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Man arrested after alleged late-night robbery at Wellington eatery
Police say more than $400 was taken after a threatening note was allegedly passed to staff at a Manners Street business.

Argentina economic activity rises 2.7% in June, above expectations

Whangarei stump grinder death: Kevin Barry pulled into spinning blade
Arborist Kevin Barry died after being pulled into a spinning stump grinder.

Government directs officials to help tackle future shortfall in carbon budgets
Newly-released documents also confirm transport, industry and other sectors will have to permanently pick up the slack from removing agriculture from the ETS.

Gartner urges CFOs to pilot finance AI with governance
Finance chiefs are being warned that weak controls, not poor technology, could make early AI agent pilots in accounting fail.

Tech Life
Electric power is one of several cleaner alternatives to traditional aviation fuel.

BrainChip links Akida processors with IBM Symphony
Enterprises could cut GPU use and power costs as the open-source bundle lets Akida neuromorphic chips share IBM's scheduler for inference tasks.

Consumers fed up with power companies making billions as bills rise, market commentators say
Industry insiders say consumers' frustrations are growing as energy firms report record profits while household bills rise.

Tenzo launches AI Connector for hospitality operators
Hospitality managers can now query live sales, labour and stock data in plain English, cutting delays caused by fragmented reporting systems.

SBCs take a hit
The days of cheap single board microcomputers is over but don't worry, there is an even cheaper alternative.

Former Xero employee presses Luxon over workplace power and sexual harm
Former Xero employee Ally Naylor put Prime Minister Christopher Luxon on the spot over workplace power imbalances, asking whether sexual activity could be considered consensual when one person held significantly more power.

'Horrible way to live': 15-year wait for an endometriosis diagnosis
Melissa Aubroeck hopes planned changes to endometriosis diagnosis will spare others years of chronic pain, but is cautious about whether they will deliver.

'Eye of the storm': Business owner's fight to keep nail tech siblings in country
AV Beauty Spa owner Anna Vu says her business won't be able to carry on in its current form without her siblings.

NZ marine tech company Vessev raises $32 million in funding for US expansion
The VS-9 passenger boats will be used in America's first electric hydrofoil "flying" ferry service across Lake Tahoe.

Experienced arborist killed after being pulled into stump grinder
The 69-year-old was considered a careful and safety-conscious operator. Investigators believe his clothing was caught by the cutter wheel after he entered the machine’s danger zone.

Manufacturers back PLM as top data source for AI agents
Trusted product data is becoming the key test for AI adoption, with 66% of manufacturers saying systems fail without it.

NeuBird AI sets trust model for production AI agents
Enterprise security teams now have a proposed benchmark for limiting AI agents to approved actions inside live systems.

Aucklanders getting paid to share views on various topics with council
The council has been holding 'citizen juries' to ask average residents how they think the council should solve challenging issues.

Intuitive Machines (LUNR) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Meta faces risks whether it wins or loses major social media trial

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