"From health research to 'green' burials, from sound-art to natural history, this year's Fellows cover a diverse and fascinating range of research topics," said develop a particular area of expertise, and returning to "From all parts of New Zealand, the 2007 fellows will set forth to the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, bringing back knowledge and experience that will capability, connectivity and sustainability of their own per cent of their travel costs. They typically spend from three weeks to three months overseas. the 2008 funding round close on July 31 2007.
Application Trust, Department of Internal Affairs, PO Box 805, Wellington, Phone: 0800 824 824 or email: contact details of the 2007 Winston Churchill Fellows. research assistance dog programmes, with the aim of further of Auckland will travel to the United Kingdom, Amsterdam and experimental music, with the aim of creating international Australia's Mental Health First Aid Program, an innovate problems and symptoms, and provides 'First Aid' care in the event of a crisis. Sarah Gibb of Turangi, director of the Tongariro Natural History Society, will research and network the United Kingdom, Ireland and United States to research 'wet' houses for relapsing alcoholics.
Ohariu-Belmont MP Peter Dunne today slammed 'big government and politically correct bureaucrats' for promoting 'woolly' solutions to problem gambling and drinking, rather than effective answers. Addressing the Clubs New Zealand annual conference in Lower Hutt, Mr Dunne poured scorn on recent Parliamentary efforts to raise the drinking age. See.
.. - The Minister of Education, Steve Maharey, is welcoming a report on school governance on the attitudes of principals and Boards of Trustees, which finds the system should be further strengthened.
"The report, 'School governance in New Zealand: how is it working?' is full of interesting information that will contribute to a Ministry of Education stock take, announced in 2006, looking at how the system can be improved. See.
.. - The next expensive confrontation between district health boards and health professionals looks set to be between DHBs and pharmacists, says New Zealand First’s health spokesperson Barbara Stewart.
“The Minister of Health and his ministry will be playing the all care and no responsibility card and it will be down to the DHBs and pharmacists to fight it out. See..
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