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Woman mistakenly declined benefit to care for son with celiac disease, diabetes
The woman's son has celiac disease and type one diabetes, requiring round-the-clock care.

'Word travels': Cook Strait ferry service's reputation for unreliability among overseas tour operators
Tour operators claim perceived unreliability means international tourists are skipping the Wellington region and the Top of the South.

Why New Zealand is ‘probably’ withholding intelligence from the United States
The CIA's former head of counterintelligence says New Zealand's top spies will be weighing cutting the US out of some intelligence it shares with other Five Eyes partners.

Our Changing World: The unexpected potential of ketamine
The team behind a New Zealand-developed ketamine tablet has begun the process to get it approved in the US to help people with treatment-resistant depression.

Razer’s new Hammerhead earbuds add Bluetooth 6.0 and 40-hour battery
Razer just released the Hammerhead V3 HyperSpeed, a new pair of wireless gaming earbuds. These are are designed as an all-in-one solution for both serious gaming and everyday use. The model supports Razer’s own HyperSpeed technology via 2.4GHz wireless and Bluetooth 6.0, which is designed to deliver low latency audio with...

WNBA-bound Kiwi hoops sensation tipped to be ‘the steal of the draft’
All you need to know about Charlisse Leger-Walker’s prospects in the WNBA draft

Inside the ‘staggering’ 1970s home that’s part A-frame, part cathedral
Surrounded by 5 hectares of bush, this Auckland home is a one-of-a kind 80s sci-fi fantasy movie of a building.

Forget burning books - in 2026, we might have to start eating them
From Ardern’s memoir to Trump’s Art of the Deal, why we might need our books for fuel or protein rather than protest.

Cyclone Vaianu was the third major weather event this year. Experts warn we aren’t taking it seriously enough
This is the third major weather event to hit the North Island in just three months, after devastating rain in January triggered two fatal landslides and a February storm swept across both islands.

Can you really learn to read faster? And why would you want to?
Reports of people being able to blitz through a novel or a stack of reports in minutes may seem like a sort of wizardry, but are they really reading?

Roblox reveals sweeping changes amid Australian crackdown
Facing a $49.5 million fine threat and an eSafety investigation, the gaming giant has announced its biggest child safety overhaul – splitting the platform by age.

Senior police staffer 'under assessment' after internet use audit
The audit comes after a rapid review of staff internet usage sparked by Jevon McSkimming's scandal.

Coroner finds man killed by boulder on Taranaki Maunga accidental
Christoph Heinrich Huelsmann died in 2023 after being hit by a falling boulder in Taranaki.

Retail NZ wants 'rigourous crackdown' by government on illicit tobacco
In a report released today, Retail NZ, which represents shop owners, called on a "immediate and rigourous crackdown on illicit tobacco".

A Valve engineer’s Linux patch makes 8GB AMD GPUs better at gaming
Is 8GB of VRAM enough for modern PC gaming? That’s the question a lot of people have been asking lately as prices for graphics cards climb higher, and doubly so since the Steam Machine was announced with a custom AMD GPU with “just” 8GB. A Valve engineer seems to have...

How to watch the Black Caps’ white-ball tour of Bangladesh
Sky TV secures broadcasting rights for the six-match series starting this Friday.

‘We ran out of house’: How one family survived a North Shore renovation with three kids
“If you’ve ever watched Love It or List It, you’ll know the format,” says Katie Wesney.

Kati te tahu pukapuka — hei te tau 2026, tera pea me timata tatou ki te kai i ena pukapuka
Mai i te pukapuka whakamaharatanga a Ardern ki te Art of the Deal a Trump, koia nei te take tera pea ka matea a tatou pukapuka hei wahie, hei pumua ranei, haunga te rautohetohe.