Press Release – Alcohol Healthwatch

Alcohol Healthwatch launched an on-line resource today to assist health professionals talk to their pregnant patients about alcohol. The rate of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is about 1% in Western Countries, which would mean that about 600 … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

New Zealand women should be encouraged to feel comfortable in their own skin, rather than made to feel they must conform to some photo-shopped, Hollywood stereotype, Labour’s Women’s Affairs spokesperson, Sue Moroney. Read more »

Press Release – Girl Guiding NZ

Susan Coleman has been appointed as the new Chief Executive at GirlGuiding New Zealand (NZ) from 19 March 2012. Ms Coleman was previously Executive Manager, Community Services, at Nelson City Council and says she is excited about joining the team at GirlGuiding … Read more »

Press Release – Alcohol Healthwatch

A new online resource has been launched to assist the many New Zealand healthcare professionals who say they don’t feel adequately trained to discuss alcohol use with their pregnant patients. Read more »

Press Release – National Flower Promotion Group

And while red roses are synonymous with the day of love, flowers sellers throughout the country have also noted a trend towards arrangements of mixed blooms as Kiwis rush to place orders for flowers to declare true love and enduring affection. Read more »

Press Release – EDEN

Eating difficulties and body image specialists, Eden, are concerned about the results of the recent Next Magazine survey. Next surveyed over 1500 women about their relationships with their bodies. The result showed three out of four women are unhappy with their … Read more »

Press Release – UN Women National Committee for Aotearoa

What does The Warehouse have in common with Z Energy, Westpac, Skycity Entertainment, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent and Heidrick and Struggles? Read more »

Press Release – The Maori Party

Local MP for Te Tai Hauauru has come out strongly in support of the Whanganui community in light of proposed changes to maternity services in Whanganui. “In essence, this is about families and their ability to support their women and children. The proposal … Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government

New figures show nearly 40,000 more women aged 50 to 69 have taken part in the Government’s free breast cancer screening programme in the 24 months to October 2011 than in the previous two years. Read more »

Press Release – Dairy Women’s Network

Helping dairying women along their journeys toward developing dairy businesses in the face of challenges is one of the main themes of this year’s Dairy Women’s Network annual conference. Read more »

Press Release – Upper Hutt City Council

Workshops on how to be an ‘ethical bystander’ have been provided to Upper Hutt bar staff to help them keep their patrons safe from sexual assault when drinking. Read more »

Press Release – Association of Salaried Medical Specialists

“The hospital specialist workforce crisis is behind the retrenchment of specialist maternity services in Whanganui,” said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today. Read more »

Speech – New Zealand First Party

Firstly can I begin by congratulating you on your reappointment to the Speaker’s Chair and to take this moment to acknowledge this house. To recognise its importance, a whare where vital discussions are held and binding decisions are made but to also … Read more »

Press Release – Herrmann International

Frustrated Kiwi lovers are being encouraged to use this Valentine’s Day to rediscover why they fell in love, by looking at their relationship through a different part of their brain. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

The dearth of women board members in New Zealand – highlighted in a survey which ranks us as the worst in the Asia/Pacific region – is due to a lack of leadership from the Government, Labour’s Women’s Affairs Spokesperson Sue Moroney says. … Read more »

Press Release – PSA

While New Zealand’s community sector workers continue to struggle for decent wages, the same workers in Australia have just been awarded pay rises of 19 to 41 per cent, says the PSA. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

Sue MORONEY Women’s Affairs Spokesperson 3 January 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT New Zealand women left behind Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Nurses Organisation

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) congratulates low paid Australian workers in female dominated areas like aged care who will receive big pay rises after an historic equal pay decision by the Fair Work Australia workplace tribunal. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council

The Mayor has welcomed the baby chosen as Auckland’s 1.5 millionth citizen this morning at Middlemore Hospital. Ramonah Patience Toomalatai was born a healthy 9 pounds 9 ounces at 4.36am in Middlemore’s Maternity Ward to proud parents Sulia … Read more »

Press Release – Statistics New Zealand

Some time next week, somebody will push Auckland’s population over 1.5 million, according to Statistics New Zealand. New Zealand’s biggest city is expected to reach the landmark about 1 February 2012, Population Statistics manager Andrea Blackburn said today. Read more »