The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
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A new study reported by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has found increased supply to be the main cause behind global obesity problems. In a report just published in the July 2015 Bulletin of WHO, researchers based in New Zealand ...
Tags: human health, global obesity, food energy supply, fitness equipment
New Zealand based Abe’s Bagel Bakery has introduced a new children’s snack to Australian supermarkets. ‘Abe’s Kids Bagel Bites’ are a bagel crisp that comes in two flavours, ‘Pizza’ and ...
Tags: Kids Bagel Crisps, Australian Market, children's snack
Reebok and Les Mills, both pioneers in group fitness, are creating a series of one-day festivals that will see crowds of up to 6,000 people working out in unison at iconic venues across the world. Pumping music, state of the art ...
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Anti smoking groups in New Zealand are lobbying with the government to speed up the procedure for passing plain tobacco packaging legislation. Last week, Ireland successfully passed the plain tobacco packaging legislation, becoming the ...
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Fish oil capsules and supplements fail on Omega-3 claims and freshness, University research study Most fish oil supplements sold in Australia and New Zealand are lower in omega-3 fatty acids than their labels claim, according to new ...
Tags: Fish Oil, Omega-3 Claims, Freshness, Agriculture
Domitalia presents its new collections from nature to street art at High Point, at the fair and downtown. A double rendez vous this year for Domitalia Company for the fall edition of High Point Market: it is presenting its Fall 2014 new ...
American foodservice company Golden State Foods (GSF) has signed a Management Services Agreement (MSA) with Guangzhou OSI Food, to control and manage the plant in Guangzhou, China, which produces vegetables, fruits and nut products. Under ...
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The a2 Milk Company Limited (a2MC) has announced it has achieved approval from regulatory agencies in China to resume shipments of high quality a2 Platinum infant formula. The Company said notification of the successful inclusion of a2 ...
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Health charity Action on Smoking and Health or ASH estimates that the number of ecigarette users in the United Kingdom has increased threefold at 2.1 million in the past 2 years. In 2010, only 8% of current smokers have tried the electronic ...
Nutricia, a subsidiary of France-based yoghurt maker Danone, has agreed to acquire Gardians spray dryer and blending, packing and can-forming activities of the Sutton Group in Auckland as well as the spray dryer of Gardians, located near ...
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Qantas customers will have greater travel and freight options between Australia and China than ever before, with new code share services now available for sale. Qantas customers can now book and travel on China Southern services to four ...
Once quitting smoking was simply a matter of a patch, gum or tablet, but new research from Mintel sees smokers in the UK increasingly turning to E-cigarettes to beat the habit, with the market for such products in the UK growing an ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, UK Market, smoking