Christchurch Business Access Addressed Following Earthquake
Access to businesses in the cordoned red zone of Christchurch city is being addressed by the National Controller, Civil Defence Minister John Carter said today.
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Small Group Tours – Combine With Your Rugby World Cup Trip
The concept behind legend tours was to offer chauffer driven tours throughout New Zealand, these can be in small groups of 2 people (great for that ultra-romantic getaway) or for groups of 2-10 friends that want to travel together but do not want to drive themselves.
Mobile Commerce Interface To Connect Retailers with Customers
Australasian ecommerce specialists, Solutionists, have released a new mobile commerce interface which will improve retailers’ communications with their customers, and drive sales online and in store. The mobile commerce interface automatically recognises a customer’s smart phone device and displays an optimised version of the retailers’ webstore accordingly.
10-Fold Earnings Potential from New Tech Manuka Honey
Earnings by a leading company in New Zealand’s $100 million Manuka honey export industry have the potential to increase ten-fold through use of patented technology outlined at the annual NZBIO biotechnology showcase in Auckland this week. Manuka Health New Zealand Ltd chief executive Kerry Paul told the conference his company’s next generation of Manuka honey products would use patented technology to deliver the active ingredient in forms more akin to pharmaceutical products than jars of honey.
Secured Signing Launches Form Direct for Online Digital Signature
Secured Signing, the Market Leader of Secured Digital Signatures in the Cloud Offers an Innovative Solution to Simplify Form Signing Process and Ignite Sales.
Govt $6.85M support package will be welcomed
Gerry Brownlee and David Carter announce a needs-based support package of $6.5M via Canterbury Business Recovery Group (CBRG) spokesperson Peter Townsend
Telecom Credit for Landline Calls to Japan
Telecom has announced it will credit all residential customers’ landline calls to Japan. This includes calls made from landline to landline and landline to Japanese mobile phones.
Traffic Congestion Following Christchurch Earthquake
Traffic congestion has become an issue since the Christchurch Earthquake on February 22. A plan has been made to ease the traffic congestion and it will be put in place next week.
Queen Thanked for Support Following Christchurch Earthquake
Prime Minister John Key today thanked Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for her support, through the Queen’s Charitable Trust, of the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
Automotive Employment NZ Offering Free Service to Christchurch
Automotive Employment NZ has offered to support victims of the September 22 Christchurch earthquake by offering fixed-term automotive jobs to displaced automotive industry employees in the Canterbury region.
Building Investigation Following Christchurch Earthquake.
The Department of Building and Housing is undertaking a technical investigation into the performance of key buildings in Christchurch and the reasons that some of them collapsed, Minister for Building and Construction Maurice Williamson said today.
Christchurch Rugby World Cup Package
Rugby World Cup Minister, Murray McCully, has announced a package of initiatives in response to Rugby World Cup matches being allocated away from Christchurch.
Rugby World Cup Moved from Christchurch Following Earthquake
Rugby World Cup Minister, Murray McCully, says the government and other stakeholders have agreed the Christchurch Rugby World Cup matches will be moved out of the city due to unacceptable risks associated with maintaining the current programme.
Christchurch Rugby World Cup Matches Moved
Murray McCully confirms that the Rugby World Cup games due to be held in Christchurch later in 2011 will be moved to other locations.
Auckland Sends Condolence Messages to Japan
The Auckland Mayor has announced that condolence messages have been sent to Auckland Council’s Japanese sister cities in the wake of Friday’s destructive earthquake and tsunami. Auckland Council has relationships with Fukuoka, Shinagawa, Tomioka, Kakogawa, Utsunomiya, Furudono and Hara-mura.
Majority of Christchurch Schools Opening Following Earthquake
Education Minister Anne Tolley says 143 Christchurch schools, 88 per cent of the total number, will have re-opened by the end of this week. It is also expected that 234 early childhood education services, or 69 per cent, will be open.
Royal Commission on Christchurch Earthquake
Prime Minister John Key today announced that Cabinet has agreed to establish a Royal Commission on the Canterbury Earthquake. The inquiry will examine issues around the built environment in the Christchurch CBD including, but not limited to, the CTV and PGC buildings, as well as the adequacy of the relevant building codes and standards into the future.
Aucklanders to Follow in the Footsteps of a Barefoot Running Great
Barefoot Ted McDonald (or BFT), a veteran ultra-runner and one of the pioneers of the barefoot running movement, is coming to New Zealand to hold a series of talks and workshops from March 15 – 17.
BFT is one of central characters in Born to Run, the international best seller by Christopher McDougall.
Win the New Zealand Adventure Experience of a Lifetime during the World Cup 2011
Rugby fans, students, avid travellers and adventure activity junkies throughout the world are gritting their teeth with excitement with the release of the Haka for Haka Tours Competition, with a prize pack worth up to $20,000. Offering the chance to win one of two 24 day adventure tours of New Zealand, including international flights, accommodation, transport and all the adventure activities you could wish for, people are lining up in their droves to enter.