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America's Cup News

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:58 am | Unknown

Auckland City Council - City Scene Free standing Maori carvings at the Cup Village Island were recently blessed by Ngati Whatua. The carvings are the work of Blaine Te Rito and depict a theme of voyaging across the sea, with the Island likened to ... More >>

Auckland City's Red Light District Review

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:57 am | Unknown

Council's working group on prostitution is making progress on its review of Auckland's sex businesses. Its City Advocacy Committee has voted to support ongoing consultation and a review into the legal, regulatory and planning implications of the industry. More >>

Auckland Liveable Communities

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:54 am | Unknown

Auckland City has agreed that there needs to be room for 176,000 more people, than allowed for in the present district plan, as its share of regional population growth over the next 50 years. The Liveable Communities 2050 strategy will ensure this happens ... More >>

A Safe Summer 2000 For Auckland

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:52 am | Unknown

Auckland City is backing a wide-ranging safety campaign to run through summer. Called "Safe Summer 2000", the campaign is a joint effort by nine organisations keen to promote safe and responsible behaviour in a variety of summer activities. More >>

Racetracks Benefit Community - City Council

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:50 am | Unknown

The three racetracks located within Auckland City - Alexandra Park, Ellerslie and Avondale - provide considerable benefits to the community. Alexandra Park in Epsom, three minutes drive off the southern motorway, is the headquarters for the Auckland ... More >>

Auckland City Council Backs Netball Site

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:48 am | Unknown

Auckland City's Parks and Recreation Committee supports the rezoning of 84 - 150 Morrin Road, Mt Wellington to assist the Auckland Netball Association in developing netball courts and club facilities on the site. More >>

Fear and Loathing in "serene" Sri Lanka

Tuesday, 5 October 1999, 9:26 am | Unknown

Walking around in downtown Colombo, with its magnificent Ocean front on one side and its colonial buildings on another, it is easy to forget about a war being fought in the country somewhere in the North. The three-wheelers, the hawkers selling everything ... More >>

Forest and Bird Heads to Beehive to Plead for Kiwi

Monday, 4 October 1999, 5:45 pm | Unknown

The Forest and Bird Protection Society will seek the backing of Conservation Minister Nick Smith tomorrow for a $10 million a year plan to save the kiwi from extinction. More >>

Forest and Bird Welcome Green's Conservation Poliy

Monday, 4 October 1999, 3:51 pm | Unknown

The Green Party conservation policy released today has addressed the key concerns of New Zealand conservationists according to the Forest and Bird Protection Society. More >>

Metrowater's Charge Hike Increases Social Inequity

Monday, 4 October 1999, 1:07 pm | Unknown

Large families on low incomes who need to use more water will be hardest hit under Metrowater's new tariff which substantially increases user-charges for water and waste-water services. More >>

Armstrong Jones encourages youth input

Monday, 4 October 1999, 10:31 am | Unknown

Business and schools are combining forces to provide a fresh approach to the issue of retirement income provision. Financial services company, Armstrong Jones is the sponsor of the Super 2000 Taskforce Schools’ Competition, launched today. The competition ... More >>

NZ Software Lends Australia a Hand with GST

Monday, 4 October 1999, 10:24 am | Unknown

AUCKLAND - 4th October, 1999 - Leading New Zealand financial software developer, Greentree International, today announced that it has been appointed to a committee assigned to assist the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) with the introduction of ... More >>

AUS: John Moore - ABC I/V Transcript

Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:35 am | Unknown

THE HON. JOHN MOORE, MP Minister for Defence TRANSCRIPT: FROM ABC RADIO "AM" PROGRAM @ 0800 30/09/99 More >>

AUS: John Moore - Sky TV I/V Transcript

Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:34 am | Unknown

THE HON. JOHN MOORE, MP Minister for Defence TRANSCRIPT: SKY TELEVISION NEWS, AUSTRALIA @ 0720 30/09/99 More >>

AUS: John Moore - Nine Network I/V Transcript

Monday, 4 October 1999, 9:33 am | Unknown

THE HON. JOHN MOORE, MP Minister for Defence TRANSCRIPT: NINE NETWORK "TODAY" SHOW @ 0710 30/09/99 SUBJECT: EAST TIMOR More >>

PRD Member Shot Dead By Military In Lampung

Monday, 4 October 1999, 12:04 am | Unknown

Information on deaths in protests in Indonesia against proposed new security laws from ASIET - Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor. More >>

Further reasons for stopping the GE crops

Sunday, 3 October 1999, 7:46 pm | Unknown

Reprinted with permission from the October 1999 issue of Alive: Canadian Journal of Health and Nutrition, 7436 Fraser Park Drive, Burnaby, BC V5J 5B9 More >>

$1.2 million superdraw for Lotto travel junkets

Sunday, 3 October 1999, 7:45 pm | Unknown

The Lotteries Commission has admitted spending $1.2 million to send commissioners, staff and their wives to international conferences over the past 12 years. More >>

Reserve Bank DG To Hold Q&A Session On Sharechat

Sunday, 3 October 1999, 7:44 pm | Unknown

Dr Roderick Carr, Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, will be hosting a live Internet discussion on ShareChat (http://www.sharechat.co.nz/ ) on "Y2K and the New Zealand Banking System." The discussion will take place this Tuesday, ... More >>

Protesters Storm Pageant

Sunday, 3 October 1999, 1:50 pm | Unknown

12 women and men stormed yesterday's Miss Otago Pageant, calling for an end to all beauty pageants and temporarily stopping the performance. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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