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Homicide probe launched after man dies in suspicious Rotorua crash
Police say the man’s injuries are not consistent with a crash and appeal for sightings of white van.

Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title securing huge cash bonus
Wilde used his trademark speed on the run to pull clear and cruise to his near-perfect victory.

Barbican to close for a year for £191m revamp
The Grade-II listed building which is the home of London Symphony Orchestra is set to be overhauled.

Three people honoured for roles in saving boy in danger of drowning
Australian man Jonathan Young received the bravery award posthumously as he drowned while trying to save the struggling child in Lake Whakatipu.

Amazon pulls AI recap from Fallout TV show after it made several mistakes
The errors included getting dialogue wrong and incorrectly claiming a scene was set 100 years earlier than it was.

Country Life: Cornwall Park, the farm in the heart of a city
Being right in the middle of Auckland city and surrounded by city-dwellers comes with its challenges for Cornwall Park farm.

'I quit my job to travel Europe in a van'

CAN 2025: how many millions is the Moroccan squad worth?

Spain's ruling Socialists under pressure as scandals grow

XRP Ledger Upgrade Lays Groundwork for Lending, Tokenization Expansion

Universal submits remedy to EU's objections over Downtown deal

Most Influential: Guy Young

AI Campus Developer Fermi Plunges After Tenant Terminates Lease

Maori rock art one of a dozen research areas to get $1.16m funding boost
The Royal Society Te Aparangi announced the 12 recipients of its Mana Tuanuku Research Leader Fellowship for 2025 this week.

Act fast! This portable OLED USB-C monitor is on sale for just $100
OLED monitors are great. Portable monitors are great. You know where this is going, we’ve got a peanut butter-and-chocolate situation here. You can find a USB-C-powered portable screen to augment your laptop for a song, but getting an OLED upgrade isn’t cheap. Unless you check out this Amazon deal: a...

No nominations, no judges, no nothing: Even by FIFA’s standards, Trump’s award is a new low
The whole thing was a massive and toxic brain fart from FIFA president Gianni Infantino, setting a new world record for sycophancy that will define his reign.

Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula
Predator Free Wellington says efforts to eliminate predators have led to increased numbers of kotare (kingfisher), piwakawaka (fantail), riroriro (grey warbler), and tui being observed.

Google’s real-time AI translation looks like it could change the world
Google Gemini has launched real-time, continuous translation using your phone and a pair of connected earbuds, in what looks like a powerful transformative change to the way in which we interact with speakers from other countries. Google buried its announcement in an update to Gemini voice model updates on Friday, but...

Country Life: Turning animal tricks into teen confidence
Teens and kids at Bex Tasker's place find joy and life skills training farm animals.

Framework raises laptop RAM prices 50% as brutal memory crunch grinds on
Framework is a unique company, offering modular laptops designed for easy repairs and near-infinite upgrades. But it’s also a small company, much more susceptible to market changes brought on by things like capricious tariffs. Though it’s tried to insulate itself from skyrocketing RAM prices brought on by “AI” datacenter demand,...

Boy honoured for ‘exceptional bravery’ as dad attacked by neighbour accusing him of spying
The boy, who was 12 at the time, intervened heroically during a brutal attack on his dad, in their home.

Man who dived into Waikato River to save drowning woman says he ‘got pretty lucky’
Hayden Paul Cornwall has been awarded with the New Zealand Bravery Medal for his efforts.