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Man Prosecuted For Illegal Nutritional Supplements
Thursday, 19 August 1999, 9:45 am | Unknown
AUCKLAND man Peter Hardwick has been convicted of importing and intending to sell nutritional supplements containing pharmacy only and prescription medicines. More >>
Abortion/Breast Cancer Link Disputed
Thursday, 19 August 1999, 8:42 am | Unknown
Women's Health Action executive director, Sandra Coney, today disputed the claim of a visiting doctor, Dr Joel Brind, that abortion increased the risk of breast cancer. More >>
Privatisation of Tertiary Education Continues
Thursday, 19 August 1999, 8:38 am | Unknown
"Today's '5 step' announcements are yet another step in the privatisation of tertiary education" said Karen Skinner Co-President of the New Zealand University Students' Association. More >>
Christian Heritage Support Feminist Lobby
Thursday, 19 August 1999, 8:32 am | Unknown
Christian Heritage Party candidate, Chris Salt, says the party supports efforts by feminist lobby groups to have the objectionable Rock FM billboards removed. “They are offensive to both men and women,” says Mr Salt. More >>
AUS: New Employment Assistance
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 9:17 pm | Unknown
Over 61,000 young Australians will get special help to obtain future jobs following the national launch today of the new round of contracts in the Federal Government’s Jobs Pathway Programme (JPP). More >>
AUS: Dugong Death Report
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 9:14 pm | Unknown
Marine Park authorities have today expressed concern at the weekend report of the body of a dugong discovered in the Nelly Bay harbour on Magnetic Island off Townsville. More >>
Approach to protect public from exposure to EMR
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 9:12 pm | Unknown
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has embarked on a new co-operative approach for the regulation of human exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) generated by telecommunications equipment. The proposed regime is based on a new ... More >>
National Government Abandons Education
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 8:10 pm | Unknown
The National Government's announcement today of their Five Steps To A Knowledge Based Society threatens to further undermine the integrity and quality of our present tertiary education system. Their policy changes in the areas of scholarships, loans and research ... More >>
Wool Board Announces Next Steps
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 7:43 pm | Unknown
New Zealand Wool Board Chairman, Bruce Munro, today announced that a project would shortly begin to develop viable solutions to address issues of profitability within the wool industry. More >>
Auckland Students Angered At National's 5 Steps
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 5:47 pm | Unknown
Student leaders at Auckland have reacted in anger at the government's policy announcements on tertiary education today, titled 'Five Steps Ahead'. More >>
Auckland Students Angered At 5 Steps
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 4:57 pm | Unknown
Student leaders at Auckland have reacted in anger at the government's policy announcements on tertiary education today, titled 'Five Steps Ahead'. More >>
Bright Future Step In Right Direction
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 4:38 pm | Unknown
Employers’ Federation CEO, Steve Marshall said today that the Governments “Bright Future – 5 Steps Ahead,” are steps in the right direction. More >>
NZMA Welcomes Compliance Cost Review
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 4:33 pm | Unknown
The New Zealand Medical Association welcomes the announcement by Enterprise and Commerce Minister Max Bradford that the Government is to ease the administrative and compliance burden on doctors. More >>
Filipino Union Leader To Tour NZ
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 3:31 pm | Unknown
Crispin Beltran, Filipino Union Leader To Tour NZ August 30 - September 13, Speaking On The Asian Crisis, Globalisation and APEC: A Filipino Worker's Perspective More >>
Government Gets It Right Says Hi-Tech Leaders
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 3:25 pm | Unknown
The NZ Intellectual Capital Foundation (NZInC), responsible for developing the initial strategy of the Government's Bright Future Programme, is delighted with today's announcement of thirty initiatives that will enable New Zealand to compete with other technologically ... More >>
Forest and Bird takes Prime Minister to task
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 3:21 pm | Unknown
Conservationists say Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's statements implying that her Government has ended logging of Buller forests are misleading when Timberlands West Coast Ltd has in the last month begun logging the magnificent and largely untouched ... More >>
Mixed Messages From Government
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 1:01 pm | Unknown
The government announced last year that they are to allow "…funding to follow the student…" to justify their introduction of the Universal Tertiary Training Allowance. Today they claim that "New Zealand is too small to support 7 universities ... More >>
Babies' Health Must be Top Priority
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 11:45 am | Unknown
The health of our babies must be the first consideration when decisions are made about the future of the routine heel-prick Guthrie test, the New Zealand Medical Association says. More >>
Science Body Challenges New Zealand Business
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 11:13 am | Unknown
Each year the Government spends some $600 million on research, science and technology. This represents about $300 per New Zealand family. Are we getting value for money? More >>
Coast Action Network creation of Timberlands: FACT
Wednesday, 18 August 1999, 11:10 am | Unknown
Secrets and Lies, a book released yesterday by Nicky Hager and Bob Burton, proves once and for all that Coast Action Network (CAN) is a creation of Timberlands and their PR companies. More >>
