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Appeal Trust grants $500,000 to assist Cholmondel rebuild
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 12:24 pm | Joint Press Release
Cholmondeley Children’s Centre is delighted to announce it has been granted $500,000 from the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust towards rebuilding Cholmondeley. More >>
Southland Briquette Plant update
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 12:16 pm | Joint Press Release
GTL Energy and Solid Energy are continuing with operations at the Mataura coal briquette plant and plan to run it for an extended period to enable GTL Energy to demonstrate the production capabilities of the plant and its technology and for product combustion ... More >>
Open Letter On Māori Electoral Option
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 10:10 am | Joint Press Release
As Māori Members of Parliament we have come together to promote the kaupapa of enrolling on the Māori Roll in this year’s Māori Electoral Option. More >>
Alcohol Reform Changes at Risk by Auckland Council
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 9:07 am | Joint Press Release
Local Body Politicians in Manurewa are welcoming the implementation of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 which partially comes into force today , but they won’t be stopping their fight there. More >>
Improved vetting needed yesterday
Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:32 pm | Joint Press Release
Improved vetting of Child, Youth & Family caregivers can't come soon enough, says the head of a mentoring programme that has successfully screened over 550 men since 1997. More >>
Venues in Wellington are alive and jumping
Monday, 17 June 2013, 12:32 pm | Joint Press Release
Positively Wellington Venues and the Westpac Stadium have between them had 468,201people through their doors in the first half of this year. More >>
Healthier Pacific mums and babies target for new conference
Monday, 17 June 2013, 11:34 am | Joint Press Release
Healthier Pacific mums and babies are the target for New Zealand’s first Pacific Maternal and Infant Health Conference this Thursday, June 20 in Auckland. More >>
Safe Sleep Day announced to protect babies
Monday, 17 June 2013, 11:17 am | Joint Press Release
The first National Safe Sleep Campaign and Safe Sleep Day (scheduled for Friday, December 6) will be announced by Whakawhetu at the opening of the Mokopuna Ora Conference, on Friday, June 21. More >>
Manufacturing Inquiry Produces Blueprint For Future
Monday, 17 June 2013, 10:39 am | Joint Press Release
The Parliamentary Inquiry into Manufacturing has released its report, Manufacturing: The New Consensus, A blueprint for better jobs and higher wages, which finds that a sensible set of policy changes can be made to turn around the decline in manufacturing ... More >>
Survey finds Kiwis know what to do about money but don’t act
Friday, 14 June 2013, 1:33 pm | Joint Press Release
Kiwis are world leaders when it comes to understanding key financial concepts, but putting our knowledge into practice is another matter, according to a new survey. More >>
GetOnline.co.nz celebrates 1st birthday
Friday, 14 June 2013, 12:09 pm | Joint Press Release
In the past year more than 11,000 New Zealand businesses (SMEs) have built their presence online with GetOnline.co.nz, an MYOB and Westpac initiative that provides a website builder that makes it easy for every Kiwi business to get online. More >>
Govt Approves Toxic Mining Interests On DOC/Private Land
Friday, 14 June 2013, 9:34 am | Joint Press Release
Yesterday’s Government announcement of mineral exploration permits across Northland (1) betrays public trust, exposes vested interests and has wasted public money, says Te Wakameninga o ngā hapū Ngāpuhi and Far North’s Forest and Bird. More >>
AUT to partner with ATC in a New Zealand first
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 3:28 pm | Joint Press Release
AUT University is investing $5 million in the Waterfront Theatre Project at Auckland's Wynyard Quarter's Innovation Precinct. The new partnership with Auckland Theatre Company (ATC), whereby AUT will own 15% of the limited liability company established ... More >>
Fieldays Innovation Centre winners brings creativity to life
Thursday, 13 June 2013, 1:23 pm | Joint Press Release
Judges were overwhelmed by the high standard of entries in the Fieldays Innovation Competition at Fieldays yesterday. Darren Hopper, spokesperson for Vodafone, the major partner of the Fieldays Innovation Centre , says the competition is crucial ... More >>
DEI pursues global digital publishing strategy
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 3:01 pm | Joint Press Release
Discovery Enterprises International (DEI) and LivoBooks today launch their new and innovative Animal Planet Bookshelf for children’s interactive apps – available in Apple’s online App Store in the UK and Latin America, available for iOS 5 or ... More >>
Enhanced regulation of insolvency specialists proposed
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 11:49 am | Joint Press Release
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and INSOL New Zealand (INSOL) are asking members for feedback on a joint proposal to enhance the regulation of insolvency specialists. More >>
NZ DHBs select Sysmex laboratory information system
Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 11:21 am | Joint Press Release
Neighbouring Hutt Valley and Capital & Coast DHBs have joined forces in a detailed procurement and evaluation process of laboratory information systems and have recently selected Sysmex New Zealand to replace their aging separate systems with the Delphic ... More >>
Judges for Ag Art Wear Rural to Runway Fashion Showcase
Monday, 10 June 2013, 2:18 pm | Joint Press Release
The Fieldays Ag Art Wear event is gearing up to be a showstopper. With garments named ‘Barking Mad’, ‘Beauty in Drought’, ‘Butchered’ and ‘The Net’, visitors to the shows at Fieldays and guests attending the fabulous finale Gala Dinner will ... More >>
Subterranean: Simon Devitt Prize for Photography 2013
Monday, 10 June 2013, 1:22 pm | Joint Press Release
The Simon Devitt Prize for Photography was established in the School of Architecture and Planning at The University of Auckland in 2008 and is awarded annually in recognition of the best student photograph in Architecture. More >>
CMC Limited and Unitec NZ Launch Education Programs in India
Friday, 7 June 2013, 11:22 am | Joint Press Release
CMC Limited and Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand today announced launch of two vocational education programs aimed at building highly skilled manpower for the Construction Industry and for meeting the demand of high end areas in the IT ... More >>
