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Author: Dan Satherley

Space company Rocket Lab has announced it will launch an unmanned mission to the moon from New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula later this year.

An Electron rocket will put a NASA satellite called CAPSTONE into orbit around the Earth, before its Photon spacecraft will "separate and use its 3D-printed HyperCurie engine to provide in-space propulsion to allow CAPSTONE to break free of Earth’s gravity and set a course for the moon", Rocket Lab said on Saturday. 

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Author: Dan Satherley

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says if Kiwis had the choice between "less friction" at the border or a lowered risk of having to go into lockdown, they'd likely opt for the latter. 

Her comments come as experts say the risk posed by the Delta variant will wipe out much of the gains made by the vaccine rollout, since Kiwis aren't using the COVID Tracer app enough. 

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Author: Michael Schuman

Beijing’s confrontation with Australia should have been an unequal contest. That’s not how it worked out in practice.

“Chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes.” That’s how Hu Xijin, the editor of the Chinese Communist Party–run Global Times, described Australia last year. The disparaging description is typical of the disdain that China’s diplomats and propagandists have often shown toward governments that challenge Beijing—like Australia’s.

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Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2021/07/china-australia-america/619544/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Author: ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Taliban ambushed and killed the director of Afghanistan's government media centre today in the capital, Kabul, the latest killing of a government official just days after an assassination attempt on the country's acting defense minister.

The slaying comes amid significant Taliban advances. In a major but symbolic victory, the Taliban appeared to have taken their first provincial capital — the city of Zaranj in southern Nimroz province.

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Author: LOGAN CHURCH

A New Zealand navy officer has been accused of conspiring to import cocaine following one of the biggest international crime busts in modern times.

Darren Miini Kerekere Katipa, 42, was arrested in early June following Operation Van, a long-running investigation into organised crime in New Zealand.

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Author: RocketLAB

Rocket Lab to Launch NASA Funded Commercial Moon Mission from New Zealand Long Beach, California. August 6, 2021 – Rocket Lab, the leading launch and space systems company, today announced it will launch the CAPSTONE mission to the Moon from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand from Q4 2021. It will be Rocket Lab’s first launch to the Moon. CAPSTONE (the Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) aids NASA’s Artemis program, which includes landing the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon and establishing a long-term presence there.

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Author: Geoffrey Miller

As New Zealand's very successful Olympic campaign in Tokyo draws to a close, it's easy to be equally positive and optimistic about the state of New Zealand's wider relationship with Japan.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/448610/geoffrey-miller-nz-s-olympic-sized-relationship-with-japan-may-be-about-to-change
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Author: ODT

The government offered to pay millions of dollars to Rio Tinto just months after promising in the election campaign it would not give a direct subsidy.

The offer is revealed in 25 pages of letters released to RNZ under the OIA, between the mining multinational and ministers over a deal to keep the Tiwai Point smelter from closing early.

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