Category : News
Author: Te Aniwa Hurihanganui & Hamish Cardwell,

Police in Wairarapa have admitted to illegally taking photos of youths after RNZ alerted them to multiple reports of officers stopping and photographing young Māori on the street.

Whānau describe their sons walking alone in broad daylight, when police have approached and insisted they take their picture.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/433285/questions-raised-after-police-officers-stop-youths-to-take-their-photos
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Category : News
Author: Lee Kenny

First it was Utah, then California, Romania and the Netherlands.

Now, half a world away, Christchurch is the latest place around the world to become home to a mysterious metal monolith.

The three-metre object popped up overnight on Saturday at the Christchurch Adventure Park in the Port Hills.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/123769650/aliens-or-artists-mysterious-metal-monolith-pops-up-in-christchurch-the-latest-home-to-the-global-phenomenon
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 I see rivets.... wait sorry self sealing stem bolts... from star trek... lol

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Category : News
Author: Mark Quinlivan & Emma Cropper

Thirty new coronavirus cases have been recorded in New South Wales (NSW) overnight, Premier Gladys Berejikilian has announced, 28 of which are directly linked to a growing cluster on Sydney's Northern Beaches.

Berejikilian told a news briefing on Sunday that greater Sydney will now be placed under tighter restrictions, with no more than 10 guests allowed in a household, while social distancing curbs have also been placed on hospitality venues.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/covid-19-sydney-records-30-new-coronavirus-cases-as-northern-beaches-surge-continues.html
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Category : News
Author: Lana Andelane

Six new imported cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in New Zealand over the past two days, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.

The cases were detected in managed isolation and quarantine facilities (MIQ), with no new evidence of community transmission to report.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/12/covid-19-six-new-covid-cases-in-new-zealand-s-managed-isolation-facilities.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Royal New Zealand Navy

Haere Mai Te Kaha. Great to have you back just in time for Christmas. She’s been away a while, but today #HMNZSTeKaha sailed back into the Devonport Naval Base where over 800 excited & emotional family & friends were waiting on the wharf to welcome the ship & crew back.

Article: https://www.facebook.com/NZNavy/posts/10160521313178009
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Category : News
Author: Devin Coldewey

Just a few years ago it seemed like Rocket Lab  was going to be an up-and-comer in the launch world, and so they are today — in addition to going reusable, creating a low-cost satellite platform, and planning a mission to Venus. CEO and founder Peter Beck, speaking at TC Sessions: Space, talked about how he and the company have taken on ever more responsibilities without burning out.

The company just had a successful launch earlier this week, and a month ago demonstrated its first-ever recovery of an Electron vehicle’s first stage.

Article: https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/18/peter-beck-on-rocket-labs-expanding-orbit/?tpcc=ECTW2020
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Category : News
Author: SEAN O’RIORDAN

The Naval Service is planning to acquire two new ships for post-Brexit fishery protection patrols in the Irish Sea next year.

They will be smaller than the 90m-long vessels currently being used as larger ships are needed to patrol the Atlantic during bad weather, whereas the weather in the Irish Sea isn't as inclement.

Article: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40192794.html
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It's understood that two ships not being used by a foreign navy are currently being examined and a formal approach to purchase them could be made soon. An option to have them purpose-built is also being considered, with sources saying they could be built by a European shipyard within six months. 

Makes me wonder are they looking at the the RNZN's two IPV's

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Category : News
Author: Reuters

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday (local time) imposed tighter coronavirus controls on millions of people in England and drastically scaled back plans to ease restrictions over Christmas, seeking to curb a new more infectious strain of the virus.

The number of cases in England has soared in the last two weeks because of a variant of the virus that scientists said is up to 70 percent more transmissible. Johnson said the Government had to take urgent action.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/12/covid-19-uk-prime-minister-boris-johnson-imposes-tighter-coronavirus-curbs-on-millions-cannot-continue-with-christmas-as-planned.html
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