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Support the Migrant Workforce in Rural New Zealand
Friday, 12 June 2009, 3:44 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand is concerned that not enough is being done to help migrant workers integrate into rural communities. Social issues spokesperson, Kerry Maw says, "The migrant workforce is making a valuable contribution to the farming industry ... More >>
Rural Bulletin June 2009
Wednesday, 3 June 2009, 12:46 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Bulletin is published by Rural Women NZ with the support of the NZ Lottery Grants Board, Telecom NZ, FarmSafe and Landcorp More >>
Extension of ‘20 hours free’ scheme to Playcentres
Friday, 29 May 2009, 1:48 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Extension of ‘20 hours free’ scheme to Playcentres good for rural Rural Women New Zealand welcomes news that its call to extend the ‘20 hours free’ early childhood education scheme to Playcentres and Kohanga Reo has been heeded in the Budget 2009. ... More >>
RWNZ member appointed to Correspondence School
Friday, 29 May 2009, 12:53 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) congratulates Jacky Stafford on her appointment as parent community representative to The Correspondence School Board of Trustees. Jacky Stafford and fellow Government-appointee Don Blakeney were selected following calls ... More >>
RWNZ Enterprising Rural Woman Award winner
Saturday, 16 May 2009, 12:37 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
A boutique Wairarapa tourism venture has won the Rural Women New Zealand Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009. More >>
Fibre Optic Will Give Rural Students Equal Chance
Tuesday, 28 April 2009, 11:42 am | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) encourages a national solution on a single platform to improve Broadband services to the whole of New Zealand. For too long rural has been the poor relation when it has come to telecommunication planning, in particular ... More >>
RWNZ Enterprising Rural Woman Award
Monday, 30 March 2009, 1:04 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand is delighted to announce that three finalists have now been shortlisted for the RWNZ Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009, which is to be presented at the Grand Hall of Parliament on 15 May. More >>
Warm Rural Welcome for Graduates
Tuesday, 24 February 2009, 11:45 am | Rural Women New Zealand
Graduates taking advantage of the Government’s payment scheme to encourage more professionals into rural areas need have no fear that the move will mean the “end of life as they know it”, says the National President of Rural Women New Zealand, ... More >>
Rural Woman Award response overwhelming
Friday, 20 February 2009, 4:09 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has been overwhelmed by the number of entries for the RWNZ Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009. More >>
Entries for RWNZ’s Enterprising Rural Woman Awards
Monday, 12 January 2009, 12:36 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Entries for RWNZ’s Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009 Close 16 February: The aim of Rural Women New Zealand's Enterprising Rural Woman Award 2009 is to recognise and promote small rural businesses run by women. More >>
World Rural Women’s Day - 15 Oct
Monday, 8 September 2008, 11:59 am | Rural Women New Zealand
World Rural Women’s Day is being held on 15 October, and Rural Women New Zealand members are gearing up to celebrate. This internationally-recognised day honours the important contribution women make to rural life. The idea for a special day sprang ... More >>
Raise earnings threshold to $150 a week
Friday, 23 May 2008, 12:48 am | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand is disappointed that this week’s Budget did not raise the $80 a week earnings threshold, after which unemployment benefits are slashed by 70 cents in the dollar. More >>
RWNZ training leads to Meat & Wool nomination
Monday, 4 February 2008, 5:04 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Hilary McNab says her decision to accept nomination to stand for a position on the Meat & Wool New Zealand board is a direct result of the leadership experiences she’s had through Rural Women New Zealand. More >>
Remember the 20kph rule around school buses
Monday, 4 February 2008, 3:55 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
As schools go back after the long summer break Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is calling for drivers to take extreme care when passing school buses. Last year three children were killed after getting off a school bus. More >>
Calls for fresh approach on School Bus Death Toll
Friday, 14 December 2007, 4:40 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is calling for a fresh look at ways of keeping children safe after getting off school buses, following the death of a child near Hamilton earlier this week. He was the third child killed this year shortly after disembarking ... More >>
Spoonful of Advice Helps the Medicine Go Down
Friday, 23 March 2007, 3:23 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is disappointed by moves to reduce the number of rural pharmacies and replace them with ‘medicine depots’, where prescriptions are mailed to a pick-up point from a chemist in town. More >>
RWNZ assault on Central Otago Rail Trail
Friday, 16 March 2007, 1:23 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
“Fun, fitness and friendship” is the inspiration behind a group challenge to conquer the Otago Central Rail Trail next month. One hundred Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) members plus their ‘support crew’ of 10, will be donning their bike shorts ... More >>
Rural Midwifery Funding Boost
Thursday, 7 December 2006, 5:24 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand welcomes the news this week of an additional $2 million of funding for rural midwives on top of the recently announced Remote Rural Midwives Support Scheme. The new funding recognizes the increased costs burden faced by rural ... More >>
Ratepayer views ignored in abolition of Boards
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 10:05 am | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand is appalled by Tasman District Council’s final decision to abolish the Golden Bay and Motueka Community Boards as part of its representation review under the Local Government Act. More >>
Tasman Council urged to retain ward system
Tuesday, 30 May 2006, 2:21 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) has grave concerns about the effectiveness of rural representation if Tasman District Council goes ahead with a proposal to abolish its ward-based voting system, and is calling on the council to scrap the idea. More >>
