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Space startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a rocket to orbit

sudshr47 January 22, 2018

On Sunday afternoon, New Zealand and U.S. spaceflight startup Rocket Lab successfully sent a second Electron rocket to space — and this time it reached orbit.

The rocket “Still Testing” launched from the company’s New Zealand North Island site on the Māhia peninsula at 2:43 p.m. NZDT (1:30 a.m. GMT/8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday).

“Still Testing” reached orbit and deployed customer payloads after eight and a half minutes from take-off.

On-board were three small commercial satellites: Dove Pioneer, an earth imaging satellite from Planet Labs, and two for weather and ship tracking company Spire. Read more…

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New Zealand’s prime minister is pregnant, and that’s a big deal for working mothers

sudshr47 January 19, 2018

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is having a baby.

Ardern made the announcement via Twitter on Friday morning, writing that she and her partner Clarke Gayford will “join the many parents who wear two hats.”

“I’ll be PM & a mum while Clarke will be ‘first man of fishing’ & stay at home dad. There will be lots of questions (I can assure you we have a plan all ready to go!) but for now bring on 2018,” she added.

We thought 2017 was a big year! This year we’ll join the many parents who wear two hats. I’ll be PM & a mum while Clarke will be “first man of fishing” & stay at home dad. There will be lots of questions (I can assure you we have a plan all ready to go!) but for now bring on 2018 pic.twitter.com/nowAYOhAbF

— Jacinda Ardern (@jacindaardern) January 18, 2018 Read more…

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Amazon Music Unlimited is getting even more unlimited

sudshr47 January 17, 2018

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Following the much anticipated, closely analyzed launch of Amazon in Australia, the…

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Amazon’s Echo, Alexa and Music Unlimited are hitting Australia and New Zealand next month

sudshr47 January 17, 2018

Amazon announced its intentions to launch the Echo down under during its big AWS Re:Invent show back in November. Details were pretty light on the offering at the time, but now the company’s back with specifics a few weeks ahead of availability. Read More

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Mystery person interferes with police radio to broadcast NWA’s ‘F**k tha Police’

sudshr47 January 10, 2018

Someone’s messing with the radios of New Zealand cops, who are obviously not down with it at all.
To perhaps make matters worse, the mystery person interfered with police radios in Otago and Southland with rap group N.W.A.’s protest anthem, “Fuck tha…

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Creative people build mini-island to dodge NYE alcohol ban

sudshr47 January 2, 2018

When it comes to New Year’s Eve, people are more than happy to get creative if it means their party plans can go unhindered.

On Sunday, a photo shared by David Saunders in the Facebook group Tairua ChitChat! began doing the rounds on social media.

It appears to show a group of New Zealanders sat drinking on a tiny island made of sand:

New Year’s revellers build sandcastle in Coromandel estuary to avoid liquor ban https://t.co/JihZYSEKkr pic.twitter.com/4Xw5HVh3Tm

— Stuff.co.nz News (@NZStuff) December 31, 2017 Read more…

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Lorde’s cancellation of Israel show sparks meeting request with its ambassador

sudshr47 December 28, 2017

Lorde’s decision to cancel her performance in Israel has been suitably contentious.
Now Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand has requested to meet with the Grammy-winning singer following her decision to pull out of her Tel Aviv show in May.
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Aspiring poet’s rejection letter from 1928 is delightfully brutal

sudshr47 December 6, 2017

No one likes being rejected, especially when you receive a letter that gives your work an absolute dressing down.

Penned by Australian publisher Angus & Robertson in 1928, the letter is addressed to Frederick Charles Meyer of Katoomba, who had sent a sample of his writing to the company.

The letter was sent by Kylie Parkinson to the Twitter page Letters of Note, who posted it on Tuesday. You’d rarely come across a letter as stern, albeit eloquent as this.

All other rejection letters can step down. We have a winnerpic.twitter.com/dQijZsIgqL

— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) December 3, 2017 Read more…

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New Zealand’s most Instagrammed place should come as no surprise

sudshr47 December 4, 2017

Pictures don’t quite do Milford Sound justice, but that’s not stopping people from trying.

The New Zealand landmark is the country’s most Instagrammed place in 2017, according to year-end geotagged data released by the company.

Widely referred to as the “eighth wonder of the world,” Milford Sound is a fjord located on New Zealand’s South Island.

With its towering mountain peaks and cascading waterfalls, it’s a breathtakingly beautiful destination — although, really, there’s nothing quite like actually being there.

A post shared by Laurie Winter | New Zealand (@laurie_winter) on Nov 4, 2017 at 10:46pm PDT Read more…

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New Zealand prime minister responds to Ed Sheeran’s citizenship request with a mini-quiz

sudshr47 November 30, 2017

Ahead of his gigs in New Zealand in March, Ed Sheeran jokingly asked the prime minister if she could grant him citizenship. He got an unexpected reply.

Jacinda Ardern replied in video format to Ed Sheeran’s “informal” request via her official Wellington Chamber Twitter account.

@jacindaardern Ardern addresses @edsheeran‘s informal application to become a New Zealand citizen#PineappleLumps #Jandals pic.twitter.com/vR523xMm4M

— Wellington Chamber (@WgtnChamber) November 29, 2017

The first two questions are references to New Zealand culture. “Pineapple Lumps” are a kind of popular chocolate-covered pineapple-flavoured sweet, and “jandals” are the Kiwi term for flip-flops. Read more…

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Amazon’s Alexa and Echo to finally launch in Australia and New Zealand

sudshr47 November 30, 2017

It’s not just Amazon itself that is yet to truly launch in Australia.

The company’s Alexa-powered Echo devices are not currently available in Australia or New Zealand, either. But they’re on their way, launching in both countries “early next year.”

On Thursday, Amazon announced the coming of its hands-free Echo device, activated by smart voice assistant Alexa, to both countries in 2018.

Developers will be able to build localised voice experiences and embed uniquely Australian and New Zealand knowledge within Alexa with the expansion of the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) — a collection of self-service APIs — and the Alexa Voice Service (AVS). Read more…

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Christmas ad pokes fun at the difficult to understand New Zealand accent

sudshr47 November 30, 2017

Perhaps it’s something in the water, but New Zealanders have been making superb advertisements recently.
It’s just a shame that their accents can be sometimes difficult to understand. Air New Zealand’s latest holiday ad makes fun of that, featuri…