Rebecca Priestley
Online Māori dictionary gets award nod
The National Māori Language Insitute, Te Ipukarea, was shortlisted for a prestigious internet award with its online Māori dictionary. The Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (ANZIA) are an annual event. They recognise the achievements of organisations that have made significant contributions to the development and use of the internet in Australia and New Zealand. [...]
Friends create winning campaign to encourage responsible drinking
Two friends have won the University of Auckland’s The Drinking Pitch – a competition for the best campaign to encourage responsible drinking. Marketing students Susannah Cowan and Stephen Benson, both 21, won with their concept called The Scale, which encourages drinkers to think about how they will be perceived by their peers. Pernod Ricard New [...]
Diwali festival open to all
People outside the Indian community are being encouraged to attend the upcoming Diwali festival. Auckland Council along with Auckland Tourism Events and Economic Development (ATEED) want to target the wider public as they promote Auckland as a multicultural society. The festival, which is now in its 11th year, has sponsors such as Radio Network, which [...]
Scholarship will help the disabled into the media industry
A new scholarship at AUT University aims to give students with disabilities a better chance at breaking into the media industry. The Attitude Awards Trust (AAT) will be offering a scholarship to people with disabilities, to study towards a Bachelor of Communication Studies (BCS), starting 2013. AAT associate producer Dan Buckingham says the trust wants [...]
Raising funds adds to the challenge for top NZ atheletes
A member of the New Zealand Under 23s rowing squad who aims to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero is already hard at work raising the money to get there. On top of that, Finn Howard’s more immediate goal is to get to the World Under 23 Championships in Lithuania next month. [...]
The Pacific Media Centre
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Pacific.Scoop
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