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Still a ‘really difficult’ time to be a retailer as two Stirling Sports stores go under
The Christchurch stores went into liquidation citing weak sales, and rising operational costs as factors.

Black Caps opener ruled out of T20I series against West Indies
Tim Seifert was hit hard on the glove while batting for Northern Districts in the Ford Trophy on Monday.

One of the cheapest ways to jet across the Tasman: Qantas competes with Air NZ on new route
The Australian carrier has begun flights between Auckland and Adelaide.

ACC cuts Water Safety NZ funding, saying drowning injury claims not reducing
ACC says it hasn’t seen a measurable reduction in the $3 million a year it pays out in drowning injury claims; Water Safety NZ says the decision will “make a hard job a whole lot harder”.

Fourth hornet queen found in Auckland
It brings the total number of hornets found to six.

Palantir Q3 earnings set to test AI defense tech stock's rally as investors eye government shutdown impact

OpenAI debated merging with one of its biggest rivals after firing Sam Altman, court docs reveal

The Steam Deck pushes Linux past a new milestone: 3% of Steam gamers
It’s finally happening! The year of the Linux… PC gaming handheld device. (Okay, that doesn’t quite roll off the tongue.) According to the latest Steam hardware survey, Linux has just over 3 percent of the market share of users who have Steam installed. It has almost certainly benefited from Valve’s...

Daron Parton’s cartoons: November 1 - 30
Our cartoonist Daron Parton shares his view on current events.

John Tamihere wants MPs gone if they continue to be ‘rogue’
In a post on Monday, president John Tamihere challenged two MPs to resign if they were unhappy with the party’s direction.

Unlocking the productivity dividend of digital government for New Zealand
New Zealand's digital government ranking slips from ninth to sixteenth; accelerating cloud adoption could save billions and boost AI productivity by 2035.

NZTA to spend another $32 million fixing Wellington's Transmission Gully
NZTA's Mark Owen told Morning Report the builder never applied the final chip seal layer so it was not as waterproof as it should be.

Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson files appeal against conviction
Convicted mushroom killer Erin Patterson’s bid to appeal her guilty verdicts has been lodged and accepted by the Court of Appeal.

‘No-one is going to hear you’ - guilty plea over rape of student
A man who has admitted raping a student, ordered her to wash her hands as he later removed her sheets.

Photos reveal extent significant fire damage to Auckland track
Fairy Falls Track, which reopened last summer after a $1.6 million renewal, is closed again after a fire broke out on Sunday.

How would a move to criminalise pornographic deepfakes in New Zealand work?
Explainer - They have been described as a sadistic and degrading weapon - yet in New Zealand, nude deepfakes are not explicitly a crime.

Police across NZ involved in falsifying alcohol breath tests
About 120 staff are under investigation after 30,000 tests were "falsely or erroneously recorded".

Cloud startup Lambda unveils multi-billion-dollar deal with Microsoft

Bitcoin Miners IREN, Cipher Rise After Multi-Billion-Dollar Microsoft, Amazon Deals

David Seymour admits 'a lot of upgrades' needed for country's fire trucks
It comes after a former All Black-turned-firefighter's claims of at least one truck breaking down every day.

Battlefield 6’s new ‘dad mode’ replaces trash-talkers with bot armies
If the pace of a first-person shooter is too much for your tired reflexes, take heart: Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 6 has added “Casual Breakthrough,” a mode where most human players are replaced with bots but experience gain isn’t really affected. The new addition to the frenetic shooter sim was announced over...