This week's screening of the BBC's "Last Chance to See" programme featuring New Zealand's own conservation ambassador Sirocco the kākāpō, has catapulted kākāpō recovery into the international spotlight.

Social Media offers many businesses and organizations a unique platform to promote their cause. But as we have seen with a bunch of campaigns recently some companies are choosing to abuse their twitter profile and social media presence with spammy twitter marketing campaigns.

Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Ed McMahon have all unfortunately passed on in the last week.  If you believe everything you read on the net then you probably think that Jeff Goldblum, Natalie Portman and Britney Spears are all dead too.  You need to know where to check out these rumors before you join in the spreading of these Internet lies.

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