Archive for April, 2009

Nordic Diet Rates As Highly As Mediterranean

The Mediterranean diet is facing competition from the “Nordic diet,” which, scientists say could be significantly healthier.
The popularity of the Mediterranean diet stems from data showing people living in countries bordering the Mediterranean have lower levels of cardiovascular disease, obesity and certain types of cancer. Their diet consists of large amounts of vegetables, nuts, bread […]

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Viognier Has Great Potential

Regular readers will know I see the future of red wine from Hawke’s Bay as being Syrah, rather than the more extensively planted Cabernet Sauvignon (plus blend grapes - Merlot/Cabernet Franc etc).
Could it be the future of white wine in Hawke’s Bay is something other than Chardonnay? A knowledgeable friend who recently had a daughter […]

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Know Your Redundancy Rights

The global economic crisis has sparked world-wide redundancies on an almost unprecedented scale.
Unemployment is also rising in NZ, and is predicted to climb steeply this year. Redundancy is when an employee’s position ceases to exist. A situation in which an employee is dismissed and replaced by someone else is not a redundancy. Redundancies may arise […]

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