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Deputy Commissioner of the &lt;b&gt;NZ&lt;/b&gt; Police, Rob Pope, will join police staff and members of the Families Commission at the Wellington Railway  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:31:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Selling stolen gold and silver difficult (New Zealand Police)</title><link>http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/21636.html</link><description>
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Police say offenders will have a hard time moving silver, gold and coins taken in a burglary earlier this month.  
Antique dealers, private  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:59:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Report on money-laundering systems welcomed (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/report%2bmoney-laundering%2bsystems%2bwelcomed?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>Simon Power | JusticeJustice Minister Simon Power today welcomed the Financial Action Taskforce's 2009 Mutual Evaluation Report on New Zealand's anti-money  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:08:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tauranga City state highway numbers to change (nzta.govt.nz)</title><link>http://www.nzta.govt.nz/newsroom/info/463/index.html</link><description>State highway numbers in Tauranga city will be changing in early December to prepare for the completion of the &lt;b&gt;NZ&lt;/b&gt; Transport Agency's Harbour Link project  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>RCCNZ rescues sailor (Maritime New Zealand)</title><link>http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/news/media-releases-2009/20091124a.asp</link><description>The Rescue  Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) has successfully coordinated the rescue  of a sa...</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>FBT rate for low-interest loans down (Inland Revenue Department)</title><link>http://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/news/archive.php?year=&amp;view=718</link><description>
  The prescribed rate used to calculate fringe benefit tax on low-interest, employment-related loans has been set at 6.00%, down from 6.41%, from 1 October.   ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NZ signs TIEA with the Bahamas (Inland Revenue Department)</title><link>http://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/news/archive.php?year=&amp;view=717</link><description>
  New Zealand has signed a Tax Information Exchange Agreement with the Bahamas.  The new TIEA will come into force once New Zealand and the Bahamas have given  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Minimum family tax credit rises (Inland Revenue Department)</title><link>http://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/news/archive.php?year=&amp;view=719</link><description/><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Urgent measures to be added to bill (Inland Revenue Department)</title><link>http://www.taxpolicy.ird.govt.nz/news/archive.php?year=&amp;view=720</link><description/><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Media Release: Medsafe takes part in global operation targeting online sale of counterfeit medicines (Ministry of Health)</title><link>http://www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/0/DA2E138C10167E6DCC257677007C8E57?Open</link><description>Medsafe has taken part in an international week of action which targeted the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines and was coordinated by INTERPOL  ... </description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Waikato's Pacific people celebrate (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/waikato039s%2bpacific%2bpeople%2bcelebrate?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>Georgina te Heuheu | Pacific Island AffairsHundreds of Pacific people gathered in Hamilton on Saturday to celebrate the diversity of Waikato's Pacific heritage  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:42:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PM to travel to Trinidad and Tobago for CHOGM (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/pm%2btravel%2btrinidad%2band%2btobago%2bchogm?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>John Key | Prime MinisterPrime Minister John Key will leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of &lt;b&gt;Government&lt;/b&gt; meeting.
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"These prizes will celebrate  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Te Ara Hou's Newly Upgraded Units (Wellington City Council)</title><link>http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3753</link><description>The welcome mat is out for Marta Haroon and Lazer Nanno - the first tenants to move back into their upgraded unit at Te Ara Hou Flats in Newtown.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:35:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New style ePassport released today (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/new%2bstyle%2bepassport%2breleased%2btoday?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>Nathan Guy | Internal AffairsMinister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy has announced the roll-out of a new style of ePassport from today, containing new artwork  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:20:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Minister breaks the silence on elder abuse (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/minister%2bbreaks%2bsilence%2belder%2babuse?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>John Carter | Senior CitizensSenior Citizens' Minister John Carter is taking the "It's Not OK" message on the road, travelling to Wairoa today to raise awareness  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:11:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Go-ahead Given for Artificial Sportsfield (Wellington City Council)</title><link>http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3752</link><description>Wellington's sporting community can look forward to fewer cancelled games as work on another artificial turf sportsfield gets under way in Mt Cook next  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:05:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indoor Sports Centre: Cheaper Contract Signed (Wellington City Council)</title><link>http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3751</link><description>Construction of Wellington's Indoor Community Sport Centre (ICSC) is set to start early next month - with more than $4 million cut from the building budget.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:30:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First results of DHB targets published (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/first%2bresults%2bdhb%2btargets%2bpublished?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>Tony Ryall | HealthFrom tomorrow the public will see how their DHBs are performing. 
The first quarterly results of the &lt;b&gt;Government&lt;/b&gt;'s new health targets will  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:19:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nelson botanist to receive Loder Cup award (beehive.cs.modicagroup.com)</title><link>http://beehive.cs.modicagroup.com/release/nelson%2bbotanist%2breceive%2bloder%2bcup%2baward?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3a%20beehive-govt-nz%2freleases%20%28Releases%20-%20beehive.govt.nz%29</link><description>Tim Groser | ConservationConservation Minister Tim Groser is to honour botanist Dr Philip Simpson by presenting him with New Zealand's premier plant conservation  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:16:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Electricity efficiency makes dollars and sense (Electricity Commission)</title><link>http://www.electricitycommission.govt.nz/news/dollars-sense</link><description>Several major South Island manufacturing companies have slashed their electricity costs and made a climate change statement, by adopting improvements  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:59:05-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White Ribbons - small symbols of big issue (New Zealand Police)</title><link>http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/21630.html</link><description>
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An internationally recognised day against family violence will have a very local application in Auckland City District when members of  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:39:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting Behind the White Ribbon (New Zealand Police)</title><link>http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/21628.html</link><description>
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Police in Wellington District are looking forward to attending a number of community events on 25 November when they will show support  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:52:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weather Extends Night Time Closures on Brynderwyns (nzta.govt.nz)</title><link>http://www.nzta.govt.nz/newsroom/info/460/index.html</link><description>Wet weather has delayed work on safety improvements to SH1 on the Brynderwyn Hill, and the &lt;b&gt;NZ&lt;/b&gt; Transport Agency is extending night-time closures on the  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Trig Road Bridge opens (nzta.govt.nz)</title><link>http://www.nzta.govt.nz/newsroom/info/462/index.html</link><description>The &lt;b&gt;NZ&lt;/b&gt; Transport Agency has opened Trig Road Bridge - the first of seven bridges to be completed on the SH18 Hobsonville Deviation and SH16 Brigham Creek  ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Superb images from TP McLean Awards Photography Finalists (Sport and Recreation New Zealand)</title><link>http://www.sparc.org.nz/tp-mclean-awards</link><description/><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Asbestos and Other Occupational Lung Diseases in New Zealand - 1992 - 2008 (osh.govt.nz)</title><link>http://www.osh.govt.nz/publications/booklets/asbestos-report-92-08/index.asp</link><description>This report reviews 1125 cases that were notified to the National Asbestos Medical Panel between March 1992 and July 2008.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Water Treatment Technician. (Tauranga City Council)</title><link>http://www.tauranga.govt.nz/vacancy/tabid/1879/aid/5878/tctl/4018_ViewAnnouncement/Default.aspx</link><description>The Tauranga City Council has a vacancy for a Water Treatment Technician to join the City Services Group and will be based at the Oropi Processing Plant.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadline for submissions on methyl bromide reassessment extended (Environmental Risk Management Authority)</title><link>http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/news-events/archives/media-releases/2009/mr-20091123.html</link><description>The Environmental Risk Management Authority has extended the deadline for submissions on the reassessment of fumigant methyl bromide. </description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NZDF: New Navy Career Bus (New Zealand Defence Force)</title><link>http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20091123-nncb.htm</link><description>New Navy Career Buse Royal New Zealand Navy has recently taken delivery of its replacement Naval Display Unit. The new unit was built by Phoenix Motor  ... </description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:55:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NZDF: NZDF person of the year named (New Zealand Defence Force)</title><link>http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20091123-npotyn.htm</link><description>NZDF person of the year namedBeing the â€™rockâ€™ that many military families call on first for support, has earned Carol Voyce, of Christchurch, the  ... </description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:20:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NZDF: New Kiwi Contingent for Solomon Islands (New Zealand Defence Force)</title><link>http://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/media-releases/20091121-nkcfsi.htm</link><description>New Kiwi Contingent for Solomon IslandsAnother 43 mostly Territorial Force (TF) personnel will head to the Solomon Islands on Sunday for a four month tour  ... </description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:35:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nairnville turf teething-troubles sorted out (Wellington City Council)</title><link>http://www.wellington.govt.nz/news/display-item.php?id=3750</link><description>Teething problems related to the first of Wellington CityÃ‚â€™s new-generation artificial sports surfaces have been ironed out and the new pitch at Nairnville  ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:31:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Port safety issue: Public warned to keep away (Wanganui District Council)</title><link>http://www.wanganui.govt.nz/news/showNews.asp?id=1742</link><description/><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>NZ Transport Agency to carry out inspection and scaling work on SH6 at Nevis Bluff (nzta.govt.nz)</title><link>http://www.nzta.govt.nz/newsroom/info/457/index.html</link><description>Further safety work on the Nevis Bluff on State Highway 6 about halfway between Cromwell and Queenstown gets underway next Monday 23 November.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tariff Concession Approvals, Withdrawals and Declines Notice (No. 44) 2009. (Ministry of Economic Development)</title><link>http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentTOC____42274.aspx</link><description>Dated 17th November 2009.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00-06:00 CDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Tariff Concession (Advertisement) Notice No. 2009/44 (Ministry of Economic Development)</title><link>http://www.med.govt.nz/templates/MultipageDocumentTOC____42272.aspx</link><description>Dated 17th November 2009. 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