Author: Alison Ballance

Read and hear about how mechanical engineers at the University of Auckland use New Zealand’s largest wind tunnel(external link) and DTA's UAV to help them understand the impact of wind on a wide range of objects, from cities to Olympic cyclists, and UAVs or drones to ancient buildings.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ourchangingworld/audio/2018713619/shaped-by-the-wind
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Author: Janine Starks

OPINION: Money and New Zealand residency hit the headlines this week.

If you are rich and your parents live in another country, you can bring them into New Zealand and sponsor their residency.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/116459930/heres-how-to-buy-your-way-to-new-zealand-residency
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Author: George Block

Military helicopters have had to be re-routed after complaints from residents living near the Papakura Military Camp – home of the Special Air Service (SAS).

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116403882/aucklanders-near-papakura-sas-base-complain-of-helicopters-and-engine-noise
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Author: George Block

A hostel owner says graphic images of used syringes and bloodied bedding attached to fake TripAdvisor reviews are costing him business, but the American travel giant won't do anything about it.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/116501615/fake-tripadvisor-reviews-auckland-hostel-wrongly-slammed-as-seventh-circle-of-hell
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Author: ELOISE GIBSON

A New Zealand-led study published in Nature today traces thousands of years of sea level rise and suggests that if countries miss their Paris targets, up to a third of the Antarctic ice sheet could melt, eventually. The findings rely on an astonishing series of geological strokes of luck, which, over millions of years, combined to preserve layers of marine mud and sand in what, today, is the Whanganui basin.

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/@news/2019/10/03/841143/whanganuis-ancient-rock-yields-worrying-clues-about-antarctic-melting
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Pictures of a baby being sexually exploited were among more than 5600 "heinous" and "repulsive" images and videos found on a 24-year-old Otago man's devices.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/116466018/otago-man-sentenced-to-three-years-prison-for-depraved-crimes-against-children
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The government has unveiled law changes to speed up the construction of prefab homes.

Building and Construction Minister Jenny Salesa has announced a new streamlined consenting process for prefab buildings, for manufacturers who have compliant systems and processes.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/164288-consenting-changes-prefab-homes.html
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