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Winners Announced in NZ's Commercial Building Awards
Monday, 13 May 2013, 11:01 am | Joint Press Release
Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium – the country’s first undercover stadium – has taken out the Supreme Award in the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards announced at last night’s national gala event in Auckland. More >>
Protestors Confront John Key about $630m Motorway
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 4:31 pm | Joint Press Release
Concerned young Wellington citizens confronted Prime Minister John Key outside a business lunch in Levin today about National's plan to spend $630 million on a new four-lane motorway through Kapiti. The group was supported by several Kapiti residents ... More >>
Woodville set to take centre stage in new comedy web series
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 2:44 pm | Joint Press Release
The first episode of the NZ on Air funded web series Woodville launches to the public next week. The comedy follows a group of fictional characters from Woodville who make a documentary about their fight to keep a petrochemical company out of their ... More >>
Youth Leaders to Raise Awareness about Plastic Pollution
Thursday, 9 May 2013, 1:26 pm | Joint Press Release
16 youth leaders from across some of New Zealand's biggest youth organisations are collaborating to raise awareness about plastic pollution in New Zealand. The team have built 4 double kayaks out of recycled plastic bottles that they will paddle ... More >>
Introducing Orla Kiely Custom Photo Books
Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 3:26 pm | Joint Press Release
Renowned designer Orla Kiely is collaborating with MILK Books to offer Orla’s iconic fabric designs on MILK’s print on demand Photo Books. Now Orla Kiely fans can create their own beautiful photo books and have them hand bound in Orla Kiely fabric. More >>
Coromandel Residents Reject 1080 Drop
Monday, 6 May 2013, 2:47 pm | Joint Press Release
A meeting of 50 north Coromandel residents in Colville Hall on the 3rd May, voted overwhelmingly to declare their opposition to a planned aerial 1080 drop over Moehau mountain. More >>
Victoria League Marks 100 Years
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 3:01 pm | Joint Press Release
The Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Canterbury first met in Te Koraha, now the office of Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, in May 1910. To commemorate this first meeting and celebrate their first 100 years, the Victoria League will have an official ... More >>
Waipareira and Massey University sign MOU
Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 1:39 pm | Joint Press Release
Te Whānau O Waipareira and Massey University today signed an agreement that will benefit whānau long term. The Trust – the biggest provider of non-Government services in west Auckland - and the university, which has campuses in Auckland, Palmerston ... More >>
Invercargill to retain New World Netball Series Test Match
Monday, 29 April 2013, 2:57 pm | Joint Press Release
Netball New Zealand confirmed today the New World Netball Series Test Match between the Silver Ferns and the Australian Diamonds will remain in Invercargill and be played in the Stadium Southland Velodrome on Sunday 15th September. More >>
Councillors say transport funding document very poorly timed
Monday, 29 April 2013, 2:26 pm | Joint Press Release
The hype around the alternative transport funding document released today by Mayor Len Brown is an attempt to divert Aucklanders’ attention away from the Unitary Plan which is also out for discussion and consultation and will only add to public ... More >>
Don’t Sell Our Family Silver. Keep NZ’s State Owned Assets!
Tuesday, 23 April 2013, 2:56 pm | Joint Press Release
On Saturday, April 27, just eight days before the National Government plans to sell 49% of the shares in Mighty River Power in New Zealand and Australia, thousands of people throughout New Zealand will march and rally as part of Power to the People ... More >>
Gibbston Valley mountain bike resort soft opening
Monday, 22 April 2013, 2:52 pm | Joint Press Release
Queenstown’s new Rabbit Ridge Bike Resort will have a ‘soft’ opening on April 27 with riding available on some of the newly constructed trails. Rider numbers are limited to invitation only to reduce traffic and enable trails to bed in. More >>
Air companies boost trans-Tasman capacity to Queenstown
Monday, 22 April 2013, 2:39 pm | Joint Press Release
The trans-Tasman alliance of Air New Zealand and Virgin Australia will this year add more than 30,000 extra seats between Queenstown and Australia over the peak winter period of July to September. More >>
Hundreds of paddlers in Auckland to do battle on Waka Ama
Monday, 22 April 2013, 1:29 pm | Joint Press Release
Auckland’s Waitemata Harbour will this weekend transform into a sea of colour as Clubs paddle for glory on their Waka Ama, or outrigger canoes, at the ActivePost National Long Distance Waka Ama Championships. More >>
NZ Petroleum Summit Gears up for September
Friday, 19 April 2013, 11:07 am | Joint Press Release
The second annual New Zealand Petroleum Summit is taking shape, with organisers PEPANZ and Freeman Media making their first speaker announcement recently. More >>
Beach Replenishment Planned For Kuratau
Friday, 19 April 2013, 9:55 am | Joint Press Release
Beach Replenishment Planned For Kuratau Waikato Regional Council and Taupō District Council will be undertaking work at Kuratau to replenish the northern part of the beach. Approximately 3,500 cubic metres of sand will be placed on the beach over ... More >>
Prepare – to make the most of your Chartered Accountant
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 10:57 am | Joint Press Release
Prepare – to make the most of your Chartered Accountant In a recent New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) member survey conducted in partnership with MYOB, * 85% of Chartered Accountants surveyed felt that businesses could prepare ... More >>
Guilty plea for another finance company director
Wednesday, 17 April 2013, 10:21 am | Joint Press Release
Media Release 17 April 2013 Guilty plea sees another finance company director held to account Stephen Charles Smith (45), pleaded guilty at the Auckland High Court today to 25 charges arising out of the collapse of Belgrave Finance Limited (Belgrave ... More >>
Iwi now have the ability to use macrons in web addresses
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 12:39 pm | Joint Press Release
Iwi now have the ability to use macrons in web addresses enhancing te reo Māori online. A recent collaboration between .iwi.nz moderator Karaitiana Taiuru and GodZone Internet Services a domain name company will ensure that Iwi can now register their ... More >>
Taniwha/Dragon 2013: Spectacular ceremony as 2 cultures meet
Monday, 15 April 2013, 1:26 pm | Joint Press Release
Auckland’s iconic Ōrākei Marae will host the world’s first pōwhiri and festival to celebrate the many bonds shared by Māori and Chinese peoples on April 27th. “Ōrākei and Chinese families have lived and worked alongside one another for generations, ... More >>
