Kiwi rocket launch delayed through technological problems...

Kiwi Rocket launch delayed...

Technological problems have caused a delay to the launch of the Kiwi rocket from Great Mercury Island off Coromandel Peninsula near Auckland.

Aerospace company Rocket Lab was due to send Atea-1 into space from Great Mercury Island just after 7am but a technological problem has been detected and the launch may be delayed for up to three hours.

Acknowledgements; NZCity, NewsTalkZB

Two kiwi men ordered to pay$150,000 for sending spam emails...

Two Christchurch, NZ, men have been ordered to pay $150,000 between them after sending two million spam emails

Two Christchurch men must pay substantial fines after admitting being part of a major international spamming operation.

A High Court judge has ordered Shane Atkinson pay $100,000 and Ronald Smits $50,000.

The men were part of a Christchurch business which sent over two million unsolicited emails over four months in 2007, to New Zealand addresses marketing Herbal King branded pharmaceuticals manufactured in India.

Internal Affairs says the New Zealanders were part of the largest pharmaceutical spamming operation in the history of the internet.

Atkinson's brother Lance, who lives in Queensland, has also had to pay $100,000 and is facing court action in the United States.