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Author: JENNY SUO

Twenty-one Kiwis from Northland to Otago will touch down in Australia later tonight to help with the mammoth firefighting effort.

New Zealand has sent more than 200 personnel since last October. This latest team will spend two weeks in Canberra working up to 16-hour days.

For Northland father Rory Renwick, it will be his seventh time returning to Australia.

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/anxious-wait-families-kiwi-firefighters-heading-help-in-australia
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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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Article: https://www.mbie.govt.nz/science-and-technology/space/new-zealand-space-agency-news-and-updates/nzspacetalk/articles/dawn-aerospace-achieving-success-in-increasing-nz-space-flight/
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Author: Hamish MacLean

Two Kiwi brothers are behind a New Zealand and Netherlands-based aerospace company looking to revolutionise the aerospace industry.

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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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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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Author: Harrison Christian

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/117990295/victoria-university-staff-invited-onto-chinese-naval-ship-during-unannounced-nz-visit
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Author: Reuters

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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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...

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Category: Defence
Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/118882303/hmnzs-rotoiti-and-pukaki-briefly-advertised-for-sale-on-australian-website#comments
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Author: James Gallagher

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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Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-51148303
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