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Waitakere City Council Considers a Year Past.
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 10:59 pm | Unknown
It meant the start of a new works programme and a new budget, decided on during the Annual Planning process in May. While the Council looks ahead to projects such as Stage 2 of the Massey Leisure Centre and a new library for New Lynn, The Waitakere ... More >>
North Shore City Council News Clipboard
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 10:33 pm | Unknown
Make sure you register your dogs by July 31 and, as well as receiving a $15 discount, you could win a mystery holiday for two to Australia! Please be aware that late registrations could result in a $200 fine. Every dog over the age of three months must be registered ... More >>
Warhol is Coming to Auckland Art Gallery
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 10:13 pm | Unknown
The Warhol Look - Glamour, Style, Fashion presents a bold new look at Andy Warhol by examining the artist's fascination with glamour, style and fashionability. Going behind the famous pop-art world Warhol inhabited, it investigates the full range ... More >>
Nominations Called for Manukau Young Faces Awards
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 9:18 pm | Unknown
Nominations are now being called for the 1999 Manukau Young Faces Awards, which recognise excellence and endeavour in Manukau's youth. More >>
ACCC Investigates Coca-Cola Amatil
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 8:57 pm | Unknown
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has started a preliminary investigation of allegations that Coca-Cola Amatil may have breached the Trade Practices Act 1974. More >>
Price Reductions Expected Tomorrow
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 8:57 pm | Unknown
The Wholesale Sales Tax on televisions, videos, stereos, cameras, watches and certain other goods will fall from tomorrow (29 July 1999). "These reductions should be passed on fully and immediately in prices by businesses selling or supplying these ... More >>
New Classification Guideline
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 8:56 pm | Unknown
Commonwealth, State and Territory Ministers with classification responsibilities have agreed upon revised guidelines for the classification of publications that may be unsuitable for children. More >>
Labour Hears Logging Concerns – Petition Presented
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 1:54 pm | Unknown
Today Native Forest Action presented the Leader of the Opposition, Helen Clark, with petition signatures collected on the West Coast calling for an end to Timberlands’ native logging in exchange for regional development assistance. More >>
Questions For Oral Answer Thursday, 29 July 1999
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 1:32 pm | Unknown
Today's questions for oral answer - paraphrased answers will be posted in the Headlines wire shortly after 3pm. More >>
Column - New Zealand's Ageing Non-Workforce
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 9:25 am | Unknown
Keith Rankin's Thursday Column - Massey University History Professor David Thomson, in his Winter Lecture (University of Auckland, 27 July), described a little-appreciated reality; that people over 45 in New Zealand and other developed countries are less ... More >>
Victory Stuck For Drug Law Reform Say ALCP
Thursday, 29 July 1999, 8:46 am | Unknown
As Parliament fought a tough battle for standardising the legal drinking age at 18, the ALCP say that the outcome is not so important as the argument by which it was won. More >>
$30,000 Legal Action Targets Govt. Policy
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 7:39 pm | Unknown
Last Night at a meeting of parents of children with special needs the decision was taken to proceed with legal action against the government in defence of children with special needs. An appeal for $30,000 for the legal challenge was endorsed. More >>
Parliament trusts young people
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 7:09 pm | Unknown
“Making the drinking age a blanket 18, requiring proof of age, and demanding strict enforcement shows Parliament trusts young people”, University of Canterbury President Darel Hall said this evening. More >>
Maori Language, Maori Culture
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 5:37 pm | Unknown
Tutekawa Wyllie, MP for Te Tai Tonga believes that the use of te Reo Maori in the House must be positively encouraged and promoted for and by all MPs and not just the Maori MPs. More >>
$30,000 Legal Appeal to defend Special Need Kids
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 4:19 pm | Unknown
Last Night at a meeting of parents of children with special needs the decision was taken to proceed with legal action against the government in defence of children with special needs. An appeal for $30,000 for the legal challenge was endorsed. More >>
Auck. Author Wins Top Prize With First 'Big Book'
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 3:56 pm | Unknown
Heather Nicholson of Auckland has won the 1999 Montana Medal for her social history 'The Loving Stitch: A History of Knitting and Spinning in New Zealand' (Auckland University Press). More >>
Plunket Line Back On 16 August
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 3:38 pm | Unknown
Plunket Line, the telephone help line for parents and care givers, will reopen on Monday 16 August. More >>
Communications Industry Y2k statement - July
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 3:29 pm | Unknown
The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Richard Alston, today released a Ministerial statement on the Year 2000 readiness of the communications sector. More >>
$1.4 Million Upgrade For Omakau
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 11:01 am | Unknown
Telecom has begun work on a $1.4 million upgrade of the Omakau exchange which will provide its 400 customers in the area with access to the full range of Telecom services. More >>
New Airline for Auckland International Airport
Wednesday, 28 July 1999, 10:44 am | Unknown
The first direct air service from mainland China to New Zealand will begin this week. More >>
