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First Woman Professor For Lincoln University

Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 9:09 am | Mediacom press release distribution

LINCOLN University has appointed its first woman professor - plant pathologist Dr Alison Stewart, who heads the Microbial and Plant Sciences Group on campus. More >>

MSA Acts Swiftly On VHF Coverage

Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 9:07 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The Maritime Safety Authority has reinstated the Paparoa South maritime distress and safety radio channel VHF 16 on the South Island's West Coast, following problems with coverage in the area. More >>

New Appointment: Philip Verstraaten, The Simpl Grp

Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 9:06 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Previously Director of Management Consulting KPMG Christchurch, Philip's consulting expertise is in Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Business Process Improvement, Organisation Analysis and Design, Information Systems Development, Program and Project ... More >>

New Appointment: Ian Lamb, The Simpl Group, Wgtn

Wednesday, 23 June 1999, 9:04 am | Mediacom press release distribution

The Simpl Group has appointed Ian Lamb as Director of Marketing Consulting. This appointment has been made as Simpl recognises the need for businesses to maximise their investment in IT systems and IT professional services. More >>

Shell Commits $300,000 To Environmental Education

Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 3:28 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Shell New Zealand has committed more than $300,000 over the next five years towards environmental education at the World Wide Fund for Nature - New Zealand. More >>

Electronic Ticket Usage Surpasses Paper Ticketing

Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 3:22 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Electronic Ticket Usage Surpasses Paper Ticketing At United May Results Show Innovative Paperless Service Now Constitutes Majority Of Tickets Used To Business And Travel Editors: More >>

Press Council: Statement Of Principles

Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 3:21 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Announcing the adoption by the New Zealand Press Council of a Statement of Principles, Sir John Jeffries the Council's Independent Chairman, said today the principles had been worked out over a period of 18 months following wide canvassing of opinions ... More >>

MBO Of Eastern Equities

Tuesday, 22 June 1999, 8:38 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Eastern Equities founder and chairman Peter Roebuck, and chief executive Murray Boyte have formed a joint venture with AMP Asset Management to bid for the shares of the listed Hawkes Bay transport, contracting and horticultural company. More >>

Contact/NGC Agree Gas Transmission Contract

Monday, 21 June 1999, 9:15 am | Mediacom press release distribution

Contact Energy has confirmed it has dropped its plans to build a major gas pipeline to Auckland for its Otahuhu power station and will continue to use Natural Gas Corporation's transmission pipeline system for gas deliveries for at least the next 10 years under ... More >>

Tyre Survey Reveals Safety Problem

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:31 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

New Zealand motorists have yet to take on board the message that tyres in good condition are critical to road safety. More >>

Telstra Joins Planning High-Capacity Cable Network

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:30 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Sydney, Australia, June 17, 1999/MediaNet International-AsiaNet/- -Telstra has joined nine other leading telecommunications companies and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the planning of a high-capacity fibre-optic submarine cable network in ... More >>

Ecstasy Seizures Reach Record Levels

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:28 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The New Zealand Customs Service has in the last six weeks, seized more than 9,000 Ecstasy tablets, almost surpassing the entire amount seized at the border, over the past three years . More >>

AMP Acquires PFI

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:27 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

AMP Asset Management today announced it had acquired the management contract for listed industrial property company, Property For Industry (PFI), for an undisclosed sum. More >>

Ostrich Market On The Run

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:25 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The Chairman of Australia's largest ostrich farming complex, Afro Ostrich Farms Limited, Mr Peter Webb, said today that it was no secret that the ostrich market, in stock exchange terminology, had been somewhat "bearish" for the past ... More >>

Shell Crowned Most Family Friendly Company

Friday, 18 June 1999, 10:23 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Shell New Zealand Ltd (SNZ) and Shell Services International (NZ) Ltd (SSI) have been judged the most family friendly company in New Zealand after their joint entry won the EEO Trust Work & Family Awards, announced in Auckland last night. More >>

PSA On IRD Culture

Thursday, 17 June 1999, 4:07 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The culture and style of management at the Inland Revenue Department needs to be critically examined and fundamentally changed, the PSA said today. More >>

The Phantom Menace Breaks All Existing NZ Records

Thursday, 17 June 1999, 4:05 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace Breaks All Existing NZ Box Office Records In Its First Week More >>

Kiwi Publishers Celebrate Humanity's Qualities

Thursday, 17 June 1999, 9:04 am | Mediacom press release distribution

At the close of what has been mankind's most violent and destructive Century, a New Zealand publisher is focusing on humanity's finer qualities through the eyes and lenses of some of the world's best photographers. More >>

CRT And Meridian Misled Public Says Trustpower

Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 3:24 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

Combined Rural Traders and State owned electricity retailer eridian should be hanging their heads in shame as a result of the recent electricity pricing debacle involving Otago MP Gavin Herlihy, according to electricity retailer TrustPower. More >>

Record Lotteries Sales

Wednesday, 16 June 1999, 3:23 pm | Mediacom press release distribution

The New Zealand Lotteries Commission expects record sales of over $640 million for the current financial year ending on 30 June, and is predicting a rise to $645 million for next year. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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