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Blenheim residents warned to be cautious after rubbish fire
Fire crews were called to the Resource Recovery Centre in Wither Road at 2:50pm on Thursday.

The Cloudflare outage highlights single-provider risk
The global Cloudflare outage has revived concerns about single-provider dependence as businesses confront rising risks from large-scale IT disruptions.

Energy coalition aims to boost demand-side technology adoption
Schneider Electric and Bloomberg launch Energy Technology Coalition to drive demand-side tech adoption amid rising global electricity use.

The Papers: 'North Sea stand-off' and 'Council tax hike for millions'
The activity of a Russian spy ship in the North Sea leads several front pages on Thursday.

Ukrainian teen saboteurs recruited on Telegram to attack their own country
Russia is using Telegram to recruit Ukrainian children and teenagers to carry out sabotage and bombings according to the Ukrainian government.

Albanian PM accuses Mahmood of 'ethnic stereotyping'
The home secretary told MPs on Monday around 700 Albanian families were "living in taxpayer-funded accommodation having failed their asylum claims".

How serious is the Russian spy ship move?
The movements of the Yantar is a worry for Britain's defence chiefs and provocative.

Trump signs bill ordering justice department to release Epstein files
The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to release all the files in a searchable format.

'Terrified of the result': Joe Schmidt's Wallabies selection policy slammed
Australian rugby's players boss has hit out at Joe Schmidt's ‘Russian roulette’ selection methods.

Is this Canterbury's best-kept secret cycling route?
Follow the old Christchurch-Little River railway line on two wheels, tracing history through shimmering lakes and thriving wetlands.

Wellington Council pushes pause on Golden Mile project
An independent review would test whether the existing project remains viable and aligned with its original objectives.

Two Waikanae incidents, including death, are likely linked, police say
One man died while another was left with serious injuries within hours of each on Wednesday.

Workday rolls out global payroll tool with Remote integration
Workday has launched GO Global Payroll with Remote integration, enabling firms to manage global payroll and compliance within a single platform seamlessly.

AWS launches Kiro AI coding assistant with new IDE, CLI tools
AWS unveils Kiro AI coding assistant with a new IDE, CLI tools, and features to boost code quality and collaboration for developers and teams.

Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator
The court blocked La Pascaline, a 400-year-old calculating machine, from being exported from France.

Perfectionism isn't all that perfect – how to stop it holding you back
Perfectionism looks good on paper, but its consequences might be the very thing keeping you stuck.

Why Wales fell out of love with Labour
After the Caerphilly by-election, Labour faces its toughest task yet in Wales - convincing voters to keep believing, ahead of the 2026 Senedd election

The private notes and secret documents that tell the inside story of the UK's Covid response
The Covid inquiry is set to publish its second set of findings looking in detail at the huge political decisions that had to be made in 2020.

Kmart sold 67k units of potentially asbestos-laced play sand
The sand is part of a massive recall.

‘One in, all in’: Breakers explain their decision not to wear pride insignia
Kiwi hoops club break their silence on their contentious decision not to embrace the NBL’s round promoting recognition for the LGBTQIA+ community