Horizons Regional Council is inviting students aiming for an environmental career to apply for a Don Linklater Memorial Bursary, worth $4000 a year.

The Council of Trade Unions has welcomed legislation passed yesterday guaranteeing minimum tea and lunch breaks, and provisions for women to breast feed at work, but is extremely concerned that meal breaks are being denied to truck and bus drivers following an amendment by New Zealand First.

Rodney Mayor Penny Webster and Councillors were today joined by representatives from the region's high schools to welcome home and congratulate the district's Olympic competitors for their efforts at last month's Beijing Games.

AA Directions is delighted to announce a new partnership with New Zealand Magazines. From next year, New Zealand Magazines will design AA Directions, signalling a new era for the member publication of the Automobile Association.

4 September 2008 - Save the Children reports that children forced to leave their homes because of flood in Bihar, India are now facing severe health threats.

4 September 2008 - The woman whose body was discovered in an inner city apartment on Tuesday, September 2, has been formally identified as Yi Ren, also known as Tina, a 30 year-old Chinese national from Beijing.

4 September 2008 - The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) is delighted that legislation was passed last night to provide for breaks for women to breast feed at work and also the requirement of meal breaks at work for all workers.

4 September 2008 - Solid Energy is again offering tertiary scholarships to students attending schools in its local mining communities as part of its community support programme.

4 September 2008 - FITEC, the Industry Training Organisation for the forestry, wood manufacturing, biosecurity and furniture industries, has just announced the launch of a new scholarship programme.

4 SEPTEMBER 2008 - Sustainable farming practices and the use of specialty supply contracts helped Omarama farmers Richard and Annabelle Subtil win the PPCS Livestock Farm Award in the 2007 Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards.