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1 Standing strong for the children of New Zealand
21 November 2009 1:24pm | New Zealand Plunket Society
In the light of tomorrow’s March for Democracy in Auckland, Plunket is urging people to think of the children. More >>
2 Support for Inghams from An Unlikely Source!
21 November 2009 12:33pm | GE Free NZ
Chicken-producer Inghams, under fire for misleading consumers is being offered support from a most unlikely source: GE free NZ (in food and environment). More >>
3 Recession drives more managers to commit fraud
21 November 2009 1:33pm | PwC
42 percent of New Zealand organisations reported fraud Sharp rise in economic crime by middle management Reduction in staff morale a notable impact of fraud More >>
4 NZAF Prepares For World Aids Day On A Budget
21 November 2009 12:22pm | AIDS Foundation
The New Zealand AIDS Foundation (NZAF) is preparing for a low cost World AIDS Day campaign which will hit the streets next Friday, 27 November 2009. Benjamin Barratt-Boyes, NZAF National Partnerships Co-ordinator and project manager for World AIDS Day says ... More >>
5 Incident in Waiouru - Family Statement
20 November 2009 4:06pm | New Zealand Defence Force
The New Zealand Defence Force is releasing this statement on behalf of the family of Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster who was tragically killed at Waiouru Army Base yesterday. More >>
6 Ministry of Justice keen to mediate
20 November 2009 4:32pm | Ministry of Justice
The Ministry of Justice is keen to return to mediation with the PSA to resolve the breakdown in collective bargaining. Ministry General Manager Higher Courts, Andrew Hampton, says the Ministry has always been prepared to resume bargaining and mediation ... More >>
7 Families Commission Supports Boshier
20 November 2009 3:57pm | Families Commission
The Families Commission is supporting Judge Boshier’s call for a radical re-think of support for families through separation. Earlier this year the Commission released an issues paper, What Separating Parents Need When Making Care Arrangements for their ... More >>
8 Young environmental leaders heading to Copenhagen
20 November 2009 3:04pm | Envirostate
Five secondary school students from around New Zealand will be heading to the International Youth Climate Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark with a clear message for world leaders – address climate change now. More >>
9 Open Letter to Climate Change Minister Nick Smith
19 November 2009 4:25pm | Dr Gerrit van der Lingen
From retired climate scientist Dr Gerrit van der Lingen, of Christchurch 16 October 2009 Dear Nick I am very disappointed about your actions in your global warming portfolio. You heard my two lectures on this subject at the Summer Sounds Symposia of 2003 and ... More >>
10 ACC – where has the 'honest conversation' gone
20 November 2009 11:40am | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
The CTU today asked how New Zealand was supposed to have the ‘honest conversation’ on ACC promised by the Prime Minister when Nick Smith was closing down important advisory groups and rushing the ACC Bill through Parliament with a totally inadequate ... More >>
11 Final voyage of the Japanese whaling fleet?
19 November 2009 3:52pm | Greenpeace New Zealand
Innoshima, Japan, 19 November, 2009 - Following a week of potentially crippling budgetary reviews and a high-profile visit from US President Barack Obama to Japan, shortly after 10am today the so-called ‘scientific’ whaling fleet crept out of port, ... More >>
12 Revving it up for sensitive claims
20 November 2009 10:14am | National Council of Women
The National Council of Women of New Zealand (NCWNZ) is heartened by the support being offered by some members of the motorcycling community who are likewise opposed to the insensitive changes to the ACC clinical pathway for female and male victims ... More >>
13 Commissioner: Celebrate Children's Rights
20 November 2009 10:03am | Office of the Children's Commissioner
Children’s rights and opinions are to be celebrated for enriching New Zealand society, Children’s Commissioner Dr John Angus said today. Today, the 20th birthday of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCROC) will be celebrated ... More >>
14 Butterflies to paint a call for action
20 November 2009 12:28pm | Amnesty International
A stunning transformation from human to butterfly will be unveiled at Butterfly Creek, Auckland, next Tuesday (24 November) at 11:15am, in a call for action against violence this White Ribbon Day. More >>
15 Music Stars Sing For Democracy
17 November 2009 1:13pm | March for Democracy
The March for Democracy will feature two kiwi music stars who will entertain the crowd before and after the march up Queen St this Saturday. More >>
16 US Free Trade Agreement A Poisoned Chalice For NZ
17 November 2009 10:01am | Campaign Against Foreign Control Of Aotearoa
The announcement that the US is ready to start negotiations in 2010 to join an expanded Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (currently comprising NZ, Chile, Brunei, and Singapore, commonly known as the P4 Agreement), with 2011 as the target to seal ... More >>
17 Developing Countries Rebuff Push For Climate Delay
18 November 2009 4:27pm | Oxfam NZ
Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. The two day meeting ... More >>
18 Parents Know Better Than Children’s Commissioner
20 November 2009 10:01am | March for Democracy
The March for Democracy happening this Saturday, Queen St at 1:30pm, came under fire from the Children’s Commissioner today who suggested the March was not in children’s interests. “Parents know better than the Children’s Commissioner what’s best ... More >>
19 Airman Killed at Waiouru, Another Injured
19 November 2009 4:03pm | New Zealand Defence Force
Chief of Air Force, Air Vice Marshal Graham Lintott, has confirmed that at just after 9 am, in the Waiouru Training Area, an unexpected explosion occurred, causing instant and fatal injuries to Flight Sergeant Andrew Forster. A second Air Force Sergeant ... More >>
20 Children’s Commissioner Needs To Move On
20 November 2009 10:40am | Family First
Family First NZ is rubbishing the attack from the Children’s Commissioner regarding the March for Democracy being held in Auckland tomorrow and is inviting him to attend the family-based event. More >>
21 Goff’s Monetary Policy review welcome
20 November 2009 9:35am | National Distribution Union
The National Distribution Union (NDU) is welcoming the Labour Party’s break with bipartisan consensus around current monetary policy, and is challenging Business New Zealand to say which interests it is representing by opposing the move. “The ... More >>
22 Lawless and Salinger offer nearly $5,000 to Key
18 November 2009 10:03am | Greenpeace New Zealand
Actress Lucy Lawless and top climate scientist Jim Salinger will visit Parliament today to present Prime Minister John Key with nearly $5,000 to help get him to the Copenhagen climate talks in December. A fundraising drive to get “Key to Copenhagen” ... More >>
23 Changes needed to NZ monetary policy - CTU
19 November 2009 5:03pm | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
New Zealand urgently needs to change the way it operates its monetary policy and exchange rate, said CTU Economist and Policy Director Bill Rosenberg today. “The statement by Phil Goff that Labour is willing to look at alternatives to the current ... More >>
24 Stress, Suicide and the Family Court
19 November 2009 10:45am | Arbitrators' and Mediators' Institute of NZ
Principal Family Court Judge Judge Boshier is today calling for more support for anguished families. He says, “I feel for people that use our courts who eventually cannot cope and take their own lives”. Executive Director of the Arbitrators’ ... More >>
25 ‘Clean and green’ Speech to the Uni Of Canterbury
18 November 2009 1:12pm | Nick Herbert UKMP
I am grateful for the opportunity to speak to you today, and would particularly like to thank the University of Canterbury for providing me with this platform. It’s a huge pleasure to be here in New Zealand. More >>
26 New Zealanders Prepare to Vote With Their Feet
17 November 2009 1:11pm | March for Democracy
The March for Democracy this Saturday, Queen St 1:30pm, is calling for politicians to set aside their own agendas and act as directed by the people of New Zealand. Particular attention is being drawn to the three Citizens Initiated Referendums on ... More >>
27 Lonely rest home residents at risk –Age Concern
20 November 2009 10:23am | Age Concern
As concerns about abuse and neglect in rest homes rise, lonely and isolated older people are especially vulnerable, says Age Concern New Zealand. More >>
28 Cut ties between alcohol sponsorship & sport
13 November 2009 9:27am | Alcohol Healthwatch
Alcohol Healthwatch is supporting calls to eliminate alcohol industry sponsorship of sports and sports people. In the latest edition of the international scientific journal Addiction, researchers call on legislators and policy makers to take a precautionary ... More >>
29 Health cuts make children biggest losers
20 November 2009 9:28am | Child Poverty Action Group
Children's advocates Child Poverty Action Group are alarmed at indications that health spending will be cut even further next year. More >>
30 Slight decrease in deaths in September year
17 November 2009 11:22am | Statistics New Zealand
There were 28,680 deaths registered during the September 2009 year, down 2 percent from 29,130 in 2008, Statistics New Zealand said today. The largest numerical decreases were in the Auckland (down 370 or 5 percent), Waikato (down 100 or 3 percent), and ... More >>
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