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A recent survey of New Zealand consumers found 82 per cent couldnt name a single brand or product known for its environmental, social or ethical record.
For a country that bills itself as one of the cleanest and greenest in the world, that could be construed as a bad sign.
But Peter [...]
Food prices were up 9 per cent in the year to February. Bread prices are soaring, dairy commodity prices have doubled.
Two factors copping most of the blame %26ndash; the burgeoning wealth of developing countries and the biofuels industry %26ndash; are unlikely to disappear soon.
China, India, and other emerging economies are driving up demand for meat [...]
Mr Cunliffe today announced he had approved Telecoms plan for a three-way split in its operations.
Telecom had been required to put forward the plan as part of the Governments decision in 2006 to reregulate aspects of the industry to boost competition and investment in broadband infrastructure.
The amended plan- legally enforceable from today- breaks Telecom into [...]
The review, headed by Australian-based neurosurgeon Vini Khurana, uses more than 100 sources in recent medical and scientific literature.
It claims to highlight an emerging global public health concern - with broader public health ramifications than asbestos and smoking.
Dr Khurana says in a research paper published on the website brain-surgery.us that using cellphone handsets for 10 [...]
A sleep survey of almost 8000 American, English, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi babies aged up to three years revealed young New Zealanders slept best.
They woke less during the night than the international average and were less likely to sleep in their parents room.
They also got to bed earlier, slept longer and were easier to settle [...]
Her brother had been accused of inflicting severe brain damage to his three-month-old twin babies in a Mangere home in 2006.
They died in hospital five days later.
New Zealanders were outraged at the family%26rsquo;s silence and opinions flared over how they lived and who was to blame.
Mona Kahui was reluctantly thrust head first into this media [...]
Gatland was disappointed not to be a strong candidate when the All Black coachs job was being assessed late last year.
After solid work with Ireland, the Wasps and Waikato, the former hooker should have been strongly considered and when it was obvious the waters were running against him, he headed to Wales.
Good on him. Its [...]
Some are on their third abortion, Auckland University associate professor Felicity Goodyear Smith says.
There are Korean, Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese, but Chinese women predominate.
The numbers have dropped slightly in the past few years, possibly because fewer Asian women are choosing to study in New Zealand, schools are employing nurses and sex education and health promoters, [...]
Professor Christine Thomson, who has led a world-first study into how much of the essential micronutrient people can obtain from Brazil nuts, said New Zealanders generally had marginal selenium levels because the soil was deficient in selenium.
There is mounting evidence that a marginal selenium status can lead to an increased risk for a range of [...]
The couples rolling up in brand-new SUVs bought after double-digit capital gains on the house are looking nervous. But the aspiring home owners left behind by soaring prices over the past five years wonder if the housing slump could prove to be their silver lining. They should steel themselves for more bad news.
There may be [...]
