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Pulsate - Telecom Like You've Never Seen Before!
Friday, 6 August 1999, 6:39 pm | Unknown
Telecom today officially launched 'Pulsate', its new series of sponsorships and events involving activities like surfing, snowboarding and skating. More >>
Wool Industry On The Up
Friday, 6 August 1999, 6:36 pm | Unknown
New Zealand's wool industry will better understand the value-adding chain, extending from the sheep to the consumer, if the aims of a new Wool Research Organisation project are achieved. More >>
Gel Heads Overseas
Friday, 6 August 1999, 6:35 pm | Unknown
"Significant sales" are being negotiated in the United States of a seaweed-based anti-inflammatory gel that has been developed by a small Hutt Valley laboratory. More >>
TV1 6pm News
Friday, 6 August 1999, 6:33 pm | Unknown
Millennium - Cannabis - Crash - Scary Ride - Con Air - Pilot Strike - Royals More >>
The Week in Politics - According to Labour
Friday, 6 August 1999, 5:38 pm | Unknown
In the past eight days I have given keynote addresses at three major industry conferences. There is considerable interest in how a Labour government will inject a new sense of purpose and direction into the economy. At both the tourism and aviation industry ... More >>
Tough Cannabis Laws "No Deterrent"
Friday, 6 August 1999, 5:29 pm | Unknown
"The study, which compared Western Australia's prohibitive cannabis laws with the liberal cautioning system used in South Australia, found that the social costs of minor cannabis offences under a punitive system could be much worse than any health ... More >>
Tough Drug Laws 'No Deterrent'
Friday, 6 August 1999, 5:04 pm | Unknown
Tough anti-cannabis laws fail to deter most offenders from using the drug again and can often have serious long-term social costs, including relationship breakdowns and loss of employment, a study has found. More >>
Timberlands marks Conservation Week with logging
Friday, 6 August 1999, 4:30 pm | Unknown
Conservationists have condemned the commencement of logging in Buller's Orikaka Forest by Timberlands West Coast Ltd. More >>
Dairy Industry Probes Bio-Tech Potential
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:50 pm | Unknown
The Dairy Board is to sharply increase its research funding in order to investigate the potential of biotechnology, a move its chairman John Storey says is imperative to ensure his industry stays abreast with developments in this field. More >>
AUS: Telecommunications Competition/Information
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:04 pm | Unknown
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission today issued new Competition Notice Guidelines which the ACCC must have regard to when deciding whether to issue a competition notice in response to anti-competitive conduct within the telecommunications industry. More >>
AUS: Misleading 'Environmentally Friendly' Claims
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:03 pm | Unknown
After Australian Competition and Consumer inquiries, BOC Gases has agreed to stop making unqualified representations about air conditioning gas. More >>
AUS: Ambassador To Chile
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:02 pm | Unknown
I have today announced the appointment of Mr John Campbell as Australian Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, with non-resident accreditation to Peru and Bolivia. Mr Campbell will replace Ms Susan Tanner, who has been Ambassador since June 1997. He ... More >>
AUS: Performing Arts Inquiry Discussion paper
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:01 pm | Unknown
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, today welcomed the release of Securing the Future, the Major Performing Arts Inquiry Discussion Paper. More >>
AUS: Agreement to liberalise telecommunications
Friday, 6 August 1999, 3:00 pm | Unknown
A new agreement aiming to facilitate trade in telecommunications products within the APEC region was announced today by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA). The APEC Telecommunications Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) was made between Australia, ... More >>
AUS: Halt To Unregulated Fishing
Friday, 6 August 1999, 2:58 pm | Unknown
The Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Warren Truss, has welcomed the decision by South Africa and Belize to order their fishing vessels away from vulnerable orange roughy stocks in the South Tasman Rise (STR). More >>
AUS: Recreational Fishing Guide
Friday, 6 August 1999, 2:57 pm | Unknown
The National Consultative Committee on Animal Welfare (NCCAW), which advises the Federal Minister for Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry on animal welfare issues of national significance, has released a position statement providing Australia's ... More >>
Regional Waterwatch Programme Approved for City
Friday, 6 August 1999, 1:11 pm | Unknown
Auckland City will join other councils in the Auckland region in supporting Waterwatch, a community water quality monitoring, education and action programme. More >>
Cairns Lockie Mortgage Commentary
Friday, 6 August 1999, 1:05 pm | Unknown
Welcome to the fourteenth issue of the Cairns Lockie Mortgage Commentary. This is a fortnightly electronic newsletter which aims to keep you informed on developments at Cairns Lockie, Mortgage Bankers and the mortgage market in general. More >>
Tax And Employment Law Keys Reduce Unemployment
Friday, 6 August 1999, 11:30 am | Unknown
"The Employers Federation is right when they warn higher taxes and repealing the Employment Contracts Act will cost jobs", says SOE Minister Tony Ryall. More >>
Irradiated Food A Two Way Street
Friday, 6 August 1999, 11:16 am | Unknown
Now that the ban on irradiated food is to be lifted there is nothing to stop New Zealand dairy companies irradiating bulk milk, for instance, and exporting it in tankers to be processed into cheese, milk powder or any other dairy product in another ... More >>
