Article – Businesswire

Sept. 30 (BusinessWire) – New Zealand’s NZX 50 Index rose, ending the third quarter at a 12-month high, after business confidence surged, stoking speculation the domestic economy will extend its recovery from recession. Road transport firm Mainfreight …
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Press Release – Institute of Chartered Accountants

The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) has thrown the weight of its 32,000 members behind proposals for a wave of reforms to New Zealand’s financial reporting system. “Improvements to New Zealand’s financial reporting framework …
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Article – Businesswire

Sept. 30 (BusinessWire) – Fisher & Paykel Appliances Holdings Ltd., New Zealand’s only listed whiteware manufacturer, won agreement from its banks to modify the terms of its banking facilities after earnings missed targets.
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Press Release – Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party

Expensive hair drug tests being marketed to New Zealand parents are intrusive and their usefulness is highly questionable. The ALCP believe drug testing will only sow more mistrust and alienation between parents and children.
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Press Release – J P Morgan

• Business confidence jumped 14.9 points in September • Nearly half of those surveyed expect conditions to improve • Near-term GDP growth will be solid
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Press Release – Rural Women New Zealand

Rural Women New Zealand’s telecommunications spokesperson, Jacky Stafford, says that the government should be putting more money into rural broadband now, instead of the planned six year roll out of its rural broadband initiative. “It’s an …
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Press Release – Joint Media Statement

Auckland, New Zealand:- Bacardi today announces an agreement in principle for the appointment of Lion Nathan New Zealand as distributor for all Bacardi brands, including 42 BELOW, in New Zealand.
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Press Release – New Zealand Veterinary Association

The New Zealand Veterinary Association says the condition of the calves found on Crafar Farms’ Benneydale dairy farm is totally unacceptable. NZVA president Dr Richard Wild said there is no excuse for animals to be in such poor condition and …
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Press Release – Air New Zealand

Air New Zealand has sent basic supplies to Samoa to help those who lost belongings in the tsunami. General Manager of Airline Operations David Morgan says the Boeing 777-200 ER that left for Samoa this afternoon was stocked with several hundred blankets, …
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Press Release – Seafood Industry Council

Quota increases in smooth oreo on the South Island’s east coast is an example of good fisheries management, says New Zealand seafood industry’s DeepWater Group chief executive George Clement.
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Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

Labour’s Associate labour spokesperson Darien Fenton says the industrial action being taken tomorrow by parliamentary staff highlights the serious need for minimum redundancy protection in law, as proposed by her members’ bill. “Parliamentary …
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Speech – New Zealand Government

Thank you for inviting me to speak to you today. I would particularly like to acknowledge Law Commission President Sir Geoffrey Palmer and HANZ Chief Executive Bruce Robertson.
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Press Release – New Zealand Labour Party

Labour Minister Kate Wilkinson should pull her finger out and do her bit to get Open Country Cheese employers around the table to sort out the ongoing employment dispute, Labour spokesperson on labour issues Trevor Mallard said today.
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Press Release – New Zealand Government

An Airforce P3 Orion is enroute to Samoa, and before dark may be able to join the coastal search for survivors of this morning’s earthquake and tsunami, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today.
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Press Release – National Institute for Health Innovation

Innovation needs a central place to thrive and this is the basis of the idea networking site (www.hive.org.nz), being launched on September 30th by the National Institute for Health Innovation (NIHI).
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Press Release – RIANZ

Police have raided a Manurewa store and arrested its proprietor for selling pirated copies of Michael Jackson CDs.
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Press Release – Ministry of Health

As at midday today two people are reported to be in hospital with Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 09 or its complications.
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Article – Businesswire

Sept. 30(BusinessWire) – Televisions New Zealand Ltd., the state broadcaster, said its annual profit tumbled 89% and it only avoided dipping into the red by slashing spending and abandoning plans to attend next year’s Commonwealth Games.
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Press Release – Hutt City Council

Mayor David Ogden has announced that the refurbishment of the Korohiwa bus barn is a step closer following the granting of a resource consent.
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Press Release – David Thornton

North Shore City Council is keeping landslip victims in the dark about decisions made in secret affecting the victims properties which are under constant threat of further landslips.
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