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

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Exodus ... Rebecca Longworth, who works in Sydney, comes from a farm in Mungindi.

Source: Making hay by having the best of both worlds

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Six years after it was formed by a group of blokes with serious science smarts, Wellington's Magritek has proved it's got the business nous to match.

Source: High Quality: Magritek chief executive Andrew Coy with components for the Teranova-Mri product.

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Research and development business specialises in NZ's key crop - grass. More revenue means Grasslanz can fund more research, says John Caradus.

Source: Success: Down to earth focus earns growing revenue

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Taranaki is the world's melanoma hot spot. A recent study confirming New Zealand has the world's highest rate of melanoma shows a much higher rate in Taranaki than anywhere else in the country.

Source: Region hot-bed of skin cancer

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PLASTIC FANTASTIC: Sales of furniture, hardware and appliances rebounded in March, but overall the value of electronic card transactions was up just 0.5 per cent in the month.

Source: Petrol, appliances lift card sales

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THE way the federal government sets the wages of workers with disabilities is designed to keep their pay rates low, a court has been told.

Source: Disabled workers' pay rates kept low

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New Zealand's struggling opposition Labour Party has been labelled a "gaggle of gays" by one of its own disgruntled MPs.

Source: NZ opposition a 'gaggle of gays', says MP

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These two Brooklyn natives aren't the typical Joey's from the neighborhood. Two baby yellow-footed rock wallabies have made their debut at the Prospect Park Zoo's reopened Australian Walkabout exhibit.

Source: OMG Cute

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DRESSED FOR SUCCESS: The Stretton Group, which regularly shows its collections at various fashion weeks, has set a target of $60-million in annual revenue.

Source: Stretton ready to frock Australian market

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VETERAN wildlife campaigner Bob Irwin reckons his late famous son would have been proud of his arrest at a coal seam gas protest in Queensland.

Source: Steve Irwin's dad arrested at protest