Breakfast: Wednesday March 10

Published: 6:19AM Wednesday March 10, 2010 Source: Breakfast

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Gardasil Timaru
Breakfast speaks to Timaru mum Julie Smith who has started a  website which looks into Gardasil, the cervical smear vaccination that has been given to teenage girls.
Julie has obtained OIA figures which shows the percentage of young women getting adverse reactions to the cervical cancer vaccine is higher than the chance of them getting cervical cancer

Dr Nikki Turner
Breakfast speaks to Dr Nikki Turner from the Immunisation Advisory Centre to discuss the Ministry of Health figures that reveals the percentage of young women getting adverse reactions to the cervical cancer vaccine is higher than the chance of them getting cervical cancer

Parole
Judge David Carruthers speaks to Breakfast about the criteria behind allowing someone to be released on parole. It follows the parole board's decision to deny convicted double murderer John Barlow parole.

Pharmacies
Some of New Zealand's most common cough and cold remedies could soon be banned from over the counter sales. The Food and Grocery Council have come out fighting against the proposal, but pharmacists say the move is overdue. Breakfast has both sides of the debate.

Science winners
The Prime Minister's Science Prizes, New Zealand's most valuable science awards, have been presented to the top achieving scientists in Auckland. Breakfast speaks to two of the winners.

Stunt men
There's a strong Kiwi connection to the Hurt Locker and other big block-busters like Avatar, James Bond, The Green Zone: The lead stuntmen are from New Zealand. Breakfast talks to Rob Young who was the stunt coordinator and security for The Hurt Locker. He also worked on runner-up, Avatar

Gadgets
Breakfast's Inspector Gadget John Buckley has got the latest and greatest in power tool technology, including a battery-powered lawnmower.

Ellerslie
Breakfast reporter Charlotte Bellis takes a walk through the Ellerslie Flower Show

Style
Pregnancy is a huge deal for women. So Breakfast finds out how they can look stylish and glamorous during any stage of their pregnancy.

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