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Parliament select committee calls India trade deal benefits 'significant'
Industry representatives largely supported the deal in submissions made ahead of legislation to implement the free trade agreement with India being tabled in Parliament.

Hawke's Bay orchards upgrade packhouses after storms
Storm-hit growers in Hawke's Bay are spending on automation and cool stores to protect exports, cut bottlenecks and lift throughput.

The growing significance of Asia to New Zealand
Analysis: What the latest Perceptions of Asia report reveals about the changing ways New Zealanders are engaging with Asia and Asian peoples.

Blackberry Stock Just Scored a New 'Buy' Rating. Here's Why.

Two men charged in Hawke's Bay drug bust
An 18-year-old and a 24-year-old face charges including drug supply and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Chief victims advisor calls out University of Auckland for poor handling of bullying complaints
The chief victims advisor's comments were made after the University of Auckland claimed it has "robust policies, procedures and guidelines" to support the appropriate handling of bullying and harassment.

NZ Muscle forced to pull some creatine products
The supplement retailer has recalled NZ Muscle Creatine and No Brand Creatine as they may contain undelcared dairy, NZ Food Safety has found.

NVIDIA expands AWS AI infrastructure with new GPU instances
Customers should see faster AI search and training on AWS as NVIDIA makes GPU indexing the default and adds new EC2 G7 instances.

Chris Bishop turns down easing truck weight restrictions
The pressure has amped up during the fuel crisis, with the industry arguing the move would mean they took fewer trips and used less fuel.

MFAT issues SafeTravel messaging to New Zealanders in Venezuela after earthquakes
Venezuelan authorities have confirmed 188 deaths from the twin magnitude seven quakes.

Santana Minerals asked if it will cover cost of catastrophic failure at proposed Otago mine
It was also asked how it plans to protect more than 100,000 at-risk lizards.

Waimakariri mayor's plea for govt to reject development fast track on Pegasus Golf Course
Wolfbrook's purchase of the North Canterbury golf course has been widely opposed by locals, the district council and Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey.

Welcome to ‘Trolley St’: No fines in a year at fly-tipping hot spot
A sign warning of $5000 fines is not effective in stopping the dumping.

DOC appeals for sightings of whale tangled in buoy off Otago coast
Search teams failed to relocate the whale after it was reported swimming with a large pink buoy attached.

Kaikoura settles on 6.3% rate rise
The Kaikoura District Council has adopted its annual plan, with an average rate rise of 6.3% - or 3.8% without water services.

Only 'flawless' football will do for All Whites
The All Whites wanted knockout football - they've got it earlier than expected.

France, Italy seek coalition to support Lebanon after UN mission ends

Who will control Africa’s AI infrastructure, and at what cost?

Venezuela earthquakes death toll rises to 235

Samsung readies $648 billion bet, report says, as AI boom reshapes South Korea

Google Cloud adds cross-region backups for more workloads
Customers can now lower disaster-recovery costs while keeping backup copies outside the source region to meet outage and residency needs.

Another former All Black and Crusaders veteran confirms overseas move
Cullen Grace will leave for Wales after playing for Canterbury in the the 2026 NPC.

SonicWall expands AI security tools for SMB partners
Mid-market firms could gain enterprise-grade AI defence without replacing existing systems, as SonicWall rolls out GPT-5.5-Cyber through partners.

Cook Islands fisher lost at sea for a week describes his ordeal
A Cook Islands fisher lost at sea for a week was knocked out of his dinghy twice during relentless storms and violent seas.