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Student fees frozen at 104 tertiary providers
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:52 pm | Unknown
"We applaud the Government's efforts to keep costs down for students by offering extra funding to tertiary education providers that keep their fees at the same level next year. We have contacted PTEs about the offer and 104 have said that they are ... More >>
Call to amend Voluntary Moratorium
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:49 pm | Unknown
The Chairman of the New Zealand Life Sciences Network (Inc), Dr William Rolleston, today urged the Government to amend the terms of the voluntary moratorium on GMO applications to the Environmental Risk Management Authority. More >>
US dumping GE corn-soya mix on cyclone victims
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:46 pm | Unknown
The Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology (RFSTE) in India, has just received the results of genetic identification tests of the corn - soya blend being distributed by the US government in Orissa as food aid after the Orissa super ... More >>
Budget Funds New Mental Health Gene Research
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:43 pm | Unknown
Additional budget funding of $3 million per year* (including GST) for the Health Research Council has enabled 12 new projects to be funded, two of which will search for the genes involved in depression and bipolar disorder. More >>
AUT Well Placed To Freeze Student Fees
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:38 pm | Unknown
“AUT is in the perfect position to accept the Governments offer of a 2.3% increase in funding to stabilise fees” Said Michael Heard, President of AuSM the AUT Students’ Association today More >>
Weekly Select Committeee News Bulletin
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:34 pm | Unknown
SELECT COMMITTEE BUSINESS 9 June 2000 to 16 June 2000 Committee meetings There were 16 committee meetings, all of which were in the parliamentary complex. More >>
Primary Production Committee Releases
Friday, 16 June 2000, 2:29 pm | Unknown
Inquiry into sale of Terralink’s Property Services Division continuing - financial review of Terralink - financial review of Terralink More >>
Transcript: AUS NZ Joint media conference
Friday, 16 June 2000, 1:30 pm | Unknown
Australian Minister of Defence, Hon John Moore and New Zealand Minister of Defence, Hon Mark Burton More >>
Studio Nine Happenings
Friday, 16 June 2000, 11:12 am | Unknown
The Crew are back for the seventh degenerate installment in the Fun Poison series with extra special guest dj Sueme jetsetting over from Japan especially for this gig. More >>
Warehouse Stationery Now Sells No. 1 Computer
Friday, 16 June 2000, 12:00 am | Unknown
Warehouse Stationery Now Sells Number 1 U.S. Computer Brand Throughout New Zealand State-of-the-art Gateway Computers Now Available ‘In Your Town’ More >>
Budget on Target for Maori Tertiary Students.
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:49 pm | Unknown
A commitment to Maori has been clearly backed by the Government in several Closing the Gaps initiatives revealed in today’s Budget announcement. The Government has identified several key tertiary education initiatives that aim to improve the social ... More >>
Merger off says FlyingPig.co.nz
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:25 pm | Unknown
New Zealand e-tailer FlyingPig.co.nz has announced it will not be proceeding with its merger with Australia’s TheSpot.com.au. The merger was announced early last month. More >>
Gap Closing Budget Misses Vital Element
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:24 pm | Unknown
A budget with the laudable vision of "closing the gaps" has missed one vital element according to Robert Reid, the President of UNITE!, the union representing unemployed workers. More >>
Australia - New Zealand Defence Ministerial Talks
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:12 pm | Unknown
The New Zealand Minister of Defence, Hon Mark Burton, and the Australian Minister for Defence, Hon John Moore, met in Wellington on 15 June 2000 for the annual Australia-New Zealand Defence Ministers' talks. These talks followed the meeting of the Australia-New ... More >>
New Zealand Property Institute Launch - Speech CEO
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 5:09 pm | Unknown
It’s an exciting time to be involved in the property sector. It is great to be here today. I always like being in this neck of the woods, having spent some of my recent youth here and fallen in love with not only the countryside. More >>
Richina Pacific Adds Travel Arm To Operations
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 2:05 pm | Unknown
Publicly listed Richina Pacific has added a travel consultancy arm to its Beijing underwater world entertainment business. More >>
Pacific Island Law Campaign Launched
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 9:02 am | Unknown
Pacific Island people are in dire need of information about the legal system and how to access it. That's the view of the Grey Lynn Neighbourhood Law Office who last week (Saturday 10 June 2000) launched a Pacific Island Law Campaign called PL2K (Pacific ... More >>
Possible Venue For Solomons Peace Talks
Thursday, 15 June 2000, 9:01 am | Unknown
The RAN ship, HMAS MANOORA, is being sailed closer to Honiara to provide a possible venue for peace discussions between eminent Solomon Islanders. More >>
Salesforce Evolves Into Interactive Contact Centre
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 7:01 pm | Unknown
The changing face of customer service is going through yet another incarnation with the introduction of SalesForce New Zealand’s interactive contact centre. More >>
E-LOAN To Launch With Strong Support
Wednesday, 14 June 2000, 6:51 pm | Unknown
Most of the New Zealand financial institutions who offer home loan products and services - including the four largest banks - have agreements with E-LOAN New Zealand to sell through the online home loan service when it launches next week. More >>
