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Violent Criminals Hilton Hotel rights continue……….

Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 5:29 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

New Zealand’s liberal offender based gravy train system with 83% re-offending has been given the green light once again! More >>

Powerco Removes Fixed Daily Line Charges

Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 4:46 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Powerco’s new pricing structure to electricity retailers contains no fixed charges for residential users, Chief Executive Steven Boulton announced today. More >>

Gateway Shuts Down Australia & New Zealand Sales

Wednesday, 29 August 2001, 12:54 am | Mediacom press release distribution

SYDNEY, 29 Aug., /MediaNet International-AsiaNet/-- Following a global review of operations, leading US-based PC vendor Gateway has announced the immediate cessation of sales and marketing activities in Australia and New Zealand, although support ... More >>

National Folate Awareness Day Wed August 29 2001

Tuesday, 28 August 2001, 4:06 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Independent research released today shows that only 40 percent of New Zealand women know that the B group vitamin folate can reduce the risk of babies being born with a fatal or significant disability. More >>

Pioneers The New Era Of Pentium(R) 4 Chipset

Tuesday, 28 August 2001, 2:25 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

SiS Showcases the World's First DDR333-supporting, Open Architecture Chipset for Pentium(R) 4 with SiS Proprietary MuTIOL(R) Technology to Provide Peak Bandwidth Up to 533MB/s Between the North and South Bridge More >>

Eating GE Food Can Cause Mutations In Babies

Monday, 27 August 2001, 5:11 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

* University studies in Europe prove that altered DNA in food eaten by pregnant animals is found in the tissues and organs of their babies More >>

Forest Industry Gets Closer To Campus

Thursday, 23 August 2001, 2:09 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Senior managers in the forest industry will soon be seen on campus in a scheme designed to bring a sharp focus to forestry education. More >>

Maori Subject Headings Phase II

Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 4:02 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The creation of a nationally recognised set of Mäori Subject Headings moves closer with the completion of Phase II of the Mäori Subject Headings Project (MSH). More >>

Power Points For Power Crisis

Wednesday, 22 August 2001, 11:29 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The oldest form of heating could provide the solution to the power crisis said The New Zealand Home Heating Association, National President Andrew Pullen. “Woodburning is a renewable energy source which is an alternative to electricity,” says Mr Pullen. More >>

Sexual Health Conference ‘Getting It Together’

Tuesday, 21 August 2001, 1:45 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The theme of this year’s Annual Conference of the New Zealand Venereological Society ( NZVS) is “Getting it Together” More >>

Braille Literacy Increases Job Opportunities

Monday, 20 August 2001, 3:40 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Literacy rates in New Zealand are a concern not just for the sighted community but also for the blind and sight-impaired community says the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind (RNZFB). More >>

Report Heralds “Me-Centred” TV

Monday, 20 August 2001, 3:35 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Individualised “me-centred” television could be the result of new digital technologies, according to the New Technologies and The Digital Future report released by NZ On Air today. More >>

Taihape Power Supply Interruptions – Update

Monday, 20 August 2001, 11:13 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Electricity supply is being restored to the remaining consumers in the Taihape region after some of the heaviest snowfall in 30 years. Mains supply will be reinstated to 35 homes this afternoon, and the remaining five homes are being supplied with ... More >>

LIANZA Children's Book Awards Shortlist

Thursday, 16 August 2001, 10:33 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The best children’s books of the year, according to children’s librarians, will be announced on Thursday 20th September 2001 during the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA)’s Annual Conference at the Rotorua Convention Centre. More >>

GE Decision Stands To Lose NZ $3 Billion Per Year

Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 5:41 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

* Food exports to countries who have banned or are considering banning G.E. modified foods totalled $2.779 billion last year. More >>

Dash 8 Down: The Inside Story Of Ansett Flight 703

Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 4:02 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

9 June 1995 – the day Ansett Flight 703 went down on its approach to Palmerston North Airport – a day forever remembered by the rescuers, survivors and families of those who lost their lives. More >>

Carreker Announces Fraud Prevention Contract

Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 11:40 am | Mediacom press release distribution

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ -- Carreker Corporation (Nasdaq: CANI), a leading provider of e-finance enabling solutions to the financial industry, announced today further expansion of its fraud prevention technology in the Southern Pacific ... More >>

Teens Urged To Take Care In The Sun

Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 4:04 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

New Zealand teens are being urged to “slip, slop, slap and wrap’ this summer to avoid sunburn. The call follows the publication of a study that found that almost one in three teens sampled had been sunburned during a single summer weekend. More >>

Sunburn And Sun Protection Among New Zealand Youth

Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 4:01 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Researchers based in the Dunedin School of Medicine have recently published a study in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, which examined sunburn and sun protection among New Zealand adolescents. More >>

CEO Appointed To Ministry Of Social Development

Tuesday, 14 August 2001, 12:55 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Chief Executive designate of the Ministry of Social Development, Peter Hughes, says it's time to rule a line, put the past behind us, and move on. The Ministry, to be formed from the Department of Work and Income and the Ministry of Social Policy, ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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