Rural |
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Bulletin |
March 2005
Table of Contents
- Changed Benefit System
- Subnational Population Projections
- Death, Disease and Disability Due to Alcohol in NZ
- New Walking and Cycling Strategy
- Barnardos FAIR Centre Turns 10
- The Text Generation: Teens and their Mobiles
- Sins for the Modern Age: UK Poll Results
- Half of World's People to Live in Cities by 2007
- Internet Items
- Update
- Ageing of NZ Population
- Foreign Investment in Agriculture Falls
- Bay of Plenty Flood Assistance Extended
- Insurance Payouts Highest in Two Decades
- National Climate Summary - February 2005
- Cigarettes Available for Consumption: Year Ended December 2004
- National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme?
- Sickness Beneficiaries Assessment Procedures Changed
- Australia, NZ Joint Therapeutic Products Agency
- 2003 Drinking Water Survey
- Rainwater Tanks Often Host to Harmful Bugs
- Alternative to Pseudoephedrine Approved for Sale
- Sites Announced Expansion of Family Start
- Nominations Open for COGS Distribution Committees
- Student Loan Interest Rate
- Large Numbers Sign Up for RMA Training
- More Shellfish Catch Size Limits
- Police Ethnic Peoples' Strategy
- Building Levy Goes Up
- More Houses Have Solar Water Heating
- Warm Homes Project Update
- Grants to Help Clean Up Contaminated Sites
- New Environmentally Sustainable Tourism Project
- Kakapo Breeding for First Time in Three Years
- SCC Restructure
- Fonterra Lifts Forecast Payout
- Global Tourism Rebounds
- International Arrivals and Departures Exceed 8.3 Million
- Working Holiday Scheme with Germany Expanded
- Television Advertising Revenue
- Telecom Convicted for Failing to Disclose Costs
- China Emerges as Global Consumer
- Australian Farm Incomes Forecast to Drop
- "Barcoding" Life
- 195,000-Year-Old Human Fossils
- Legislation Notes
- Tax Change for Pastoral Farmers
- Proposed Ant-Spam Law
- Veterinarians Bill
- Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi Claims Settlement Bill
- Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing Laws
- NZ Ratifies Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- Easier Tax on Australian Unit Trust Distributions
- Appointments
- Resources Available
- Healthy Kids, Healthy Adults
- The Cost of Road Deaths and Injuries
- Restorative Justice Studies Released
- Maori Tertiary Education
- Rising Participation
- Subject Choices
- Completion and Further Study
- Tourism Under Pressure
- Longer-Term Food/Beverage Chinese Strategy Needed
- PDF version
Contact details for the Department of Internal Affairs’ Community Development Advisers:
| Kaitaia | 26 Puckey Avenue, Kaitaia |
| Tel (09) 408 0034; Fax (09) 408 0923 | |
| Whangarei | 1 Robert Street, Whangarei |
| Tel (09) 430 2205; Fax (09) 430 2209 | |
| Waitakere | 6 Railside Avenue, Henderson |
| Tel (09) 836 0292; Fax (09) 836 5554 | |
| Manukau | Hodgetts Bldg, Cnr Osterly & Amersham Way, Manukau City |
| Tel (09) 263 7372; Fax (09) 262 0606 | |
| Auckland | MLC Bldg, 450 Queen St, Auckland |
| Tel (09) 309 3208; Fax (09) 307 1198 | |
| Hamilton | 5th Floor, Westpac House, |
| 426 Victoria Street, Hamilton | |
| Tel (07) 839 9960; Fax (07) 839 9955 | |
| Rotorua | 1178 Pukaki Street, Rotorua |
| Tel (07) 347 7680; Fax (07) 343 1689 | |
| Gisborne | Quay Point Building, |
| 1 Gladstone Road, Gisborne | |
| Tel (06) 868 1915; Fax (06) 868 1964 | |
| Hawkes Bay | 2nd Floor East Tower, Dalton House, |
| Cnr Hastings & Vautier Streets, Napier | |
| Tel (06) 834 1350; Fax (06) 834 1274 | |
| New Plymouth | Roebuck House, 4 Powderham Street, New Plymouth |
| Tel (06) 759 8246; Fax (06) 759 8094 | |
| Palmerston North | 36 Victoria Street, Palmerston North |
| Tel (06) 355 8088; Fax (06) 355 8084 | |
| Wellington | 2nd Floor, State Insurance Building, |
| 46 Waring Taylor Street, Wellington | |
| Tel (04) 494 0544; Fax (04) 494 0698 | |
| Nelson | 1st Floor, Income Support Building, |
| 22 Bridge Street, Nelson | |
| Tel 0800 660 900 or (03) 546 0904; | |
| Fax (03) 548 2488 | |
| West Coast | 109 Mackay Street, Greymouth |
| Tel (03) 768 1001 or 768 1003; | |
| Fax (03) 768 4200 | |
| Christchurch | 8th Floor, NZI House, |
| 96 Hereford Street, Christchurch | |
| Tel (03) 353 8290; Fax (03) 353 8299 | |
| Dunedin | NML Building, The Octagon, |
| 10 George Street, Dunedin | |
| Tel (03) 479 6515; Fax (03) 479 6519 | |
| Invercargill | 44 Don Street, Invercargill |
| Tel (03) 218 0701; Fax (03) 218 6411 |
The Rural Bulletin is designed by Karen Thompson, Policy Information, MAF Policy, Wellington
The MAF/Internal Affairs/Department of Internal Affairs objective in circulating the Rural Bulletin is to facilitate a two-way information flow between the government and rural people, so that rural people have the opportunity for input into government programmes and policies.
Please photocopy the Bulletin as you wish and distribute it to others in your area. If you would like more information about any of the content of the Bulletin, contact the relevant government department/organisation, or contact the following Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) staff:
| Alan Walker | |
| Director, Policy Information | PO Box 2526 |
| & Regions | Wellington |
| Email: | Walkera@maf.govt.nz |
| Tel (04) 894 0100 Fax (04) 474 4206 |
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| Craig Matthews | |
| Editor, Rural Bulletin | PO Box 2526 |
| Wellington | |
| Email: | Matthewsc@maf.govt.nz Tel (04) 894 0100 Fax (04) 473 0118 |
| Philip Journeaux | |
| Regional Team Leader | Ruakura Agriculture Centre Private Bag 3123 Hamilton |
| Email: | Journeauxp@maf.govt.nz |
| Tel (07) 856 1824 | |
| Fax (07) 856 1825 | |
| John Vaney | |
| Regional Team Leader | Forest Research Campus PO Box 1340 Rotorua |
| Email: | Vaneyj@maf.govt.nz |
| Tel (07) 348 0089 Fax (07) 347 7173 |
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| John Greer | |
| Regional Team Leader | PO Box 20 280 Bishopdale |
| Email: | greerj@maf.govt.nz |
| Tel (03) 358 1860 | |
| Fax (03) 358 1861 | |
| Trish Burborough | |
| Regional Team Leader | PO Box 5648 Dunedin |
| Email: | Burborought@maf.govt.nz |
| Tel (03) 477 8454 | |
| Fax (03) 477 9144 |
Disclaimer: While every effort has been made to ensure that the information herein is accurate, MAF does not accept liability for error of fact or opinion which may be present, nor for the consequences of any financial decision based on the information. Any views or opinions expressed do not necessarily represent the official view of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Contact for Enquiries
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
Pastoral House
25 The Terrace
PO Box 2526, Wellington
Tel: 0800 00 83 33
Fax: +64 4 894 0720
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