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Successful Integration Lifts Advantage Q1 profit

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 9:12 pm | Unknown

Auckland – 4 November 1999 – Advantage Group Limited (NZSE: ADV) today announced a first quarter profit of $1.4 million on revenues of $15.6 million, a result up 9.3% on forecast. This compares with a profit of $232,000 on revenues of $4.76 million ... More >>

Keri Hulme On The Joys Of A Republic Of NZ

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 9:11 pm | Unknown

At the turn of the century Richard Seddon trumpeted, “One Empire, one language, one people.” More >>

Republican Movement launches campaign for republic

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 9:09 pm | Unknown

THE Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand today launched its campaign for a New Zealand head of state. More >>

Three More Auckland Candidates For Green Party

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 5:38 pm | Unknown

The Green Party has announced three more candidates for Auckland, bringing its final number of electorate candidates to 50 for the November 27 general election. More >>

R&D write off proposal no election pleaser

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 3:06 pm | Unknown

The election was needed to spur both the main political parties into recognising the importance of investment in research and development, says the Employers and Manufacturers Association (Northern). More >>

Innovation Fuels Firm's Export Sales

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 2:40 pm | Unknown

Computer hardware and software developed by a four-person Manawatu company for international service-stations is being used in Brazil, New Zealand, Australia and Thailand. More >>

NZ First Disorganised Personality Cult: Ex Members

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 2:38 pm | Unknown

The release of the NZ First party list today does nothing to dispel the impression that the party is a "disintegrating, disorganised and divisive personality cult," say two former candidates, Rex Widerstrom and David Stevenson. More >>

Science boosts mushroom industry

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 2:15 pm | Unknown

Scientists are helping to expand and diversify our mushroom industry so that New Zealand can become part of a billion-dollar export trade. More >>

Scoop Poem: The Battle of Twickers

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:42 pm | Unknown

Got up in the early hours, just to watch the rugby, It was really hard to watch, and the result was ugly, The French were victorious in the Battle of Twickers, Now we have to suffer the world's chuckles and twitters. More >>

NORML: Last Aussie States backs Decriminilasition

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:37 pm | Unknown

NORML - The Queensland Cabinet has approved a plan to allow those caught with less than 500g of cannabis to be diverted to a rehab programme. More >>

Resource Kit For Students On Elections

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:33 pm | Unknown

The Electoral Commission has distributed an educational resource kit to more than 1700 intermediate and junior secondary schools throughout the country to help students understand the election process and democracy. More >>

Rural GP initiatives "don't go far enough"

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:31 pm | Unknown

The New Zealand Rural GP Network applauds any contribution to assist rural practice, but does not believe that the Government's rural GP initatives, announced yesterday, go far enough. More >>

This Cruel Australian Shore

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:28 pm | Unknown

While all you kiwi kiwis wail and gnash your teeth following the All Black's tragic loss against France last weekend, spare a thought for the thousands of kiwi refugees over here suffering on this cruel Australian shore. We are daily on the receiving ... More >>

TIMOR TODAY 4/11/99

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 1:00 pm | Unknown

Full text... http://www.easttimor.com More >>

Tai Tonga’s Two-Horse Race

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 11:53 am | Unknown

TE TAI TONGA is the largest of the six Maori seats, being the southern half of the old Southern Maori seat. More >>

Bunkle denies report

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 11:50 am | Unknown

ALLIANCE Wellington Central candidate Phillida Bunkle says she is taking City Voice to the Press Council over a report that she is urging people to give their electorate votes to Labour. More >>

Unemployment Rate Down to 6.8 Per Cent

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 11:24 am | Unknown

The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has fallen for the third quarter in a row to 6.8 per cent in the September 1999 quarter according to Statistics New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey, the official measure of unemployment. This rate is ... More >>

Retail Sales Increase

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 11:21 am | Unknown

Statistics New Zealand's retail trade figures for September 1999 show the underlying sales trend is strengthening. Since the beginning of this year the trend has increased 4.6 per cent. More >>

The Dominion

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 11:07 am | Unknown

List - Economists - Racehorse - Snoring - Rugby - Bashing - Homes - Deal More >>

Victoria University sets fees for three years

Thursday, 4 November 1999, 10:39 am | Unknown

Victoria University of Wellington has recommended to Council the setting of student fees for three years, providing greater stability to students planning their tertiary education, Vice Chancellor Professor Michael Irving announced today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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