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New Date and Venue for Charity Wine Auction
Wednesday, 9 April 2014, 11:11 am | Joint Press Release
Stunning vintage lots will be up for grabs at the HB Winegrowers Charity Fine Wine Auction set for Saturday, November 8. The event will join the FAWC! (Food and Wine Classic) summer series and has moved to the Hawke’s Bay Racing Centre following ... More >>
Melbournians Call for Release of Papuan Political Prisoners
Thursday, 3 April 2014, 5:31 pm | Joint Press Release
Wednesday April 2nd is an international day of action to demand the freedom of Papuan andMalukans political prisoners. Actions will be held in Melbourne, London, The Hague, Auckland, Wellington, Edinburgh and West Papua calling for the immediate and unconditional ... More >>
Registrations open for Auckland’s first civic hackathon
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 1:43 pm | Joint Press Release
Designers, developers and innovators are being encouraged to register for a weekend of 'hacking for good’ in what will be Auckland’s first ‘civic hackathon’. More >>
Myele Manzanza to tour Stockholm, Budapest, Berlin & Munich
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 12:21 pm | Joint Press Release
After a stunning premier performance in Los Angeles which the LA Weekly selected as one of its 'Concerts of the Week' and a successful run of debut shows in the U.S. Myele Manzanza jumps over the Atlantic this week for a handful of shows in Europe ... More >>
Threatened geckos to find sanctuary on Motuihe Island
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 3:11 pm | Joint Press Release
One hundred of New Zealand’s largest geckos are leaving the Mercury Islands to find a new home on Motuihe Island, just 16km from downtown Auckland. This Sunday (March 30), Duvaucel’s geckos will join other threatened wildlife already on Motuihe ... More >>
Wider debate needed on Change for Ruakura Development Plan
Monday, 24 March 2014, 2:52 pm | Joint Press Release
Leaders from a number of community groups representing Hamilton eastern suburbs’ residents met 19th March to discuss the upcoming hearing of Tainui Group Holdings’ (TGH) application for a major plan change to allow acceleration of their proposed ... More >>
Rebels&Robots + Fleet St Present The Adventures of Suzy Boon
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 11:48 am | Joint Press Release
The show follows the (mis)adventures of our hero, Suzy, who is half Maori/ half Chinese and is trying to find where she belongs in this world - and by world she means New Zealand. She is at the last week of her trial period at the Immigration Service of ... More >>
Assurance for shoppers as retailers sign on to data register
Tuesday, 18 March 2014, 12:49 pm | Joint Press Release
Three of the country’s leading retailers are among the first to adopt a new standard assuring shoppers their personal information is stored and used in accordance with a best practice industry standard. More >>
Suren Unka to Release Debut Album in April
Friday, 14 March 2014, 12:24 pm | Joint Press Release
Electronic house producer Suren Unka is set to release his debut album El Chupacabra this April. El Chupacabra features ten tracks in total – with eight brand new songs alongside previously released singles Early (2011) and Alice (2013). More >>
Support Wellington’s Urban Kai Cycle from the ground up
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 3:25 pm | Joint Press Release
As local food week dawns, a vibrant young woman with a contagious energy needs your help to create a new kind of clean-green with her ‘Urban Kai’ project. Born and bred in California, Ania Upstill is passionate about the potential of Wellington’s ... More >>
Who are these mystery voices of Gallipoli?
Thursday, 13 March 2014, 2:09 pm | Joint Press Release
Families with Hawke’s Bay connections are being asked to try and help identify the voices of ve unidentied Gallipoli veterans, recorded in the 1960s by the late Napier broadcaster Laurie Swindell. More >>
Whittaker’s Firsts for Easter
Wednesday, 12 March 2014, 1:23 pm | Joint Press Release
To mark the first ever Whittaker’s Big Egg Hunt – a supersized Easter egg hunt to raise money for Starship Children’s Hospital – Whittaker’s is providing a unique 340g 18ct Gold Whittaker’s Slab as a grand prize and producing Easter-themed ... More >>
Soljah & King Kapisi Announce Clash of the Titans Tour
Monday, 10 March 2014, 3:13 pm | Joint Press Release
The Music Agency & Mai Fm is proud to present the Clash of the Titans Tour, featuring Soljah and King Kapisi. Soljah is made up of four heavy weight musicians who are creating waves across Aotearoa with their mesmerising live performances and ground ... More >>
Action Bronson Returns to New Zealand This April
Thursday, 6 March 2014, 2:25 pm | Joint Press Release
The ginger rap-genius of Albanian ancestry is set to return to New Zealand this April. Action Bronson has become one of hip hop’s most charismatic and colourful characters over the past two years. And New Zealand has the pleasure of catching this 28-year ... More >>
Joint submission on UCLL asks Commission to do the job right
Monday, 3 March 2014, 2:40 pm | Joint Press Release
InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc), TUANZ and Consumer have today lodged a cross-submission with the Commerce Commission, requesting that parties take a careful and measured approach to setting the price of the Unbundled Copper Local Loop (UCLL) service as ... More >>
Beijing Capital Group acquires Transpacific New Zealand
Monday, 3 March 2014, 1:36 pm | Joint Press Release
The Beijing Capital Group (“BCG”), a long standing member of China’s Top 500 Enterprises, is one of China’s leading State owned infrastructure enterprises with specialist expertise in water treatment, waste management, mass transit railway and ... More >>
Iwi join forces to buy into Kaingaroa Timberlands
Monday, 3 March 2014, 10:16 am | Joint Press Release
North Island iwi join forces to buy into Kaingaroa Timberlands Six central North Island iwi have joined forces to buy a 2.5% stake in New Zealand’s largest forestry business, Kaingaroa Timberlands. The investment is one of the biggest ever involving ... More >>
National Battle to protect whio ramps up
Friday, 28 February 2014, 2:26 pm | Joint Press Release
The Battle for our Birds continues with the spotlight shining on whio next month. The whio is the unique native duck only found in New Zealand’s fast flowing waters. With fewer than 2500 whio left nationwide Genesis Energy and the Department of Conservation ... More >>
Data error prompts process improvements
Thursday, 27 February 2014, 10:45 am | Joint Press Release
The Treasury and Statistics New Zealand are improving their quality assurance processes after data miscalculations affected estimates of disposable income, Treasury Chief Economist Girol Karacaoglu and Statistics New Zealand Deputy Government Statistician ... More >>
Waikanae Businesses support local schools
Monday, 24 February 2014, 2:15 pm | Joint Press Release
Ten businesses from one street in Waikanae have clubbed together to help five and six year old children continue to enjoy school trips. Late last year the law changed relating to child car restraints, extending the age children must be in suitable ... More >>
