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The advanced new rocket, Neutron, will transform space access by delivering reliable and cost-effective launch services for satellite mega-constellations, deep space missions and human spaceflight
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- Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/about-us/updates/rocket-lab-unveils-plans-for-new-8-ton-class-reusable-rocket-for-mega-constellation-deployment/
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A Navy crew is heading to remote Raoul Island, in the Kermadec Islands, to check in on the weather and tsunami warning systems there.
Tsunami warnings were put in place across New Zealand last week, and people evacuated in Bay of Plenty and Northland, following three earthquakes in the Kermadecs.
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Read more: Navy ship heads to remote Raoul Island to check tsunami warning systems
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/300248124/navy-ship-heads-to-remote-raoul-island-to-check-tsunami-warning-systems
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The Government has purchased an additional 8.5 million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines, bringing the total to 10 million - enough to vaccinate every New Zealander.
The Government's original agreement with Pfizer was for approximately 1.5 million doses, enough to vaccinate 750,000 people. It also ordered 5 million from Janssen, 3.8 million from AstraZeneca and 5.36 million from Novavax.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/government-buys-extra-8-5-million-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-doses-bringing-total-to-10-million.html
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A new poll suggests most New Zealanders support decriminalising cannabis.
Just over 48 percent of voters supported legalising cannabis in a referendum held last year.
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Read more: Most New Zealanders support decriminalising cannabis, poll suggests
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/03/most-new-zealanders-support-decriminalising-cannabis-poll-suggests.html
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The royal self-exilers pondered moving to New Zealand, they’ve told Oprah Winfrey. We say: welcome, Hazzer and Megs.
Over recent years reasons cited for moving from the UK or US to Aotearoa are many. The election of George W Bush. Brexit. The election of Donald Trump. To that list can now be added: being made to feel like utter shit by the royal family and the tabloid press. In their little-noticed interview with emerging talent Oprah Winfrey in recent hours, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, formerly known as royal highnesses, said that among the places they considered moving after everything went belly up was New Zealand.
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Read more: It’s not too late to move to New Zealand, Meghan and Harry. Haere mai!
- Article: https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-03-2021/its-not-too-late-to-move-to-new-zealand-meghan-and-harry-haere-mai/
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An Air New Zealand crew member is concerned the current COVID-19 protocols for staff don't adequately protect the wider community.
It follows a crew member testing positive for the virus on Sunday after landing in Auckland from Tokyo, Japan on February 28.
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Read more: Air New Zealand crew member warns of 'gap' in airline's COVID-19 protocols
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/03/coronavirus-air-new-zealand-crew-member-warns-of-gap-in-airline-s-covid-19-protocols.html
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China's foreign minister has blasted allegations his country is carrying out genocide on Uighur Muslims as "ridiculously absurd".
Wang Yi said the allegations were "a complete lie" during an annual news conference on Monday.
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Read more: China's foreign minister blasted allegations of Uighur genocide as 'ridiculously absurd'
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Being granted an unmanned aircraft operator certificate is a "very transformative step" for Dawn Aerospace, general manager James Powell says.
In January last year, the Christchurch-based company signed a memorandum with the Waitaki District Council that made launching its space planes from Oamaru Airport a possibility.
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Read more: Licence delights space plane company
- Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/licence-delights-space-plane-company
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