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Farm Foresters Defer Forest Accord Decision
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:19 am | Unknown
At the recent New Zealand Farm Forestry Annual Conference in Balclutha, members voted to remain within the New Zealand Forest Accord and to discuss their concerns with other parties to the Accord. More >>
Aus Army Alpine Assoc. Reach Cho Oyu Summit
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:05 am | Unknown
Three members of an Australian Army Alpine Association team have successfully reached the summit of Cho Oyu, the world's sixth highest mountain at 8,201 metres in the Himalaya. More >>
Fletcher Challenge Forests Chief Executive Departs
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:04 am | Unknown
AUCKLAND, 23 May 2000 – Paul Fowler, Chief Executive of Fletcher Challenge Forests, will leave the company at the end of June. “I have been considering a change for some time,” Mr Fowler said. “When I joined the company, my intention was to spend ... More >>
Walker Wireless To Spend $6.5 Million on Spectrum
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:01 am | Unknown
AUCKLAND, May 22, 2000 - Broadband wireless company Walker Wireless Limited announced today that it has signed a conditional agreement to pay $6.5 million to acquire exclusive management rights to two 8 MHz channels in the 2.3 GHz region of the radio spectrum. More >>
Matterhorn Listings for Week 22-28 May 2000
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 10:00 am | Unknown
Wednesday 24th - The Domestic Lounge - With The Nomad The Matterhorn's local talent spices up the mid week with The Domestic Lounge More >>
Vision key to CLEAR proposal to telecomms Inquiry
Tuesday, 23 May 2000, 9:59 am | Unknown
New Zealanders should expect high-bandwidth services, delivering music and television to the home and a new generation of sophisticated applications to businesses, within five years. More >>
NZMA condemns doctor's actions
Monday, 22 May 2000, 6:26 pm | Unknown
The New Zealand Medical Association absolutely condemns the actions of Christchurch GP Morgan Fahey in sexually offending against women who trusted him as their doctor. More >>
"Humane employment legislation needed", Union Says
Monday, 22 May 2000, 3:39 pm | Unknown
The Service & Food Workers Union (SFWU) told the Employment & Accident Insurance Legislation Select Committee today that many employers had brutally and deliberately abused the power given to them under the Employment Contracts Act and this abuse ... More >>
Caltex raises petrol prices
Monday, 22 May 2000, 2:49 pm | Unknown
Caltex New Zealand Ltd has raised retail petrol prices by four cents a litre effective immediately. The increase does not affect diesel prices. More >>
Fiji Coup: President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
Monday, 22 May 2000, 10:52 am | Unknown
I speak to you as your President to bring you up to date with development since armed men forcefully entered Parliament yesterday and took into captivity the Prime Minister and members of his Government. More >>
Global warming means political heat
Monday, 22 May 2000, 8:53 am | Unknown
Within three years, GST could be partly replaced by a carbon tax to help reduce New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to those who make and operate wind turbines. “Even sooner, there are likely to be energy efficiency regulations for ... More >>
Reform Brings Need To Restructure
Friday, 19 May 2000, 5:46 pm | Unknown
King Country Energy is seeking a new chief executive as a direct result of the ill-conceived electricity reforms. More >>
Industry Endorses Treaty Tribes On Fishing Alloc.
Friday, 19 May 2000, 5:11 pm | Unknown
“I applaud today’s action of the Seafood Industry Conference in endorsing the immediate allocation of Mäori fishing assets to iwi,” Harry Mikaere, Chairman of the Treaty Tribes Coalition, said today. More >>
Abolition 2000 Global Network Enrols 2000th Org.
Friday, 19 May 2000, 5:08 pm | Unknown
In May 1995, during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review and Extension Conference at the United Nations in New York, citizen action groups from around the world recognized that the declared nuclear weapons states were unwilling to discuss ... More >>
DMA launches an exciting new service for e-market
Friday, 19 May 2000, 5:01 pm | Unknown
DMA launches an exciting new service for e-marketers and suppliers of e-marketing services More >>
TIMOR TODAY 19 MAY 2000
Friday, 19 May 2000, 4:11 pm | Unknown
For full text see…. http://www.easttimor.com/ More >>
Too Soon To Rule Mite Eradication Out
Friday, 19 May 2000, 3:56 pm | Unknown
The National Beekeepers' Association is strongly disagreeing with National's Biosecurity spokesman David Carter's call that eradication of the Varroa mite should be ruled out. More >>
Selling Appliances Online? Big Deal!
Friday, 19 May 2000, 3:44 pm | Unknown
News that an Australian retailer may start selling appliances online in New Zealand has been greeted with mild interest by established New Zealand online e-tailer, SuperCyberStore.com. Managing Director, Shane Frith, said that the company had been trading online since ... More >>
Frucor Beverages Group Ltd Announces Share Float
Friday, 19 May 2000, 3:42 pm | Unknown
Leading designer beverages company Frucor Beverages Group Limited today announced it has lodged a Prospectus to float 62,625,000 of its shares in an international offering and that it expected to list on the NZSE and the Australian Stock Exchange ... More >>
Select Committee Weekly News Bulletin
Friday, 19 May 2000, 3:40 pm | Unknown
SELECT COMMITTEE BUSINESS 12 May 2000 to 19 May 2000 Committee meetings There were 19 committee meetings, including two in progress in Auckland. There were four other meetings outside Wellington. The remainder were in the parliamentary complex. More >>
