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Nz Technology An Early Olympic Winner

Friday, 1 September 2000, 10:06 am | Unknown

New Zealand innovation is going for gold at the Olympics, with a Wellington-based company putting the final touches to a large contract which will see its technology being used for the first time in the telecommunications industry in Australasia. More >>

Implications Of GE For Indigenous Peoples

Friday, 1 September 2000, 9:58 am | Unknown

Representatives from the American based Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism today began a two-week tour of the North Island to discuss the implications of genetic technologies for indigenous peoples. More >>

Maori Researcher Says GEPoses Risks For Humanity

Friday, 1 September 2000, 9:53 am | Unknown

Press Release: Nga Wahine Tiaki o te Ao Date: September 1 2000 02:00 a.m. More >>

Pop Media & Pop Politicians Cynical And Obscene

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 5:00 pm | Unknown

The response from the pop media and certain pop politicians to Tariana Turia's analysis of historical perspectives on women’s and children’s abuse was “…cynical and obscene, but nothing out of the ordinary”, says Shaun Wakelin, spokesperson for the Institute ... More >>

Comvita Welcomes Reversal On Bee Product Warnings

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 4:14 pm | Unknown

Paengaroa, 31 August 2000. Comvita NZ Ltd, an industry leader in the Australasian bee products market, has today welcomed an announcement by the Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) recommending a significant change to current requirements ... More >>

Mahuta In Denial As To Reality Of Situation

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 2:28 pm | Unknown

Waikato beneficiaries who in 1995 sought the intervention of the High Court to prevent the signing of the Waikato Raupatu Settlement, continue to speak out against Sir Robert Mahuta whose persistent actions to regain control of the tribe's finances ... More >>

NBC Versus the Internet ?

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 1:04 pm | Unknown

Sydney Indymedia is a collective of activists, media-makers, groups and individuals offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage of struggles, actions and issues around the 2000 Olympics. Everyone is a witness. Everyone is a journalist. http://sydney.indymedia.org/ More >>

Broker Bodies Fail To Merge

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 11:44 am | Unknown

In an historic vote at their joint conference last week, and after two years of merger talks, members of the two industry associations representing insurance brokers in New Zealand failed to get enough votes to join forces and become one body. More >>

Industry Leader Forming Development Lab For Linux

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 11:32 am | Unknown

Industry Leaders Including Hp, Intel, IBM And NEC Forming Open Source Development Lab For Linux More >>

Sovereign Delivers $33.9 Million Profit

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 11:06 am | Unknown

Financial services company Sovereign Limited made an audited after tax profit of $33.9 million for the year ended 30 June 2000. More >>

Students Represented With Voluntary Associations

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 9:15 am | Unknown

Pro-compulsory students associations and their sympathisers often claim that compulsory associations are needed to lobby for and represent students off campus, such as with the Government. More >>

Detroit Police Kill Deaf-mute Man--30 Aug. 2000

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 8:59 am | Unknown

Detroit police described it as a case of self-defense. But relatives and neighbors who saw police fatally shoot a 39-year-old man on the city's northwest side shortly after 4 p.m. Tuesday said police ignored their cries that the man couldn't hear or ... More >>

De La Soul - Art Official Intelligence

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 8:51 am | Unknown

Since introducing the globe to a new style of speak with the "verbal confetti" and "naughty noise" of its classic 1988 debut single, "Plug Tunin'," De La Soul has perpetually proven itself to be at the forefront of rap music innovation. ... More >>

Sydneysiders Getting Nervous In Olympic Buildup

Thursday, 31 August 2000, 12:58 am | Unknown

Sydney is chaotic now, and it's going to be worse during the Olympics. To aircraft noise, rail derangement and traffic madness add a few million visitors, thousands of cops and a large number of hastily-trained Olympic volunteers herding us around. ... More >>

Commonwealth Bank Group full year results

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 5:18 pm | Unknown

Sydney, 30 August 2000: The Commonwealth Bank Group today announced a net operating profit after tax of $1,713 million (excluding abnormals) for the year ended 30 June 2000. Directors declared a final dividend of 72 cents per share, fully franked. Managing ... More >>

“Child Abuse Really Upsets Me”

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 4:35 pm | Unknown

If ever there was a gap that needed closing it is the chasm called child abuse! Sadly not everyone seems willing to accept that there is such a gulf in human behaviour. More >>

Peace Software Chosen By US Electricity Co.

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 4:15 pm | Unknown

American Gas & Power Giant Signs With Peace Software Retail Arm Of America’s Dominion Chooses Peace’s Energy For Energy Customer Management (ECM) More >>

Roche Selects StayinFront For Asia Pacific

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 4:08 pm | Unknown

AUCKLAND, AUGUST, 2000. - StayinFront Asia Pacific Limited, a leading supplier of customer relationship management (CRM) software systems, has announced that Roche Products has purchased its CRM product, Visual Elk, to boost the effectiveness of ... More >>

Significant Increase In Organic Exports From NZ

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 3:48 pm | Unknown

The Organic Products Exporters Group (OPEG) – the peak industry body for the growing organic export sector – reported a significant increase in the value of organic exports to June, 2000. The results of its annual survey of exporter members were presented ... More >>

Playing The Corporate Game

Wednesday, 30 August 2000, 1:30 pm | Unknown

THE SYDNEY Olympics has come to symbolise everything people hate about what is happening to sport. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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