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Bee Mites – Cancer Inquiry – Fire and Cancer - Bank Charges – Reading Inquiry Row
BEE MITES: The owner of Arataki Honey says it will be almost impossible to eradicate bee mites if they have spread around the country.
CANCER INQUIRY: Former Health Minister Bill English has denied that health reforms led to a lack of emphasis and attention on the Cervical Screening Programme as alleged at the inquiry yesterday by Dr Bob Boyd from the Ministry of Health.
FIRE AND CANCER: The Firefighters Union says a study has confirmed that fire fighters are a high risk group at risk of cancer. However the studies findings still come as a shock.
BANK CHARGES: The ANZ Bank says it has no plans to display its ATM charges in ATMs. Deputy PM Jim Anderton has suggested it might be time to legislate to make display of charges mandatory.
READING INQUIRY ROW: A row is brewing
over a Parliamentary Inquiry into reading. Trevor Mallard
says ACT MP Donna Awatere-Huata’s family is involved with an
organisation with a reading contract.
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Alastair Thompson is the co-founder of Scoop. He is of Scottish and Irish extraction and from Wellington, New Zealand. Alastair has 24 years experience in the media, at the Dominion, National Business Review, North & South magazine, Straight Furrow newspaper and online since 1997. He is the winner of several journalism awards for business and investigative work.
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