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  An Antarctic Expedition — For Scotch

  By Kathy Ehrich Dowd | Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:04 PM ET

  imagine he would give a thumbs-up to a most unusual mission launching in January. It's an Antarctic expedition for non-other than Scotch itself. The New Zealand explorers embarking on this chilly journey are tasked with retrieving several bottles of the "Rare Old" brand of McKinlay and Co. whisk Read More

  More like this in: Scotland, Antarctica, World, Life & Style, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, Food & Drink
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  Just What the Doctor Ordered

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Oct 29, 2009 6:08 PM ET

  of Auckland are working on developing an ice cream that combats the side effects of chemotherapy. They're working in partnership with Fonterra, New Zealand's largest dairy.The ice cream, called ReCharge, employs active ingredients from dairy products to relieve diarrhea, anemia and lack o Read More

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  The White Stuff

  By Courtney Rubin | Sat Oct 24, 2009 3:58 PM ET

  for the fine arts graduate, who sells some of his larger pieces for up to £7,000 ($11,445), are stacking up from around the world, from China to New Zealand. His most recent: A scale model of a block of apartments near his home in Belfast’s Cathedral Quarter. (It took 11,256 cubes of suga Read More

  More like this in: The Telegraph, Sculpture, World, Life & Style, Europe, Culture
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  Celebrating World Food Day

  By Ben Corbett | Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:09 PM ET

  rich countries are reneging on their commitments to finance a more ambitious fight against hunger... Greece, Portugal, Italy, the United States and New Zealand are the worst offenders. And their contribution to expanding social security programs remains negligible."Despite some wealthy nation Read More

  More like this in: United States, China, Farmers, Agriculture, Brazil, Italy, Vietnam, Ghana, Denmark, Ireland, Malawi
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  "Alternate" Nobel Winners

  By Kendall Hunter | Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:26 AM ET

  the forces that are destroying the Congo's rain forests and building political support for their conservation and sustainable use"; Alyn Ware from New Zealand for his effective and creative advocacy and initiatives over two decades to further peace education and to rid the world of nuclea Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Ethiopia, Congo, Nobel Prize, Sweden, NGO, Democratic Republic of Congo
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  Third Best Job In The World Still Available

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Sun Oct 11, 2009 12:50 AM ET

  a wine blogger in Sonoma, Calif.Our first question of course is, where do we sign up? That is quickly followed by, why is being a caretaker of a New Zealand island two notches below being the caretaker of an Australian island? There’s going to be an episode of Flight of the Conchords abou Read More

  More like this in: World, Business, Australia/New Zealand, Employment, Business Travel
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  Pimpin' for the Gold

  By Ben Corbett | Thu Oct 8, 2009 2:44 PM ET

  and his 20-year-old kiwi business partner, Hugo Phillips, opened up a brothel in Auckland as a fundraising venture.Now three months later, the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) has dropped the hammer, issuing Campbell a cease-and-desist letter, threatening to sue if he continued linkin Read More

  More like this in: London, fundraising, Olympics, Beijing, Prostitution, Martial Arts, World, Business, Australia/New Zealand, Employment, Retail, Events, Sports
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  Tsunami: Surfing to Safety

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Oct 5, 2009 1:46 PM ET

  up getting washed into the jungle. It's unclear what became of them.But Gogola and his buddy weren't the only ones to surf their way to safety. New Zealand student Chris Nel was surfing on the south coast of Savai'i island in Western Samoa when the quake hit."All of a sudden the water wen Read More

  More like this in: Water, Death, Vacation, Daily Mail, Hurricane, Islands, Surfing
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  Zimbabwe Boosts Textbooks, Education

  By John Casey | Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:16 PM ET

  greatly reduced public financing for education. Much of the grant money came from the governments of Australia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom and the European Commission.   Photo courtesy o Read More

  More like this in: UNICEF, Europe, Africa, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Zimbabwe
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  Don't Believe Everything You See

  By David Bois | Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:45 PM ET

  on the faces of others, may be influenced by the thoughts that are already going on in our heads. Jamin Halberstadt, from the University of Otago in New Zealand and co-author of a study arising from international collaboration with researchers in the U.S. and France, offers to ScienceDaily Read More

  More like this in: ScienceDaily, Emotions, brain research, Science, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery