Cancer research wins award
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 09:00:00 2008
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...
Third body, second black box recovered
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 08:30:00 2008
LATEST: A third body and a second black box have been recovered from the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 which crashed off the coast of France last week.
Air NZ crash: Divers find third body, second black box
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 08:24:53 2008
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...
Erma bans pesticide use
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 08:00:00 2008
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...
Climate science review 'embarrassing'
Radio New Zealand
Tue Dec 2 07:28:07 2008
New Zealand's credibility on climate change issues risks being damaged if a select committee review on climate science goes ahead, says Green party co-leader Russel Norman.
Vigil for crash victims
Stuff
Tue Dec 2 07:24:00 2008
The tragic loss of four members of the Air New Zealand family will be marked with a minute's silence by colleagues around the world as efforts continue to bring the Kiwis home.
Third body recovered from Airbus crash site
Radio New Zealand
Tue Dec 2 06:48:04 2008
A third body has been recovered from the site where the Air New Zealand Airbus A320 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea. Divers have also recovered the second black box from the wreckage.
No plans to re-establish air strike wing - Key
Radio New Zealand
Tue Dec 2 06:14:51 2008
Prime Minister John Key says the Government has no plans to re-establish the combat wing of the New Zealand airforce.
Army engineers depart for Antarctica
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 06:00:00 2008
Ten army engineers will depart tomorrow for Antarctica to carry out maintenance tasks at the New Zealand and United States bases for the next 10 weeks.
Their tasks include constructing outdoor weather shelters, installing new hangar...
International demand for NZ farm goods 'likely to fall'
Radio New Zealand
Tue Dec 2 05:51:16 2008
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is predicting reduced demand for New Zealand's primary exports as a result of the global economic slowdown.
Economic growth to resume next year, says NZIER
Radio New Zealand
Tue Dec 2 05:51:09 2008
Economic forecaster NZIER is picking the current recession is almost over, but warns the country will see a slow recovery due to the effects of the credit squeeze and weaker demand from New Zealand's trading partners.
Stranded in Thailand: 'Get us out of here'
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:20 2008
An Air Force rescue mission or a chartered Air New Zealand jet could be used to get New Zealanders out of Bangkok if unrest there becomes worse.
Prime Minister John Key yesterday said both ideas contingency plans to get the 200...
Booze bus blitzes to target drink-drivers day and night
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:04 2008
Anytime, anywhere - that's the warning from police who are mounting big drink-drive operations throughout New Zealand during December.
A police national headquarters spokesman yesterday said there would be no co-ordinated national...
Air NZ crash: Families join grim search for answers
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:00 2008
Two more grieving families have arrived in France and another is expected today as divers continue a difficult retrieval effort following the Air New Zealand Airbus tragedy.
Winds topping 100km/h and waves reaching 4m high battered...
Hackers continually at the gate
New Zealand Herald
Tue Dec 2 05:00:00 2008
Four New Zealanders ranging from a teenage boy to a senior citizen went about their online day-to-day tasks on poorly secured computers yesterday in an experiment on security.
NetSafe and IBM, marking International Computer Security...