OPINION: There's nothing magic about age 65. It's not the stroke of midnight when we all turn into pumpkins and start to roll down the big hill.

Sixty was the age of retirement in the 1970s when New Zealand originally established today's superannuation scheme. That threshold rose to age 61 in 1992 and climbed to age 65 by 2001. 

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/115350946/the-young-will-pay-for-the-rising-retirement-burden?cid=facebook.post&fbclid=IwAR1Y6Eh8i8YfzMG8LX-OTZe7XU-TqtQRFyHPKTJQxt5_4jsMmmEFvWD9txs
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He never went to university – but now Rocket Lab visionary Peter Beck can call himself a professor.

 The Invercargill-raised space industry pioneer, whose company staged its eighth successful launch from Mahia just two weeks ago, was given the title of adjunct professor of aerospace engineering by the University of Auckland today.

Article: https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/rocket-man-peter-beck-nzs-newest-professor
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When Deanna Adams told her bridesmaids they could wear whatever they wanted at her wedding, she probably didn't expect a T-Rex to show up.

But that's exactly what happened to the American bride, thanks to her cheeky sister and maid of honour, Christina.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/weddings/115489923/bridesmaid-shows-up-as-a-trex-after-bride-tells-her-to-wear-whatever-she-wants?fbclid=IwAR1dU7oVL-DqxM_ShF0K-z74Uv7KqsCJ3ofhCw-zs_PJcbwrAwLUoeqxt7A
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President Donald Trump bizarrely claimed he had never heard of a Category 5 hurricane occurring - even though Hurricane Dorian is the fourth such storm to threaten the United States during his presidency. 

Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7418709/Donald-Trump-claims-hes-never-heard-Category-5-hurricane.html?fbclid=IwAR0Z9JJDbPfJI2ZqWZGSsPYfy_rATHB2UwysGX9oeUSQZqmvXfodWp_semE#v-1784318688213513843
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The final prisoner who escaped police custody in Levin late last month has been recaptured this afternoon.

Police say Te Wera Hemara, 27, was arrested in Shannon at around 2.30pm.

Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/final-prisoner-escaped-police-custody-in-levin-recaptured?fbclid=IwAR2ADoQZqiOxlyx4LMBvNs-ur1bHc0Lo1uGRIPlgH2u2CCNYbpOARdgmDDY
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In the midst of a measles outbreak, a large high school has discovered about a third of its students are not vaccinated.

Manurewa High School in south Auckland has a roll of about 2000 students, but a check of the National Immunisation Register last week revealed only about two thirds were immunised, principal Peter Jones said.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/115495980/auckland-measles-outbreak-third-of-manurewa-high-students-not-immunised
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