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

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Various stations of CTSI Logistics donated $4,002 to the American Red Cross - NMI Chapter for disaster relief in quake- and tsunami-stricken Japan on Wednesday, March 30, 2011.

Source: CTSI Logistics donates to Japan disaster relief

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A second win in the three weeks since finishing runner-up at the Golden Shears has seen Hawke's Bay-based Far North shearer Rowland Smith installed as the TAB's favoured pick to beat prolific champion John Kirkpatrick in this weekend's New Zealand Open Shearing Championship.

Source: Rowland Smith chasing a Te Kuiti win

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Stay the night Open house ... Boroka Downs. David Reyne finds some cosy lodgings, from coastal getaways with open fires to inner-city Italian chic.

Source: Stay the night: top Victorian B&Bs

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New Zealand Sevens' captain DJ Forbes is expected to play a full part in this weekend's round of the IRB World Series in Adelaide.

Source: Sevens in Adelaide this weekend

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Zac Archer, 5, was treated in the US with his own cord blood for his cerebal palsy.

Source: Testing power

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SOLUTION: Hastings Intermediate has instituted a culture change at the school. Principal Andrew Shortcliffe says the move has worked, with an increasing roll and reducing truancy/exclusions. Photo / Duncan Brown We're told that it happens to everyone, that it's part of growing up, that it builds character.

Source: Whole school needs to resolve bullying issues

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For decades Britain forcibly shipped children in care to Commonwealth countries.

Source: Britain's child migrants

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The city of Sirte, on Libya's Mediterranean coast, has been a symbolic and strategic fulcrum in the civil war between forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and rebels seeking to overthrow him.

Source: How Howard helped to rehabilitate Gaddafi

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Honeymoons aren't always easy for newlyweds, but six natural disasters? When Stefan and Erika Svanstrom of Stockholm set out on their 4-month-long honeymoon with their baby girl on Dec.

Source: Couple survives (natural) disaster honeymoon

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US online audience tracking company Comscore has released its latest study of online video viewing habits in New Zealand based on data from its Video Metrix service, which was launched here earlier this year.

Source: 3 of 4 New Zealanders watch online video