Wellington, Dec 30 NZPA - The woman swept away while riding her horse in a Wairarapa river has been named as award-winning journalist Helen Louise Bain.

Ms Bain, 38, was Forest & Bird's communications manager.

I was delighted to accept the invitation by the President of the Wellington Regional Chamber of Commerce; Jo Bansgrove and the Chief Executive, Charles Finney, to speak to you this morning.

Thank you Murdoch (Pahi) for opening our hui, and thank you to you all, for coming along. You are the most important people to be here today.

4 August 2009 - Youth Against Child Abuse NZ (YACA) is pleased to announce the third in their series of videos addressing issues surrounding child abuse in New Zealand as we seek to gather ideas to tackle child abuse.

22 July -- A seminar on reclaiming usage of Mori place names such as Te Waipounamu for the South Island, and spelling Whanganui with an 'h' will be broadcast live to all New Zealand universities this afternoon.

The Minister of Maori Affairs, Dr Pita Sharples, has asked seven iwi and business leaders to head a Taskforce on how Maori can avoid the worst impacts of the recession, and strengthen the Maori economy in the longer term.

21 November 2008 - Clint Rickards is a "totally inappropriate choice as a candidate for a job with youth" says Dr Kim McGregor, Director of Rape Prevention Education, Auckland.