wednesday newstrip

An Auckland dairy company says that though the Australian coal industry is competing aggressively it will not be taking over the New Zealand infant formula industry ∙ a young elephant was shot & feasted on by 20,000 cyclone victims written down to a shadow of their former value at the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe's $1M 91st birthday bash ∙ three big mining companies that had eaten wild mushrooms forced the Sunday night Melbourne-to-Perth Jetstar flight to turn back after about an hour in the air ∙ nearly 100,000 Kiwis have given up the booze in the past five years as their parents juggle multiple jobs to make ends meet ∙ Foreign Minister Julie Bookshop nodded off during Prom Minister Toe Knee Ass-Bit's speech to the Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum in New Zealand.