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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
See also CATHERINE McGREGOR’s coverage of a Labour-organised protest meeting.
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.
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.
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.