Blanket Bay re-launches Honeymoon Package on film
Source: Scoop
Queenstown :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 21:16:14 -0700 | business-news
At the same time, the romance experience is being promoted in a new Blanket Bay video that gives viewers a taste of what they can expect. The two-minute film is one of four promotional online videos that showcase the five-star,...
‘Farmy Army's' John Hartnell Honoured
Source: Scoop
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 21:16:12 -0700 | business-news
May 2013 Farmy Army's' John Hartnell Honoured John Hartnell, the driving force behind Federated Farmers' Farmy Army', received the New Zealand Order of Merit today. Following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, John organised farmers from around the region, now coined the...
Voluntary cheese slice product recall
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:53:23 -0700 | business-news
Dairy company Fonterra is recalling a cheese slice product after reports of plastic packaging sticking to the cheese when it is unwrapped. It is voluntarily recalling Mainland Tasty Individually Wrapped Flavoured Processed Cheese Slices 250g with a best before date...
Northland drug-driver sentenced (Newstalk ZB)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:52:56 -0700 | political-news
Northland drug-driver sentenced Carla Penman, Newstalk ZB May 23, 2013, 3:02 pm A 22-year-old Northland contractor who drove under the influence of cannabis and gave police a false name, has been sentenced to community detention. Jonathan Grant appeared in Whangarei...
Call for accountability in the wake of Operation Eight report (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:52:55 -0700 | political-news
Call for accountability in the wake of Operation Eight report Maori Party, Fuseworks May 23, 2013, 3:07 pm Waiariki MP, Te Ururoa Flavell, has continued his call for accountability in the wake of the damning IPCA report into Operation Eight....
Disaster averted for state sector workers - Cunliffe (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 21:31:02 -0700 | political-news
Labour and the state sector unions have averted disaster for government workers who were set to lose their redundancy entitlements and employment rights, Labour's Associate Finance Spokesperson David Cunliffe said...The Bill has been heavily amended in response to strong submissions...
Police execute forty warrants in Whangarei (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Whangarei :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:52:48 -0700 | disasters-news
Police execute forty warrants in Whangarei NZ Police, Fuseworks May 23, 2013, 3:22 pm Police in Whangarei and Dargaville knocked on a few doors early this morning to catch up with a few people who had outstanding warrants. The door...
Scott exhibition wins international award (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Christchurch :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:52:44 -0700 | disasters-news
Scott exhibition wins international award Canterbury Museum, Fuseworks May 23, 2013, 3:33 pm Accolades are flowing in for London's Natural History Museum this week after Scott's Last Expedition won Best Temporary or Touring Exhibition at the prestigious 2013 Museums and...
Bulog to import additional beef for Idul Fitri holidays
Source: The Jakarta Post
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:45:36 -0700 | technology-news
The beef imported by Bulog will be outside this year's annual import quota, further raising questions about whether the government's plan for the country to be self-sufficient in beef by 2014 will only go up in smoke. Suswono, who previously...
Has Home and Away jumped the shark?
Source: New Zealand Infotech Weekly
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:36:13 -0700 | entertainment-news
In any one week a character could contract a life-threatening disease, suffer amnesia, get stabbed in prison, be abducted by their half-brother, get hooked on drugs after hooking up with a thug, break up with their loved one, get back...
Pike River consultation encouraging
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 21:31:35 -0700 | travel-news
The union will be encouraging members to participate in the public consultation and is calling on employers to release people from work to allow them to attend the public meetings. Ged O'Connell says the discussion document released today is a...
KiwiRail introduces random drug tests
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-23 21:31:39 -0700 | travel-news
Kiwirail is introducing random drug tests for all staff as a report reveals a track worker involved in a near miss had cannabis in his system. Two workers repairing the tracks narrowly escaped being hit by commuter train on August...
Elderly woman 'abandoned' on couch
Source: Wellington Dominion
Wellington :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:24:44 -0700 | political-news
An elderly woman is alleged to have been left on a couch for at least three years, in one of the worst cases of elder abuse police have seen. Her daughter has been charged with failing to provide the necessaries...
Veolia Transport almost doubles FY profit
Source: Scoop
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:13:07 -0700 | sports-news
Veolia Transport, Auckland rail operator, almost doubles FY profit after inking new contract May 22 (BusinessDesk) Veolia Transport Auckland, which runs the city's urban passenger trains, almost doubled its annual profit last year after it changed the way it does...
Amazing Place playground winners announced (Fuseworks)
Source: Xtra News
Auckland :: New Zealand | updated 2013-05-22 20:07:53 -0700 | political-news
17 pm The redevelopment of central Christchurch has taken an exciting step forward with today's announcement of the Amazing Place playground winners, says Christchurch Central Development Unit Director Warwick Isaacs. The winners were announced by Prime Minister John Key at...
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