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Best books of 2025
Bookseller Jenna Todd shares her literary picks of the year.

Netball New Zealand boss resigns after Dame Noeline Taurua saga
Jennie Wyllie has quit after a troubling year for the sport in which a host of issues have surfaced and left the Silver Ferns briefly without their coach.

Turn it up, Nana! 81-year-old DJ SuperGran ready to drop beats at NZ’s biggest New Year’s festival
Molly Pardoe will play to 25,000 people on the second night of Rhythm and Vines.

Live: Black Caps v West Indies - third test, day four
The tourists will need 419 runs on the final day to square the three-match test series.

Aptos drops 5% to $1.50 as volume spikes above monthly average

Republican lawmakers decry Intel's testing of Chinese-linked tools after Reuters report

'I'm bored': Let the kids deal with it
Why the right amount of boredom can help imagination and creativity.

How Sydney Sweeney transformed to play boxing champion Christy Martin
The American actress is almost unrecognisable in the role of the stocky, brash boxer from West Virginia.

Ultra-high-end home sales on the rise, real estate agency says
Luxury homes in premium markets less affected by downturn, NZ Sotheby’s managing director says.

Starship patients light up Sky Tower for Christmas
It's the second year SkyCity has handed the control over to the kids, who have a front seat view of the tower from their hospital beds.

One dead after single-vehicle crash in central Hawke's Bay
Emergency services were called to the crash site near Flemington south of Waipukurau last night.

Two people injured after gun fired in Gore
Emergency services were alerted to the incident just before 8pm last night.

India T20 called off due to ‘excessive fog’, air quality at hazardous level
The venue in Lucknow was engulfed in an eerie haze and poor visibility forced the fourth T20 with South Africa to be abandoned.

When the Honda City goes off road
Participants in the annual Great Honda City Road Trip take a car that's designed for city driving across rivers and on to shingle roads.

Popular cycle trail to be closed indefinitely after landslide
The Motu Road is the only access point to the trail, and with the slip blocking the road about 35 kilometres from Opotiki, the trail is now inaccessible from either direction.

Netball New Zealand boss Jennie Wyllie resigns
Jennie Wyllie has stood down after a year that included the suspension and reinstatement of Silver Ferns coach Noeline Taurua.

Economy rebounds into 1.1 percent growth for September quarter
Economy grows 1.1 pct in September quarter, 1.3 pct on year ago Expectations were for a rise between 0.8-1.0 pct Previous quarter revised lower to...

Why Auckland Airport will look a little different this Christmas
The tens of thousands of people expected to pass through Auckland Airport in the next weeks may notice a few changes.

From 3am deployments to AI-native HR: building intelligent, human-centred systems
ELMO Software is shifting from reactive HR to AI-native, human-centred systems that predict needs, boost productivity and preserve trust.

‘It would be illegal’: Joshua’s promoter adamant ‘crazy’ Paul fight isn’t scripted
Eddie Hearn says the controversial bout with a YouTuber-turned-boxer is part of their strategy to get the former world champion back to the top.

The Oscars will abandon broadcast TV for YouTube starting in 2029
The streamer will begin hosting the Academy Awards broadcast, starting in 2029, reflecting the industry's dramatic shift away from traditional media.

APAC enterprises eye sovereign RAG & hyperscale AI in 2026
APAC enterprises plan big 2026 AI spend, pivoting from chatbots to sovereign RAG and hyperscale platforms to meet strict data rules.