Author: Royal New Zealand Navy

Lift Off! Ship's Company of HMNZS Hawea, off the coast of Mahia Peninsula, got a front-row view of a Rocket Lab launch yesterday afternoon. The liftoff of the Electron rocket was the company's eighth mission, and made for a change in routine for Hawea's Officer of the Watch (Basic) training.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/groups/nznavy/permalink/2482505675402963/
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Note from Nighthawk.NZ: "As the crow flies" is RocketLabs Ninth mission... just sayin?
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Author: Dan Satherley & Ella Prendergast

Marine activists are calling on Kiwis to cut down on their weekly fish and chips order in the name of sustainability.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/10/cut-down-on-fish-and-chips-to-save-fish-and-chips-legasea.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

A Ugandan mother who has given birth to 44 children has been prohibited from having any more kids.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/10/mum-of-44-kids-banned-from-having-more-children.html
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Author: Lana Andelane

Mark Richardson has come out with the controversial claim that Lotto winners often end up in strife due to an inability to handle their newfound riches.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2019/10/mark-richardson-targets-poor-people-in-startling-lotto-claim.html
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The number of people on the jobseeker support benefit has jumped by 10 percent in the three months to September, compared to the same quarter last year.

Article: https://www.newsie.co.nz/news/164720-number-of-people-on-benefit-climbs-10-percent.html
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Author: New Zealand Defence Force

The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) are testing their helicopters and crews around the mountain regions of Marlborough as part of two 10-day training exercises running simultaneously.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/military-helicopter-crews-to-test-skills-in-marlborough-mountains-37e38685f689
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Author: RocketLab

Lift-off of the 'As The Crow Flies' mission occurred at 01:22 UTC on October 17 2019 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Mahia Peninsula.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=gI_Ng4SGyUY
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Author: New Zealand Defence Force

Two Royal New Zealand Navy Inshore Patrol Vessels, HMNZS Pukaki and HMNZS Rotoiti, were decommissioned today at a formal ceremony at Devonport Naval Base in Auckland.

Article: https://medium.com/@nzdefenceforce/navy-decommissions-two-inshore-patrol-vessels-596a361f2a63
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 Interesting discussion here: http://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/28051/hmnzs-pukaki-rotoiti-decommissioned?page=1&scrollTo=280762

If they truly want to decommission them in the RNZN, donate them to the Pacific Island, one to Fiji and one to Samoa... This will show that we are serious about helping the Pacific Nations and not putting them in debt like China is

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