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Cancer research wins award
PhD student Dianne Sika-Paotonu, of Victoria University in Wellington, has been awarded the 2008 Colmar Brunton New Zealand Research Excellence Award. Ms Sika-Paotonu's research has shown the cancer-killing immune response generated...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 7:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Air NZ crash: Divers find third body, second black box
A third body of one of the men killed when an Air New Zealand Airbus crashed has reportedly been found as more family members of the victims arrive in France.Divers have also recovered the second black box.Seven men including...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 7:07 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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All Blacks pooled with France at World Cup
LONDON - Tournament hosts New Zealand were drawn alongside France, the team that beat them in the quarterfinals of last year's edition, in the draw for the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup held here today.Elsewhere old rivals England...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from New Zealand Herald Men with shotgun tried to rob post shop - witness
Three men wearing balaclavas and armed with a shotgun attempted to rob a New Zealand Post Shop in the Wellington suburb of Kilbirnie this afternoon, according to a witness.A man, who only wanted to be known as Walt, was sitting...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 7:00 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Photo from Yahoo! Divers recover third body from French jet crash
AFP - Divers on Monday recovered a third body near the wreck of an Air New Zealand plane that crashed off the French Mediterranean coast with seven people on board, a judicial official said.
Yahoo!  –  Dec 1, 2008 6:58 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Cardiff rematch for 2011 opener?
New Zealand could open the 2011 World Cup with a revenge mission against France - and All Blacks coach Graham Henry has described it as "an intriguing" prospect."
Planet Rugby  –  Dec 1, 2008 6:42 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Erma bans pesticide use
The Environmental Risk Management Authority (Erma) has revoked approvals for the use of methyl parathion, a pesticide used against insects and mites.The European Union banned the pesticide in 2003.In New Zealand, no products...
New Zealand Herald  –  Dec 1, 2008 6:08 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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Rugby Union: England should be pleased with World Cup draw which sees them avoid Tri-Nations
Nothing much has gone right for England this autumn but there will have been a few sighs of relief at Twickenham this afternoon when the 2003 World Cup winners avoided any of the Tri-Nations teams in the pool draw for the competition in New Zealand in 2011. Instead, England and Scotland have been dr ... more »
The Guardian  –  Dec 1, 2008 5:35 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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News from the Far Side
New Zealand's triumphant tour of the North has come to and end, but for some the work is not over. Not until everyone learns to respect the Haka."
Planet Rugby  –  Dec 1, 2008 4:21 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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England and Scotland to clash at the 2011 Rugby World Cup
England and Scotland have been drawn in the same group for the 2011 Rugby World Cup. But both countries avoided red-hot tournament favourites New Zealand at today's draw, carried out in central London.
Mail Online  –  Dec 1, 2008 4:09 PM [GMT]  –  comment?
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