Press Release – Statistics New Zealand

In September 2009, the trend increased for the number of new housing units authorised (excluding apartments), Statistics New Zealand said today. The trend has increased by more than 20 percent in the last six months, following a decrease of over 50 percent …
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Press Release – Statistics New Zealand

Over the year ended February 2009, provisionally there were 52,000 business start-ups in New Zealand, down 15 percent from 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. This is the lowest number of business start-ups recorded since 2003. During the year ended …
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Press Release – Productive Economy Council

Congratulations to John Whitehead for his characteristically candid report on the few remaining options we have unless there is radical change, says PEC spokesperson Selwyn Pellett. “Treasury’s 2009 ‘40 year outlook’ report delivers a message …
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Press Release – Health Freedom

TV3’s Wednesday night screening of Inside New Zealand posed the question “Are Vitamins Killing You”. The program viewed more like a propaganda piece, with an intentional political campaign to make Vitamins prescription only drugs. The programs …
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Press Release – Transpower

Just after 8.00am this morning a circuit on the Otahuhu to Henderson 220 kV line tripped while the other circuit was out for maintenance, causing loss of supply for North Auckland and Northland (about 280,000 consumers). Our investigations since …
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Press Release – South Canterbury Finance

South Canterbury Finance Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Bill Baylis, Stuart McLauchlan and Denham Shale as Independent Directors of the Company. Welcoming the appointments, South Canterbury Finance Chairman Allan Hubbard said the combined …
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Article – Businesswire

Oct 30 (BusinessWire) – Oceana Gold Ltd’s is forecasting a further increase in gold production capability and a record full year result as world gold prices continue to strengthen, the company says in its third quarter report, released this morning …
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Press Release – New Zealand Government

The second major Hawke’s Bay roading project to start this month got underway today as construction began earlier than anticipated on the Hawke’s Bay Expressway’s southern extension. Transport Minister Steven Joyce, who today turned the first sod …
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Press Release – Public Service Association

“Is the power cut that has struck Northland and west Auckland a taste of things to come if Local Government Minister Rodney Hide gets his way with the corporatisation of services like public transport and water as part of the Auckland ‘super city’,” …
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Press Release – The Maori Party

Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell is calling on Rotorua farmers to clean up their act following a damming report that the majority of farms in the area are creating more pollution than allowed. “I’m disappointed at the attitude of some farmers in …
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Press Release – Nature Coast Enterprise

State Highway 1 Expressway Submission Submission authored by Enterprise Kapiti Horowhenua Incorporated Trading as Nature Coast Enterprise Economic Development Agency (EDA) and Regional Tourism Organisation (RTO) for the Nature Coast Region
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Press Release – Destiny Churches

This statement is in response to TV3’s Campbell Live item on Thursday 29th October 2009 featuring Destiny Church. The item centered around commentary by an ‘unidentified’ individual and hidden-camera footage obtained by that person whilst at a public men’s …
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Press Release – Rotorua District Council

ROTORUA 30.10.09: Rotorua District Council and NZ Transport Agency’s Fairy Springs Road Four-laning project starts next week and is expected to take about a year to complete. Works will start gradually and will include removal of all poles and some …
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Press Release – NZ Dairy Industry Awards

The New Zealand Dairy Industry Awards are now calling for entries in its 2010 competitions – the Sharemilker of the Year, Farm Manager of the Year and Dairy Trainee of the Year. National Convenor Chris Keeping says organisers hope more than 400 sharemilkers, …
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Press Release – Lindsay Mitchell

In its report into economic long-term sustainability released yesterday, Treasury acknowledged that the recent growth in DPB numbers reflects a combination of a temporary rise in the number of young women having children and the impact of the recession. …
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Press Release – Tourism New Zealand

New Zealand is getting huge interest from Japanese people a day after New Zealand’s giant rugby ball was opened in Tokyo. The opening of the rugby ball under the high profile Tokyo Tower site was covered by over 100 journalists from Japan’s eleven …
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Press Release – Transpower

Just after 8.00am this morning a circuit on the Otahuhu to Henderson 220 kV line tripped while the other circuit was out for maintenance, causing loss of supply for North Auckland and Northland (about 280,000 consumers). We are now bringing one of …
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Article – Businesswire

by Paul McBeth Oct. 30 (BusinessWire) – The New Zealand dollar bounced back from its three-week low after the U.S. economy grew more than expected in the third quarter, and eased concerns the global recovery is beginning to stall. The world’s largest …
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Press Release – Federated Farmers

Federated Farmers has enthusiastically welcomed the report of the Regulatory Responsibility Taskforce on the Regulatory Responsibility Bill. “The current regulatory process is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma – but perhaps the Taskforce’s …
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Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

The newly announced board of Crown Fibre Holdings seems balanced between a traditional Telco and a wider infrastructure-based approach to rolling out ultra fast broadband, but significant questions remained about the role of Telecom, Labour IT and Communications …
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