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Human Waste May Boost Forest Production
Monday, 2 August 1999, 6:33 pm | Unknown
Scientists at Rotorua and Christchurch are looking at how human waste can be spread in plantations as a means of disposal and as a way of boosting forest production. More >>
Telecommunications customers to get summaries
Monday, 2 August 1999, 5:48 pm | Unknown
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has made a Determination requiring telecommunications service providers to provide customers with concise summaries of the terms and conditions applying to their service. These summaries are expected ... More >>
New Reciprocal Health Care Agreement With NZ
Monday, 2 August 1999, 5:47 pm | Unknown
A new reciprocal health care Agreement will ensure that Australians and New Zealanders travelling between the two countries will receive the same access to health services and benefits. More >>
Warning On Legal Aid Cap
Monday, 2 August 1999, 4:29 pm | Unknown
If government tightens up on legal aid too much the courts can expect to see more unrepresented parties (litigants in person) appearing before them according to the human rights group the Magna Carta Society. More >>
Government Signs Death Warrant
Monday, 2 August 1999, 1:07 pm | Unknown
The decision to lower the drinking age to 18 years and to allow alcohol sales on Sundays has been decried by the Leader of Christian Heritage, Graham Capill. More >>
Censor Censured Over R-16 For South Park
Monday, 2 August 1999, 1:05 pm | Unknown
“It this is Bill Hastings’s image of New Zealand the way he wants it, he can get himself another job. New Zealanders are not interested in promoting the pornographic perversity and incessant obscenities and blasphemies contained, in what must be, ... More >>
New Zealand's Unsung Breastfeeding Heroes
Monday, 2 August 1999, 11:31 am | Unknown
Breast really is best, says Plunket's National Nursing Advisor, Angela Baldwin, on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August 1999). And tens of thousands of New Zealand breastfeeding mothers are little-heralded champions of early childhood nutrition. More >>
128,000 Households Have No Enrolled Voters
Monday, 2 August 1999, 10:33 am | Unknown
Letters will be delivered from today to 128,000 households throughout the country where there is no one currently enrolled for this year’s general election and referenda. More >>
New Zealand's Unsung Breastfeeding Heroes
Monday, 2 August 1999, 10:28 am | Unknown
Breast really is best, says Plunket's National Nursing Advisor, Angela Baldwin, on the eve of World Breastfeeding Week (1-7 August 1999). And tens of thousands of New Zealand breastfeeding mothers are little-heralded champions of early childhood nutrition. More >>
NZers Move To Put MPs On Employment Contracts
Sunday, 1 August 1999, 9:52 pm | Unknown
1.Media Release 2.Copy of letter sent to MPs (that accompanied M-Pact employment contract) 3.Copy of letter sent to election candidates (that accompanied M-Pact employment contract) 4.Logo (attached logo.tiff). More >>
Funmail: Would You Adam And Eve It?
Saturday, 31 July 1999, 10:30 am | Unknown
WOULD YOU ADAM AND EVE IT? FUNMAIL POSTPONES FLOAT AND ACCEPTS KNOCK-OUT EDEN OFFER More >>
Magna Carta Society: The Republican Debate
Saturday, 31 July 1999, 10:23 am | Unknown
From time to time the issue of whether New Zealand should become a republic is raised by some of our politicians, notably Mike Moore and Jenny Shipley. More >>
Consumers Benefit From Wholesale Sales Tax
Friday, 30 July 1999, 7:53 pm | Unknown
Close monitoring of price movements by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had shown that the great majority of retailers had passed on to consumers yesterday's reductions in Wholesale Sales Tax, ACCC Chairman, Professor Allan Fels, said today. More >>
Potter To Return To Centrepoint
Friday, 30 July 1999, 3:13 pm | Unknown
The Parole Board's decision to allow Bert Potter to return to Centrepoint will not affect our investigation into the safety and well-being of children and young people at Centrepoint and the investigation will continue. More >>
Sharemilkers Must Be Protected
Friday, 30 July 1999, 2:19 pm | Unknown
Dairy Farmers of New Zealand Chairman Charlie Pedersen said today that his executive was putting its full weight behind proposals that aim to ensure that - as a minimum - New Zealand sharemilkers have their status preserved after changes that will occur ... More >>
ACCC Reaffirms Its Concerns On A.S.X. Bid
Friday, 30 July 1999, 1:42 pm | Unknown
"The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission remains concerned that, based on the information currently available to it, the Australian Stock Exchange's bid for the Sydney Futures Exchange would be likely to substantially lessen competition. ... More >>
Visit To Papua New Guinea
Friday, 30 July 1999, 1:41 pm | Unknown
I will be making a short visit to Papua New Guinea on Saturday, 31 July. More >>
Do Kiwis Care About Democracy?
Friday, 30 July 1999, 8:15 am | Unknown
The amendments to our liquor laws is not the issue - what concerns the Magna Carta Society is that in exercising a personal conscience vote politicians, not for the first time, have voted against the will of the people. More >>
Select Committee Business 23 - 30 August
Friday, 30 July 1999, 12:42 am | Unknown
Committee meetings. There were 17 committee meetings, all in the parliamentary complex. More >>
Waitakere to Benefit From APEC
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 11:12 pm | Unknown
Most Waitakere City residents will be aware that many world leaders are coming to Auckland for an Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) meeting this year. More >>
