A foundation established by New Zealand's first honorary
knight, Julian Robertson, has given $10.2 million to Duke
University in North Carolina in the United States to advance
the use of cord blood as a therapy.
Police believe the skeletal remains found down a steep bank
today in Upper Hutt, north of Wellington, may be the body of
Harold Skudder, who has been missing for more than three
years.
Radiographers, who have been taking action at District Health
Boards across the country since late February over a 3
percent pay claim, are planning further strike action with
talks having reached a stalemate, their union says.
