te Atiawa Trust and Te Kāhui o Taranaki Trust are fundamentally opposed to seabed mining activities within their tribal rohe. More >>
Vanuatu opens two Provincial Emergency Operation Centres
Friday, 6 July 2018, 4:11 pm | Joint Press Release
Port Villa, Vanuatu- This week, Vanuatu Prime Minister Hon, Charlot Tabimasmas officially opened two Provincial Emergency Operations Centres (PEOC’s) in Malampa and in Sanma. The PEOC’s were funded by the EU through the Building Safety and Resilience in ... More >>
Local Songstress Shares Skills with Next Generation
Thursday, 5 July 2018, 4:07 pm | Joint Press Release
A Dunedin mentorship programme for young musicians will this year be headed by local songwriter Nadia Reid. In recent years Reid has become one of New Zealand’s most evocative and profound young songwriters, and this year she will take a break from ... More >>
Northland Inc and NorthTec sign agreement to work together
Monday, 2 July 2018, 4:19 pm | Joint Press Release
A Northland School of Business and Talent Management Office supporting work experience opportunities and employment outcomes are just two of the initiatives Northland Inc and NorthTec will work on under a bilateral agreement signed yesterday (subs: Wednesday ... More >>
Report Provides Zero Carbon Solution
Thursday, 21 June 2018, 1:14 pm | Joint Press Release
A report to the Productivity Commission is recommending “bold action” to eliminate tillage or ploughing within the next five to 10 years and replace it with low disturbance no-tillage. More >>
Protest/Sit-in @ Great Barrier Island... Day Two
Tuesday, 19 June 2018, 4:58 pm | Joint Press Release
Outside the Department of Conservation headquarters at Okiwi on Aotea-Great Barrier Island members of Society for the Protection of Aotea Community and Ecology, Aotea Poison Free and Mana Whenua have set up camp in protest over the coming Aerial Poison ... More >>
Sowing the Seeds of a Healthy Childhood Motivation
Thursday, 14 June 2018, 3:47 pm | Joint Press Release
Helping young New Zealanders have the best chance of a healthy childhood is the driving force behind a new partnership between New Zealand’s leading charitable child health research funder and premier seed supplier, Pioneer® brand products More >>
Lake algae found in Waikato and Manawatū-Whanganui regions
Wednesday, 13 June 2018, 2:41 pm | Joint Press Release
Lake algae found in Waikato and Manawatū-Whanganui regions for first time Lindavia intermedia , a microscopic freshwater algae species, has been found in the Waikato and Manawatū-Whanganui regions for the first time. Its discovery prompts a reminder ... More >>
Golden Bay Grandstand - Legal proceedings
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 11:18 am | Joint Press Release
8 June 2018 10pm The Golden Bay Grand Stand Community Trust and the Golden Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Association filed proceedings in the High Court today to seek a judicial review of Tasman District Council's decisions to demolish the historic grandstand ... More >>