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OCEANIA News, Feb 26, 2012

Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead
Voxy
A national strike by caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain, Oceania, will go ahead on Thursday 1 March after mediation talks on Friday failed to produce a solution. The strike, involving up to 1500 members of ...
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Strike over pay to hit big chain of rest homes
New Zealand Herald
The workers at Oceania announced the strike action after mediation talks on Friday "failed to produce a solution". Up to 1500 members of the Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union Nga Ringa Tota will join the two-hour strike from ...
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Aged-care workers preparing to strike
New Zealand Herald
About 1500 care staff of Oceania Group, from Auckland to Dunedin, have announced strike action beginning on March 1, affecting 20 of the company's 59 retirement villages. Nurses, health care assistants and support staff, some of whom earn as little as ...
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Flying Fox produces more paddle dazzle
The Australian
TEENAGE sensation Jessica Fox who had already paddled her way to an Olympic nomination, yesterday won a third-straight women's C1 title at the Oceania slalom whitewater championships at Penrith Lakes. After earning the right to be nominated for the ...
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Canoeist Draper earns another Olympic shot
Ninemsn
Victorian Draper, who finished fifth in the men's K1 in Beijing, earned another crack at an Olympic medal by holding off challenges from New South Welshman Will Forsythe and Sam Lyons at the OceaniaChampionships in Sydney.
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Rest home residents back workers' strike
TVNZ
The strike will involve up to 1500 workers across 20 Oceania rest homes. Nurses Organisation spokesman David Wait said it comes after eight months of bargaining, with Oceania refusing to meet a 3.5% pay increase to cover the cost of living.
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Rest home workers to strike
3News NZ
Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation and the Service and Food Workers Union plan to picket outsideOceania Group rest homes, campaigning for a wage rise. Combined union spokesman Alistair Duncan says most are earning just a few cents more ...
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3News NZ
New Zealand's top player claims title
Ballarat Courier
BY RACHEL AFFLICK TOP-seeded New Zealand badminton player Michelle Chan Ky has claimed the 2012 Oceania Championships women's singles title on her way to securing a London Olympics berth. Chan Ky, who defeated Ballarat's Tara Pilven 21-17 21-9 on ...
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Thousands set for week of industrial action
Stuff.co.nz
About 300 Ports of Auckland wharfies have also started a three-week strike, demanding a return to mediation, while up to 1500 caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain,Oceania, will strike on Thursday.
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Boyz off to NZ
Jamaica Gleaner
Both players, who played together in the heart of the Jamaican defence, are included in a 19-member squad (nine overseas-based, 10 local), most of whom left here yesterday on a three-day journey to Oceania. Davis, who plays for League Two outfit ...
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Jamaica Gleaner
Kamo gives Canterbury United confidence
Stuff.co.nz
Canterbury visit third-placed Waitakere on March 11, determined to stay in the top two and remain on course for an Oceania Champions League berth. Kamo said the Dragons were scoring freely – striker George Slefendorfas has 11 goals, Clapham eight and ...
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Orwell lives!
Trinidad & Tobago Express
The novel is set in a country called Oceania, whose single party had three slogans: War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength. The Oceania government had only four ministries: the Ministry of Truth, which looked after news, entertainment, ...
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Exhibit connects Native Polynesian art with work of famed Frenchman
Anchorage Daily News
The other 60 items in this exhibit are by Natives of Oceania and surrounding regions, from Easter Island to Cambodia to New Zealand. Some might say these pieces are the true stars of the show. "Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise" is less an art ...
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Uniquely Alaskan experiences available
MiamiHerald.com
Oceania, which sailed in Alaska last year, is not returning this year. • American Cruise Line will sail in Alaska for the first time. Its American Spirit will make 13 cruises between June and September. • The Alaska Marine Highway System will bring ...
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Tallent in double Olympic bid
The Australian
Tallent clocked a winning time of 1hr 23 mins 1 sec in the Oceania race walking championship in Hobart ahead of countryman Chris Erickson (1:24:12) and Canada's Inaki Gomez. In the women's race, Claire Tallent (1:32:58) and fellow Australian Regan ...
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Athletics: Hall claims title despite four fouls
Otago Daily Times
Liz Wilson (Hill City) won the battle of the Oceaniachampions in the women's masters over 50 200m in 27.30sec. Claire Giles (Caversham) was runner-up in 30.93sec. Glen Ballam (Southland) won the senior men's 400m in 49.45sec and the Alexandra pair of ...
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Otago Daily Times
Overseas Boyz join squad for NZ friendly
Jamaica Observer
The game against Oceania's New Zealand, which will be the third for this month as the Boyz up the tempo of World Cup Qualifying preparation, is set be played at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. Kick off is 7:30 (approximately 1:30 am Jamaica time).
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Cross Country - Elite, Under 23 & Under 19 women
Cyclingnews.com
With the Oceania champs coming up and the World Cup meets, today was a good solid performance, and I'm looking to improve and start peaking a bit." King's attention now turns to the upcoming UCI World Cup season, kicking off in South Africa March 17-18 ...
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Henderson claims national double
The Canberra Times
The World Cup circuit is the main aim for Henderson but she will first compete in the Oceania mountain bike championships in Rotorua, New Zealand from March 9-11. ''Things are starting to fall into place as the season progresses, so everything is going ...
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The Canberra Times
Tallent ready to double up again
Ninemsn
Tallent clocked a winning time of one hour 23 minutes and one second in the Oceania race walking championship event in Hobart ahead of countryman Chris Erickson (1:24:12) and Canada's Inaki Gomez. In the women's race, Claire Tallent (1:32:58) and ...
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No vacancy in double trap shooting team: ISSF
Times of India
Of the 28 quota places in women's air pistol, there is one vacant spot as the ISSF had withheld one quota place at last year's OceaniaChampionships. According to the ISSF website , there are several events, including women's 10m air pistol, ...
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Rest home workers shouldn't have to strike to make a living - Fenton
Voxy
"The gradual takeover of aged care by private equity firms such asOceania, whose parent company is Macquarie Global Infrastructure fund, means that profit before people is the mantra, even though aged care is largely funded by the New Zealand taxpayer ...
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Inter-Korea Ties Need to Improve for Six-Party Talks
Bahrain News Agency
Davies will meet with Japanese six-party talks envoy Shinsuke Sugiyama as well as the directors for Asia and Oceania in Japan's foreign ministry to share the results of the US-North Korea talks.
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Church members clean Bury streets
Bury Focus
The campaign is to be carried out in about 2200 places of 150 countries where the branches of the Church of God have been established; including the United Kingdom, United States, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa will carry out the ...
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FIG Conducts 2012 Olympic Draw for London
International GYMNAST Magazine Online
The FIG awarded rhythmic gymnastics wild cards to Julie Zetlin (USA), Yasmine Mohamed Rostom (Egypt) and Janine Murray (Australia), as continental representatives from North America, Africa and Oceania, respectively. Two more wild cards — one each in ...
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Adobe Releases Photoshop Touch, To be Fully Available on Monday
Geeky gadgets
... and iPad through Creative Cloud, a cloud storage service from Adobe itself. Adobe pulled out Photoshop Touch just right after it was released and briefly enjoyed by our friends in Oceania, but it will be back and available for download starting Monday.
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Geeky gadgets
Oceania Cruises: Riviera Updates | Travel News from Fodor's Travel ...
Cruisers looking forward to the upcoming launch of luxury line OceaniaCruises' 1250-passenger Riviera will have to wait just a bit longer.
www.fodors.com/news/story_5168.html
Matisse painting leaves family
THE National Gallery of Australia today unveiled a new acquisition, Matisse's Oceania, the sea (1946), a 4m-long cut-out paper maquette which will become a ...
www.theaustralian.com.au/.../story-fn9d3avm-122628056875...
TCEB flags Oceania market at AIME - MICE News ...
Revealing its 2012 marketing plan, the Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau (TCEB) revealed its Believe in Thailand campaign will be sharpened to ...
www.etravelblackboard.us/.../tceb-flags-oceania-market-at-aim...
Weekend News Report Feb. 17, 2012 | Oceania Television Network
PACIFIC MEDIA WATCHDOG URGES PALAU PRESIDENT TO LIFT GAG ON ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE. The news of Palaus Presidential order banning ...
www.oceaniatv.net/?p=337
Oceania Island Living: Exciting News - Plumeria Coastal Home ...
Welcome to Oceania Island Living. We absolutely adore coastal island lifestyle, forever stylish and serene, fresh and authentic and always creative and inspiring ...
oceaniaislandliving.blogspot.com/.../exciting-news-plumeria-c...
Fiba Oceania: FIBA Family news now on FIBA.com
FIBA have created a section on FIBA.com called 'FIBA Family News" which reports on the people and programs that ensure the development of basketball ...
www.fibaoceania.com/index.php?id=29&tx...617...
Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead
A national strike by caregivers, nurses and service workers at New Zealand's largest rest home chain, Oceania, will go ahead on Thursday 1 March after ...
www.voxy.co.nz/business/oceania-aged-care...go.../115882
New wave in the National Trials in Oceania
UntilTheNextRound - Amateur boxing scouting - Every champion has a foundation. Every story has a beginning. Follow theirs!
www.untilthenextround.com/.../1707-new-wave-in-the-nation...
Oceania aged care workers strike to go ahead | Scoop News
MEDIA RELEASE: NEW ZEALAND NURSES ORGANISATION AND SERVICE AND FOOD WORKERS UNION NGA RINGA TOTA 26 February 2012 Oceania ...
www.scoop.co.nz/.../oceania-aged-care-workers-strike-to-go-a...
Oceania Football Confederation appoints marketing agency ...
Home › Australia/Asia News · Tweet. Oceania Football Confederation appoints marketing agency. Submitted by Dave Williams on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 16:07 ...
www.tribalfootball.com/.../oceania-football-confederation-app...
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation of the Bishop of - News.va
OCEANIA/NEW ZEALAND - Resignation of the Bishop of Palmerston and succession. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on February ...
www.news.va/.../oceanianew-zealand-resignation-of-the-bisho...
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