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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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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