Simple nutrional, herbal and emotional healthcare for our feline friends – by Joel Le Blanc
February 4, 2012 – 11:46 am | No Comment

Cats face the same issues in commercial food  that push many people every year to turn towards eating whole and organic foods. Many brands of commercial cat food are highly processed, and are full of …

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Entries invited for the EECA Awards – Celebrating energy efficiency and renewable energy
February 1, 2012 – 5:47 pm | No Comment
Entries invited for the EECA Awards – Celebrating energy efficiency and renewable energy

EECA Awards 2012

The entries are now open for the EECA Awards – the event that celebrates excellence and innovation in energy efficiency and renewable energy.
Who can enter?
The Awards cover nine categories, and entries are invited …

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Unpackit Packaging Awards: Nominate bad packaging to win a good-looking shopping bag
December 21, 2011 – 4:38 pm | No Comment
Unpackit Packaging Awards: Nominate bad packaging to win a good-looking shopping bag

Wanaka Wastebusters
Nominate bad packaging to win a good-looking shopping bag
Sick of bringing home plastic shopping bags filled with bad packaging? Do something about it by nominating the packaging that bugs you most for the Unpackit …

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NZ Gardener Celebrates Nation’s Green Heroes
December 19, 2011 – 6:16 pm | No Comment
NZ Gardener Celebrates Nation’s Green Heroes

A young Ashburton mum who founded an initiative to help struggling families grow their own fruit and vege has been named as the supreme winner of NZ Gardener 2011 Gardener of the Year Awards, announced …

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Ziptrek Ecotours zips into Sustainable 60 Awards
December 5, 2011 – 1:31 pm | No Comment
Ziptrek Ecotours zips into Sustainable 60 Awards

Ziptrek Ecotours zips into Sustainable 60 Awards
 
An award ceremony in Auckland last week has cemented Ziptrek Ecotour’s place among some of New Zealand’s most sustainable businesses.
 
The eco adventure company, based in Queenstown, won the marketplace …

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Pukeko Streaks Home in Bird of the Year Poll
November 25, 2011 – 10:56 am | No Comment
Pukeko Streaks Home in Bird of the Year Poll

Friday, November 25, 2011 – Wellington
Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Pukeko streaks home in Bird of the Year poll
The swamp-loving pukeko has won Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the Year election.
It won …

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Forest and Bird: Underbird Ahead in the Polls
November 18, 2011 – 8:02 pm | No Comment
Forest and Bird: Underbird Ahead in the Polls

Forest & Bird media release for immediate use
Our critically endangered parrot, the kakapo, and our blue-suited swamp hen, the pukeko, are well in front of the flock in Forest & Bird’s annual Bird of the …

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Pure Organic Gold – Te Mania Vineyard Wins Top Recognition for Organic Wine
November 4, 2011 – 1:48 pm | No Comment
Pure Organic Gold – Te Mania Vineyard Wins Top Recognition for Organic Wine

Pure Organic Gold
Te Mania a Nelson wine making pioneer has won Pure Gold for its 2011 Sauvignon Blanc at the 2011 Air New Zealand Wine Awards.
“We have nearly sold out of our 2010 which won …

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Congratulations Bucky Box! Check Out this Nifty, Award Winning System for Organic Food Box Schemes
October 27, 2011 – 10:17 pm | No Comment
Congratulations Bucky Box!  Check Out this Nifty, Award Winning System for Organic Food Box Schemes

Blog written by Sam Rye and borrowed from Bucky Box.com
October 25th, 2011
We’re rocking here at Bucky Box today, with the news that we have won the New Zealand section of the Global Entrepreneurship Week’s ‘Cleantech’ …

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Ziptrek Ecotours among New Zealand’s Sustainable 60
October 12, 2011 – 4:28 pm | No Comment
Ziptrek Ecotours among New Zealand’s Sustainable 60

At not quite two years old, Queenstown adventure tourism operation Ziptrek Ecotours is zipping into the record books as among New Zealand’s leading sustainable companies.
The Sustainable 60 Awards were created by Fairfax Media Business Group …

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Hawke’s Bay Environment Action Awards
October 9, 2011 – 7:18 pm | No Comment
Hawke’s Bay Environment Action Awards

Hawkes Bay Regional Council

For more information and to apply for an award visit the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council website

The Environment Action Awards are held every two years to celebrate people and organisations in Hawke’s Bay …

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Sue Johnson Named Health and Science Winner in the Next Woman of the Year Awards
October 9, 2011 – 7:12 pm | No Comment
Sue Johnson Named Health and Science Winner in the Next Woman of the Year Awards

Next Magazine
News release
October 6, 2011
Sue Johnson named Health and Science category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Sue Johnson was tonight announced as the Health and Science category winner …

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Lesley Elliott Named Winner of Next Woman of the Year
October 9, 2011 – 7:08 pm | No Comment
Lesley Elliott Named Winner of Next Woman of the Year

Lesley Elliott named winner of Next Woman of the Year, in association with Pandora
Lesley Elliott, mother of murdered university student Sophie Elliott, has been named Next Woman of the Year for her impassioned efforts to …

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Wellington’s Mai Chen and Jayne Parsons Winners in Next Woman of the Year Awards
October 9, 2011 – 6:56 pm | No Comment
Wellington’s Mai Chen and Jayne Parsons Winners in Next Woman of the Year Awards

Mai Chen named Business category winner and Jayne Parsons named Sports category winner in the Next Woman of the Year awards, in association with Pandora
Mai Chen was tonight announced as the Business category winner in …

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Wanaka Wastebusters Receive Funding to Keep Inspiring People to Make Smart Packaging Choices
October 7, 2011 – 1:51 pm | No Comment
Wanaka Wastebusters Receive Funding to Keep Inspiring People to Make Smart Packaging Choices

Wanaka Wastebusters today welcomed $118,750 of new funding from the Waste Minimisation Fund to help consumers and businesses make smart packaging choices.
“We’re delighted to receive this funding, because it means we can run the 2012 …

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Finalists announced for the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
September 15, 2011 – 2:07 pm | No Comment
Finalists announced for the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards

News release
September 12, 2011
Finalists announced for the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
Next magazine is delighted to unveil the inspirational women who have been selected as finalists in the 2011 Next Woman of the …

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Three Christchurch finalists announced in the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
September 15, 2011 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Three Christchurch finalists announced in the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards

News release
September 12, 2011
Three Christchurch finalists announced in the 2011 Next Woman of the Year Awards
Sue Johnson, Janine Morrell-Gunn and Melissa Ruscoe from Christchurch are today revealed as finalists in the Next Woman of the …

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Meet Five of Christchurch’s Newly Discovered Yummy Mummies
September 9, 2011 – 11:18 am | No Comment
Meet Five of Christchurch’s Newly Discovered Yummy Mummies

Media Release – Pregoli
8 September 2011
Christchurch’s Yummy Mummy Model Search
Pregoli knows it can be tough being a mum-to-be, and it certainly can be tough being a mum-to-be when living in post earthquake Christchurch! Pregoli, an …

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Tasman Nelson Environment Awards Open
August 19, 2011 – 5:32 pm | No Comment
Tasman Nelson Environment Awards Open

Tuesday 9 August 2011
The popular regional awards are now open for nominations until Friday 16 September 2011. This is a joint Nelson City and Tasman District Council initiative.
This year there are eight categories …

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The Hunt is On for the Nation’s Greenest Fingers
August 1, 2011 – 10:44 am | No Comment
The Hunt is On for the Nation’s Greenest Fingers

The hunt is on for great Kiwi gardeners, and for the country’s best school vege patch and community plot. NZ Gardener magazine, in association with Kiwicare, is calling for nominations in NZ Gardener’s 2011 Gardener …

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NZ’s Green Design In Top 8 – Electrolux International Design Lab Competition
July 17, 2011 – 10:13 am | No Comment
NZ’s Green Design In Top 8 – Electrolux International Design Lab Competition

14 July 2011
A New Zealand design is one of eight Electrolux Design Lab finalists announced today.

The ninth edition of the annual Electrolux Design Lab competition challenged industrial design students around the world to consider …

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Calling All Remarkable Women
June 22, 2011 – 6:27 pm | No Comment
Calling All Remarkable Women

CALLING ALL REMARKABLE WOMEN
MEDIA RELEASE June 20, 2011

Entries are now being sought for the 2011 NEXT Woman Of The Year.
Next Woman of The Year, which is sponsored by Pandora Jewellery, is now in …

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Sea Story Wins Grand Prize in WWF Creative Competition
June 8, 2011 – 5:37 pm | No Comment
Sea Story Wins Grand Prize in WWF Creative Competition

Press release: WWF – Jen Riches

Family bonds of love and loss, and a literal take on the idea of preserving our oceans, are at the heart of a highly original short story that …

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2011 Green Ribbon Award Finalists Announced
June 7, 2011 – 6:26 pm | No Comment
2011 Green Ribbon Award Finalists Announced

Bee Hive
Nick Smith
5 June, 2011
2011 Green Ribbon Award finalists announced
To mark World Environment Day Environment Minister Nick Smith today announced the 29 finalists for the 2011 Green Ribbon Awards which honour outstanding contributions to protecting …

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Vote for Kiwis to Do Their Thing with AMP in 2011
June 5, 2011 – 9:19 am | 2 Comments
Vote for Kiwis to Do Their Thing with AMP in 2011

Voting is now open for the AMP People’s Choice Award, marking the official closure of the 2011 annual AMP Scholarship Programme.The 13th annual scholarship programme saw a record breaking 1279 applications successfully submitted, all of …

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Film Comp Offers Chance to Celebrate and Protect the Pristine Ross Sea, Antarctica
June 3, 2011 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Film Comp Offers Chance to Celebrate and Protect the Pristine Ross Sea, Antarctica

NEWS RELEASE
June 3, 2011
The Last Ocean Charitable Trust in association with Fisheye Films is launching a nationwide short film competition that will put focus on the last near intact marine ecosystem on Earth, …

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Richmond Plains Wins First Ever Gold Medals for Organic Wines in Hong Kong
May 10, 2011 – 3:57 pm | One Comment
Richmond Plains Wins First Ever Gold Medals for Organic Wines in Hong Kong

Nelson based organic vineyard Richmond Plains has just won the first gold medals ever specifically awarded by the Hong Kong International Wine Challenge for organic and biodynamic wines.
Richmond Plains has won two …

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Compostable Take-away Container Made from Potato Starch Wins Kiwi Unpackit Award
May 6, 2011 – 5:21 pm | One Comment
Compostable Take-away Container Made from Potato Starch Wins Kiwi Unpackit Award

A compostable take-away container made in Blenheim from waste potato starch has won the 2011 Unpackit Award for New Zealand’s best packaging.
The Unpackit Worst Packaging Award for the worst packaging sold in New Zealand stores …

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Unpackit Awards Aim for 100 Nominations
March 14, 2011 – 1:46 pm | No Comment
Unpackit Awards Aim for 100 Nominations

Nominations have been pouring into the Unpackit site for the best and worst packaging awards. With only a week to go, Unpackit has received 66 nominations, more than the original target. But with such a …

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The Sir Peter Blake Trust seeks nominations for 2011 Leadership Awards
March 11, 2011 – 8:06 pm | No Comment
The Sir Peter Blake Trust seeks nominations for 2011 Leadership Awards

Great leaders build great teams and great teams achieve great things. Recognising and celebrating our leaders inspires us all to achieve.
The Sir Peter Blake Trust is seeking nominations for New Zealand’s premier Leadership Awards, which …

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Call for Entries – Designs Inspired by ‘Intelligent Mobility’ (and Featuring Environmental Sensitivity)
March 9, 2011 – 9:32 pm | No Comment
Call for Entries – Designs Inspired by ‘Intelligent Mobility’ (and Featuring Environmental Sensitivity)

Annual global design challenge seeks submissions that consider the future of home appliances
Electrolux Design Lab 2011 invites Kiwi industrial design students and recent graduates of industrial design to compete for a six-month paid …

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Wanaka Waste Busters ‘Unpacket People’s Choice Awards’ – Enter Now!
March 2, 2011 – 1:23 pm | No Comment
Wanaka Waste Busters ‘Unpacket People’s Choice Awards’ – Enter Now!

Wanaka Wastebusters has set up the Unpackit People’s Choice awards for NZ packaging – best and worst. Nominations are now open for both categories, and are flooding in. Check out www.unpackit.org to see …

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Kids Help Hoiho! Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust’s Limerick Competition
February 16, 2011 – 9:05 pm | No Comment
Kids Help Hoiho! Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust’s Limerick Competition

As part of the Trust’s new For Kids website section the YEPT is holding a limerick competition during Seaweek, open to all students.
Kids can create a five-line limerick that describes how we can best …

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Romance in Golden Bay at ‘Adrift’ Accommodation
January 24, 2011 – 2:49 pm | No Comment
Romance in Golden Bay at ‘Adrift’ Accommodation

Press Release
For Immediate Release

ADRIFT IN GOLDEN BAY
HONORED AS
BEST ROMANTIC ACCOMMODATION IN NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIA

“Adrift In Golden Bay” was chosen as one of the “10 Best Romantic Hotels in the …

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New Media Scholarship Launched for NZ Journalists
January 16, 2011 – 9:30 pm | No Comment
New Media Scholarship Launched for NZ Journalists

PRESS RELEASE
January 11, 2011
Allaboutthestory.com, a start-up online marketplace for news stories and cartoons, is launching its first scholarship for NZ journalists.
The Allaboutthestory.com Media Scholarship aims to help build links between the media and web development …

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Nominations Sought for Local Heroes
August 12, 2010 – 10:28 pm | No Comment
Nominations Sought for Local Heroes

Nominations are being sought from around the country for ‘Local Heroes’ as part of  the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards 2011. Kiwibank Local Heroes Awards  recognise those everyday people doing extraordinary things in …

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University of Canterbury’s ‘Eco-my-flat’ winners announced
June 11, 2010 – 10:26 pm | No Comment
University of Canterbury’s ‘Eco-my-flat’ winners announced

9 June 2010
Grey-water recycling, foraging for apples and building cider presses, building glasshouses, growing extensive vegetable gardens and organising community events aren’t things you’d normally associate with student flatting.
But these are exactly the sorts of …

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ASB Cycle Friendly Awards 2010
May 28, 2010 – 11:08 am | No Comment
ASB Cycle Friendly Awards 2010

Media Statement from Cycling Advocates’ Network
The Search is on for New Zealand’s Best Cycling Projects
The search for New Zealand’s best bike lane, most effective promotion, and most cycle-friendly employer is on.  The Cycling Advocates’ Network …

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‘Only In New Zealand’ Winners Announced for Photo Comp
February 24, 2010 – 3:11 pm | No Comment
‘Only In New Zealand’ Winners Announced for Photo Comp

Hundreds of beautiful photos were submitted, but there can be only one winner of the ‘Only in New Zealand’ photo competition.
After tallying up the votes, Jasons were amazed to find the Kiwi public had been …

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CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi International Supports Happyzine’s Green-Dream Project: DreamtoReality
February 14, 2010 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi International Supports Happyzine’s Green-Dream Project: DreamtoReality

Kevin Roberts – the CEO of Saatchi and Saatchi International, based in New York, has offered his praise of Happyzine’s DreamtoReality 2010 project. The positive news website www.happyzine.co.nz is offering one person the opportunity to …

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Win One Year of Life Coaching and Support to Reach Your Environmental Goal!
January 21, 2010 – 9:49 am | 2 Comments
Win One Year of Life Coaching and Support to Reach Your Environmental Goal!

Happyzine Dream to Reality: Project Planet.
“Enough with focusing on what’s wrong, it’s time to dream about what’s possible environmentally, and make it happen,” says Charlotte Squire, founder of good-news website ‘Happyzine’.  She’s offering one …

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