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5+ A Day creates monster competition
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 2:47 pm | Joint Press Release
5+ A Day has partnered with Disney Pixar to celebrate the release of the new movie Monsters University. More >>
Chch Hospital’s Children’s Ward receives $43,000 donation
Wednesday, 17 July 2013, 12:41 pm | Joint Press Release
Christchurch Hospital’s children’s ward has received $43,200 thanks to The Warehouse Canterbury Stores, following the stores’ two week add-a-dollar campaign. More >>
Parris Goebel new Kidz First Children’s Hospital Ambassador
Monday, 15 July 2013, 3:24 pm | Joint Press Release
Kidz First Children’s Hospital and Middlemore Foundation for Health Innovation is proud to announce its newest ambassador is internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Parris Goebel. More >>
NZ Impress at Microsoft Imagine Cup World Finals
Friday, 12 July 2013, 10:49 am | Joint Press Release
University of Auckland students compete in the World Citizenship category at the world’s most prestigious student technology competition, with their Windows Phone App to track UV exposure More >>
Sweet Sixteen For Qantas and the APO
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 3:21 pm | Joint Press Release
Tonight the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (APO) and Qantas mark 16 years of partnership with an exuberant performance of Last Night of the Proms at Auckland Town Hall. More >>
First New Zealand Population Health Congress
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 3:07 pm | Joint Press Release
Three influential New Zealand health organisations are working together to organise the first New Zealand Population Health Congress to be held in Auckland next year. More >>
NZ Parliamentarians’ focus on youth pregnancy
Thursday, 11 July 2013, 9:28 am | Joint Press Release
Today is World Population Day. This year’s theme of adolescent pregnancy aligns closely with the efforts of the New Zealand Parliamentarians’ Group on Population and Development (NZPPD). More >>
Wellington Queer Groups Invite Youth to Hui
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 6:40 pm | Joint Press Release
Queer youth organisations QSA Network Aoteaora and School’s Out will be holding a sexuality and gender diversity themed hui this July. PatchwerQ will be focused on offering support, developing leadership and encouraging connectedness between ... More >>
Young chefs wow at Wakatipu Youth Trust culinary spectacular
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 3:48 pm | Joint Press Release
Held at the hotel’s Threesixty restaurant, the event was the culmination of the Wakatipu Youth Trust’s ‘Beyond the Basics -Top Chef’ initiative where local youth undertake a five-week chef mentoring programme. More >>
Vital Source Launches E-Textbook Building Block
Wednesday, 10 July 2013, 11:45 am | Joint Press Release
Vital Source Technologies, Inc., Ingram Content Group’s leading e-textbook solution, today announced the general availability of a comprehensive e-textbook Building Block that integrates its VitalSource Bookshelf® platform with Blackboard Learn™, Blackboard's ... More >>
Leadership Event Goes From Strength to Strength
Friday, 5 July 2013, 1:59 pm | Joint Press Release
In conjunction with The Sir Peter Blake Trust, Christ’s College will be hosting the 5th Annual Emerging Leaders’ Conference, a one day event for year 12 students from around Canterbury, on Tuesday 9 July. More >>
Industry Leaders Come Together, Celebrate Tourism Excellence
Friday, 5 July 2013, 1:19 pm | Joint Press Release
For the first time ever, five New Zealand holiday parks were awarded a complimentary Qualmark accreditation by Tourism Holdings Limited (thl) and Qualmark at the Holiday Parks Association of New Zealand (HAPNZ) Awards dinner held in the Wairarapa last ... More >>
Problem gambling help providers call For bill's withdrawal
Friday, 5 July 2013, 9:38 am | Joint Press Release
Service providers and academics have now considered the Select Committee report to parliament and the changes proposed to Te Ururoa Flavell’s Gambling (Gambling Harm Reduction) Amendment Bill. More >>
Road Safety Message In This Year’s Tour of Southland
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 3:59 pm | Joint Press Release
This year’s Tour of Southland cycle race will carry and important road safety message, with this week’s announcement of a new partnership between event hosts Cycling Southland and Road Safety Southland. More >>
Antipodes expedition leaves today
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 3:56 pm | Joint Press Release
A Department of Conservation and University of Auckland research team leaves Lyttelton today for Antipodes Island to do groundwork for the removal of mice from this remote nature reserve. More >>
American Organ Virtuoso Cameron Carpenter to Play in Napier
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:12 pm | Joint Press Release
The freakishly talented American organist, Cameron Carpenter, who’s becoming a world-wide phenomenon for young and old, is coming to Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. At what is set to be one of the region’s greatest musical events, Carpenter, will ... More >>
Tobacco Control Service Appointment Announced
Thursday, 4 July 2013, 2:10 pm | Joint Press Release
Mrs Zoe Martin-Hawke has been appointed to the position of Kaiwhakahaere/General Manager for the new National Maori Tobacco Leadership Service lead by Hāpai Te Hauora Tapui (Hāpai) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). More >>
WERO group quit smoking competition goes national
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 1:49 pm | Joint Press Release
The highly successful group quit smoking contest WERO has just been funded for three years, enabling the first national competition to start on September 1. Whanau End smoking Regional whanau Ora challenge (WERO) involves teams of 10 regular smokers ... More >>
Recycling arrives with style on South Island forecourts
Wednesday, 3 July 2013, 1:29 pm | Joint Press Release
BP and Coca-Cola Amatil New Zealand have joined forces with the Love NZ brand to bring forecourt recycling to the South Island and today Dave Cull Mayor of Dunedin launched the programme at Dunedin’s BP Connect Southern. More >>
Partnership set to boost Auckland’s response to homelessness
Tuesday, 2 July 2013, 3:50 pm | Joint Press Release
A long-standing partnership between AUT University and Lifewise is set to boost Auckland’s approach to tackling homelessness. With 85 business and community leaders participating in this year’s Lifewise Big Sleepout on AUT’s city campus over 4-5 July, this ... More >>