Bedingfield misses NZ On Air grant

X Factor judge and multi-platinum selling pop star Daniel Bedingfield has failed for a second time in his bid for taxpayer cash to promote his latest song. Bedingfield had applied for a $6000 grant from the July round of New Zealand On Air’s “Making tracks” funding to produce a video for his song Out Of My Head.

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The high stakes of melting Himalayan glaciers

The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding quicker than those in other parts of the world and could disappear altogether by 2035 according to the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. The result of this deglaciation could be conflict as Himalayan glacial runoff has an essential role in the economies, agriculture and even religions of the regions countries.

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