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Georgie Girl – the award-winning documentary on transsexual NZ MP Georgina Beyer – screened on American public television last month as part of the acclaimed Point of View (POV) documentary series. Described as “an extraordinary counterpoint to American politics,” Georgie Girl opened POV’s program in honour of Gay Pride Month. The American screening marks the fourth major international coup for the Annie Goldson produced doco, which has already aired on CBC Canada, SBS Australia and Britain’s Channel Four.


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Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

Unique Prehistoric Dolphin Discovered

A prehistoric dolphin newly discovered in the Hakataramea Valley in South Canterbury appears to have had a unique method for catching its prey, Evrim Yazgin writes for Cosmos magazine. Aureia rerehua was…