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NewsWire.co.nz Digest: Saturday, August 8, 2009
NewsWire Digest: Saturday, August 8, 2009
Top stories today on www.newswire.co.nz, the website of Whitireia Journalism School
Afghanistan: no place for
NZ troops
Most people questioned in an informal
street poll in Wellington see no good reason for New
Zealand’s Special Air Services to be in Afghanistan. By
JANICE IKIUA & TASHA BLACK.
http://bit.ly/rRmLC
The worm
turns up on cellphones
Sexy Space, a “worm”
passed via text messaging, is infecting phones in China and
the Middle East, sending texts without owners’ knowledge.
CARL SUURMOND asks New Zealand service providers about the
risks.
http://bit.ly/1020YC
Retail
flight tells recession story
TORY REGAN reveals there
are scores of shop vacancies in the Wellington region, but
real estate agents also tell her newcomers are ready to
invest.
http://bit.ly/N1sHj
The 9/11
doubters who won’t be ignored
Wellington commuters
get a different take on the Twin Towers destruction from a
group calling itself 9/11 Truth. As DANIEL SIMMONS-RITCHIE
reports, the group has more campaigning in store.
http://bit.ly/17owR0
Education
cuts don’t heal (WITH VIDEO)
NewsWire covers this
week’s march on Parliament by supporters of adult and
community education, and their fury at National’s cuts to
funding.
http://bit.ly/NcIZS
See also
CATHERINE McGREGOR’s coverage of a Labour-organised
protest meeting.
http://bit.ly/184SM3
How much
are those doggies in the window?
Prepare to be
charmed by huddles of puppies and kittens in Wellington shop
windows. The local SPCA is going all out to solve a surge in
abandoned pet numbers, reports CATHERINE McGREGOR.
http://bit.ly/3wS3P4
Cruelty to
geese alleged
Protesters outside a Wellington hotel
say New Zealand shouldn’t be importing foie gras. ADAM
GOSNEY reports on the goose-farming debate.
http://bit.ly/mEd3I
NewsWire stories are produced by students of the National Diploma in Journalism (Multi-media) programme at Whitireia Community Polytechnic. NewsWire is published by Jim Tucker, programme leader.
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