Scoop has an Ethical Paywall
Scoop InfoPages
This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Rural Women for InfoPages here.
Rural Women - Latest News [Page 5]
All we want for Christmas
Monday, 21 December 2009, 3:26 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand urges the Road Safety Trust to play Santa this Christmas and spend the $10.7 million it has accumulated from the sale of personalised number plates on the worthy grant applications it has received from community groups. More >>
Rural ACC clients face chop in homecare services
Saturday, 28 November 2009, 1:19 pm | Rural Women
Up to 400 rural clients may lose their homecare support as a result of ACC’s decision to slash travel payments for homecare workers from next Tuesday, 1 December. More >>
ACC sexual abuse counselling cuts
Friday, 23 October 2009, 4:44 pm | Rural Women
Proposed cuts to ACC sexual abuse counselling will badly impact women living in a rural setting, says Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ). The ACC changes to sexual abuse counselling are due to be implemented next week. Under the current system, rural ... More >>
Strategy for Walking Access on the Right Track
Friday, 2 October 2009, 12:43 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand is pleased that its concerns about home and farm security have been recognized in the draft National Strategy on Walking Access, released this week. Rural Women New Zealand has been at the forefront of the walking access debate ... More >>
Rural Broadband – A Game of Catch Up
Friday, 11 September 2009, 3:16 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand welcomes news that the Government has heeded its calls for a much greater investment in rural broadband than the paltry $48 million announced in this year’s Budget - which was a fraction of the $1.5 billion earmarked for ... More >>
Rural Women New Zealand Journalism Award 2009
Thursday, 10 September 2009, 9:36 am | Rural Women
Applications are now open for the RWNZ Journalism Award, run by the NZ Guild of Agricultural Journalists. Entries must be of two articles/broadcasts based on the theme of “rural women making a difference”. This could be in the sense of community involvement ... More >>
Rural Women keep a watchful eye on bridge project
Wednesday, 19 August 2009, 1:51 pm | Rural Women
Although Transport Minister Steven Joyce has announced that construction of new bridges across the Upper Waitaki River could be under way in less than 18 months, members of Upper Waitaki Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) say they will not give up the fight ... More >>
Rural Women Alive!
Thursday, 13 August 2009, 9:31 am | Rural Women
Rural Women Alive! No. 89 – 12 August 2009 International Day of Rural Women / International Year of Natural Fibre More >>
Call for Immediate Action on School Bus Safety
Monday, 18 May 2009, 4:46 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) says the Government must act without delay to improve safety for children travelling on school buses, particularly in rural areas. The call comes following the tragic death of a Matamata schoolboy on Friday, shortly ... More >>
Capital Conference for Rural Women New Zealand
Saturday, 9 May 2009, 2:09 pm | Rural Women
Two hundred rural women from around the country are heading for the capital next week, where they will hear Prime Minister John Key’s take on the rural economy. More >>
Capital Conference for Rural Women New Zealand
Friday, 8 May 2009, 4:58 pm | Rural Women
Two hundred rural women from around the country are heading for the capital next week, where they will hear Prime Minister John Key’s take on the rural economy. More >>
Rural Women support for Australian fire victims
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 1:17 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand’s national office has today announced it will be donating $5,000 to the Red Cross appeal for Victorian bushfire victims. More >>
Kill the Speed, Not the Child
Monday, 2 February 2009, 5:09 pm | Rural Women
As children return to school after the long summer break Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is reminding drivers to slow down to 20km/h when passing school buses in either direction. More >>
RWNZ decries loss of Ministry of Rural Affairs
Tuesday, 18 November 2008, 11:23 am | Rural Women
After lobbying long and hard for a Ministry of Rural Affairs, Rural Women New Zealand is bitterly disappointed that there will be no direct representation for rural communities in the new National-led government, with the announcement that the Rural Affairs ... More >>
Calendar girls to raise funds for bus safety
Friday, 3 October 2008, 2:23 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand is campaigning to raise awareness about the 20kph speed limit when passing a stationary school bus in either direction. More >>
New Rural Journalism Award
Wednesday, 20 August 2008, 3:36 pm | Rural Women
Applications are now open for the Rural Women New Zealand Award 2008, which has been established by the New Zealand Guild of Agricultural Journalists and Communicators and Rural Women New Zealand. More >>
Rural Midwives Bonus Payment a Band Aid Solution
Wednesday, 9 July 2008, 4:24 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand says the recent $1.6 million one-off bonus paid to 432 rural midwives is a band aid solution to the problems of rural recruitment and retention. More >>
Horizons Regional Council Proposed ‘One Plan’
Saturday, 5 July 2008, 1:18 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand is calling for less bureaucracy and a back-to-basics approach in response to Horizons Regional Council’s proposed ‘One Plan’. The Regional Council is currently hearing submissions on the Plan, which could set in place far-reaching ... More >>
Leptospirosis research given big boost
Thursday, 22 May 2008, 9:27 am | Rural Women
Massey EpiCentre scientists were “absolutely overwhelmed” on being presented with a jumbo-sized cheque for $87,500 by Rural Women New Zealand at the organisation’s national conference in Blenheim this week. More >>
Seasonal Workers Need Paid Parental Leave Too
Wednesday, 19 March 2008, 2:43 pm | Rural Women
Rural Women New Zealand says the Government’s ongoing review of the Paid Parental Leave scheme should focus on removing barriers to eligibility for an important part of the rural workforce. More >>
