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LED Company Targets 2 Million + Roadway Lights "Down Under" for Energy Efficient Make-Over SARASOTA, Fla. and HOBART, Tasmania, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With the primary focus of delivering high performing LED Aimed Optics(TM) Cobra Head roadway lighting for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Region's public lighting projects, Evolucia Inc. (OTCBB & OTCQB: ILED) announces the establishment of Evolucia LDU Pty Limited, a wholly-owned Australian subsidiary of...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online George Lowe, the last surviving member of Sir Edmund Hillary’s team that scaled Mount Everest in 1953, died on Wednesday at a nursing home in central England after a long-term battle with illness. Besides being one of the first men to reach the top of the world, Lowe also participated in the first crossing of Antarctica via the South Pole in 1957-58. He also made notable expeditions to Greenland and Ethiopia. Lowe and Hillary were...
RANCHO MIRAGE, CA and AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 14, 2013 /CNW/ - Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. ("Craig Wireless" or the "Company") (TSX: CWG) is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Woosh Wireless (NZ) Ltd. ("Woosh"), has completed the acquisition of the remaining spectrum management rights (being management rights over 35 MHz of 2.3 GHz spectrum) previously held by Railway St Industries Limited (formerly Woosh Wireless Limited) ("Railway") in New Zealand. The transfer was...
Award honors Veterinarian's outstanding contribution to society in the face of adversity MELVILLE, N.Y., March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Henry Schein Cares, the global corporate social responsibility program of Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSIC), the world's largest provider of health care products and services to office-based dental, medical and animal health practitioners, bestowed the Henry Schein Cares International Veterinary Community Service Award upon Dr. Ross Trevor Blanks....
- Exego Business to Provide Accretive Automotive Expansion - ATLANTA, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Genuine Parts Company (NYSE: GPC) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 70% stake of Exego Group, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, for a total purchase price of approximately $800 million (US$), including the assumption of certain debt. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081002/CLTH108LOGO ) The Company had...
SHENZHEN, China, March 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Huntkey Enterprise Group, a global professional power supply provider, has delivered its new SAC Series of Power Strips with two USBs for Australia and New Zealand, in order to allow you to charge two 5V electronic devices together while powering your other electric equipments. The Huntkey SAC Series of power strips is composed of 3 models - SAC404, SAC604 and SAC804, where the first digit stands for the number of sockets. All of the...
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) is sharing innovative Canadian approaches to mental health research with an international audience in New Zealand this week. MHCC President and CEO Louise Bradley is among 300 leaders and experts in mental health from eight countries sharing best practices in mental health and disability services at the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) exchange in Auckland, New...
NEW YORK, March 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Penton's Waste Industry Group today announced a global partnership with the Australasian Waste & Recycling Expo (AWRE) to co-market their respective content and live events. This alliance brings together the largest solid waste and recycling tradeshows -- North America's WasteExpo and Australia's AWRE -- to give attendees an even broader global perspective of the industry. For 45 years, WasteExpo has served the solid waste and recycling...
- First production achieved at Solid Energy's plant in Southland, New Zealand, using GTL Energy's coal upgrading technology ADELAIDE, South Australia, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd and GTL Energy Ltd, an Australian-based coal technology company, today announced the achievement of sustained production runs at the first commercial coal upgrading plant utilizing GTL Energy's coal upgrading technology and the signing of agreements for the formation of a...
COLLINGWOOD, New Zealand, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Zealand based company, HealthPost, began life over 25 years ago as a mail-order catalog business re-selling third party health supplements. While this is a tradition they continue to this day, the business has undergone radical change in the quarter century since it opened. Most notably, HealthPost has begun manufacturing a comprehensive range of 'own-label' supplements under their own 'BioBalance' brand. Executive Director,...
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Evechinus chloroticu, commonly known as kina in the Māori language, is a sea urchin that can be found in New Zealand waters. It resides at depths between 39.3 and 45.9 feet in areas with moderate wave patterns. In northern waters of its range, it is typically found in rocky areas but can be found in sandy areas. In southern waters, it prefers to live in fjords. Evechinus chloroticu can reach an average diameter of up to 6.6 inches. It feeds on plant materials like red algae, large brown...
The Great-winged Petrel or Grey-faced Petrel (Pterodroma macroptera) is a petrel. In New Zealand, it is also known by its Maori name oi and as a muttonbird. The following are the two recognized subspecies of P. macroptera. - P. m. macroptera and P. m gouldi, the latter of the two is endemic to New Zealand, and is often called the Grey-faced Petrel. It breeds in the Southern Hemisphere between 30 and 50 degrees south having colonies on Tristan da Cunha, Gough Island, the Crozet Islands,...
The Black Petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) is also called the Parkinson’s Petrel. It is a large, black petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. This species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on islands off the North Island, on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. At sea it scatters as far as Australia and Ecuador. It’s a medium-sized, all black petrel except for pale sections on the bill. The wingspan is 110 cm on average. This bird is usually seen in the...
The New Zealand green-lipped mussel, Perna canalicula known also as the New Zealand mussel, the greenshell mussel, kuku, and kutai, is a bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Mytilidae. This mollusk has great significance as a cultivated species within New Zealand. This mollusk occurs all around New Zealand’s mainland. It’s usually seen below the intertidal zone, but it can be seen in the intertidal zone. It feeds on a variety of phytoplankton. P. canalicula is significant to the...
The largest ray in the world is the giant oceanic manta ray. It is found in the open water of all the major oceans of the world. In the eastern Atlantic it can be seen from New Jersey to Uruguay; in the western Atlantic from the Azores Islands to South Africa; in the eastern Pacific from southern California to Peru and in the western Pacific from Japan to New Zealand. It also can be seen in the entire Indian Ocean. This manta ray will swim in deep water but enter the shallows around reefs for...
