Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - Communications and Information Technology Minister Steven Joyce is leading a trade delegation to China in a bid to further build the presence of New Zealand companies in the fast-growing Chinese information and communication technology (ICT) market.

GDP expanded at a disappointing rate of just 0.2% in the second quarter of 2010, much weaker than we or the market median anticipated. Significantly, the downbeat message delivered at the Reserve Bank's latest Monetary Policy Statement was based on a forecast of 0.9% GDP growth.

E-Engage Your Community Conference

Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology

130 Madras Street, Christchurch

Friday 16 April 2010; 10.25am

Hon Tariana Turia,

Minister of the Community and Voluntary Sector

The New Zealand Fire Service has improved its business and organisational practice to reach some of the most demanding standards in the world.

To prove it, the Fire Service has just been awarded Silver status in the prestigious Business Excellence Awards.

Contrary to claims by Green MP Sue Kedgely, giving the private sector the opportunity to supply good drinking water does not represent the 'theft of public assets,' nor is the idea alarming or dangerous, says Alasdair Thompson, chief executive of the Employers and Manufacturers Association (North