Media releases

Media releases put out by the New Zealand Cooperatives Association

Here are some of the more recent media releases put out by the Association.
Phone Chairperson Blue Read on 027 235 6212 or Executive Director Ramsey Margolis on 021 973 531 to get a comment.

 

2 December 2011
New Zealand Cooperatives Association Elects New Chairperson
At today’s annual meeting, the New Zealand Cooperatives Association elected former Fonterra Shareholders Council Chairman, Blue Read, as the new Chairperson. Read more HERE.

22 November 2011
Cooperatives need to be better understood by NZ politicians
In the run up to the November 26 general election, the New Zealand Cooperatives Association circulated seven questions to the major political parties seeking their views on issues which are important to cooperative and mutual enterprise. Read more HERE.

14 July 2011
The new CEO of Fonterra clearly understands cooperatives
The New Zealand Cooperatives Association is very pleased to hear of the appointment of Theo Spierings as the new CEO of Fonterra. Cooperatives Association chairperson Chris Knowles said: “The new CEO of Fonterra clearly understands cooperatives. I am very happy the appointment is a long-term cooperator who will clearly understand the tensions of farmer ownership and member funding.”

25 March 2011
Message to the People of Japan
It seems it was only yesterday that I was reading a message of support to the people of Christchurch and the surrounding districts from the JCCU, the Japanese Consumers’ Cooperative Union. The last thought on my mind was that it would be necessary to reciprocate, sending a message of solidarity to the people of Japan. Read more HERE.

21 December 2009
United Nations declares 2012 as “International Year of Cooperatives”
It’s Christmas season and New Zealand cooperatives have an additional reason for celebration: on 18 December, the 64th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York proclaimed 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. Read more HERE.

18 August 2009
“Well done Foodstuffs” – Cooperatives Association chairperson Peter Macdougall
Chairperson of the New Zealand Cooperatives Association, Peter Macdougall today congratulated Foodstuffs on their improved results. With revenue for the year of $7.62bn, the three cooperatives which own Foodstuffs together form New Zealand's second largest business, with the largest being dairy co-op Fonterra Cooperative Group. Read more HERE.

3 July 2009
International Day of Cooperatives
Cooperatives offer a better model for global recovery says Peter Macdougall.
Saturday, 4 July is International Day of Cooperatives. The United Nations has declared the theme to be “Driving global recovery through cooperatives.” Read more HERE

30 June 2008
Silver Fern Farms: farmers will decide
The Chairperson of the New Zealand Cooperatives Association, Peter Macdougall stated he is concerned about the effect on farmer income if the half of the meat processing and marketing cooperative Silver Fern Farms, formerly PPCS, is sold to PGG Wrightson. Read more HERE

7 April 2008
Chinese co-ops first to step through NZ trade treaty door
China’s cooperatives are wasting no time. Just three days after the signing of the free trade agreement between New Zealand and China, a delegation from the All China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives (ACFSMC) will be arriving in Wellington to talk trade with New Zealand cooperatives. Read more HERE

13 March 2008
.coop internet domains go on sale in New Zealand
Appointed by Britain’s Midcounties Co-operative as a sales partner, the New Zealand Cooperatives Association is from today selling .coop internet domains, with a territory that goes beyond New Zealand to include Australia, Japan, China and the Pacific nations. Read more HERE

20 November 2007
The Cooperative Advantage of Doing Business
Senior executives from cooperatives across Asia and the Pacific rim will be joining New Zealand cooperative executives at the Intercontinental Hotel in Wellington from 27-29 November for a symposium on “The Cooperative Advantage of Doing Business”. Read more HERE

20 October 2007
New Zealand Cooperatives Face Uncertainty from the Application of International Financial Reporting Standards
Text of the speech given to the International Cooperative Alliance General Assembly, Singapore, 19 October 2007, by New Zealand Cooperatives Association Executive Director Ramsey Margolis. Read more HERE