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Thrills And Spills… Crusty Demons Crazy Antics
Tuesday, 20 January 2004, 10:41 am | Unknown
Motocross insanity took over Auckland's Viaduct Harbour today when American FMX Crusty Demon legend "Mad" Mike Jones jumped on to his bike and thrilled the crowds with high-flying antics. More >>
Call For Proposals - The ART BOX Project
Friday, 16 January 2004, 9:52 am | Unknown
Artists are invited to propose ideas to the Art Box Project, a public art space in the form of a 1m3 perspex box. The Art Box relocates to unpredictable public locations within Wellington City, producing a nomadic itinerary of site-oriented installations. More >>
Earl Hagaman Letter To Casino Control Authority
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 3:10 pm | Unknown
Dear Casino Control Authority Members, I represent a group of businessmen, most of whom live in Christchurch, who would be quite interested in purchasing the 41% interest in the Christchurch Casino which is about to be sold by Aspinall which is based in ... More >>
Watch Out! Drive By Art Hits Streets Of Wellington
Thursday, 15 January 2004, 2:24 pm | Unknown
Drive by Art - an exciting new public art programme - will be launched by Wellington City Council's Community Arts Office on 18 January. More >>
Forest Owners Seek Payment For Carbon Credits
Monday, 29 December 2003, 11:50 am | Unknown
The Kyoto Forest Owners Association represents forest owners who have planted more than 200,000 ha in New Zealand since 1989. More >>
Too Far "Away In A Manger(e)".......
Wednesday, 24 December 2003, 11:30 am | Unknown
New billboards going up around the city tomorrow in time for Christmas are part of a campaign to save Auckland's second airport at Whenuapai and convert it to commercial use. More >>
soane - TonganChic - release date: February 2004
Monday, 22 December 2003, 4:22 pm | Unknown
Highly regarded New Zealand DJ and Producer Soane announces the release of his eagerly awaited debut artist album, TonganChic, to be released by local record company In Music, February 2004. More >>
Pine Harbour Food & Wine Festival
Monday, 22 December 2003, 4:18 pm | Unknown
The Pine Harbour Food & Wine Festival will be held on Saturday 24 January 2004 at the Pine Harbour Marina in Beachlands. More >>
Wellington's Transport Planning Unsustainable
Friday, 19 December 2003, 6:08 pm | Unknown
Building the Te Aro bypass through Wellington's inner city would be contrary to principles of environmental sustainability, a review of Wellington's transport planning by Australian researchers has found. More >>
Lawyers Praise Second Circuit Padilla V. Rumsfeld
Friday, 19 December 2003, 2:24 pm | Unknown
The National Lawyers Guild announced today that it was thrilled with the decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Padilla v. Rumsfeld, holding that President Bush does not have the unilateral authority to hold as “enemy combatants” American ... More >>
States Betray 400 Million Indigenous Peoples
Tuesday, 16 December 2003, 3:36 pm | Unknown
Press Statement of the Indigenous Peoples Delegation to the UN WSIS Geneva 11 December 2003 More >>
NZ Entries A Quarter Of Total Received For Fiction
Friday, 12 December 2003, 10:41 am | Unknown
NEW ZEALAND ENTRIES ADD UP TO OVER A QUARTER OF TOTAL RECEIVED IN PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR FICTION WRITING More >>
Meat Loaf - New Zealand Concert Tour confirmed
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:58 am | Unknown
Following the recent widely reported public conjecture and disappointment that Auckland and New Zealand had again missed out on another international concert promotion, it is with great excitement that the Auckland Philharmonia announce a coup for New ... More >>
GE Action Update 41 - Day Of Action Next Week!
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:34 am | Unknown
Lots in this update. Greenpeace has launched their new food guide, The ERMA roadshow was met with protest across the country and people are still working hard on behind the scenes projects. More >>
Images: Prepare for Impact
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:10 am | Unknown
Don’t miss Impact World Tour New Zealand, an action-packed performance event series set to sweep through the nation from Jan-April 2004. Three teams made up of professional-level skateboarders, bikers, in-line skaters, motorcross riders, musicians, dancers, cultural ... More >>
First Time Investiture on Christchurch Marae
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 10:03 am | Unknown
More than 250 guests will gather at Rehua Marae in Christchurch on Sunday 14th December to support the Investiture of Reverend Maurice Manawaroa Gray with the Royal Honour of MNZM (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) by Her Excellency the Governor ... More >>
Blanchet Limited placed in voluntary liquidation
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 9:43 am | Unknown
Jude Riddell owner of the Frock Shop at Raumati Beach and the Nicholas Blanchet store in the Old Bank Shopping Arcade on Wellington’s Lambton Quay issued a statement today following advice of the impending announcement by designer Nick Blanchet that his ... More >>
New option for treatment-resistant depression
Thursday, 11 December 2003, 9:19 am | Unknown
Wyeth New Zealand, provider of the antidepressant medicine Efexor®-XR (venlafaxine extended release), is pleased to announce that agreement has been reached with the New Zealand Government's funding agency, Pharmac, to make this treatment available ... More >>
4th Pacific Summer for Christchurch
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 11:29 am | Unknown
From January 30 – February 5, 2004, Christchurch will witness the 4th annual Christchurch celebration of Pacific art, called “FA – Pacific Arts”. More >>
New Zealand's First Natural Cemetery Planned
Wednesday, 10 December 2003, 11:21 am | Unknown
Wellington will be the first city outside of the United Kingdom to boast its own natural cemetery, after a Wellington City Council Committee today agreed in principal to a proposal by Natural Burials. More >>