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Which injuries could force ABs coach to walk selection tightrope?
Dave Rennie's brief return to New Zealand coincided with a candid warning about potential chinks in the All Blacks' armour.

Local backlash sinks plans for floating sauna on lake
A company hoping to set up a floating sauna on a small Te Anau lake has had its dream sunk.

Immigration adviser who asked family to write ‘heartfelt’ letter found to have given ‘plainly wrong’ advice
An Auckland immigration adviser asked a family to write "heartfelt" letters to the Government that were of "no assistance" to their residency application.

India's negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand, official reveals
Indian negotiators threatened to walk out of trade talks with New Zealand over its persistent efforts to include dairy, New Zealand's chief trade official says.

ZURU cuts product development to five months with AI
That pace could help ZURU capture fleeting social media trends before rivals, as one product heads for USD $20 million in first-year sales.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he'll work with rivals on infrastructure
Chris Hipkins says parties cancelling each others' plans is not helpful.

Man being sought after mother's death 'most likely' dead - police
Karen Gilbert-Palmer was found dead at a home in Pahiatua.

BT International launches UC Edge for multinationals
Multinationals grappling with fragmented voice systems get a single global layer that cuts manual routing and eases platform switching.

Hawke's Bay rangatahi design healthy eating guidelines, launch social media campaign
A group of Hawke's Bay rangatahi have developed their own set of guidelines for healthy eating and backed it up by creating a social-media campaign.

Begging and rough sleeping in sights of new police move-on powers, in bid to ‘reclaim our streets’
The instruction to move on wouldn’t be a criminal charge, but refusing to comply would lead to prosecution, the justice minister said.

Black Ferns lose veteran prop to Australia move
The 29-test veteran is moving to Australia to focus on family, putting her future with the national side on hold.

Woman dies weeks after falling from bike between Tauranga and Mt Maunganui
A woman has died in hospital more than two weeks after hitting a kerb and falling from her bicycle while cycling between Tauranga and Mt Maunganui.

Sea lion pup killed on coastal road a ‘sad reminder’ for drivers
With numbers growing in Otago and Southland, drivers are being urged to slow down and stay vigilant to protect the rare marine mammals.

Family’s visa declined after immigration adviser’s ‘plainly wrong’ advice
The family followed their adviser's plan for New Zealand residency, only to find they were never eligible in the first place. Now, the tribunal has ruled the advice was "plainly wrong."

Appian adds AI-assisted development & MCP integration
Enterprises could gain more governed AI workflows as the software maker links agents, legacy app modernisation and Snowflake data access.

Tom Phillips granted right to home-school children before disappearing with them
Phillips took the children on the run for nearly four years.

Natural gas reserves decline to lowest level in 20 years
The ministry said the decline was in line with operators' field information and expected production.

AWS deepens SAP ties with new AI & migration tools
Customers could move SAP workloads to AWS in days rather than weeks, as new integrations aim to cut migration time and expand AI use.

Two years after New Caledonia's violent uprising, tensions remain high
As New Caledonia marks the second anniversary of its violent uprising that broke out on 13 May 2024, the situation on the ground remains tense.

Move on orders for rough sleepers one step closer
Officers will be able to force people aged 14 and over to leave a specified area for up to 24 hours, and move what they determine is a "reasonable distance" away.