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Consumers Misled On Y2K Compliance
Monday, 26 July 1999, 8:03 pm | Unknown
Consumers who bought 'Bugbuster' from Melbourne company PC Resq may be eligible for a refund due to the potentially misleading nature of PC Resq's conduct in promoting the product. More >>
Shell Petrol To Rise Another Three Cents Per Litre
Monday, 26 July 1999, 3:24 pm | Unknown
Shell is increasing the wholesale price of petrol across all grades by three cents from midnight tomorrow night (Tuesday 27 July). More >>
Reserve Bank: Schedule Of Expected Release Dates
Monday, 26 July 1999, 2:33 pm | Unknown
Schedule Of Expected Release Dates More >>
Update On The Collins Submarine Project
Monday, 26 July 1999, 2:06 pm | Unknown
The new Head of the Submarine Capability Team, Rear Admiral Peter Briggs, held a briefing session with industry involved in the Collins Submarine project in Canberra today. More >>
Welfare services spending scrutinised
Monday, 26 July 1999, 2:04 pm | Unknown
Spending on welfare services (not including social security cash payments) in 1997-98 was $10.9 billion - almost 2% of Gross Domestic Product - 64% of this expenditure was by the government sector. Almost 25% of the expenditure came from clients' fees ... More >>
B Wise, B Ready For Y2K
Monday, 26 July 1999, 1:48 pm | Unknown
A little bit of planning, a little bit of thought; that's all it will take for most people to be ready for Y2K. More >>
We Are Serious About Y2K
Monday, 26 July 1999, 1:43 pm | Unknown
Auckland City will be ready for Y2K - the Millennium bug that could cause some computers to stop, or error on January 1, 2000. More >>
Rail's First Step To Inner City
Monday, 26 July 1999, 1:32 pm | Unknown
Auckland City has signed a contract with Walter Concrete Constructions (Britomart) Limited to build a tunnel which will allow rail to service any new transport terminal built on the Britomart site. Present plans are for rail to be brought to an underground ... More >>
SIS Bill - Govt To Shaft Us In Time For APEC
Monday, 26 July 1999, 10:48 am | Unknown
The victim of an illegal Security Intelligence Service breakin, whose legal case has sparked two amendments to the Security Intelligence Service Act is throughly unimpressed by the latest version of the SIS Amendment (no 2) Bill expected to be ... More >>
City Takes Lead On School Growth Planning
Monday, 26 July 1999, 10:39 am | Unknown
Mayor of Auckland City Chris Fletcher says the city wants to take a leadership role in shaping a plan to ensure there is sufficient future capacity and new secondary schools in Auckland that can be taken to central government. More >>
Falungong Detentions Alienating And Destabilising
Monday, 26 July 1999, 10:14 am | Unknown
The arbitrary detention and continuing crackdown against followers of the Falungong movement in China are a new example of the authorities tactics of harassing detaining or criminalizing citizens who are peacefully exercising basic human rights. More >>
Drinking Age and the AA Position - UCSA
Monday, 26 July 1999, 9:02 am | Unknown
“The Automobile Association position on the drinking age is a simplification of the evidence,” said Darel Hall, President University of Canterbury Students’ Association. More >>
Two New Federated Farmers Board Members
Sunday, 25 July 1999, 10:38 am | Unknown
Federated Farmers delegates elected two new National Board members at the 1999 National Council/Council. They are John Aspinall of Mount Aspiring, and Roger Barton of Wairarapa. More >>
Delegates Debate School Bus Safety
Sunday, 25 July 1999, 12:42 am | Unknown
Federated Farmers’ 1999 National Council/Conference passionately debated the compulsory installation of safety belts in school buses. More >>
WTO Documents On D-G Appointment
Saturday, 24 July 1999, 1:17 pm | Unknown
The following document contains the announcement, the press release and the official decision text on the appointment of a Director-General to the WTO. More >>
The Sporting Scoop - NZ Grinds Out A Lead
Saturday, 24 July 1999, 1:12 pm | Unknown
Until the last half hour, the second day of the second test belonged solely to New Zealand, who displayed a gritty batting effort to set up a commanding lead. More >>
Transcript: Howard Interview
Friday, 23 July 1999, 8:10 pm | Unknown
Subjects: Lamb tariffs; Davis Cup; Productivity Commission report into gambling - poker machines, gambling advertisements; Australia’s health system - Medicare, State Premiers; return of Kosovo refugees; Unemployment rates Treasury figures; Australia’s ... More >>
Can New Zealand Afford to Retire?
Friday, 23 July 1999, 5:39 pm | Unknown
"One of the most daunting challenges facing New Zealand is how to ensure the financial security of those in retirement as the 'Baby Boom' and then subsequent generations retire," the Chair of the Super 2000 Taskforce, Angela Foulkes, ... More >>
Quay St Art Exhibition
Friday, 23 July 1999, 3:43 pm | Unknown
A third year group of art students from Elam Art School are putting on an exhibition of their works from this Saturday (24 July). More >>
Auckland Adopts Downtown Liquor Accord
Friday, 23 July 1999, 3:32 pm | Unknown
Auckland City’s City Advocacy Committee today endorsed a proposed voluntary Downtown Liquor Accord and recommended that Council take a leading role in finalising agreement and action on it. More >>
