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Rocket Lab to Launch Most Diverse Mission Yet
- The mission will deploy 30 satellites to unique orbits using the Electron launch vehicle’s Kick Stage space tug
- The satellites will enable internet from space, test new methods of deorbiting space debris, and enable research into predicting earthquakes
- The launch will also feature a 3D printed mass simulator for Valve’s Gabe Newell to raise funds for Starship Children’s Hospital
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Read more: Rocket Lab to Launch Most Diverse Mission Yet
- Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-to-launch-most-diverse-mission-yet/
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Helen Clark and the Māori Council have spoken out against international media for describing Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta as a "tattooed Maori woman" and fixating on her appearance.
Māori Council executive chairman Matthew Tukaki said it was a "disgrace" that Mahuta, the first woman and wāhine Māori to become New Zealand's Foreign Minister, had been subjected to "offensive" headlines overseas.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/11/helen-clark-m-ori-council-denounce-portrayal-of-foreign-minister-nanaia-mahuta-in-international-press.html
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Dang that was a bit culturally insensitive. No I didn't vote for Labour nor Nanaia Mahuta. However, congratulations and I hope she does well for New Zealand, and to be fair, I am sure she will.
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A lot has changed since 1993. Back then, people actually remembered their friends' phone numbers and if they wanted to find the answer to a question they would look in an encyclopedia, not on Google.
But we live in a different age now. Not only is the way we store and access information vastly different from than in the pre-internet era, but we also live far more of our lives online.
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Read more: What you need to know about the Privacy Act 2020
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/11/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-privacy-act-2020.html
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The Ministry of Health has confirmed one new managed isolation-related case of COVID-19 in the community.
The case is a staff member working in a managed isolation facility in Christchurch where the international mariners are in quarantine.
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Read more: New community case in Christchurch after managed isolation staffer tests positive
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/11/coronavirus-managed-isolation-case-in-community-confirmed.html
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled her new Cabinet on Monday, with several MPs joining ministerial ranks for the first time.
Notably, Grant Robertson was confirmed as the new Deputy Prime Minister after the role was left available by the departure of NZ First leader Winston Peters.
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Read more: Full list of Jacinda Ardern's new Cabinet
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/11/full-list-of-jacinda-ardern-s-new-cabinet.html
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The Prime Minister has offered the Greens two ministerial positions in a post-election deal despite her Labour Party winning a majority because she wants the Government to represent all New Zealanders.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/10/jacinda-ardern-on-giving-greens-post-election-deal-despite-labour-majority-i-wanted-to-govern-for-all-new-zealanders.html
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Well to be fair if you wanted to govern for all NZ there would be a grand coalition not just your left wing parties. Technically by doing this you saying anything right wing we don't care about... And that means your government is not Government to represent all New Zealanders.
Just saying...
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Kiwi military divers are being dropped into Antarctica for a unique mission deep beneath the ice.
A team of New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) hydrographers fly out of Christchurch today to carry out an underwater survey to help Antarctica New Zealand with logistical planning for its $250 million Scott Base redevelopment project.
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Read more: NZDF military divers dropping into Antarctica for under ice hydrography mission
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzdf-military-divers-dropping-into-antarctica-for-under-ice-hydrography-mission/7XUCGZL6LDOGV6OFJJORYQIWZ4/
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We're in the dawn of a new space revolution, says engineer Peter Beck: the revolution of the small. In a talk packed with insights into the state of the space industry, Beck shares his work building rockets capable of delivering small payloads to space rapidly and reliably -- helping us search for extraterrestrial life, learn more about the solar system and create a global internet network.
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Read more: Small rockets are the next space revolution
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