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Transport investigators want government to give Maritime NZ legal power to ban ships
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has released its final report into the container ship Shiling, which twice had to be rescued and towed back to port in Wellington in 2023.

Samoa, Oceania teams in tough World Cup pools
Oceania football will feature in three junior World Cup football events being held this year.

Ryan Reynolds to co-own Australian team in latest sporting venture
The Wrexham co-owner is teaming up with another Hollywood star for his latest sports venture.

Steadying the ship means library must wait
Kawerau District Library is due for a revamp but will have to wait until at least 2027 before it receives funding for new concept plans.

Fisher Funds to invest $300m in New Zealand businesses
Fisher Funds says the benefit for investors will be in higher returns long-term.

MSD to monitor whether stricter rules for accommodation supplement push people into hardship
The agency says it will advise ministers if there are significant increases in hardship assistance.

AMD’s RX 9060 XT is a budget beast, if you can find it at MSRP
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, VRAM excluded. And boy, does the market know it. Street prices of the RX 9060XT are quickly climbing. Adam Patrick Murray and Will Smith tested the Radeon RX 9060 RT and have the rundown over at the PCWorld YouTube channel. The kicker? They have the higher-end 16GB card, which—based on everything we know about how VRAM affects performance—makes it the one to buy. An 8GB card isn’t the greatest choice. The problem? Availability, which sometimes makes undesirable cards shine even brighter when you can actually buy one. At the time of the review, we didn’t know what AMD or retailers would be charging for the Radeon RX 9060 RT. Now we do. Here is the MSRP pricing for both cards: Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB – $349 Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB – $299 Unfortunately, street pricing isn’t close. At B&H, Gigabyte’s OC 16GB 9060 XT card is priced at $499.99 at press time, $150, or an additional 42 percent more. B&H is selling Gigabyte’s OC 8GB 9060 XT card for $449.99, again tacking on about an additional $150, or 50 percent more. Amazon has XFX’s Swift Radeon RX 9060 XT 8GB at a more reasonable $369, however, and the Gigabyte RX 9060 XT 8GB card is priced at $329.99 there. But the 16GB version? The Gigabyte Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB at Amazon costs $549.99. Yikes. Again, PCWorld’s review doesn’t factor in 9060 XT pricing, as that was unknown at the time. But AMD’s card shapes up excellently with the RTX 4060 and basically matches the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB in 1080p rasterized gaming—and for a lot less. Of course, AMD’s card has 16GB of VRAM, and Nvidia’s 5060 Ti has just 8 GB. We also don’t have a vanilla RTX 5060 in hand to test yet. AMD has said that it has sold through ten times as much inventory for the earlier 9070 release as any other launch in history, which hopefully bodes well for 9600 XT availability. Now, about those prices… For more on the latest PC hardware drama, be sure to subscribe to PCWorld on YouTube and watch our weekly podcast The Full Nerd!

Predator Free 2050 committed to 'professional' transition as it hands over years of work to DOC
The Crown-owned company's responsibilities are going to the Department of Conservation following news of its disestablishment.

Watch: Knights fight back from 16-0 down to win golden point thriller
Booed at halftime, the Knights responded with a four-try second stanza before Kalyn Ponga delivered the match-winner in golden point.

Gauff, Sabalenka set up blockbuster 1 v 2 French Open final
This will be just the second No. 1 vs. No. 2 women’s final at the French Open in the last 30 years.

Hamish Kerr debates high jump rule after Olympic medallists shared gold
At the last two Olympics, the men’s high jump produced a tie — requiring a big decision.

RNZ-Reid Research poll: Most New Zealanders don't think Trump's presidency been good for NZ
Supporters of every political party in Parliament took a more negative view of the presidency than positive, though there are still many who are neutral on the man in the Oval Office.

Loafers Lodge: Survivors' advocate hopes manslaughter charges bring closure
Meanwhile, an advocate for residents who survived the blaze hopes the charges bring some closure for the survivors.