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If you listened to the February 8th episode of the Yeah…Nah Podcast, then this profile should not come as a surprise.

Welcome to the NZ Skeptics newsletter.

I am almost certain, that despite the fact the conference was held in a Wellington nunnery, none of the attendees converted to the cloth, and none became extras in the next Peter Jackson dwarf-based epic (please email me if I am wrong: editor@skeptics.nz).

The conference will be held in Wellington on the weekend of November 24th—26th, at the Sisters of Mercy Convent.

The Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) has upheld a complaint from the Commerce Commission against TV3 current affairs show 60 Minutes. An item, broadcast at 7.30pm on 15 October 2007, presented the story of Ewan Campbell, who had "invented a way to make farms grow faster" but had been prosecuted by the Commerce Commission and faced a fine of "over a quarter of a million dollars for false representation" (see Newsfront, NZ Skeptic 84).

It's Bent Spoon time again-the time when the Skeptics highlight the worst-and best-of the year's media.

Research scientist Hamish Campbell spoke of his experiences as Te Papa's museum geologist at the 2005 NZ Skeptics conference.

Julia Mahoney, 9 November, www.stuff.co.nz