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The
US-NZ Council Snapshot
Fall
2004
Events
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Council President John Mullen visited New Zealand from November 26
- December 4 including calls on US businesses and New Zealand
government Ministers, officials and opposition politicians read
more... · The Council held its final Council Roundtable luncheon for 2004 with Guest Speakers Rep. Jim Kolbe (Arizona) and Rep. Ellen Tauscher (California) on December 6 2004 ·
New Zealand Finance Minister Hon Michael Cullen provided an
update on progress of the NZ economy on 27 September in New York City read
more... Commercial
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NZ has been rated the easiest country in the world to do
business by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation read
more... ·
Two New Zealand companies will next month install a
hydrogen-powered fuel cell to generate electricity at the International
Antarctic Centre in Christchurch as a demonstration site for the United States
military read
more... ·
NZ company GlidePath is expanding it’s North
American operations, with GlidePath soon to be manufacturing in Texas
read
more... ·
New Zealand company Fisher and Paykel has purchased Dynamic
Cooking Systems (DCS Inc.) a leading US manufacturer and distributor of premium
cooking products read
more... Defence/Security
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Ten NZ soldiers are returning
home after six months in Bosnia-Herzegovina where they have worked as a Liaison
and Observation Team (LOT) attached to the Stabilization Force (SFOR). read
more... ·
Defence Forces from Australia,
Canada and the United Kingdom to participate in military exercises with New
Zealand early in 2005 read
more... ·
Lieutenant Commander Hugh Aitken
from the NZ Defence Force was injured during the explosion at the Taba Hilton
Hotel in Egypt earlier this month. Aitken is part of the 27 member NZ contingent
with the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) in the north of the Sinai
Peninsula read
more... Cultural/Other
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Twenty per cent or more of the workforce in the United
States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan work at least 50 hours a week, compared
with fewer than 10 per cent in most European countries, according to a new
publication authored by the International Labour Office (ILO) read
more... ·
The music of New Zealand composer John Psathas was heard at
the opening of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on 13 August 2004 read
more... ·
A Lower Hutt schoolgirl has been crowned queen of a major American
film festival for her debut performance in the Kiwi movie ‘Her Majesty’ read
more... ·
The
internationally acclaimed Blanket Bay luxury lodge at Glenorchy on Lake Wakatipu
has been named by London's Sunday Times as the "ultimate escape" of
2004 read
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