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Hamnet's Jessie Buckley and I Swear's Robert Aramayo win big at the Baftas
Brit Aramayo beat US stars such Leonardo DiCaprio and Timothée Chalamet, while One Battle After Another picked up six awards.

Google rolls out Gemini 3.1 Pro for complex reasoning
Google has begun rolling out Gemini 3.1 Pro, a more advanced AI model for complex reasoning, to developers, enterprises and consumers.

Stars and royals on the Bafta red carpet
The royals put on a united front to attend the 79th British Academy Film Awards, the Baftas, among celebrated nominees and the figures shaping the world of cinema.

Local councillors get average 57% pay rise to $80,000
Western Bay of Plenty District councillors have topped a national pay rise table with a jump of almost 57% in a year.

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare seeing 'good growth' across hospital products
The company has upped its full year revenue and profit guidance as a result.

Arrest of dual British-Fijian national sparks free speech concerns
The arrest and detention of Charlie Charters by Fiji's anti-corruption agency has sparked concerns about freedom of expression from the country's politicians, advocates and journalists.

‘It’s very similar to how we did the gang patch ban’, Luxon on ‘move-on’ order
The Government announced it would be giving police the power to issue ‘move-on’ orders to ban rough sleepers for up to 24 hours.

New Zealanders bag two Bafta film awards
Weta FX crew won for their work on Avatar: Fire and Ash and Kiwi costume designer Kate Hawley is also up for a prize.

In pictures: Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley and Leonardo DiCaprio among stars at Bafta Film Awards
Chalamet and partner Kylie Jenner are among the stars attending the star-studded ceremony in London.

PM Christopher Luxon kicks off week after crackdown on rough sleeping, NZ facing new US tariff hike
Police will soon get powers to order people to move on for begging or rough sleeping.

Health NZ's redundancy payouts a 'disgraceful waste of money' - PSA
The bill for payouts to non-clinical staff will "costs on our health system for years to come", the PSA says.

Google adds Gemini AI tool to generate short music tracks
Google’s Gemini app can now spin 30-second AI songs from text or images using its new Lyria 3 model, with built-in SynthID watermarks.

Man carrying shotgun and petrol shot dead at Trump's home
The man in his 20s breached the perimeter of Florida's Mar-a-Lago.

‘Peculiar’ bright orange light puzzles local residents
“Something strange going on out there that's for sure,” one person said.

More than 20 companies yet to report results in last week of corporate reporting season
The past week saw reports from some of the biggest companies including Auckland Airport, Spark, Fletcher Building, SkyCity and A2 Milk, which met or beat market expectations.

Mounjaro now available for weight loss - but it comes with hefty price tag
It will improve competition in New Zealand, an obesity doctor says, but can cost up to $900 a month.

Daikin opens NZ hub reusing refrigerant to cut emissions
Daikin opens Christchurch hub using reclaimed refrigerant in its own systems, cutting emissions and tightening NZ HVAC supply chains.

'Very high' demand sees 235 nurses begin advanced training through new scholarship
It's more than double the number of primary care nurses the government had originally committed to funding.

Tomorrow could be big
An independent report due to drop tomorrow could change the face of energy storage forever - or not.

'It's a little bit of wait and see': Trade Minister Todd McClay on Donald Trump's tariff hikes
Over the weekend the US President raised the global tariff rate for goods coming into the US to 15 percent.

'Calling for change for almost a year'; Hopes government will act after dog killing
The issue of roaming dogs - with a number of attacks on young kids - "just keeps on getting worse", an Auckland Council manager says.