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Benefits and risk of Caesarean route

Thursday, 19 October 2006, 2:30 pm | Word Of Mouth Media

Expecting NZ mums should reconsider benefits and risk of Caesarean route says UK expert More >>

Women opting for birth intervention

Thursday, 19 October 2006, 9:52 am | Word Of Mouth Media

The high socio-economic group of educated pakeha women are experiencing high rates of intervention around birth and have increased rates of low birth weight and premature infants, a midwives leader told the New Zealand College of Midwives biennial conference ... More >>

Midwives’ art exhibition raises money

Thursday, 19 October 2006, 9:22 am | Word Of Mouth Media

The New Zealand midwives art exhibition open in Christchurch last night will raise funds to support fistula welfare in Africa. More >>

Trend toward intervention in childbirth

Thursday, 19 October 2006, 12:01 am | Word Of Mouth Media

New Zealanders should be concerned by society supporting a culture of intervention at birth, an Auckland university lecturer said today. More >>

NZ blessed with outstanding midwifery service

Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 3:51 pm | Word Of Mouth Media

New Zealand has one of the best midwifery services in the world, a UK obstetrics expert Jane Thomas said today. More >>

Opposition to sugar refinery housing proposal

Wednesday, 18 October 2006, 8:54 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Opposition to plans by Chelsea Sugar Refinery to create high-rise, high-density housing development on its coastal property have now spread across the Waitemata Harbour – with an Auckland City community board lodging its objections to the scheme. More >>

‘Harakeke’

Monday, 16 October 2006, 2:05 pm | Word Of Mouth Media

The waiata ‘Harakeke’ was written to celebrate the logo and theme of the 2006 National Midwifery Conference to take place in Christchurch next week. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Women and Midwives: Conscious Guardians’. The ... More >>

Acquisitions create a ‘Frenzi’ of activity

Friday, 13 October 2006, 9:36 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Three of Christchurch’s most successful bars and restaurants have been bought by Roy Thompson and Brian Collins, through their hospitality company - Frenzi Group Limited. More >>

Celebrity Speakers (NZ) joins Saxton group

Monday, 9 October 2006, 10:59 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Celebrity Speakers (NZ) Ltd which manages many of the leading speakers in New Zealand today announced they had joined the Saxton Management Group of Australia. More >>

Parking officers want to stamp out mobility cheats

Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:37 am | Word Of Mouth Media

New Zealand Parking Association chairman Colin Waite wants parking wardens to be given additional powers to enforce the law on all parked cars including those in shopping malls to stamp out mobility parking cheats. More >>

Hugh Hannah to receive parking award of the year

Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 11:33 am | Word Of Mouth Media

The Ministry of Transport’s Hugh Hannah has won the annual New Zealand award for parking excellence. More >>

Wilding honoured by Ryman Healthcare development

Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 10:28 am | Word Of Mouth Media

It’s hardly surprising that Ryman Healthcare today named their 15th and latest retirement village after tennis legend Anthony Wilding. More >>

Anthony Wilding honoured

Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 10:23 am | Word Of Mouth Media

New Zealand’s greatest ever tennis player Anthony Wilding has been honoured by the latest Ryman Healthcare development. More >>

Midwives seek rural maternity care compensation

Friday, 29 September 2006, 11:14 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Midwives today asked the Ministry of Health to consider an income top up and travel and accommodation compensation where they are involved in rural births. The New Zealand College of Midwives today made this point in their submission to the Ministry of ... More >>

Corstorphine House among top leading luxury hotels

Friday, 29 September 2006, 11:11 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Corstorphine House in Dunedin has been placed among the top assessed luxury accommodation properties in the country in the latest Qualmark facility assessment process. More >>

Grand prix classic rebuilt in Chch to ship to UK

Thursday, 21 September 2006, 9:47 am | Word Of Mouth Media

One of the most priceless classic cars ever restored in the southern hemisphere is about to be shipped to England after a total restoration project in Christchurch. The 1927 Grand Prix Delage has undergone massive rebuilding at Auto Restorations ... More >>

Cheating on mobility carparks: Appalling

Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 11:29 am | Word Of Mouth Media

Too many New Zealand drivers were showing zero respect by preying on the disadvantaged and parking in wheelchair-signed carparks, a leading parking expert said today. More >>

Adoption: 41,000 have sought reunion since 1985

Friday, 15 September 2006, 2:20 pm | Word Of Mouth Media

More than 41,000 people affected by adoption have sought to reunion since the adoption act came into law 21 years ago, a New Zealand guest speaker told the world adoption conference in New York today. More >>

Jane Winstone Retirement Village opening tomorrow

Thursday, 14 September 2006, 2:26 pm | Word Of Mouth Media

The Jane Winstone Retirement Village in Wanganui will officially open tomorrow evening. More >>

Untouched World to show at trade conference

Thursday, 14 September 2006, 10:36 am | Word Of Mouth Media

New Zealand lifestyle fashion brand Untouched World will feature in the World Organic Trade Exchange Conference catwalk show in Utrecht, Holland, later today. More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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