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A US television host who mocked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and ridiculed New Zealand's and Australia's COVID-19 responses has been condemned online.
Fox News political commentator and talk show host Tucker Carlson questioned how far US officials will go to enforce COVID-19 restrictions as "bad attitudes" accelerate.
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Read more: Fox News host mocks Jacinda Ardern, slams NZ and Australia's COVID-19 response
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/fox-news-who-mocked-jacinda-ardern-slams-nz-and-australia-s-covid-19-response.html
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Dawn Aerospace, a New Zealand-Dutch space transportation company, has conducted five flights of the company's Mk-II Aurora suborbital spaceplane.
The flights were to assess the airframe and avionics of the prototype vehicle, and were conducted using surrogate jet engines rather than rocket engines.
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Read more: Dawn Aerospace runs test flights from Glentanner near Aoraki/Mt Cook
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On August 15, 2021, the Taliban seize power in Kabul, Afghanistan. 20 years after their defeat, they triumph and the West is shocked. This film was produced in 2019. Six Afghan women share their hopes and memories that connect them to their country.
Afghanistan has been in a state of emergency for four decades. Women in particular suffer as a result, becoming pawns in ideological conflicts. This film depicts their suffering – but also their courage, and determination to control their fate.
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Read more: Afghanistan - Land of endless war | DW Documentary
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New Zealand won't be accepting any more applications from Afghan nationals to resettle in New Zealand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) citing the "rapidly deteriorating situation" and lack of time left before the August 31 deadline.
"Our priority for this mission was always a time-sensitive one; to evacuate New Zealand citizens, permanent residents and those at risk due to their association with New Zealand via the criteria set by Cabinet," the ministry said in a statement on Thursday morning.
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Read more: New Zealand cuts off applications for Afghans to resettle here
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Life on Mars... who cares? Venus is where it's at, says Kiwi space pioneer Peter Beck.
The Rocket Lab founder - hundreds of millions of dollars richer after his start-up listed on the NASDAQ this week - says he's got "all my hopes pinned" on the hothouse planet when it comes to finding extraterrestrial life.
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Read more: Rocket Lab's Peter Beck reveals where he thinks extraterrestrial life might be found
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Dawn Aerospace makes its first test flight of the Mk-II Aurora. and the short video has some great shots.
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Read more: Dawn Mk-II Aurora - First Five Flights
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Australian opposition Senator Kristina Keneally blames Scott Morrison for New Zealand Delta outbreak
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An opposition politician in Australia is hitting out at Prime Minister Scott Morrison, saying he's not only to blame for their own COVID-19 outbreak - but New Zealand's too.
Morrison earlier criticised New Zealand's COVID-19 response, telling 9 News an elimination strategy is no longer practical with the Delta variant.
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The commander in charge of New Zealand's Defence Force operations has described the Taliban's refusal to allow Afghan nationals access to Kabul's airport as a "worrying development" as he says our troops are "up against it" ahead of a looming deadline.
Kabul's airport remains a chaotic site as nations attempt to extract their citizens from Afghanistan, which fell the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban earlier this month. Forces on the ground are also trying to evacuate Afghan interpreters and others who worked with their countries' troops and may now be the target of Taliban reprisals.
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