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Nicola Willis is encouraged Commerce Commission has taken Foodstuffs North Island to court
The finance minister says it is important the Commerce Commission uses its prosecution powers when evidence is brought to it.

Shotgun and meth found during search of car
Two officers patrolling in Northcote stopped a BMW on Ocean View Road and found a gun in the driver's footwell, police said.

Chrishan Raju murder trial: Defence witness says homicide victim previously cut him with knife
The witness admitted he has a history of dishonesty, but 'not this time', he insisted.

Khandallah murder trial: Victim's eerie message played in court
The audio comes from a call 79-year-old Helen Gregory made to her bank on the evening of 23 January 2024.

Rapist Joseph Tepania says the Lord will help him as he’s sent to jail
Joshua Tepania was jailed for eight years for raping a younger woman after work.

Khandallah murder trial: Murder victim’s eerie message played in court
The audio comes from a phone call to her bank, made on the evening of 23 January 2024.

Victim’s eerie message played for jury in her daughter’s murder trial
"Not that I'm thinking of dying tomorrow or anything," said 79-year-old Helen Gregory, who would be killed in her home in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah the following day.

Hawke’s Bay man Ronald Wharepapa loses appeal against prison sentence for 100 assaults on partner
Court of Appeal upholds jail term of three years and two months.

Former Auckland accountant Howard Taylor gets community detention for $94k Covid loan fraud
Howard Taylor made eight Small Business Cashflow loan applications for $11,800 each.

Former tax agent sentenced for $95k Covid loan fraud
Former Auckland chartered accountant Howard Kane Taylor has been sentenced to community detention after fraudulently securing nearly $95,000 in taxpayer funds.

Inquest hears harrowing details of 5-year-old Malachi Subecz’s abuse and injuries
A detective who oversaw Malachi Subecz’s homicide investigation detailed the injuries and abuse the five-year-old suffered.

Cop-stop: Drugs, sawn-off shotgun and ammo found in BMW at 1am in Auckland’s Northcote
A 22-year-old is due to appear in court on weapon and drugs charges.

Illegal boarding house tenants told to hide from housing inspectors
"We're too scared to lose houses because the scarcity of the housing here in Queenstown is really hard to get. So that time we don't have any choice [but] to follow his orders because we don't have [a] house to live when he kick us out," he said.

Knightsbridge murder possibly a 'targeted attack'
Three men in their 20s are arrested in connection with the murder of Blue Stevens in Knightsbridge.

OWC USB-C Travel Dock review: Compact professionalism on the go
At a glanceExpert's Rating Pros Compact A good mix of ports Cons A little on the slow side USB-C cable feels a little short for comfort Our Verdict OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock provides a nice, compact, affordable alternative to a traditional USB-C dongle. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: OWC USB-C Travel Dock Retailer Price $34.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock isn’t that different than any other hub or dongle, save for its shape: a small rectangular puck that might appeal more than other dongles. When you take your laptop on the road, I always advise taking along a USB-C hub or dongle, which typically attaches via a short cable. A dongle isn’t the most ergonomically convenient option; it sort of flops around your desk, dragged this way and that by any devices you connect it to. There’s a small cadre of devices that offer a different approach. One of my favorites, the now-discontinued IOGear Thunderbolt 3 Travel Dock, packed Thunderbolt power inside a compact little plastic slab. Another, the still-available $65 Belkin Thunderbolt 3 Dock Core, does this too. OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock doesn’t include Thunderbolt, but it retains that compact little form factor that I find surprisingly appealing. Measuring 3.2 inches to a side (and 0.9 inches thick), the OWC USB-C Travel Dock connects to your laptop via a short USB-C cable that measures a bit more than 6 inches. It stores itself neatly into the base of the Travel Dock itself, a nice touch. On the base of the aluminum chassis are four small shallow pads, used to hold the dock in place. The bottom of the OWC USB-C Travel Dock. The cord feels a bit short, but any longer and it couldn’t be stowed away.Mark Hachman / Foundry Technically, this is a 5-in-1 hub, as the name is a bit misleading. I typically equate “docking station” as a powered device; in this case, OWC’s device includes a USB-C port for input power only, accepting up to 100W. On either side of the dock sit a pair of clearly labeled 5Gbps USB-A ports. Otherwise, there’s an Ethernet port of undisclosed speed, an SD 4.0 card reader, and an HDMI 2.0 port. PCWorld’s roundup of the best USB-C hubs and dongles are based on my recommendations, and a USB-C hub is extremely price-sensitive. (Here’s how we test USB-C hubs at PCWorld.) No one wants to pay $100 when a $30 dongle will offer equivalent features. That’s what I like about OWC’s Travel Dock: At press time, it sits around $30. That’s right smack in the middle of my best picks, which range from $20 to $40. From a stability standpoint, I didn’t notice any problems while working with the OWC USB-C Travel Dock. It connected to various devices and a single display without issue. Ports are divided up among three sides of the OWC USB-C Travel Dock.Mark Hachman / Foundry OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock is a compact, affordable dock that provides tidy alternative to a traditional USB-C dongle. OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock performed flawlessly, streaming a 4K video across a 4K single screen without a hitch, at 60Hz. (It dropped 8 frames in about 72,000 frames overall.) I’ve seen USB-C docks try and output to two 4K displays, and sometimes struggle, so a single display is perfect. The dock didn’t even heat up to temperatures I’d find warm. Since the USB-C connection is 10Gbps from the laptop, the more data you push across the USB-C cable, the more congestion will occur. While simultaneously transferring data from an SSD and while streaming a 4K video, I noticed evidence of congestion in hitches and stuttering. That’s to be expected, however. As the icon indicates, the USB-C port on OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock is for power only.Mark Hachman / Foundry PCMark returned a score of 97.45MB/s while a test SSD was connected. That’s slower than I expected, though I wasn’t sure if OWC’s dock would deliver performance comparable to the Dockcase Smart USB-C Hub 10-in-1 Explorer Edition, which delivered performance of about 130MB/s, accompanied by some stability problems. I have to mark down for that, but otherwise OWC’s USB-C Travel Dock ran smoothly, cooly, and affordably. I recommend it.