Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Joint Press Release - Latest News [Page 68]
Online Tool to Reduce Button Battery Injury Risk
Monday, 16 June 2014, 12:33 pm | Joint Press Release
Safekids Aotearoa, Energizer, Ministry of Health and Trading Standards (a unit of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment) announced today an online tool to help emergency medical staff diagnose and treat children suspected of button battery ... More >>
Calls for Government to take action for Gifted Learners
Friday, 13 June 2014, 11:10 am | Joint Press Release
The Professional Association for Gifted Education (giftEDnz), New Zealand Association for Gifted Children (NZAGC) and New Zealand Centre for Gifted Education are calling for Government and Ministry of Education to formally recognise gifted and talented ... More >>
New Zealand Innovators Awards Now Open
Thursday, 12 June 2014, 10:07 am | Joint Press Release
Now’s the time to tell your story by entering the New Zealand Innovators Awards, celebrating innovation and commercialisation in New Zealand - entries open 12 June, 2014. More >>
Local Vampires Make Their Mark in ‘Vellington’
Wednesday, 11 June 2014, 10:51 am | Joint Press Release
Local Wellington Vampires Vladislav the Poker and Viago von Blitzenberg unveiled their latest DIY masterpiece in Wellington tonight, the addition of a giant ‘V’ to the iconic Wellington sign. The local vampires (who bear a striking resemblance ... More >>
Helping NZ stay corruption-free
Monday, 9 June 2014, 1:52 pm | Joint Press Release
The group of New Zealand business and justice organisations has developed anti-corruption training courses, to be launched in Auckland today. More >>
Marlon Williams Single Release Tour with Special Guests
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 10:26 am | Joint Press Release
Marlon Williams returns to New Zealand in July for a 4-date tour to release his new single ‘Strange Things’. He will also introduce local audiences to one of Australia’s finest young singer-songwriters, Melody Pool. More >>
Community-driven plan to improve Pacific health
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 2:22 pm | Joint Press Release
A new community-driven plan aims to help significantly improve the health of the Pacific population in Auckland. The plan, Our Health in Our Hands, has been developed by Waitemata and Auckland DHBs in partnership with Pacific communities and Primary ... More >>
Three Rivers calls in Turanga Health top guns!
Tuesday, 27 May 2014, 1:22 pm | Joint Press Release
Three Rivers Medical is using local smoking cessation experts to phone hundreds of patients who smoke, and help them into a quit programme if they want. Turanga Health smoking cessation kaiāwhina Mere Waihi and Christine Nepia have many years between ... More >>
Seeds of Orbit, The Roulettes and Loud Ghost
Monday, 26 May 2014, 12:36 pm | Joint Press Release
Psychedelic rock OD: 3 of Auckland's finest guitar bands combine forces for an aural onslaught of twisted pop and deep psych vibes. More >>
Local biotechnology companies in the spotlight in Europe
Monday, 26 May 2014, 11:48 am | Joint Press Release
Two Christchurch biotechnology companies, Olympic Biotec Ltd and Waitaki Biosciences, the trading division of PharmaZen Ltd, have pooled their expertise to produce the world’s first 100% krill powder. More >>
Google is 2014 BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 12:37 pm | Joint Press Release
Google has overtaken Apple to become the world’s most valuable global brand in the 2014 BrandZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking, worth $159 billion, an increase of 40% year on year. More >>
Nominations/entries open for South Island Farmer of the Year
Monday, 19 May 2014, 12:42 pm | Joint Press Release
Nominations and entries are open for the 2014 Lincoln University Foundation South Island Farmer of the Year competition, and organisers are hoping for another record year. More >>
International Museum Day - 18 May 2014
Friday, 16 May 2014, 12:46 pm | Joint Press Release
When you walk into an art gallery or museum, what do you find? We look for many different things – excitement, inspiration, information, emotion – and always for a personal connection. Scientific exhibits help us to experience the wonders of the natural ... More >>
Fit to rent? Housing WOF trial results released
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 12:34 pm | Joint Press Release
The results of a rental housing ‘warrant of fitness’ field trial have been released. This is the first step in a collaborative project aimed at making rental housing safer, healthier and more energy efficient. More than 140 rental properties were ... More >>
Music Managers Awards 2014 - Winners
Thursday, 15 May 2014, 9:54 am | Joint Press Release
The MMF New Zealand, Recorded Music NZ and the NZ Music Commission are proud to announce the winners of the 2014 Music Managers Awards. Tonight’s invitation-only awards ceremony at Auckland’s The Tuning Fork saw around 150 industry guests attend the ... More >>
Patriarch of Parnell Village honoured with statue
Tuesday, 13 May 2014, 12:03 pm | Joint Press Release
The Harvey family will recognise their late father’s vision and legacy as the creator of Parnell Village, with the unveiling of a statue in his honour. Three years ago, Kevin Harvey and his siblings Tom Harvey and Nancy King came up with the idea of ... More >>
Ancestry.com - You've seen TV adverts, now hear how it works
Monday, 12 May 2014, 12:47 pm | Joint Press Release
Family historian and Ancestry.com's New Zealand spokesperson Christine Clement will give two presentations in Hawke’s Bay next month. Her talk entitled The New Zealand records on Ancestry.com - lots of hidden secrets, will give users an insight into ... More >>
Mexico: Central American Migrants Arrested
Monday, 5 May 2014, 1:53 pm | Joint Press Release
Following an operation in which they captured more than 320 Central American migrants who were walking the road between Tenosique, Tabasco and Emiliano Zapata, agents of the Federal Police and the National Migration Institute assaulted staff of The ... More >>
Vigil in Wgtn for Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails
Monday, 5 May 2014, 10:57 am | Joint Press Release
The Muslim Community of Wellington, New Zealand is holding a vigil at 5.15pm on Friday May 9, 2014 at Civic Square, Wellington to draw attention to the critical situation of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails, and to express their solidarity with them. More >>
New Zealand Population Health Congress
Friday, 2 May 2014, 2:09 pm | Joint Press Release
The New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine, the Public Health Association and the Health Promotion Forum warmly welcome your registration for the inaugural New Zealand Population Health Congress being held 6-8 October 2014 at the Aotea Centre, ... More >>
