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$2b Mill Rd: See all 287 Auckland properties being bought by taxpayers for project now on ice
See where the Govt spent $131m buying homes – for a road it's just deferred again.

Does everything give you static shock? You can minimise getting zapped
Everyone at some point in their week has gotten that pesky shock, that little zap you get from touching your car, another person, or even a random object.

Europe is baking. Is New Zealand next as ‘super El Niño’ looms?
Europe is baking through record heat, drought and fires. Could New Zealand be next? Experts explain what summer could bring.

NVIDIA launches Linux GeForce NOW app with cloud tweaks
Linux gamers will get smoother access to streamed titles, as Nvidia moves GeForce NOW out of beta and trims cloud gaming lag.

Black Ferns star closing in on return after ACL nightmare
Just 16 minutes into her English debut, Layla Sae blew out her knee. Eight months on, an unexpected Black Ferns recall has her targeting a comeback.

‘Not working with the Orcas’: Meet the council-backed group aiming to land an NRL team in Christchurch
Southern Orcas, the bid chaired by Kiwi rugby league royalty Sir Graham Lowe, has been left out in the cold by the working group.

Musician to go ahead with Fringe shows after treasured instruments stolen
Sachie Mikawa cancelled her best-selling nights at the Rotunda Theatre after her trumpet and vintage melodica went missing.

Moment €9m worth of art stolen from Italy museum
Police released the CCTV footage after the art, which was stolen in March, was recovered.

OpenAI launches Ultrafast GPT-5.6 Sol for businesses
Businesses in the preview can use the model for real-time coding, support and trading tasks, with responses up to 14 times faster.

The AI build-out has a problem that $1 trillion in cash can't fix

10x Genomics (TXG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Apple proposes to take a 15% cut of purchases made outside the App Store

‘This is my home’: One man’s battle to live on family land the council has deemed too risky
For the past three years Robert Wong has been a man on a mission, and his drive shows no sign of diminishing.

People hate data centres - do we need to build them anyway?
With over $10 trillion in spending forecast by 2030, the global data centre boom is arguably the biggest infrastructure spend in human history.

‘Grand Designs on a low budget’: Meet the homeless man who built his own treehouse
Shayne spent a year building an extraordinary treehouse in the bush – complete with kitchen, woodburner, shower and balcony.

Keychron made a 100-key macropad for just $65, and it’s already gone
Well, somebody has been trawling the depths of the Mechanical Keyboards subreddit. Keychron has a history of incorporating features and techniques from the modding and building community into its designs, but this 10×10 mechanical macropad might be the most obvious adaptation I’ve ever seen of a DIY attitude into a...

How the Springboks built a scrum to win
ANALYSIS: As the world’s best team refines arguably its greatest strength, there is no sled and no controlled resistance. It’s just bodies against bodies.

Founding member of EMF dies aged 55
Derry Brownson spoke candidly to the BBC about his brain tumour diagnosis in 2025.

Glastonbury organiser denies rumours that Madonna will headline festival in 2027
Organiser Emily Eavis says the festival has booked its headliners but the Queen of Pop isn't among them.

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