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Anthropic releases Claude AI chatbot iOS app
Anthropic finally comes to mobile, launches plan for teams that includes 200K context window.

Luxon’s leadership test: what would it take to win back unimpressed NZ voters?
The Prime Minister's coalition partners are testing - even undermining - his authority and credibility.

Woman allegedly over drink drive limit after ‘respectful student’ died
The 30-year-old woman charged after an Auckland boy was killed in an alleged hit and run is facing a charge of being more than four times the drink drive limit.

What’s on in SC this weekend
The second weekend of Illuminate, craft, live music, and the usual markets.

Limitations on fires, outdoor burning kick in in Southland
Environment Southland says, as winter sets in, outdoor burning was prohibited in Gore and Invercargill.

State Highway 6 reopens after truck carrying hazardous chemicals crashes
The highway at Hira has reopened after a truck went off the road and hit a barrier.

'Not good enough': Defence Force staff left stranded in Antarctica for a month
A series of aircraft breakdowns and bad weather left 12 personnel stranded with a rapidly closing window to get out before winter.

Search resumes for two missing fisherman in Northland
The two men were fishing off rocks in Taiharuru but failed to come home.

FM must return shocking donation, says ex-minister
Lee Waters says he is "deeply uncomfortable" with waste firm's donation to Vaughan Gething.

Ex-Met PC jailed for multiple counts of rape
Cliff Mitchell's victims described him as "the devil" and "a pathetic excuse of a man".

Cancer can't keep Blues forward Cameron Suafoa down
After a break to complete radiation therapy, Cameron Suafoa makes a return to the Blues for their clash with the Rebels in Melbourne.

Southland places third in season opener
Cormac Buchanan has made a promising start to his FIM JuniorGP World Championship with a podium placing.

Olivia Rodrigo show postponed in Co-Op Live fiasco
Fans say they have been left in the lurch after the concert was postponed with three days notice.

Backstory: Ashes to action
Chris Hayles recalls watching the Wither Hills burn 24 years ago, thinking, “Geez, it'd be good if you could help”. Now, he does.

Gunshot outside Wellington Hospital after machete pulled on person
It was an altercation with a machete and a firearm that led to a shot being fired outside the hospital last night

Person threatened with machete before gunshot outside Wellington Hospital
Police are yet to find those involved in the altercation which saw parts of Wellington Hospital locked down.

Number of businesses seeking help to downsize doubles as unemployment grows
An advocate says businesses are hurting and are reluctantly having to lay off workers.

PM's Science Prizes 2023: corrosive soils, cancer tests and music language
Sunny Perry won the future scientist prize for mapping areas of corrosive soil, with the help of a home chemistry lab and a road trip with her dad.

Two men missing after fishing off Northland rocks
The search for the men, who were due home at 11pm on Wednesday, is continuing.

SH6 reopens after truck crash
A truck hauling hazardous chemicals crashed into a barrier on State Highway 6 at Hira and came to a stop hanging over the road edge.

Alcaraz's Madrid Open title defence ended by Rublev
Russian seventh seed Andrey Rublev ends Carlos Alcaraz's dominance at the Madrid Open with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 win.