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Irfani Family

Monday, 3 March 2003, 9:27 am | Unknown

Last month a young woman seeking a better life for her and her family died due to what I could only describe as despicable neglect. Fatima's symptoms showed evidence of a serious illness and were ignored until her unfortunate and tragic death. If ... More >>

LOTR director gets behind organ donation awareness

Monday, 24 February 2003, 1:15 pm | Unknown

Peter Jackson has offered his support for the “GiveLife” campaign, which was sparked by the plight of Andy and Janice Tookey’s 17 month-old daughter Katie, who suffers from a rare liver disease. Katie will need a liver transplant at some stage, in the ... More >>

Sharper Than Ever Images On Fabric

Monday, 24 February 2003, 1:14 pm | Unknown

A unique process developed by Terrabyte Screenprint in Albany is producing multicolour fabric screen printing of a quality not used before in the industry. More >>

Paakiwaha - The News Bearer - Radio Waatea

Friday, 21 February 2003, 9:35 am | Unknown

A new Maori Current Affairs Show has begun on Auckland Maori Radio Station - Radio Waatea 603 am More >>

‘Rural Delivery – NZ Stories in Song’

Friday, 21 February 2003, 9:15 am | Unknown

‘Rural Delivery – NZ Stories in Song’, as the name suggests, is a tour playing predominately at rural delivery addresses. It is a chance to see two of the country’s most authentic, talented and critically acclaimed voices in alt-country, folk-pop in the very places ... More >>

Public Health Doctors Support Ban On Advertising

Thursday, 20 February 2003, 3:56 pm | Unknown

Aside from the United States, New Zealand is the only developed country that permits the direct advertising of prescription drugs to consumers. This, among other concerns, has prompted a group of senior academic Public Health doctors from the four New Zealand ... More >>

$300,000 windfall for NZ Special Olympics team

Thursday, 20 February 2003, 11:35 am | Unknown

New Zealand¹s Special Olympics team has received a quarter of a million dollars windfall just four months out from heading to Ireland for the 2003 Special Olympic Games. More >>

Want $10,000 Off Your Next New Car Purchase?

Thursday, 20 February 2003, 11:26 am | Unknown

So, you've been hankering after that new Audi convertible, or a shiny new VW Beetle? Well it just maybe within reach with a great competition just announced by the NZ National Motorshow. More >>

Financial habits taught at school and home

Thursday, 20 February 2003, 9:22 am | Unknown

United States personal finance expert Professor Lewis Mandell will be in New Zealand this week to talk about why it counts to teach healthy financial habits early and in schools. More >>

Plastics Industry Sustainability Initiative

Thursday, 20 February 2003, 12:05 am | Unknown

The New Zealand plastic industry today announced the release of a New Zealand Plastics Sustainability Initiative. 51plastic companies including major players ACI Plastics Packaging NZ, Alto Plastics Ltd, Huhtamaki New Zealand, Iplex Pipelines NZ Ltd, Marley ... More >>

Subcomandante Marcos' Letter Against The War

Wednesday, 19 February 2003, 9:33 am | Unknown

Communique from the EZLN which was read during the demonstration in Rome, Italy, on February 15, 2003. It was read by Heidi Giuliani, the mother of activist Carlo, who was assassinated by the Italian police in Genoa in July of 2001. Translated by ... More >>

Seekom announces unique reservation system

Tuesday, 18 February 2003, 1:44 pm | Unknown

Everyone assumes real-time multi-property booking has been around, but Seekom has only now pioneered it More >>

MAF 'Slap In The Face' On Health Care Funding

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 2:40 pm | Unknown

MAF 'slap in the face' on health funding as damning report of aerial spray is about to be released More >>

NYC Anti-War Activists Block Holland Tunnel

Wednesday, 12 February 2003, 10:46 am | Unknown

NEW YORK At 815 this morning, a group of about 10 activists calling itself Citizens Against War formed a human chain near Varick and Broome Streets, which blocked traffic entering the Holland Tunnel. The message on a large banner "Bombing Iraq Will ... More >>

Did Australian Policy Kill 353 Aboard The SIEV X?

Tuesday, 11 February 2003, 6:28 am | Unknown

While Australian Prime Minister John Howard meets with President George W. Bush and the British Prime Minister Tony Blair to discuss imminent war on Iraq, serious questions are being asked about the way the Howard Government treat those who have fled from ... More >>

El-Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital incident

Monday, 10 February 2003, 1:06 pm | Unknown

At approximately 12:15 am, in the East male ward of the second floor of El-Wafa hospital, room number 204, two staff nurses were killed More >>

A Letter From Baghdad

Wednesday, 5 February 2003, 1:45 pm | Unknown

From 3rd- 8th January 2003 a group of NGO representatives and former UN officials was able to meet with cabinet ministers in Baghdad including Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, Foreign Minister Nagi Sabri and Oil Minister Amer Mohammed Rashid, as ... More >>

UN receives report on nuclear WMD in Netherlands

Friday, 31 January 2003, 10:08 am | Unknown

New York, September 27 2003 - Coinciding with the much anticipated U.N. report on weapons inspections in Iraq, this morning an international group of Citizens Inspectors faxed a startling report to all members of the U.N. Security Council in New York. More >>

Implicating Empire: 21C Globalization Resistance

Thursday, 30 January 2003, 12:15 am | Unknown

Implicating Empire is the first book to critically examine the various dimensions of globalization and resistance in the 21st-century and to integrate them into a wide-ranging analysis. More >>

The Mystery of Parachute's New Home is Unveiled

Tuesday, 28 January 2003, 9:28 am | Unknown

After weeks of speculation it was announced today that the Parachute Music Festival will be held at Mystery Creek Events Centre in Hamilton from 2004. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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