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Toward a Walkable Auckland
Monday, 12 July 1999, 5:47 pm | Unknown
A project to make Auckland a more "walkable" city has been initiated by the Council’s Transport and Roading Committee. More >>
Auckland City Downtown Accord
Monday, 12 July 1999, 5:34 pm | Unknown
The Steering Committee of the Auckland City Downtown Accord is holding a workshop at the Loaded Hog this Wednesday July 14th at 9 a.m. More >>
Telecom Seeks Certainty Over Clear's Mounting Debt
Monday, 12 July 1999, 3:52 pm | Unknown
Telecom has sought orders in the High Court aimed at safeguarding its ability to recover money Clear owes Telecom for interconnection payments. Clear has been withholding significant payments due under its interconnection agreement with Telecom since January ... More >>
Telecom Technology Brings Millennium Celebrations
Monday, 12 July 1999, 3:50 pm | Unknown
The countdown to the new millennium kicks off in classrooms this term with Telecom Yay 2K! More >>
Council Smacks Apartment Owners
Monday, 12 July 1999, 2:48 pm | Unknown
Libertarianz Housing Deregulation Spokesman Keith Patterson says Auckland City Council's latest social engineering highlights local governments' anti-freedom agenda, as displayed at the Local Body Association's recent conference. More >>
Fisheries Minister Refuses to Act on Seabird death
Monday, 12 July 1999, 11:35 am | Unknown
The Minister of Fisheries, John Luxton, is refusing to take action to reduce seabird deaths on longline vessels that have been adopted by Australia and by countries throughout the southern ocean. More >>
Statistics This Week
Monday, 12 July 1999, 10:44 am | Unknown
Statistics due for release from Statistics New Zealand this week. More >>
Govt set to waste $100m on firearms registration
Monday, 12 July 1999, 9:25 am | Unknown
If the Government is serious about spending where it is most needed, the Firearms Registration Bill should be thrown out and instead taxpayer’s cash should be put into health, policing or education projects that will bring community returns, according ... More >>
Tax Expenditures Statement 1997-98
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:37 am | Unknown
The Treasury today released the Tax Expenditures Statement 1997-98. The Statement provides details on the estimated budgetary cost of taxation concessions of various kinds. Tax exemptions, tax deductions, tax rebates or reduced tax rates usually deliver ... More >>
ACCC Says Questions To Be Answered On McDonald's
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:36 am | Unknown
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission considers there are still serious questions to be answered over national fast food chain McDonald's Australia Ltd's 'McMatch and Win' promotion. More >>
Residential aged care facilities
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:34 am | Unknown
The first report on residential aged care facilities shows a continuing trend to higher dependency levels among residents. At the end of June 1998, nearly 60% of residents were in the high-care categories (categories 1 to 4), while less than 5% ... More >>
Withholding Tax On Farm Management Deposits
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:33 am | Unknown
Incoming Federal National Party Leader John Anderson today revealed that the withholding tax applying on the withdrawal of a Farm Management Deposit (FMD) will be removed under the Pay As You Go (PAYG) tax system being introduced next year. More >>
State Ministers On Lamb Tariffs
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:32 am | Unknown
State and Territory Ministers Joined the Federal Government in Condemning the US Decision to Impose Restrictions on Australian Lamb Exports More >>
Service criteria for full local number portability
Monday, 12 July 1999, 12:31 am | Unknown
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) today released its equivalent service criteria for full local number portability (LNP). The criteria set out the requirements for assessment of technical solutions that carriage service providers (CSPs) of local ... More >>
Speech: Kevin Roberts - Future of NZ
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 11:05 pm | Unknown
No one ever told us we couldn't do it, eh. Schools and the future of New Zealand More >>
Old heads, young legs combine for charity
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 8:13 pm | Unknown
Old heads and young legs were the catalyst today for a resounding victory by New Zealand over Australia. More >>
A triple for Chico's
Sunday, 11 July 1999, 8:12 pm | Unknown
One of the two oldest events in the Air New Zealand Queenstown Winter Festival has been won for a record third year in a row by a team from the same restaurant. More >>
Are We Sitting Ducks in a Cosmic Shooting Gallery?
Saturday, 10 July 1999, 11:36 am | Unknown
The film Deep Impact - about meteors hitting Earth and causing devastating ocean waves - may not be mere Hollywood hokum as Wednesday's meteor explosion over New Zealand revealed. More >>
NZ Bands In Internet broadcast from Queenstown
Saturday, 10 July 1999, 10:49 am | Unknown
Three concerts by New Zealand bands in Queenstown this week are being broadcast live on the Internet. More >>
Howard Interview On Washington
Friday, 9 July 1999, 7:47 pm | Unknown
John Howard is set to arrive in Washington tomorrow and is expected to confront President Clinton on the lamb issue next week. More >>
