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North Shore students shown smokefree saves lives
Monday, 31 May 2010, 1:17 pm | Joint Press Release
Students at Massey University’s Albany campus were shown the fatal impact of fires at a recent ‘smokefree saves lives’ event held on Wednesday, 26 May 2010. More >>
NZ’s Deep-Sea Research Boosted By New Partnership
Tuesday, 2 February 2010, 3:23 pm | Joint Press Release
Two New Zealand research organisations will work closely with one of the world’s leading ocean research and engineering organisations to accelerate research and exploration in a wide range of oceanographic topics in the southwest Pacific region. More >>
Korean Icebreaker to visit Lyttelton on its maiden
Wednesday, 6 January 2010, 5:19 pm | Joint Press Release
Lyttelton will be the first port of call this summer for Korea’s new Icebreaker the ‘Araon’. More >>
Lifestyle Diseases In Pacific Are An Emergency
Tuesday, 8 September 2009, 11:46 am | Joint Press Release
The greatest health challenge facing the people of the Pacific is how to realign efforts to respond to the threat posed by the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer. More >>
OHUG & Dulhunty signal Trans-Tasman accord
Tuesday, 30 June 2009, 10:34 am | Joint Press Release
OHUG Power Equipment Limited and Dulhunty Power (Aust) Pty Limited, the Australian operating subsidiary of Dulhunty Power Limited, an ASX Listed Company (DUL), have formed a distributor/supplier relationship in New Zealand & Australia, providing ... More >>
School student protest at Iranian Embassy
Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:07 am | Joint Press Release
A demonstration of Wellington school students will be protesting peacefully at the Iranian Embassy today in sympathy with the rights of the protesters, particularly students, in Iran. They will be delivering a letter to the embassy at 4.20 pm and ... More >>
New Web Portal Calls On The Public
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 12:18 pm | Joint Press Release
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) have launched a joint online initiative to raise awareness of the world’s most pressing ... More >>
Drug policy symposium an unprecedented event
Monday, 16 February 2009, 3:49 pm | Joint Press Release
Organisers are calling this week’s Healthy Drug Law Symposium the most significant drug policy discussion in New Zealand’s history. More >>
Thousands Will Demonstrate Against The Killing
Friday, 16 January 2009, 10:07 am | Joint Press Release
Demonstrators will gather at the Charles Clore Park in south Tel-Aviv (near the Etzel House), and march to Jaffa's Yefet Street, until the Gan Hashanyim Park on the corner of Yefet and Dr. Ehrlich. The demonstration will conclude with a moment of silence ... More >>
Stay And Play For Gay Ski Week NZ 2009
Thursday, 15 January 2009, 4:10 pm | Joint Press Release
Novotel Queenstown Lakeside is delighted to be appointed as the official base hotel for this year’s Gay Ski Week NZ event in Queenstown from 29 August to 6 September 2009. More >>
Society for AIDS in Africa
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:56 am | Joint Press Release
Public Health Leaders call on Government of Senegal to release 9 men imprisoned for eight years based on their sexual orientation More >>
Wellington Palestine Group & NZJews For Justice
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:05 am | Joint Press Release
The Wellington Palestine Group states that it was collectively responsible for the action which Gerard Burns undertook at the Yitzak Rabin Memorial in Wellington on Tuesday. Gerard Burns courageously carried out the symbolic act which was prepared ... More >>
FAO/OIE/WHO Joint Mission To The Philippines
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 5:06 pm | Joint Press Release
MANILA 7 January 2009—At the invitation of the Government of the Philippines, experts from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have arrived in Manila to participate ... More >>
Sea Shepherd disrupts vessels engaged in search
Wednesday, 7 January 2009, 9:24 am | Joint Press Release
The Dutch vessel Steve Irwin has not left the Antarctic and used the distress signal sent from Maritime NZ to locate the Japanese research vessels. More >>
First Detection of Ebola Reston Virus in Pigs
Wednesday, 24 December 2008, 10:44 am | Joint Press Release
Following the detection of the Ebola Reston virus in pigs in the Philippines, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced today. More >>
UN Should Refer Burma To Int. Criminal Court
Friday, 21 November 2008, 10:03 am | Joint Press Release
Certain judges in Burma, acting under the orders of Chief Justice U Aung Toe and Senior General Than Shwe, are themselves criminally liable as co-conspirators to crimes against humanity. More >>
Groups Urge UN To Spotlight Human Rights In Congo
Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 9:52 am | Joint Press Release
As you gather today with world leaders to celebrate the new chamber of the UN Human Rights Council, we urge you to turn the international spotlight toward the human rights catastrophe in the Democratic Republic of Congo. More >>
More SE Asia Migration, More HIV Vulnerability
Friday, 14 November 2008, 10:01 am | Joint Press Release
Jakarta, 13 November 2008—A rise in mobility within Southeast Asia, as people search for economic opportunity, makes millions more vulnerable to HIV infection. More >>
Bulgari To Support Save The Children Campaign
Friday, 31 October 2008, 11:08 am | Joint Press Release
On the 125th anniversary of its foundation, Bulgari launches a major fund-raising project for the defence of children's rights More >>
Dem. Candidates Pull Ahead In Mountain West States
Friday, 31 October 2008, 10:08 am | Joint Press Release
According to a new survey by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research as part of our research in Mountain West states, Democrats are on the brink of making historic gains in swing Mountain West Congressional districts. More >>