SMC Heads-Up: GM-Cancer link questioned, vaccines, IgNobels
Press Release – Science Media Centre GM Wheat; HPV Vaccine; IgNobel Prizes; New from the SMC; Sciblogs highlights; Research highlights; Policy News; Sci-tech events
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McCully announces diplomatic postings
Press Release – New Zealand Government Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully today announced former Prime Minister Mike Moore will serve a second term as New Zealand’s Ambassador to Washington, and named Leon Grice as the next Consul-General in Los Angeles.
Nethui 2012: Pamela Jones Harbour Privacy Keynote
Article – Nethui Live Notes FTC Trifecta: the FTC’s complaints against Twitter, Facebook, and Google. And now they have added a complaint against MySpace. Will talk about how these recent cases are important milestones in the US emerging common law about privacy enforcement, …
Nethui 2012: Copyright Plenary With David Farrar
Article – Nethui Live Notes We don’t have to seek consensus, we don’t have to write the new © act, this is just about identifying issues that should be looked at in the review of the © Act so people at the appropriate time next year can take submissions and have that …
Briefing to Minister Questions Copyright “Balance”
Article – Scoop News A recently-released briefing for the Minister of Communications and IT notes the economic importance of digital content creation and the concerns from from users that copyright laws “discourage the development of new digital content and innovation, …
Halal Export Opportunity Makes GE-Free Policy Vital
Press Release – GE Free NZ New Zealand risks missing out on the trillion dollar market for halal foods unless the government establishes nationwide protectiion of our GM-free status.
InternetNZ On Copyright Issues At Dallas TPP Discussions
Press Release – InternetNZ InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) Policy Lead Susan Chalmers will speak on New Zealand’s three strikes copyright law before intellectual property negotiators for the Trans Pacific Partnership in Dallas today.
Registrations open for NZ’s largest Internet conference
Press Release – Internet NZ InternetNZ (Internet New Zealand Inc) is pleased to announce that registrations for New Zealand’s largest and most inclusive Internet-related conference are now open.
Paul Buchanan: A new containment policy in the South Pacific
Column – Paul G. Buchanan – A Word From Afar Paul Buchanan writes: One of the interesting aspects of the leaked emails between Foreign Minister Murray McCully and MP Johns Hayes, a former diplomat, is the latter’s mention of the need to “resist” China’s growing presence in the South Pacific…
iPredict New Zealand Economic & Political Update #1
Press Release – iPredict iPredict Ltd New Zealand Economic & Political Update #1 31 January 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE www.ipredict.co.nz
