Category : News
Author: Zane Small

New Zealand has been included in a list of embassies in Shanghai that have allegedly been "infiltrated" by the Chinese Communist Party because staff members have been appointed via a government-run agency. 

An investigation by The Australian newspaper, citing a leak of official membership records of 1.95 million CCP members, found that at least 10 consulates in Shanghai have or used to have CCP members employed - including New Zealand. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/12/new-zealand-included-in-list-of-shanghai-embassies-allegedly-infiltrated-by-chinese-communist-party.html
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Category : News
Author: Sarah Templeton

US President Donald Trump claimed that the COVID-19 vaccine would have taken five years to develop if he wasn't president.

In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Trump claimed he was the one who pushed for vaccines to roll out.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/12/australian-woman-looking-for-love-gives-up-on-dating-apps-goes-to-bunnings-instead.htm
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Category : News
Author: Sarah Templeton

Looking at the last minute for a  partner to bring to family Christmas? You might want to adopt this novel method attempted by an Australian TikTok user, who visited her local Bunnings to try and snag herself a husband - sausage sizzle pun firmly intended. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2020/12/australian-woman-looking-for-love-gives-up-on-dating-apps-goes-to-bunnings-instead.htm
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Category : Defence
Author: Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

Anzac-class frigate HMNZS Te Kaha (F77) and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) conducted combined operations in the eastern Pacific, Dec. 8 through Dec. 9.

Article: https://www.cpf.navy.mil/news.aspx/130780
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Category : News
Author: RocketLAB

Photon is getting ready to go to the Moon! Spacecraft qualification is underway for the Photon that will transport NASA’s CAPSTONE satellite into a unique lunar orbit that no other spacecraft has explored before.

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-readies-photon-spacecraft-for-nasa-moon-mission/
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Author: Troels Sommerville

When gunshots rang out across Ōtara last weekend it sent some people ducking for cover – they posted warnings on social media, called police and sheltered in their homes.

And given the recent spate of gang-related shootings that have rocked the south Auckland suburb, it's with good reason they might be frightened.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300181868/fake-gunshots-and-explosions-on-tara-film-set-alarm-community-weeks-after-shootings
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Category : News
Author: Debra Werner

SAN FRANCISCO – Dawn Aerospace announced Dec. 9 that it received approval from the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to begin flying the Dawn Mk-II Aurora, a 4.8-meter-long test vehicle the company developed as part of its campaign to develop a spaceplane to conduct multiple daily flights from conventional airports.

Article: https://spacenews.com/dawn-wins-spaceplane-license/
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Coughlan

ANALYSIS: Some Kiwi employees could be set to lose work perks as a result of the Government’s tax changes.

Employers have to pay the fringe benefit tax on the perks they offer their employees. That tax rate is set in relation to the income tax rates. The new top tax rate of 39 per cent on income earned over $180,000 meant the tax rate for employee perks has also changed.

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