Author: Darrell Etherington

Rocket Lab  is acquiring Sinclair Interplanetary, a manufacturer of spacecraft hardware based in Toronto that has provided hardware for more than 90 satellites sent to orbit to date, including for Astro Digital, BlackSky, ALE and Rocket Lab itself. Sinclair also worked on The Planetary Society’s LightSail 2, which is an experimental spacecraft developed by a nonprofit organization to demonstrate in-space propulsion using only the energy generated by the light of the Sun.

Article: https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/16/rocket-lab-to-acquire-satellite-hardware-maker-sinclair-interplanetary/
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Author: Rachel Sadler

Two travellers are in custody after they didn't comply with the new COVID-19 self-isolation requirements.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) confirmed they arrived in the country on Monday morning from southeast Asia.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-two-travellers-in-custody-for-non-compliance-with-self-isolation-rules.html
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Dunedin Mayor Aaron Hawkins is urging residents to stay calm in the wake of the news today that there is a case of Covid-19 in the city.

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A tourist faces deportation a day after arriving in Christchurch with no clear plans to self-isolate as New Zealand tries to halt the spread of coronavirus.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/120344713/coronavirus-tourist-to-be-deported-from-nz-for-having-no-plans-to-selfisolate
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Eleven people have now tested positive for coronavirus in New Zealand.

The Ministry of Health's director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield confirmed three new cases of Covid-19 had been diagnosed on Tuesday.

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A public health expert believes the Government needs to do even more to prevent the spread of coronavirus.

On Monday, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that public gatherings of 500 people or more would be banned. But Professor Michael Baker, of Otago University's department of public health, says that move does not go far enough.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/coronavirus-public-health-expert-urges-govt-to-go-even-further-close-schools-stop-public-transport.html
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OPINION: These are scary times - it is truly frightening.

But we have to keep smiling. It is actually a great day to be a Kiwi.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/patrick-gower-smile-kiwis-we-can-beat-coronavirus.html
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A woman at an Australian supermarket allegedly pulls a knife on a man in a confrontation over toilet paper. A Singaporean student of Chinese ethnicity is beaten up on the streets of London and left with a fractured face. Protesters on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion welcome cruise passengers by hurling abuse and rocks at them.

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