It's perhaps not the most likely topic for a group of twenty-somethings to tackle, but students at the University of Waikato Management School have been applying their strategic skills to growing an Auckland-based 'green' funeral business.

A social marketing campaign aimed at helping young people control their anger has won the 2008 Chesterman Group Public Relations Campaign Award at the University of Waikato Management School.

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A RATE war has broken out with a second major bank to cut its standard variable rate independent of the Reserve Bank.

MOTORISTS are staring down the barrel of higher petrol prices after the OPEC pledged to dramatically cut oil production.

KEVIN Rudd is to fast-track up to $600 million in spending on small infrastructure projects such as local roads and bridges in a fresh bid to bolster economic activity and counter the global financial crisis.

ONE moment Megan McDonough was hot favourite to win an impromptu fashion contest at the Hamilton races in Victoria.

THE body of 21-year-old backpacker Britt Lapthorne has arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Croatia, along with her grieving father and brother.

A CARLOAD of hoons deliberately rammed a group of cyclists on the way to the start of yesterday's Around The Bay In A Day ride in Victoria - Australia's largest cycling event.

FOR Dale Lapthorne, the heart-wrenching task of bringing home his 21-year-old daughter Britt's body from Croatia is over.

IT should have been a Queensland rags to riches story after the lottery numbers of a Logan work syndicate came up but four months later, they haven't seen the money.

18 year old Estonian Gert Krestinov has been elected the best young rider taking part in this year’s FIM Motocross World Championship. A GP victory in Lommel and a 17th place in the MX2 Championshi...

Paulette Contessi, owner of The Parlour Aveda Concept Salon in Nedlands, Western Australia said the hottest hair trend for summer was the milkmaid braid - a look celebrities including Sienna Miller and Jennifer Lopez have recently been seen sporting. "This

A GLOBAL summit is called over the financial meltdown and "good ideas" from around the world are wanted.

ECONOMISTS warn that 200,000 jobs may go by the end of next year if the financial crisis doesn't ease.