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O F F I C I A L J O U R N A L O F R U R A L W O M E N N E W Z E A L A N D • June 2009
To r a C o a s t a l W a l k w i n s
RW N Z E n t e r p r i s i n g R u r a l
Wo man Award 2009
The Government is committed to doing what it can to The introduction of the voluntary bonding scheme
assist farmers by working to remove barriers to free trade, recognises the difficulty many rural communities
supporting primary sector research and development, reducing have in attracting the workers they need to provide
unnecessary red tape, developing critical infrastructure and essential health and education services.
supporting rural communities, he said. Under the scheme, graduates will be offered student
Recovery will come from individual innovation as well as loan debt write offs and cash incentives, designed to
Government initiatives. In that regard he applauded Rural encourage young doctors, nurses, midwives, teachers
Women New Zealand’s Enterprising Rural Woman Award. and vets to work in hard-to-staff and understaffed
rural areas.
“I understand you’ve had a number of outstanding women
enter the competition from a wide variety of businesses. It’s Mr Key told the conference that to date 15 vets
great to see their success celebrated and highlighted on the have already been accepted into the scheme and
national stage.” applications have been received from 617 nurses, 98
doctors and 90 midwives. Up to 1800 teachers are
In meeting the needs of rural communities in good times and expected to become eligible for the scheme over the
issues
Stepping up the action on school bus safety and speed past
schools was a hot topic at our national conference.
At national conference Margaret Springett of Meremere Ohangai For World Rural Women’s Day last October, Mid East
branch in Taranaki sold beautiful paua jewellery she had made, raising Southland Provincial members enjoyed an event with guest
$440 for an ACWW project to assist South American women to set up speaker Jo Morgan.
a jewellery making venture. Over $350 was raised for a Rural Women Development
Initiative in Papua New Guinea, where 35 farmers put on
The next ACWWWorld Conference will be held in Hot Springs, Arkansas
displays over two days to learn about farming and marketing
USA from 21-28 April 2010. Our national president, Margaret Chapman,
goats, guinea pigs, rabbits, chickens, fish and pigs, as well
will attend. RWNZ member Margaret Millard has been nominated as
as growing rice, herbs, introduced vegetables and all kind
ACWWTreasurer and RWNZ has pledged its support for the nomination
of fruits and nuts.
of South African Anna Boschoff for the position of Secretary.
Telecom set the scene for a futuristic pre-conference workshop Victoria Crone (rt)
by producing a bag full of brand new not-yet-for-sale mobile The challenge for
phones for members to ‘play’ with, when Wellington’s notorious telecommuni-
weather delayed the arrival of Victoria Crone’s plane. cation companies is to bring together the
tools, new innovations and various threads of
Telecom’s Head of Office, Victoria Crone said that communication
technology in a way that consumers find practical
is central in the creation and continuance of sustainable
and usable. Telecom says it is striving to do this by
communities. Telecom’s vision is that by 2011 all communities
getting senior staff out into the community, where
with more than 500 ‘lines’ will have access to high speed
they are spending up to half a day a week alongside
broadband. In sharp contrast, Victoria says Germany is setting
customers and finding out how they use technology.
its goal at all cities with more than 150,000 people!
Victoria Crone says as key decision makers it is
She says across the globe people are demanding a more particularly important Telecom understands what
personalised television experience meaning pre-recorded, women want.
ad-free and multi-channel. But she says they also want to She says one exciting development is working with
streamline their technology, so that fewer appliances can do a New Zealand programmer to provide reasonably
more. She says it is logical that mobile phones, televisions and priced internet products such as automated bank
personal computers combine in some way, and predicts that reconciliations, kitset web-site products and
consumers will see big changes within five years. computer linked virus monitoring.
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