Archive for June, 2009

ComCom proposes regulation of termination rates

Article – Businesswire

June 30 – The Commerce Commission has rejected the level of fees major telecommunications companies had proposed charging other carriers to terminate calls on their networks and recommended the prices be regulated.
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Smart economic tool reduces waste from tomorrow

Press Release – Green Party

New Zealand takes a major step towards waste reduction tomorrow with the introduction of a smart economic incentive, said the Green Party. “We herald a new commitment to reducing the amount of waste New Zealand sends to the landfill unnecessarily, …
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Russian Jack Sauv Blanc for Four Seasons Hotels

Press Release – Martinborough Vineyard

Martinborough Vineyard is exceptionally pleased to announce it has been awarded a Sauvignon Blanc contract with the Four Season Hotel Group in the USA.
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Public staff discouraged from attending rally

Press Release – Public Service Association

The Public Service Association is angry that the Department of Labour is actively discouraging staff from attending today’s lunchtime rally at Parliament to protest pay discrimination against women The Department of Labour has sent an email to its …
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NZ business confidence up, despite agriculture

Article – Businesswire

June 30 – Business confidence extended its run into positive territory for the second consecutive month as the turnaround in global sentiment boosts exporters’ outlook. Still, the prospect of a lower payout for dairy farmers took its toll on …
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Teenager Threatened After Being Followed By A Car

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Police want to identify a car and its occupants after an incident which began on the Paraparas and culminated in a teenager being threatened in Wanganui. The incident started around 11am on Sunday, 28 June when an 18-year-old Wanganui man, who was …
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US to sequence DNA of microbes from ruminants

Press Release – Agresearch

Biofuel production from agricultural wastes and more food from ruminant animals with lower environmental impacts are more likely now AgResearch has successfully applied to a prestigious US institution to have the DNA of microbes within the forestomach …
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Labour MPs to show support for pay equity rally

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

Labour MPs will today join a rally to show their support for pay equity, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson Sue Moroney says. “The National Party has been in Parliament for just a few months but already their record on the issue of pay equity …
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Pacific Brands confirms closure of NZ factories

Press Release – National Distribution Union

Pacific Brands today confirmed the closure of its Palmerston North “Liberty” factory. “The 50 workers received the news at a meeting called by the company at 11.00 am this morning,” says Robert Reid, President of the National Distribution …
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OfficeMax Head Office Reigns Supreme

Press Release – Goodman NZ

OfficeMax New Zealand’s head office has won the excellence awards in the CB Richard Ellis Industrial Property category at the Property Council Awards.
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New code of ethics, mediation service turns 100

Press Release – New Zealand Government

Minister of Labour Kate Wilkinson will launch a new code of ethics for the country’s mediators as they celebrate 100 years of employment mediation in New Zealand tonight. Ms Wilkinson says the new Code of Ethics for Mediators employed by the Department …
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OHUG & Dulhunty signal Trans-Tasman accord

Press Release – Joint Press Release

OHUG Power Equipment Limited and Dulhunty Power (Aust) Pty Limited, the Australian operating subsidiary of Dulhunty Power Limited, an ASX Listed Company (DUL), have formed a distributor/supplier relationship in New Zealand & Australia, providing …
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Women throw down challenge on pay equity

Press Release – New Zealand Council of Trade Unions

New Zealand women are today throwing down a challenge to the Government on pay equity at a rally outside Parliament in Wellington. A broad coalition of women’s groups is demanding to know what this Government intends to do to make pay equity a reality …
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South Island Sale Catalogue Now Online

Press Release – NZ Bloodstock

The catalogue for New Zealand Bloodstock’s South Island Sale of 2YOs & Mixed Bloodstock is NOW online
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Comm Comm: Regulation of mobile termination prices

Press Release – Commerce Commission

The Commerce Commission today released its draft report recommending that the mobile termination prices should be regulated. The Commission also recommended that the undertakings submitted in lieu of regulation by Vodafone, Telecom and 2degrees should …
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IDBS Acquires InforSense to Provide Solutions

Press Release – IDBS

29 June, Guildford, UK – ID Business Solutions Ltd (IDBS), a leading provider of innovative data management solutions to multinational R&D organisations, announced on 26 of June that it had concluded an unconditional agreement to acquire InforSense …
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Carter: Ballance Farm Environment Awards

Speech – New Zealand Government

Thank you Jim Cotman and the organisers of the Farm Environment Awards Showcase for the opportunity to speak this evening. I would like to acknowledge my parliamentary colleagues. And I also want to thank all the entrants, not only the winners. You …
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Niikki Kaye To Initiate Dialogue On Ferry Fares

Press Release – C4FFF

On Monday 29 June, Campaign for Fare Ferry Fares (C4FFF) presented Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye with a petition signed by more than 900 people, calling for accountability on the Matiatia to Auckland ferry route that is currently operated by Fullers (Souter …
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Moving Auckland freight gets a timely boost

Press Release – National Road Carriers

The proposal to allow road transport operators to carry heavier loads will help make moving freight more efficient, says National Road Carrier executive director David Aitken.
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Keisha Castle-Hughes has message for John Key

Press Release – Greenpeace New Zealand

“Our Pacific Island neighbours are suffering. I saw the real and devastating impacts of a changing climate – coral bleaching, homes battered by cyclones, erosion and food crops affected by rising sea levels. The Prime Minister may see some of this …
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