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The controversial mission, ‘Birds of a Feather’, is the first launch for a US spy agency from NZ. Ollie Neas explains what we know – and even more importantly, what we don’t.
Last May, The Spinoff reported that New Zealand Space Agency staff had met with officials from a major US intelligence agency, the National Reconnaissance Office or NRO.
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Read more: A US spy satellite just launched from NZ. Here’s what you need to know
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-02-2020/a-us-spy-satellite-just-launched-from-nz-heres-what-you-need-to-know/
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Lift-off of the Birds Of A Feather mission occurred at 02:56 UTC on January 31 2019 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.
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Read more: Birds Of A Feather Launch
- Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=af-PplDIkbc
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There is a suspected case of coronavirus in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health has confirmed.
The case was now being tested, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield said on Friday, nut declined to provide further information.
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Read more: Coronavirus: Suspected case in NZ
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-national/coronavirus-suspected-case-nz
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A New Zealand jewellery designer has been slammed on social media for an "insensitive" item in its new collection.
Kia Kaha Jewellery's new collection, "Beautiful Trouble", features a bullet-shaped pendant with the initials "BT" engraved on it.
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Read more: Outrage over initials on bullet-shaped pendant
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/outrage-over-initials-bullet-shaped-pendant
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oh for fuck sake...
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Men's rights activist Bettina Arndt says feminism has "absolutely gone off the rails" after a campaign was launched to strip her of her Order of Australia honour. Victoria's Attorney-General Jill Hennessy wrote to Governor-General David Hurley asking him to rescind Ms Arndt’s Order of Australia award, saying the recognition was "an insult to victims of sexual abuse".
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Read more: Feminism 'has absolutely gone off the rails
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OPINION: Having grown up in China where SARS took almost 800 lives in 2003, I remember how the pandemic traumatised my hometown, and how fear of its return cloaked Chinese communities for the following decade.
When coronavirus was first confirmed in Wuhan last December, I was on my way back to Melbourne, Australia, to continue my studies.
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Read more: Coronavirus is not 'Chinese' - don't racialise it because we all have to be prepared
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/119197472/coronavirus-is-not-chinese--dont-racialise-it-because-we-all-have-to-be-prepared
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Gisborne has reached its highest temperature since the records began in 1940.
The town sizzled under 38-degree heat on Friday - the hottest day in New Zealand this summer.
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Read more: Scorching summer heat sees New Zealand town reach highest temperature since 1940
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/scorching-summer-heat-sees-new-zealand-town-reach-highest-temperature-since-1940.html
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Since 1940?.... so what you are saying then is, we have had weather like this before, and climate is changing to the way it use to be 80 years ago... right got yah.
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The Ministry of Health says Friday morning's announcement of a global health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak won't change the way they've been handling it to date.
So far 212 people have been killed by 2019-nCov, all in China, while 8000 have been infected - most in China, but cases have been reported in Germany, the US and Japan.
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Read more: Emergency call won't change NZ's response - health officials
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/coronavirus-emergency-call-won-t-change-nz-s-response-health-officials.html
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