News

General News from around the world
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
The Delta coronavirus variant can transmit easily from vaccinated people to their household contacts, a British study found on Thursday, although contacts were less likely to get infected if they were vaccinated themselves.
- Hits: 684
Read more: UK study finds vaccinated people easily transmit Delta variant in households
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/coronavirus-uk-study-finds-vaccinated-people-easily-transmit-delta-variant-in-households.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
China recently conducted a “very concerning” test of a hypersonic weapon system as part of its aggressive advance in space and military technologies, the top US military officer says.
General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the first Pentagon official to confirm on the record the nature of a test this year by the Chinese military that the Financial Times had reported was a nuclear-capable hypersonic weapon that was launched into space and orbited the Earth before re-entering the atmosphere and gliding toward its target in China.
- Hits: 809
Read more: Top US military official Mark Milley calls Chinese weapon test 'very concerning'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300440661/top-us-military-official-mark-milley-calls-chinese-weapon-test-very-concerning
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
Health briefings obtained by Newsroom show the Government only began planning for a Delta outbreak in late July, just weeks before the virus escaped MIQ in August, Marc Daalder reports
A single bullet-point in a late July health report is the first sign that the Government was preparing for a Delta outbreak.
- Hits: 758
Read more: Documents reveal ‘real lack of preparedness for Delta'
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300440849/covid19-documents-reveal-real-lack-of-preparedness-for-delta
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
LOL
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
The Government isn't ruling out mandating COVID-19 vaccinations in the construction sector as the race to 90 percent heats up, and the COVID-19 Response Minister is eyeing other industries too.
Come next year, all tradies working on a renovation job at Ridgway School will need to be double-vaccinated to be on the site, because they're working around children. But the setor wants a mega mandate - all jabbed no matter the site, no matter the trade.
- Hits: 669
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/government-not-ruling-out-mandating-covid-19-vaccinations-in-construction-other-industries.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
While I am not anti vax... and in fact I am already double vaccinated, but I don't believe this need to be mandated.
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
The Government is pushing through its Three Waters reforms come hell or high water.
The plan takes power off local councils to manage drinking water, wastewater and stormwater. Being part of it was originally voluntary but is now compulsory and extremely tricky for future governments to unpick.
- Hits: 709
Read more: How mayors across New Zealand reacted to Three Waters mandate
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/how-mayors-across-new-zealand-reacted-to-three-waters-mandate.html
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
Opinion: The announcement of an Agreement in Principle (AiP) on a future free trade agreement with the United Kingdom warms the heart at a challenging time.
- Hits: 820
Read more: Hello to global Britain - our new best free trade friend
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/454128/hello-to-global-britain-our-new-best-free-trade-friend
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.
Amid a surge in Chinese military activity near the island that China regards as a renegade province and has vowed to reclaim by force if necessary, Washington and Beijing have launched new campaigns for global support for their respective positions, each using the stern and lofty language of sovereignty and international precedent. And neither is backing down.
- Hits: 731
Read more: US, China sparring over Taiwan heats up anew
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300439847/us-china-sparring-over-taiwan-heats-up-anew
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
- Details
- Written by NighthawkNZ
- Category: News
- Category : News
ACC “has work to do” to regain Kiwis’ trust that their private information is safe with the agency, the Government says.
It comes after revelations that a group of more than a dozen Hamilton-based ACC call centre staff shared details of people's injuries on Snapchat .
- Hits: 758
Read more: ACC 'has work to do' to regain trust after privacy breach
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/27/acc-has-work-to-do-to-regain-trust-after-privacy-breach-govt/
- :
- Note from Nighthawk.NZ:
Subcategories
Politics Article Count: 315
General Politics
Defence Article Count: 1052
General Defence Articles
Science Article Count: 76
Sciencey stuff
World Article Count: 591
World News
Page 264 of 825
Latest Articles
- NZ and UK sign new defence cooperation statement
- Spot, jam and shoot dronemakers spread wares from London to Wellington
- 'Stupid explanation': Bougainville slams New Zealand over military aircraft landing in Buka
- Bugatti Centodieci Hyper Sports Car
- Porsche 911 GT3 RS Super Car
- AT-ST™ Walker
- Cost pressures or new kit? The Budget dilemma for the Defence Force
- What are the new cannisters strapped to the RNZAF helicopters?
- Defence won't have to keep some war records under law change
- Haunted Mansion
- NZDF appeals soldier's 'inadequate' attempted espionage sentence
- Bougainville reportedly unhappy with RNZAF presence
- Why NZ's new Seahawk maritime helicopters cost $400 million each
- Notre-Dame de Paris
- NZ Defence force partakes in space conflict testing
- Batman Forever™ Batmobile™
- Attempted spying conviction for soldier who was less Bond, more bumbling
- The dumbing down of the Defence Force
- NZDF to get Seahawks, Airbus planes
- Political leadership key to modernising Defence for drone warfare
SP Poll
Latest Downloads
2024-11-08 |
Utilities |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Web/Web Browsers |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Graphics and Design |
![]() |
2023-07-02 |
Utilities |
2022-05-07 |
Utilities |