Announcement of Finalists in NZ Morningstar Awards 2013

Minding Of Meats: MPI Working To Clear Shipments To China

New export certificates are being issued to release containers of meat products held up at the Chinese border, the Ministry for Primary Industries said today. Shipments of meat into China were delayed after MPI issued export certification in a format which had not been approved by Chinese authorities at AQSIQ. More>>

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• NZ Govt - Resolution of New Zealand meat exports to China - Update On Meat Shipments - Update on meat consignment
• Labour - Money traders before meat traders - Government
• Labour - Mixed meat messages raise alarm bells
• Hamish Cardwell - PM Post-Cabinet Press Conference - 20 May 2013
• Image via Lawrence and Gibson - “Survival Of The Friendliest” Serves Publishers Well

Banking Ombudsman: Bank Customers Need To Remember Basics

Have you heard the story about the kids who used their mum’s credit card details to buy up large online? Or the one about the person who saved all their PINs disguised as phone numbers on their mobile which was then stolen by a thief who saw through the disguise and went on a spending spree?More>>

TPP: A Global Fair Deal On Copyright - OurFairDeal.org

Alastair Thompson: The orginal "A Fair Deal" campaign brought together Internet NZ with a bunch of other groups including the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, the Creative Freedom Foundation , NZ Rise , Trademe and Kiwiblog's David Farrar. OurFairDeal.org takes the NZ based campaigns a giant leap forward bringing together 84 lobby groups from across the Asia Pacific in 6 countries into a global alliance. More>>

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• InternetNZ - NZ-born Fair Deal Coalition Gets Global Makeover
• Out-Link - Home | Our Fair Deal
• Connie Lawn with Charles Sneiderman - US-New Zealand Council Pacific Partnership Forum - Photos
• Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd - TPP Has the Potential to Revitalise Japanese Agriculture
• NZ International Business Forum - Business Leaders Across Asia Pacific Call for TPP