Queenstown hosting tourism show again Otago Daily Times | The Trenz tourism industry trade show's inaugural Queenstown outing last year has been highly rated by delegates and preparations are falling into place for its return this year. | Almost 300 exhibitors, including Tourism New Zealand, Air New Zealand, Qantas, and host region Southern Lakes have re...
Jetstar fined for changing passenger's nationality The Daily Telegraph Australia | BUDGET airline Jetstar has been fined NZ$6500 ($5013) after the nationality of a Chinese passenger flying out of Melbourne was changed to Swiss - which allowed her to board a flight to New Zealand without a visa. | In the Christchurch District Court Judge David Saunders accepted that the change wa...
A day to look back, and forward NZ Herald | If Monday is fine I might take a wander on North Head, watch the anniversary regatta and ponder Auckland. From there, with a little imagination, you can see the city's beginnings as well as its splendour. | Away to the east, below Rangitoto, you ca...
Hefty race purse 'great for breeders and investors' NZ Herald | The richest horse race in the country - the Karaka Million - will be held tomorrow as a curtain raiser for the national yearling sales which start on Monday. | To qualify for the race with a $550,500 first prize the 2-year-old horses must have been...
Fishing holidays: In pursuit of the wolf fish The Daily Telegraph Jeremy Wade, presenter of 'River Monsters’ on ITV, recalls his pursuit of the wolf fish in South America and suggests some more angling adventures . | Image 1 of 2 Jeremy Wade searches for his quarry Image&nbs...
Holmes 2 faces Underworld, Descendants at box office Screen Daily | Sherlock Holmes 2 has dominated the international arena in recent weekends but will need to muster all its nous to prevail against Underworld and The Descendants. | Warner Bros Pictures International’s sleuth has taken more than $270m and opens t...
Statistics NZ Media release and Information release Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 4:54 pm | Press Release: Statistics New Zealand | Overseas Merchandise Trade: December 2011 | Overseas Merchandise Trade: December 2011 Key facts | December 2011 quarter: | Values are seasonally adjusted and compared with the...
Cybercrime Hides In QR Codes, AVG Technologies Reports Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 4:58 pm | Press Release: AVG | QR codes delivering malware, stolen digital certificates and the persistence of rootkits | Auckland, 27 January 2012 – The risks hidden in a QR code are just one shocking finding of ...
Port expansion row shows management isolated, out of touch Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 3:41 pm | Press Release: Maritime Union of New Zealand | Maritime Union says port expansion row shows management “isolated and out of touch” | 27 January 2012 | The Maritime Union says the debate about the expan...
Performer calls for more non-alcoholic choices Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 4:08 pm | Press Release: FebFast | 27 January 2012 | Performer calls for more non-alcoholic choices | Performer, writer and celebrant Pinky Agnew is astonished how little thought is given to providing a good range of non-alco...
Gutless, unpatriotic and unproductive Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:30 pm | Press Release: New Zealand Labour Party | Damien O’Connor | Primary Industries spokesperson | 27 January 2012 | Gutless, unpatriotic and unproductive | Gutless, unpatriotic and unproductive is how Labour ...
New Zealand Prime Minister to Open Karaka 2012 Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:25 pm | Press Release: NZ Bloodstock | NZ Prime Minister to Open Karaka 2012 | New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will again show his support for the New Zealand thoroughbred industry as he makes a return to Karaka to prov...
Boost for Global Arts Education Scoop Friday, 27 January 2012, 2:04 pm | Press Release: University of Auckland | The future for global arts education looks significantly brighter following the adoption and support of The Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education by UNESCO...
Markets Live: Stocks follow leads higher Sydney Morning Herald | Australian shares are higher after Wall Street rose on good jobs data and corporate results, and European markets gained on successful euro zone bond sales. | 12.44pm: Shares in Nexus Energy have risen a 10.4 per cent today after the company announced yesterday it will form a joint venture with oil major Royal Dutch Shell and Osaka Gas to develop...
