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Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 29 October 2020

Author: RocketLAB

Lift-off of the 'In Focus' mission for Planet and Canon occurred at 21:21 UTC on October 28 2020 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Pad A on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.

Read more: Mission 15... Done

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axXm-z2NzW8

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Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 29 October 2020

Author: Zane Small

Green MP Golriz Ghahraman fears ACT leader David Seymour's call to abolish the "hard-left" Human Rights Commission "shows how far" the party has "moved to the extreme right".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/greens-fear-act-has-moved-to-the-extreme-right-over-call-to-abolish-hard-left-human-rights-commission.html

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That's right... Act is there to stop the Greens going to far to the left...

Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 28 October 2020

Author: Bloomberg QuickTake

For decades, humans have been trying to make a plane that can reach space and return to Earth by way of a runway. Space shuttles aside, only now is the dawn of the space plane finally upon us. In this episode, Ashlee Vance reports on a New Zealand company that has built its own space-plane prototype. Dawn Aerospace hopes to establish a cheap, quick way to transport objects into orbit, and in doing so transform the commercialization of space.

Read more: Budget vs Budget

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Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 27 October 2020

Author: Catherine Harris

New Zealand exports have been holding up well despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Stats NZ says.

Figures for the year to September show the country has had its best goods trade surplus in nearly six years, since 2014 when dairy prices were very high.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/123214453/fall-in-imports-healthy-exports-leads-to-trade-milestone

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Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 26 October 2020

Author: Alice Wilkins

New Zealand has recorded another day of zero new cases of COVID-19 in the community - but as we make the most of the freedoms that are the envy of the rest of the world, a Kiwi company has taken a huge leap towards trialling its very own COVID-19 vaccine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/10/coronavirus-the-kiwi-company-closing-in-on-world-first-bio-bead-covid-19-vaccine-trial.html

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Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 25 October 2020

Author: Martin Banks

BRUSSELS — After a lengthy trend downward in defense spending, there has been, “for the first time in many years,” three consecutive years of increases, said NATO’s annual report for 2017.

Article: https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/03/15/results-are-in-heres-how-much-nato-allies-spent-on-defense-in-2017/

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An older article but interesting. I thought NZ was bad hovering around 1.3% but Luxembourg at 0.46% damn...
But remember this is more of an opinion piece so take with a grain of salt.

Details: Written by NighthawkNZ; Category: News; Published: 25 October 2020

Author: DP Press Releases

CAE announced that earlier this month it officially handed over a CAE 700MR NH90 flight training device to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).

Article: https://defpost.com/cae-hands-over-cae-700mr-nh90-simulator-to-royal-new-zealand-air-force/

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Mission 15 ... Done

Greens fear ACT 'has moved to the extreme right' over call to abolish 'hard-left' Human Rights Commission

Dawn of the Space Plane

Budget vs Budget

Fall in imports, healthy exports leads to trade milestone

The Kiwi company closing in on world-first bio-bead COVID-19 vaccine trial

Here's how much NATO allies spent on defense in 2017

CAE Hands Over CAE 700MR NH90 Simulator to Royal New Zealand Air Force

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Defence Article Count: 1011

Science Article Count: 76

World Article Count: 591

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