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Category : News
Author: Tom Huddleston Jr.

In early 2006, Peter Beck took a “rocket pilgrimage” to the U.S.

The native New Zealander always dreamed of sending a rocket into space. He even skipped college because of it, taking an apprenticeship at a tools manufacturer so he could learn to work with his hands, tinkering with model rockets and propellants in his free time.

Article: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/11/how-rocket-lab-ceo-peter-beck-built-multibillion-dollar-company.html
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Category : Short article

When US woman Jennifer DeStefano picked up a call from an unknown number she never thought it would be her worst nightmare – one of her children getting kidnapped.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/us-canada/300852182/ai-generated-us-scam-call-imitated-daughters-voice
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 AI is becoming so good now that it is getting harder and harder to tell the difference... so just be carefull and stay on your toes..

Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian forces pounded frontline cities in eastern Ukraine with air strikes and artillery attacks, while US officials stepped up efforts to locate the source of a leak of classified US documents, including those on Ukrainian counter-offensive plans.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/04/ukraine-invasion-ukraine-cities-pounded-us-scrambles-to-find-source-of-leaked-documents.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Reuters

BEIJING, April 6 (Reuters) - China's Fujian maritime safety administration launched a three-day special joint patrol and inspection operation in the central and northern parts of the Taiwan Strait that includes moves to board ships, it said on its WeChat account.

Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-inspect-ships-taiwan-strait-taiwan-says-wont-cooperate-2023-04-06/
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Category : News
Author: CNN

Highly classified Pentagon documents leaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the US spies on allies and foes alike, deeply rattling US officials, who fear the revelations could jeopardize sensitive sources and compromise important foreign relationships.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/04/five-eyes-doing-damage-assessments-after-pentagon-documents-leaked-online.html
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Category : News
Author: NZDF

Two former Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Inshore Patrol Vessels, Rotoiti and Pukaki, are about to embark on a journey to their new home port in Ireland, leaving an economic boost in their wake.

Article: https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/sale-of-former-royal-new-zealand-navy-vessels-provides-26-million-boost-to-local-economy/
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Category : News
Author: Caley Callahan

Andrew Little has walked straight into his first battle as Defence Minister - keeping personnel.

Newshub can reveal nearly 3000 regular force and civilian staff have resigned over the past 18 months.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2023/04/defence-force-staff-leaving-in-droves-majority-unhappy-with-pay-and-housing-assistance.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Finland formally joined NATO on Tuesday (local time), its flag unfurling outside the military bloc's Brussels headquarters, in a historic policy shift brought on by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, drawing a threat from Moscow of "counter-measures".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/04/finland-joins-nato-in-historic-shift-russia-threatens-counter-measures.html
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