Bring the Magic of 3D Movies Home with JVC
Bring the ultimate 3D movie experience out of the cinemas and into your living room with the new range of JVC 3D-ready projectors.
Mahu Receives Nominations for Outstanding Baby Skincare
Conceived and birthed in the Waikato town of Cambridge, mahu Mother and Baby skincare has gone from on-line to securing distribution of mahu baby to Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown supermarkets New Zealand wide, to becoming nominated in four categories in the inaugural OhBaby! New Zealand Awards for creating outstanding pregnancy and baby products!
Enhance any Summer Experience with Stylish Sounds from JVC
Whether you’re chilling at the bach, hosting the family for Christmas dinner or planning the ultimate party for New Year’s Eve, good music enhances any summer experience.
Welcome to the Polaroid Movement: Instant Photography is Back!
Fans of the Polaroid brand worldwide were devastated about the death of instant film. Now those fans can rejoice again: Polaroid instant photography is back.
Ancient Pilgrimage Gets 3D Treatment
One of the world’s oldest and most revered walking tracks in Europe is now available to pilgrims in the form of 3D map technology.
Managing Remuneration Decisions with Pivot
Pivot Software has released “(DON’T) Show me the Money” highlighting the new reality of managing remuneration decisions.
Biosecurity reform bill passes first reading
The Biosecurity Law Reform Bill, a bill proposing the most significant changes to the Biosecurity Act in more than a decade, passed its first reading in Parliament last night and was sent to select committee.
New Zealand Cricket Advisory Committee Named
New Zealand Cricket today announced the composition of the new Cricket Committee, which has been established to provide advice and make recommendations to the NZC Board.
ANZ Announcement
ANZ discuss the Parliament of Australia’s Senate Economics Committee’s inquiry into competition within the banking sector through an open letter to shareholders.
Air NZ Kids At Christmas Charity Auction
Air New Zealand’s “Kids at Christmas charity auction” kicks off this week, aiming to raise more than $400,000 for children’s charities. The auction is offering some special “money can’t buy” items, in addition to hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of airfares, accommodation and travel packages.
Christchurch SummerTimes Is Here
The Garden City SummerTimes booklet launches this Friday 10 December with details on events in Christchurch from New Year’s Eve through to March 2011. The Christchurch City Council coordinates an exciting programme of events each summer with this year’s line up to include Treetech New Year’s Eve in the Square, ASB Classical Sparks, Anthony Harper Lawyers Summer Theatre and Tip Top Kite Day.
Santaline Phone Boxes for Christchurch
Telecom has teamed up with the Christchurch City Council, City Mission and Christchurch Cathedral to bring some festive cheer to the city centre with plans to unveil dedicated Santaline phone boxes at a public ceremony on the evening of Thursday 9 December.
Pedestrian and Bus Safety in Manners Mall
Wellington City Council and local bus companies are to keep a close watch on pedestrian safety along the new two-way section of the Golden Mile – mainly in Manners Street – via a joint ‘taskforce’ of representatives from the organisations.
Naturefarm New Zealand Launches New Website
NatureFarm NZ, manufacturer of Effective microorganisms, has launched its new and improved website. The new-look site features a simplified structure, better navigation and greater depth of content.
HardieGlaze™ Forward Thinking Design Without a Hefty Pricetag
Make over your home this summer with new HardieGlaze™ Tile Lining – the simple way to create a lasting impression!
Jujube Art Design Gallery and Store
A new kind of art is being displayed at Parnellʼs latest store. Jujube have imported mouth- watering wall decals from Blik – a leading designer in the US, and maker of innovative, removable surface graphics. Parnellʼs latest store features art, but not art as you know it.
OCR remains unchanged at 3.0 percent
Alan Bollard, Reserve Bank Governor says interest rates are projected to rise to a more limited extend for the next two years in comparison to that signalled in the September release.
Italian Mental Health Reformist Visits NZ
Professor Roberto Mezzina leads the radical mental health services in Trieste, Italy. THis service has just been designated a centre for training and research in mental health by the World Health Organisation.
Services in Trieste rely far less on expensive acute beds, rarely treat people forcibly, do not use ECT, or restraint practices such as seclusion. The service is available to the population of Trieste 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. A report commissioned by the NZ based ARC Group suggests that as well as improving services, adopting some of the practices used in Trieste over the last 30 years, could carve off $100 million from the national mental health bill.
Equinox Announce CCBA Preparation Programme
IT consultancy Equinox Limited will launch a CCBA preparation programme in early 2011 to assist business analysts in passing the new IIBA® intermediate certification for business analysts – the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA).
Waterfront Redevelopment Will Benefit Auckland
The redevelopment of Auckland’s waterfront will generate $4.29 billion to the region by 2040, according to a report released today by the Minister of Transport, Hon Steven Joyce.