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Banks Peninsula: Christchurch's biggest electorate is a swing seat
It's all on in Christchurch's biggest electorate.

Tourism industry optimistic for summer despite ongoing challenges
Tourism Industry Aotearoa says a recent workforce survey showed about half of respondents actively recruiting staff, while close to 80 percent expected to recruit at least one new role in the next year.

Only 14% of GP owners support Labour's three free appointments policy - survey
GPs anticipate it would increase demand and are worried about delivering the policy, considering existing workforce shortages.

Digital sovereignty in practice: three examples of balancing control with global reach
Enterprises are reworking infrastructure to keep data and traffic under local control while still accessing global cloud and trading networks.

‘Outstanding’: How All Blacks lock used shock omission to throw down gauntlet
All Blacks coach Dave Rennie dropped a bombshell when he dropped Fabian Holland from the first Bledisloe Cup test last month. His response was impressive.

AI will bring short-term pain and a lot of job losses, says TOP
With polls pointing to them holding the balance of power, the Opportunity Party’s perspective on AI could play an outsized role in the next Govt.

Who New Zealanders trust: Scientists, police rate - but one group is remarkably distrusted
Who do we trust? That question has been put to respondents in Stuff’s State of the Nation 2026 survey.

LastBrowser launches open-source browser with Sidekick
Users wanting browser-based AI with tighter privacy controls can now try a free open-source option that limits what Sidekick can see.

Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385
The times, they are a-changin’, and not for the better. Raspberry Pi is the archetypal single-board project PC. Its monster popularity comes down to its open nature, easy-to-work-on layout, and its low price. But while data centers devour the world’s RAM supply, low prices are a thing of the past....

Jury in Russell Brand rape trial begins considering verdicts
The media personality has been on trial for three weeks, after pleading not guilty to all charges.

Binance says fake job interviews used as part of $6.3bn crypto hack
An engineer was contacted through a legitimate job-hunting platform and invited to bogus job interviews with fake company representatives, Binance says.

Unemployment expected to stay around 11-year high
Major bank economists expect the unemployment rate to stay at or close to the 5.6 percent for the three months ended September, the rate touched in June.

Phoenix's new Premier League keeper out to banish derby demons
Armed with Premier League ambition and two clean sheets, the Kiwi keeper aims to snap Auckland FC’s six-game derby run.

Black Caps’ settled ODI squad heading for uncharted World Cup territory
The Black Caps’ journey to next year’s Cricket World Cup in Africa starts in earnest on Wednesday when they face India in Auckland.

The question voters should be asking - and where I’m putting my ticks
A more useful way to think about how we are now, compared with three years ago, is how the government has responded to those external events.

Doggy daycare ordered to pay after spoodle’s painful death
Walter’s owners have won a Disputes Tribunal claim against the daycare where he died

National is failing to campaign to save Nicola Willis’ job
Every electorate National wins raises the party vote needed to bring Willis back. Which makes Tamaki a puzzling place to campaign.

Hyland launches Teams integration for governed content
It aims to cut the risk of files spreading across chats and channels by keeping regulated documents under existing governance controls in Teams.

Sony’s WH-1000XM6 noise-canceling headphones hit record-low price
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