Friday, 2 July 2021, 10:26 am
LAS CRUCES, N.M.- Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:
SPCE) (the “Company” or “Virgin Galactic”), a
vertically integrated aerospace and space travel company,
today announced that the flight window for the next
rocket-powered test flight of its SpaceShipTwo Unity opens
July 11, pending weather and technical checks.
The
“Unity 22” mission will be the twenty-second flight test
for VSS Unity and the Company’s fourth crewed spaceflight.
It will also be the first to carry a full crew of two pilots
and four mission specialists in the cabin, including the
Company’s founder, Sir Richard Branson, who will be
Minister for Oceans and
Fisheries
Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker
today announced a ministerial inquiry into the use and
allocation of migrant labour in the seafood
sector.
“The inquiry will focus on the sector’s
reliance on migrant labour, and how to transition it away
from that reliance. It will also examine how to accelerate
efforts to attract more New Zealanders into rewarding jobs
in the seafood sector,” David Parker said.
“It
will take in all commercial seafood activities, including
deep-sea fishing, inshore fishing, aquaculture activities,
and seafood processing.”
David Parker said Covid-19
border restrictions had highlighted the sector’s
Friday, 2 July 2021, 1:47 pm
For humans, our ecosystem (in full, ecological system) is
something upon which we are utterly dependent for food and
habitat but most of us rarely, if ever, think about. The
ecosystem consists of many different organisms – plants,
humans and other animals, soil, water and microorganisms
such as bacteria – living together and being
interdependent for survival.
An ecosystem contains
producers, consumers, decomposers, and dead and inorganic
matter. All ecosystems require energy from an external
source – this is usually the sun. On Earth there are
millions of ecosystems – everything from a small pond to
the world ocean, which covers 71% of Earth’s surface and
I was watching this morning as the school bus went past
our gate with 4 children on it that were going to college.
Following behind the College bus were a number of other cars
taking the primary school children to school.
I
understand that to have a school bus to pick up your
children you now have to live at least 2 kilometres away
from the designated school for your area and then your
children qualify for a school bus.
Well in our area
the designated school has changed 3 times, this has happened
over a short space of time and now that those school zones
Friday, 2 July 2021, 1:25 pm
Plastic Free July is upon us and Hastings District
Council is hosting a number of events throughout the month
to help people do their part to reduce their plastic
use.
Plastic Free July is a worldwide movement that
helps millions of people be part of the solution to plastic
pollution – it encourages participants to take the
challenge and find ways to reduce their plastic
consumption.
The Hastings District Council waste
minimisation team is running three events, as well as
encouraging people to try at least one thing: grab their
favourite takeaway drink in their own cup, or try the new