Latest and Most Recent News in Oceania from Topix (April 2011 Diet)

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Move over, beef. Camel meat could become the newest Australian export as early as 2012 if an Egyptian businessman is successful with his bid to open a slaughterhouse and meat processing plant in a rural South Australian town.

Source: Camel meat could become newest Australian export

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Ken James and his partner Rosemarie Stuhlener are part of a growing group of couples that are committed to each other but choose to live apart.

Source: Together-apart: lifestyle choice that may have a catch

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Home brewing is often fairly serious business. I've plenty of friends who part with their handmade brew with the same gravity as the knight in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade .

Source: Home brewing just got its Clover

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Wednesday, 20 April 2011, 1:30pm Source: TV3 A man who shot an Auckland police officer four times was today jailed for 18 years with a non-parole period of 10 years.

Source: Cop shooter arefused to accept responsibilitya

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EMPTY SEATS: Queenstown has reported a significant slump in tourist numbers since the February 22 Christchurch earthquake.

Source: South Island tourism hurting

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A $15 million project to build temporary housing in the flood-ravaged Kimberley community of Warmun will allow evacuated residents to return home in June, the West Australian Government says.

Source: $15m outlay for Warmun flood victims

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An Australian teacher accused of tying a 5-year-old boy to a chair in front of his classmates as punishment for misbehaving has been suspended while the case is investigated, education officials said Wednesday.

Source: Australian teacher accused of tying up student

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Researchers insert a satellite transmitter tag into a whale's blubber. Humpback whales can swim thousands of kilometres in a straight line, suggesting they may use a unique compass mechanism, according to researchers.

Source: Whales swim straight as an arrow Apr 20, 2011 9:42 Am Et a " Humpback...

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A building in the central business district is damaged following a 6.3-magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Source: Christchurch City Center Losing Bankers, Brokers After Quake

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Kiwifruit exported from the Port of Tauranga. Photo / File. Zespri has slammed a survey's finding on attitudes to the kiwifruit industry as meaningless and misleading.

Source: Knives out between Zespri and T&G