Category : News
Author: Joel Maxwell

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has apologised for a now-deleted tweet that referred to Caucasians as being archaic, and becoming “more extinct”.

Waititi has refused to comment on the tweet from his personal account, which he says was posted by someone else who “misunderstood” his messaging.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300244315/mori-party-coleader-rawiri-waititi-apologises-after-deleting-tweet-on-archaic-caucasians
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Coughlan

Simon Bridges might not have made many friends in Wellington when he accused Police Commissioner Andy Coster of being a “wokester” last month but some in the party think the issue was a winner and played into wider concerns about cancel culture.

At a meeting of about 60 National Party members, including some MPs, party pollster David Farrar, of Curia Market Research, told MPs that he saw the party winning support by taking a stand on “cancel culture” issues.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300243666/wokester-cancel-culture-issue-a-winner-for-national-says-party-pollster
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Category : Defence
Author: Vita Molyneux

Australia's top military officer has come under fire for suggesting first-year cadets be less attractive and avoid going out after midnight if they want to avoid being sexually assaulted. 

The Canberra Times reports Defence chief Angus Campbell told officers in training to avoid "the four A's" - alcohol, out after midnight, alone and attractive.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/03/aussie-military-officer-tells-young-cadets-to-stop-being-attractive-to-avoid-being-assaulted.html
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Category : Defence
Author: NZDF

WATCH the Royal New Zealand's Navy's ship HMNZS Aotearoa and her crew have conducted their first successful Replenishment at Sea trials when they met up with the Australian Navy ships HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Hobart off Australia’s east coast.

Article: https://twitter.com/NZDefenceForce/status/1366966043961225216
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Category : News
Author: RocketLAB

Rocket Lab's 19th Electron mission will deploy a range of satellites for commercial and government satellite operators, as well as place a next-generation Rocket Lab Photon spacecraft in orbit to build spacecraft heritage ahead of Rocket Lab’s mission to the Moon for NASA later this year. 

Article: https://www.rocketlabusa.com/missions/next-mission/
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Author: Nighthawk

Rocketlab announces the Electrons big Brother The Neutron. A medium lift vehicle able to lift 8000kg (8tons) to Low Earth Orbit and 1500kg (1.5ton's) to Venus or mars.

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Author: Tom Pullar-Strecker

Rocket Lab is set to go public in the United States with a sharemarket valuation of US$4.1 billion (NZ$5.7b) according to report by the Wall Street Journal.

The newspaper said the company founded by Kiwi Peter Beck was nearing an agreement with a company called Vector Acquisition that is already listed on the United States’ Nasdaq exchange, with a market valuation of US$390m.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/124395942/rocket-lab-close-to-going-public-with-us41-billion-value-says-us-report
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Author: Cara Lombardo

Deal, which could be completed by Monday, would take Rocket Lab public, valuing it at $4.1 billion, sources say.

Space-transportation startup Rocket Lab USA Inc. is nearing an agreement to go public by merging with a special-purpose acquisition company, as a wave of such deals rolls on.

Article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/rocket-lab-nears-deal-to-merge-with-vector-spac-11614556800
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