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New Zealand's First Ever Building Implosion to Be Auctioned
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 1:26 pm | Joint Press Release
Who gets to ‘push the button’ to initiate New Zealand's first ever building implosion will be auctioned to raise money for the restoration of Canterbury's heritage buildings. More >>
Treasury view confirmed by urban water infrastructure study
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 1:00 pm | Joint Press Release
Treasury’s findings that the governance, regulation and funding of drinking water and wastewater infrastructure need attention were confirmed today with the release of a new study commissioned by the Council for Infrastructure Development and Water ... More >>
Tough questions to be answered at retail conference
Tuesday, 24 July 2012, 12:02 pm | Joint Press Release
What do you do if your building is denied earthquake cover? If you’re the landlord, do you end the lease, or are there legal obligations that must be upheld? What if you’re the tenant? More >>
Companies Lower Accident Insurance Costs for Building Trade
Monday, 16 July 2012, 12:35 pm | Joint Press Release
HazardCo, health and safety providers to the construction industry, and Plus4 Insurance Solutions (Plus4), a national insurance broking and financial adviser group, have entered a partnership to lower the cost of accident insurance and provide income ... More >>
BusinessNZ & the Federation of Maori Authorities join forces
Wednesday, 11 July 2012, 10:35 am | Joint Press Release
New Zealand’s largest business network and the largest Maori business network will join together today in an effort to bring better value to their members, as well as the Maori and New Zealand economies. More >>
Australian, NZ and US Unrest over Canada’s Inclusion in TPP
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 1:07 pm | Joint Press Release
The recent announcement at the G20 summit of Canada’s inclusion into the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has got member countries the United States of America (US), New Zealand (NZ) and Australia up in arms over Canada’s open agricultural subsidisation ... More >>
Free treatment offered to Auckland Meniere's disease patient
Tuesday, 10 July 2012, 11:08 am | Joint Press Release
The featured speaker at this year's Meniere's Disease Research Institute's Work Shop is Dr. Michael T. Burcon, world's leading expert on Meniere's Disease (MD). Burcon has proven a correlation between MD and whiplash (caused by a vehicular accident ... More >>
Auckland Bus Drivers Vote Against Offer From NZ Bus
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 3:21 pm | Joint Press Release
Joint Media Release: Tramways Union & FIRST Union Thursday July 5, 2012 Auckland Bus Drivers Vote Against Offer From NZ Bus A large meeting of bus drivers in Auckland today has voted near unanimously to not accept an offer on pay and conditions from ... More >>
The Writing Is On The Wall: Defense Minister Must Act
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 11:02 am | Joint Press Release
The Writing Is On The Wall: Defense Minister Must Act To Prevent Next “Price Tag” Incident June 26, 2012 0 comments More >>
Lydia Cole Me & Moon Tour With Special Guest Tom Lark
Tuesday, 26 June 2012, 10:36 am | Joint Press Release
Cuddle in close for a real midwinter treat, a night of song with Lydia Cole and special guest Tom Lark. This is a tale of two of the country’s outstanding young performers taking to the road in July to bring the delightfully hushed tones of their beautiful ... More >>
Bollywood Diva Sunidhi Chauhan in Auckland for ONE SHOW ONLY
Thursday, 21 June 2012, 10:30 am | Joint Press Release
Unique Cars (NZ) Ltd and Team Masala Events & Entertainment in association with DJ Dave’s Entertainment are proud to present SUNIDHI CHAUHAN live in concert for ONE NIGHT ONLY, this Friday 23 June. More >>
Team 2011 RWC Volunteers Reunion
Wednesday, 13 June 2012, 4:59 pm | Joint Press Release
The Team 2011 Rugby World Cup Volunteers Reunion will take place on October 20th 2012. The Theme for the Reunion will be “He Kete Taonga –New Zealand Team 2011 RWC” and the concept is to provide a common ground for Team 2011 Rugby World Cup ... More >>
Education leadership unites on flawed Budget class sizes
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 4:42 pm | Joint Press Release
The sector meeting acknowledged the current economic climate and agreed that the Government’s Budget announcements, including increases in class size, are educationally flawed, contrary to the best interests of students and are collectively rejected ... More >>
Solidarity with Urewera 4 & Against the State Terror Raids
Thursday, 24 May 2012, 5:04 pm | Joint Press Release
On 24th May Taame, Rangi, Emily & Urs were sentenced 4 and a half years after the state terror raids of October 15th, 2007. After the raids, protests spread around the country and the world in solidarity with Ngai Tuhoe and the arrestees. More >>
Palestinian Prisoners Subject to Collective Punishment
Friday, 4 May 2012, 1:21 pm | Joint Press Release
As organisations dedicated to the promotion and protection of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations (PCHRO) is gravely concerned about the series of collective and punitive measures ... More >>
Auckland Transport, Telecom, Westpac to trial Mobile Wallet
Monday, 30 April 2012, 9:44 am | Joint Press Release
Paying for services through your mobile phone is closer to reality after Telecom, Auckland Transport and Westpac have announced plans to start trialling a mobile wallet system from May in collaboration with Gemalto, Thales and Paymark. More >>
New World Porirua and Anchor Thank Shoppers
Tuesday, 10 April 2012, 9:01 am | Joint Press Release
Anchor Growing Communities has announced how the funds raised through its joint funding initiative with New World Porirua will be split amongst three local charities. More >>
Future Of Mobile Phone Payments A Step Closer In New Zealand
Monday, 2 April 2012, 10:14 am | Joint Press Release
Press Release 2nd April 2012 Future Of Mobile Phone Payments A Step Closer In New Zealand More >>
Addameer, PHR-Israel: Shalabi Hunger Strike
Friday, 30 March 2012, 10:44 am | Joint Press Release
Addameer and PHR-Israel Cannot Yet Confirm That Hana Shalabi Has Ended Her Hunger Strike March 29, 2012 More >>
International Bargaining Forum Reaches Three Year Agreement
Tuesday, 2 August 2011, 10:45 pm | Joint Press Release
The IBF (International Bargaining Forum), which comprises representatives of the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation), on behalf of seafarers, and the JNG (Joint Negotiating Group,) on behalf of employers, reached a final agreement ... More >>