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Brits Critics' Choice nominees revealed
The award showcases up-and-coming talent selected by a panel of industry experts.

A fix looking for a problem: Why the Ashes doesn’t need a pink-ball Test
Just because we can stage day-night Tests doesn’t mean we always must. And for all the fun-of-the-fair spectacle it creates, it still pales beside the majesty of Test cricket in daylight glory.

'A gift for the people': Switch flicked for Franklin Road Christmas lights
Despite rumours it's funded by electricity companies or organised by Auckland's council, organisers say the lights are a "gift for the people, from Franklin Road".

Meta’s AI wrongly bans Australian businesses
Instagram owner’s support systems have been labelled useless as the telecommunications ombudsman says complaints about social media and digital platforms are soaring.

Microsoft slashes AI sales growth targets as customers resist unproven agents
Report: Microsoft declared "the era of AI agents" in May, but enterprise customers aren't buying.

Analysis: This serial F1 champion is now a spent force and retirement beckons
To watch Lewis Hamilton’s post-race reflections is to feel, increasingly, as if you are intruding on private grief.

Exclusive: CyberArk highlights risks of unmanaged AI agents in agentic era
CyberArk's Omer Grossman urges firms adopting agentic AI to build trust and accountability foundations to maintain control and secure outcomes.

Another major cocaine shipment intercepted in Papeete
The drugs were found in 27 individually-wrapped plastic bricks in containers aboard a cargo vessel believed to be bound for Australia or New Zealand, local authorities say.

A major airport is cracking down on anyone dropping off travelers by car

A Rare “Fairy Lantern” Finally Comes to Light

Lower Hutt road closed following serious crash, motorists asked to avoid area
One person has serious injuries following the crash on Rutherford Street.

Holiday home booking site Bachcare had unfair contract terms, court rules
The High Court has declared some contract terms by holiday home rental website Bachcare were unfair.

Watch: Seagull slams into Maori TV journalist, leaves her bleeding
Jessica Tyson was reporting from windy Auckland when the seagull struck.

Major Lower Hutt road closed for hours as fuel truck hits building
One person has serious injuries following the crash on Rutherford Street.

Lack of human rights institutions in some Pacific Islands a concern, global watchdog warns
CIVICUS is calling on these countries "to establish national human rights institutions as soon as possible".

Micron will end Crucial consumer brand in another AI casualty
The AI boom has claimed another victim: Crucial, Micron’s consumer storage brand that the company says will wind down in 2026 to focus on its enterprise businesses. Micron said that it will close Crucial in February 2026, though it will continue to support Crucial products and provide warranty support. (The company...

PNG confronts unprecedented wave of parliamentary deaths
Since 2022, twelve sitting MPs and provincial governors have died while still in office - almost a tenth of the total 118 seats.

'All hell broke loose': Caretaker describes moment tornado hit
"There was just this rumble ... you could hear it before it hit," Lance Phillips says

Strong winds continue to batter North Island as wild weather moves east
The North Island has already been battered with severe thunderstorms, torrential downpours and strong winds.

Police looking at improving scheme that allows disclosure of history of violence to partners
A UK criminologist says applications for information from police have fallen by nearly 75 percent in the last five years.

Fossil hunters find tracks of animals from about 3 million years ago – a first in South Africa

UN Warns: AI Risks Sparking “Next Great Divergence” In Asia-Pacific Inequality

Nvidia servers speed up AI models from China's Moonshoot AI and others tenfold