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Long-awaited Te Ara Tupua cycling and walking path to open to public
A $348 million walking and cycling path between Ngauranga and Petone will open to the public on Saturday.

Off-contract Phoenix captain addresses future after World Cup selection
After 13 years with the Phoenix, Alex Rufer says he has earned the right to explore his options as he heads to the FIFA World Cup.

‘I have never regained control’: A German backpacker’s nightmare after gang rape
The woman was driven away from K’Rd in the early hours of New Year’s Day where three men took turns in raping her.

Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion

Musk vs. OpenAI lawyers' closing arguments hit on Musk's ambition, Altman's character

Rocket Lab Leads Space Rally With 57% Gain Following SpaceX IPO Report

LinkedIn cuts hit Australia as global cull claims 875 jobs
Local leadership has been gutted but the Microsoft-owned company says AI isn’t to blame.

Christchurch startup seeo launches AI workplace safety tool
Employers across Australasia are being offered real-time oversight of unsafe acts and near misses as scrutiny on workplace safety intensifies.

Waitangi Tribunal calls for immediate halt to changes to education legislation affecting Treaty
It says the changes are as bad as the Treaty Principles Bill in its attempt to erase the Crown's duties.

Boomi & Guru launch AI data partnership for agents
Businesses could get more reliable AI answers as verified knowledge is linked with live enterprise data across Boomi and Guru's platforms.

Twenty years in the making, one of NZ’s best art destinations is now looking for its next owner
The Matakana Sculptureum owners are putting the popular tourist site on the market

Auckland agent sold her home for $1.9m, then sold the house next door for $1.43m
A real estate agent sold her own home for $1.9 million to a developer before selling a similar property next door to the same person for $1.43 million.

Equinix expands Fabric Geo Zones across five continents
The expansion could help regulated firms keep sensitive traffic within legal boundaries during outages, failovers or congestion across clouds.

Wayne Brown: Uncensored, unleashed (and unhinged?)
An hour-long tangential chat that meandered through the serious, the silly, and the scandalous. No one was safe from attack, not even Robbie Williams or our bowl of chips.

How the war in Iran is affecting Ashburton’s kerbside collection
Green waste bins won’t be rolled in in the Ashburton District in September because they don’t have the bins to roll out.

Boomi, Gong tie AI agents to live customer revenue signals
Enterprise teams could soon turn sales calls into automated actions across finance, support and product systems without custom integration work.

Google takes fight to Apple, Microsoft with new high-end laptops
The web giant’s new line of Googlebook laptops will bring Gemini AI to the laptop in an attempt to compete with Apple’s MacBook and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs.

Argon & Co joins QAD Redzone in global factory tie-up
Factories facing labour shortages and rising costs are set to get a new execution tool, as the firms pair consulting with frontline software.

Why business ambition is running ahead of AI readiness
Only 42% of organisations are data mature, leaving many unable to turn AI pilots into reliable enterprise-wide returns.

Immunisation rates for tamariki Maori up 10 percentage points
Maori immunisation rates for two-year-old children are rising, according to new figures.

Sam Kerr’s emotional farewell: ‘This Saturday will be my final game’
In a social media video with her son, the Matildas star confirms her departure from Chelsea ahead of the final game of the Women's Super League season.

Kiwi Lydia Ko makes strong start in LPGA Tour event
Lydia Ko drained five pars to go with two bogeys and was just two shots off the leaders after the first round in Cincinnati.