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Dawn Aerospace is a NZ registered company pushing the boundaries of space technology and engineering in green satellite propulsion, suborbital launch vehicles and novel orbital launch systems. Read more about their innovation successes in our guest article written by Kiwi Co-founder, James Powell.
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Two Kiwi brothers are behind a New Zealand and Netherlands-based aerospace company looking to revolutionise the aerospace industry.
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Read more: Brother act backed by $3million
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/business/brother-act-backed-3million
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US President Donald Trump's Space Force has proudly shown off the first picture of its uniform, and, well, the internet has a lot of feelings about.
The US Space Force (USSF) is the newest branch of the military, the first to be created in over 70 years, and has been in the works since March 2018.
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Read more: 'Camo in space?' - Donald Trump's Space Force uniform mocked
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/donald-trumps-america/118890626/camo-in-space--donald-trumps-space-force-uniform-mocked
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Victoria University staff discussed keeping a "low profile" when invited on board a Chinese naval ship during its unannounced visit to New Zealand.
The Qi Jiguang slid quietly into Wellington Harbour between October 26 and 30, with no explanation from the Government or NZ Defence Force (NZDF). The navy training vessel was on a two-month tour of the Asia-Pacific region.
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Read more: Victoria University staff invited onto Chinese naval ship during unannounced NZ visit
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117990295/victoria-university-staff-invited-onto-chinese-naval-ship-during-unannounced-nz-visit
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Facebook said on Saturday it was working to find out how Chinese leader Xi Jinping's name appeared as 'Mr Shithole' in posts on its platform when translated into English from Burmese, apologising for any offense caused and saying the problem had been fixed.
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Read more: Facebook apologises to Chinese President for calling him 'Mr S**thole'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/01/facebook-apologises-to-chinese-president-for-calling-him-mr-s-thole.html
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I would say it is a pretty accurate translation...
An advertisement seeking buyers for two recently-decommissioned New Zealand navy inshore patrol vessels has been removed from the internet at the request of the Defence Force.
Navy boats HMNZS Rotoiti and HMNZS Pukaki were listed for sale by Perth-based Global Work Boats in an online advertisement.
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Read more: Advert for HMNZS Rotoiti and Pukaki removed at request of Defence Force
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The number of people already infected by the mystery virus emerging in China is far greater than official figures suggest, scientists have told the BBC.
There have been 41 laboratory-confirmed cases of the new virus, but UK experts estimate the figure is closer to 1,700.
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Read more: New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds'
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Hold the champagne, folks. This week’s China/US deal is more about a change in tone between the world’s two biggest economies – thank goodness they’re not slapping more tariffs on each other! - than a landmark change in substance. The high walls of US and Chinese tariffs built in recent years will largely remain intact, and few economists are predicting the deal will significantly boost the growth prospects for a slowing US economy. As the New York Times noted this morning, the likes of New Zealand will still face the trade barriers imposed by the Trump administration during the recent rounds of fighting:
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Read more: Chilling The Warm Fuzzies About The US/China Trade Deal
- Article: https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2001/S00039/chilling-the-warm-fuzzies-about-the-uschina-trade-deal.htm
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