Wellington, June 19 (JY&A Media) Wellington City mayoral candidate Jack Yan last night heard the concerns of Wellingtonians around the city’s draft alcohol policy by working behind the bar at Dragonfly. ‘Like all Wellingtonians, I’ve witnessed what the city can be like on a busy Friday or Saturday night, but engaging with citizens gives […]
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Wellington, May 27 (JY&A Media) Wellington City mayoral candidate Jack Yan says if he is elected, he will move to see the establishment of a new inner-city park on Cuba Street. The Wellington City Council’s 2012–22 long-term plan budgets for NZ$3·2 million to be spent on new inner-city park space and Mr Yan proposes […]
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Wellington, May 23 (JY&A Media) As Wellington gears up to Africa Day this Saturday, with a 12-hour celebration at the Wellington Town Hall beginning at 11.30 a.m., there’s a distinctively non-African name behind the scenes doing the make-up for the fashion show on the day, as well as the smaller Taste of Africa event at […]
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Wellington, May 17 (JY&A Media) With two weeks left to go, Promoki’s ‘Made to Model’ contest for international fashion magazine Lucire is the Wellington start-up’s most engaged competition, which can be found at http://lucire.promoki.com. Announced in late April, Promoki launched a modelling photo contest with the magazine, where the winner is the party with […]
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Wellington, May 7 (JY&A Media) Wellington mayoral candidate Jack Yan has responded to Prime Minister John Key’s earlier comments about the city ‘dying’. While he acknowledges that the Prime Minister has since quickly backtracked on his comments, he believes that Wellington has the right ingredients to be an economic and cultural leader. Mr […]
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Wellington, April 17 (JY&A Media) Wellington businessman Jack Yan has announced his bid for the city’s mayoralty. Mr Yan says he is declaring his candidacy now to put a fresh option for change to Wellingtonians well before the final polling day on 12 October (just 25 weeks away). ‘I believe Wellingtonians are creative, […]
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Wellington, October 18 (JY&A Media) To celebrate its 15th birthday this weekend, international fashion magazine Lucire has announced it will release a print-on-demand global edition to complement its web, tablet, and traditional print editions. Publisher Jack Yan says the new edition, produced at Vertia Print, is only now possible because of advances in digital […]
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Wellington, October 3 (JY&A Media) Lucire, one of the fashion magazines founded in the dot-com era that branched into print in the mid-2000s, has made its way on to both Ipad and Android format. Through US–Indian venture Magzter, Lucire now retails for both predominant tablet platforms with its latest issue, featuring actresses Denise Richards […]
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Stockholm and Wellington, August 27 (JY&A Media) Stefan Engeseth, the well known Swedish marketing author, will head to New Zealand for the Marketing Association’s Marketing Today conference in Auckland, to be held on September 18 and 19 (www.marketing.org.nz/Category?Action=View&Category_id=136). His latest book, Sharkonomics, has been praised by marketing experts worldwide, including Prof Philip Kotler, who […]
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Wellington, August 7 (JY&A Media) Lucire, one of the world’s longest-running online fashion magazines, has extended its presence by going on sale in France. Founder and publisher Jack Yan says this is only one of two new-format arrangements readers can expect in August. ‘We’ve effectively had a “digital-first” strategy since we started 1997,’ […]