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Greg Hughes joins BlackLine board to boost enterprise growth
BlackLine has appointed Greg Hughes, former Veritas CEO, to its board to strengthen leadership and drive growth in enterprise software and transformation.

Lawyer calls for investigation into MBIE officials over banking class action
A lawyer working with the plaintiffs in a large-scale banking class action is calling for a formal investigation into "serious civil service process failures".

‘Let’s see if we can’t save more next year:’ Government eyes more spending cuts as patience with economic strategy frays
The Government is beginning to look for savings in its 2026 Budget.

Labour questions need for government consultation over what chores farm children can do
The Labour Party is ridiculing the government's consultation over what chores children can do on family farms, describing it as a solution in search of a problem.

Govt to regulate farm kids collecting eggs and watering plants?
Brooke van Velden is considering new regulations for chores that farm kids carry out like egg-collecting, animal-feeding, and plant-watering. But her fellow ministers are less than enthused.

Air NZ backs regional events with new sponsorship programme
The Spectacle and Hamilton Arts Festival are the first events supported.

Israeli rights groups accuse Israel of genocide in Gaza
Israel's government rejects the allegations in the separate reports by B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel.

India's AI-driven tech firings could derail middle class dreams
India's largest IT services company has announced it will reduce its workforce by 2% as it gets future ready for AI.

The Papers: 'The lion ladies' and 'You can't fake that starvation'
The Lionesses' triumphant European Championship win and Gaza aid dominate Tuesday's papers.

Watch: The day the Lionesses brought it home and visited No 10
Sarina Wiegman's triumphant team arrived back in the UK, after becoming the first English team to win a major football tournament on foreign soil.

'Way too much flip flopping' on resource management law - Labour
Labour leader Chris Hipkins says his party will make changes to the coalition government's new Fast Track regime if elected next year, but will not completely scrap it.

Jazz Singh quits as Wayne Brown’s chief of staff amid $560k liquidation controversy
The sole creditor was Inland Revenue, owed $559,739.

More than 700 Ministry of Education staff to test new partial strike pay-docking laws
The legislation - which passed last month - means employers can again deduct workers' wages, including for industrial action that doesn't amount to a full strike.

Southland lagoon at risk of ecological tipping point, warns DOC
An ecologically significant Southland lagoon that has been plagued by algal blooms could be at a tipping point.

More support needed for rural Maori looking after whanau with dementia, researchers say
Too many are caring for loved ones with dementia - or mate wareware - without support, diagnosis or the information they need, according to two leading brain researchers.

Weather live: Severe thunderstorm watch for top of North Is, heavy rain expected into Wednesday
A slip has forced the closure of SH1 in Northland, as the forecast for Rotorua worsens and water levels rise in the south.

Gisborne home seriously damaged in accidental fire, occupants suffer minor injuries
Occupants treated for minor injuries, fire investigator warns of risks in using petrol.

Trump cites Murdoch's age to seek swift deposition in Epstein case
Trump's lawyers argue that Murdoch is 94 and may not be available to testify in person due to “recent significant health scares".

Ex-Colombian president Álvaro Uribe guilty of witness-tampering
The 73-year-old has become the first Colombian president to be convicted of a crime.

'How will we survive?' Lesotho factory that made Trump golf shirts hit hard by US tariffs
The uncertainty around the paused tariffs has led to massive layoffs in Lesotho's textile industry.