Author: Kip Brook

Johns and Sutton the supreme kitchen and bathroom winners

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Sydney - Christchurch’s Davinia Sutton and New Plymouth’s Glen Johns were named the Supreme winners at the New Zealand kitchen and bathroom Excellence in Design Awards in Sydney last night. Johns won the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) best kitchen award and Sutton won best bathroom. The pair have led

Gowland to be medical director of mobile surgical bus

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Christchurch - Christchurch urologist Stu Gowland, who developed the country’s first mobile surgical bus, is stepping down as Mobile Health’s managing director but will be continuing as medical director. Mark Eager, has been appointed as chief executive of Mobile Health. Mark has been with the surgical bus organisation for 10 years. Gowland,

The Pure Food Co’s puree food about to take off

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Pure Food

Auckland - One of New Zealand’s fastest rising consumer production companies, The Pure Food Co, is about to take off as it has opened a massive new manufacturing facility in Auckland. The Pure Food Co, rated one of the rising stars in the latest Deloitte Fast 50 Index, had taken control of

Health research should be a government priority

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  Auckland - Three quarters of New Zealanders believe more funding for health and medical research should be a government priority and that the government should invest more funding in health research, according to a survey just released. The poll of more than 500 Kiwis was conducted by Roy Morgan Research for

Canterbury produces most kitchen and bathroom entries

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  Sydney - Probably because of the unprecedented earthquake rebuild, Canterbury has produced the most number of entries for the National Kitchen and Bathroom Association (NKBA) 2017 Excellence in Design awards to be announced at Pyrmont in Sydney on Friday, August 11. Auckland, easily New Zealand’s biggest city, usually has the most

Most Kiwis do not want to follow President Trump’s lead

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Auckland -  A total of 92 percent of New Zealanders do not want their nation to follow President Donald Trump’s lead and withdraw from the Paris Climate Change Agreement set in 2015. Moreover, six in ten Kiwi’s believe we should work harder with other countries to achieve the goals of the

Rural health fronting suicide prevention-training all over NZ

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Waipukurau -  A national rural organisation says it is concerned the public may believe nothing is happening in suicide prevention training. Rural Health Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ) says this is just not the case. RHAANZ chair Dr Martin London says RHAANZ and Pasifika community support Le Va are two organisations