Peter Beck

A US spy satellite just launched from NZ. Here’s what you need to know

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The controversial mission, ‘Birds of a Feather’, is the first launch for a US spy agency from NZ. Ollie Neas explains what we know – and even more importantly, what we don’t.  Last May, The Spinoff reported that New Zealand Space Agency staff had met with officials from a major US intelligence agency, the National … Read more

Decade in review: The highs, lows and hobbits of New Zealand business

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From Middle Earth to outer space, New Zealand business has covered a lot of ground in the last 10 years. Business editor Maria Slade looks back. As the world emerged blinking from the chaos of the 2008/2009 global financial crisis, New Zealand began the 2010s in relatively good shape. We’d recovered from our short and … Read more