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Labour won't say if it'll back India free trade deal, says it's a 'good step forward'
However, the opposition party isn't saying whether it will back the deal if and when it is introduced to Parliament.

Watch: The highs and lows of Liam Lawson’s dramatic first full F1 season
It all began with a glitzy promotional video at Red Bull at the season launch, before hitting rock bottom and then recovering to rescue his career.

Biggest calls of Tom Latham’s captaincy gave Black Caps a rare kind of win
Before this week, there had just been six instances of a New Zealand captain batting first and winning on home soil. Now there have been seven.

It’s a common assumption that teachers get buckets of holidays. Here are the facts
There are 12 weeks of school holidays every year. But do teachers really get the time off to lounge around and enjoy themselves that we tend to assume they do?

Who will pass the summer barbie test in NZ politics?
“I figured I’d ask myself who I’d most want to have a beer with this summer, over the barbecue. With whom would I really want to hang?”

Tea, laughter and a dose of ribbing: morning tea with the dementia group
There was estimated to be just over 80,000 New Zealanders living with dementia in 2020. That number is expected to soar to almost 170,000 by 2050.

Driving Home for Christmas singer Chris Rea dies at 74
The singer has died in hospital on Monday following a short illness, his family said.

Valve retires the cheapest Steam Deck, leaving pricier OLED as only option
Valve has decided to end production of the Steam Deck LCD, the cheapest version of the company’s handheld gaming computer, reports Windows Latest. As part of the Steam Winter Sale, Valve added a note to the Steam Deck page saying that once the last stock of the LCD model are sold,...

This webcam with AI tracking is 20% off
Stop relying on your laptop’s camera and get one of these Obsbot Tiny SE webcams for 20 percent off if you want to actually look great when you’re in meetings or streaming videos. Now down to $84, that’s the best price we’ve seen. View at Amazon The Tiny SE delivers ultra-smooth video...

Hackers just ‘backed up’ 86 million Spotify music tracks
In what surely amounts as one of the most brazen digital music heists of all time, a group of hackers says it has “backed up” Spotify’s music files and metadata, and it plans on releasing the files publicly in a massive “preservation archive.” In a blog post detailing its exploits, Anna’s Archives claims it managed to scrape 86 million Spotify tracks, representing more than...

The Epic Games Store is giving out free PC games daily for the holidays
The Epic Games Store is once again giving away a free PC game every day for the holiday season. Every day at 11am Eastern, a new title is unlocked, which is only available for free for 24 hours and then remains in your library permanently. You can currently get the...

It cost my brother’s life: A summer swim that changed everything
A short walk to a nearby creek has lifelong consequences for Vaa’i family.

Is this Fiji or the Hamptons? Not even close. The resort-like pool in an unlikely NZ city
Sitting at the edge of the heated saltwater pool, you’d be fooled into thinking you were at a tropical resort.

Ko wai ka eke ki te whakamatautau pati raumati i roto i te ao torangapu o Aotearoa?
Na reira i whakaaro ahau ka patai atu ahau ki a au ano ko wai e tino hiahia ana ahau ki te inu tahi i te pia i tenei raumati, me te rorerore noki.

A detective’s mistake - and the promised police apology that didn’t come, until Stuff got involved
A detective’s error retraumatised a rape complainant. The watchdog said police would apologise. They didn’t - until Stuff started asking questions

Chris Rea: The car enthusiast whose love of driving inspired his songs
The rock and blues singer's love of cars and driving was the inspiration for many of his songs.

Windows drive X: Unleash ferocious speed by using RAM as storage
The drive letter X: in Windows usually stands for the use of a RAM disc. RAM refers to Random Access Memory, i.e. the working memory of your PC. You can make part of it available as a RAM disc and assign any letters. Users often use the drive letter X:...