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Heartland shareholders vote to proceed with $620m TSB takeover
CEO Andrew Dixson said the shareholders' approval reflected confidence in Heartland's ability to deliver the merger successfully.

Wellington City Council,Tiaki Wai prosecuted over Moa Point plant disaster
The council says it anticipated the prosecution and acknowledges the seriousness of the incident.

Labour promises law to stop businesses 'tricking' customers with hidden costs and surprise fees
If elected, the party would introduce its "fair go law" to deal with surprise fees, "worthless" insurance and subscriptions that are difficult to cancel.

Election 2026: Labour to ban ‘hidden fees’ with new consumer protections
Here are the new rules Labour wants to introduce.

Dunedin police probe unexplained death
Police are investigating after a man was found unresponsive on Leckhampton Court, with the street closed most of Thursday.

Indian batter shatters record with fastest ODI double century
Shubman Gill was in scintillating form when he hammered an unbeaten 223 runs off 133 balls as India beat West Indies by eight wickets in Guwahati.

El Niño takes hold and is on track to be one of strongest on record
Very strong El Niño conditions have taken hold in the Pacific and are expected to intensify.

I owe an AI panic sceptic a beer. But she was only half right
Three weeks ago, I said we should heed AI’s doom warnings. With a valuation for OpenAI of $US1.4 trillion, investors aren’t concerned one bit.

Heartland shareholders approve TSB deal
Heartland shareholders approved a deal where the bank buys all the TSB shares held by the Toi Foundation and then merge the two entities into one bank.

Keeper & SailPoint link governance to privileged access
By automating access changes end to end, the tie-up aims to cut delays and audit gaps when users move roles or leave an organisation.

Lucius AI cuts tender search times with Google AlloyDB
Tender-bidding businesses could see faster results as Lucius AI says its move to AlloyDB cut semantic search latency from 1.14 seconds to 24 milliseconds.

Dunedin street cordoned off after man found dead overnight
Police are appealing for CCTV and dashcam footage after a man was found unresponsive at Leckhampton Court late on Wednesday night.

Farmers warn Opportunity's land tax has risks
Federated Farmers says the proposed land value tax doesn't reflect farm profitability.

Tuvalu appoints first woman Governor-General ahead of 48th Independence Day
The island nation, one of the world's smallest, has had 10 substantive governors-general - all of them men - since gaining independence on 1 October 1978.

Komprise launches Universal File MCP for AI data access
The new software aims to curb token waste and improve answer quality as enterprises connect AI models to sprawling, unstructured file stores.

Multi-viral RATs in GPs cut unnecessary antibiotics and hospital referrals, study finds
Research showed single-swab tests for Covid, flu, and RSV cut unnecessary antibiotics and in some cases, avoided referrals to hospital.

Cristiano Ronaldo walks out on Portugal camp after being told he won't start
Cristiano Ronaldo walked out on Portugal’s training camp on Wednesday, hours after coach Jorge Jesus said the star forward would not start the game against Denmark in the Nations League on Thursday.

Politics: this time we all lose
No matter who wins the upcoming general election in New Zealand, we all lose.

Solomon Islands pledges free universal education by 2027
The Solomon Islands delegation supported 140 out of 181 recommendations from the country's most recent Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Two bodies removed from properties as Buller homicide probe continues
Both bodies will undergo postmortems in Christchurch as police finish examining two properties on Thursday.