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Vehicle Industry Sides With ARC

Friday, 9 August 2002, 11:44 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The Motor Industry Association, which represents the distributors of new vehicles in New Zealand, is in total support of the Auckland Regional Council’s campaign to bring about some action on cleaning up vehicle emissions. More >>

Meccano makes a welcome return

Tuesday, 6 August 2002, 4:22 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Remember Meccano? Once it was a household name for generations of New Zealand children. When Frank Hornby established the first Meccano company (originally called Mechanics Made Easy) in Liverpool in 1901, little did he know then that his patented Meccano ... More >>

TVNZ expects worthwhile savings from Oxygen

Tuesday, 6 August 2002, 2:14 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Television New Zealand has signed a two-year outsourcing contract with Oxygen Business Solutions covering the hosting and management of TVNZ’s SAP financials and resource planning and scheduling system, as well as a new i2 e-procurement system. More >>

Icon Of Child Play Replaced after 20 years

Monday, 5 August 2002, 1:50 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

An icon of child play and development will disappear from retail shelves in New Zealand and the World over this month after a presence of more than 20 years. More >>

Freedom Air takes top marketing Award for 2002

Friday, 2 August 2002, 11:13 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The power of knowing your market and customers’ desires then boldly delivering what they want has earned Freedom Air a brace of firsts, including top honours in this year’s Marketing Magazine Marketing Awards. More >>

Ballance 17% Improved Result A Boost For Farmers

Wednesday, 31 July 2002, 9:10 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Ballance Agri-Nutrients Co-operative Ltd to-day reported a $50.4 million Group Operating Surplus for the year to 31 May, up 17% on last year. More >>

Director Of Global IT Consulting Company Appointed

Tuesday, 30 July 2002, 4:39 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Intelligroup New Zealand Limited today announced that Wellingtonian Alick Wilson has been elected to the board of directors of its parent company, Intelligroup, Inc. More >>

NZ Post increases hit charities

Monday, 29 July 2002, 1:52 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Charitable agencies are reeling from the impact of increases in bulk mailing charges being imposed by New Zealand Post from September 2002. More >>

Breastfeeding Protects Against Breast Cancer

Thursday, 25 July 2002, 12:49 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The results of a study reported in The Lancet this week found a direct link between breastfeeding and protection against breast cancer. More >>

Imagis Facial Recognition Software For NZ Customs

Wednesday, 24 July 2002, 1:46 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

New Zealand Customs Service is investigating the use of facial recognition software to apply against its core CUSMOD border management system. More >>

New Second Level Domain - '.maori.nz' Approved

Monday, 22 July 2002, 3:16 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The Council of InternetNZ unanimously endorsed the creation of the new second level domain '.maori.nz' at its meeting today. The approval marks the creation of the first new second level domain in the New Zealand namespace since 1996. More >>

Cervical Cancer Virus Study Begins

Monday, 22 July 2002, 9:28 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Three hundred young New Zealand women are being sought for a four year study with a vaccine intended to prevent infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) - the virus that causes most cervical cancer. More >>

Campaign Launched to Inform Women of HRT Dangers

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 3:58 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The community group Women’s Health Action today launched a multi-pronged plan to inform women about the risks of hormone replacement therapy. Executive director of Women’s Health Action, Sandra Coney, said it had launched the campaign because the ... More >>

Draft Code of Welfare for Layer Hens - Submissions

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 1:21 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee calls for submissions on Draft Code of Welfare for Layer Hens More >>

CPR Instruction Potentially Dangerous

Thursday, 18 July 2002, 11:38 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC) is looking into the possibility that CPR/first aid tuition being delivered by certain training groups to lay people in New Zealand may be seriously unacceptable and potentially dangerous. More >>

ACC, Fed Farmers To Tackle Farm Injuries

Wednesday, 17 July 2002, 3:03 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Farming is a deadly serious business in New Zealand. Eleven farmers are seriously injured every day around the country and one farmer is killed on their farm every three weeks. More >>

Integration Of Woolworths New Zealand On Track

Tuesday, 16 July 2002, 4:20 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Foodland Associated Limited Group Managing Director, Mr Trevor Coates, today reported that the integration of FAL’s newly acquired Woolworths New Zealand business had commenced in earnest. “The senior management teams are now fully integrated,” said ... More >>

Money Talks, And So Should ATMS

Monday, 15 July 2002, 1:29 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Blind New Zealanders are asking banks to catch up to the rest of the world and install automatic teller machines that talk. More >>

For The Blind, A Word Is Worth A Thousand Pictures

Monday, 15 July 2002, 1:28 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Just as the sound of television is captioned for the deaf, so the pictures on television need to be described to the blind, according to the Association of Blind Citizens of New Zealand. More >>

Pedestrians - The Largest Group Of Road Users

Monday, 15 July 2002, 12:00 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Pedestrian issues need urgent attention. This is the view of the Association of Blind Citizens, the largest advocacy organisation of disabled people in the country. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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