Press Release – University of Auckland Te Pnaha tea-Auckland Space Institute, based at the University of Auckland, has joined with Rocket Lab and a team of the countrys leading atmospheric and remote-sensing researchers on New Zealands first space mission funded by the Government. … Te Pūnaha Ātea-Auckland Space Institute, based at the University of Auckland, has joined with Rocket Lab and a team of the country’s leading atmospheric and remote-sensing researchers on New Zealand’s first space mission funded by the Government. Research, Science and Innovation Minister Dr Megan Woods announced the partners working with the New Zealand Space Agency and leading global environmental NGO the Environmental Defense Agency on the MethaneSAT mission at the Rocket Lab headquarters in Auckland today. (Friday 23 April)