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Protect your PC for cheap with 78% off Bitdefender Total Security
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Location of National Erebus Memorial revealed
A site with a view of the Southern Alps has been selected as the preferred location for the long-awaited memorial.

Construction of controversial sewerage pipeline near Rotorua lake heads back to court
The Rotokakahi Board of Control is taking the council to court over the Tarawera Sewage Scheme.

Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service
The council was originally discussing setting up an in-house service immediately for $270,000, but a new motion opted to ask for proposals from community providers.

Social media ban: A guide for Australian parents
What you need to know, and what you can do.

Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies
CEO Mark Piper said the proposed voluntary redundancy offer was part of a financial improvement process to support the new organisation.

Proposed Waikato housing subdivision sparks land occupation
A Waikato hapu said it had problems with the proposed development culturally, environmentally and legally.

Crypto accountant warning investors that tax collector is coming for them
In July last year IRD signalled it was honing in on people dealing crypto who were not declaring their income.

Visuals from Nepal spark post-election misinformation in India's Bihar

German President Steinmeier to meet Spanish Prime Minister Sánchez

Watch: Have climate policies put trade at risk? McClay responds
Trade deals worth billions of dollars, each year, require New Zealand to continue with its climate change obligations.

Aucklanders against plan to trial fortnightly rubbish collections
Auckland Council received 5086 submissions on a proposed trial to halve the number of kerbside collections in parts of the city

Residents warned to keep windows shut after series of scrub fires break out in Otago and Southland
A fire in the Otago town of Palmerston has burnt through 25 hectares of pine trees.

A new PDF editor has a lifetime license on sale for $24
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Fraudster doesn’t show up for his sentencing
When a notorious love rat failed to show in court, a judge issued a warrant for his arrest.

Data breach at OpenAI through analytics provider Mixpanel platform
OpenAI ends Mixpanel use after a data breach exposed limited user information linked to its API platform, with no impact on core systems reported.

Dunedin man charged with arson over Waikaia fire from almost two years ago
On Wednesday police charged a 35 year old Dunedin man with arson who was due to appear in Gore District Court on 17 December.

Millions spent on new speedway track at Auckland's Waikaraka Park
An $11 million construction project has finished just in time for the first Auckland race of the 2025-2026 speedway season on Saturday.

MP angered over government approval of film studio
Conservative Joy Morrissey says she "this is not the end of the fight".

Semiconductor giant SK hynix now makes chips you can eat

Nepal protest footage misrepresented as anti-corruption rally in the Philippines

German police union warns of too few officers on New Year's Eve

'Might as well go home now': Botham says bin 'Bazball’ or Ashes is over
After being obliterated inside two days in the first test, an England great believes it will happen four more times if ‘Bazball’ approach isn’t binned.