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Star defender takes top honour at New Zealand netball awards
Karin Burger recognised as New Zealand’s best elite netballer after standout season.

Jethro Tull founding member dies aged 82
Lead singer Ian Anderson says Mick Abrahams was "vitally important" to the band's early line-up.

It gets worse for England: Star bowler out of Ashes as Ollie Pope axed for MCG test
Problems continue for England as Jofra Archer is out of the final two Ashes tests.

Thailand and Cambodia hold talks on ceasefire in border conflict

South African police continue arrests after mass shooting at a pub

Three Pacific ambassadors recalled by the U.S. Department of State
Three US ambassadors to the Pacific have been recalled by the State Department

Commvault, Pinecone boost RAG resilience with backups
Commvault and Pinecone team up to deliver immutable backups and rapid recovery for mission-critical RAG and vector database workloads.

F5's Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know

Trump Media moves $174 million bitcoin after fresh purchase

These 6 stocks will lead the $1 trillion chip surge in 2026, BofA says

Copper prices are soaring. Here's what that often signals for the economy.

'Easier to get growth out of an economic hole' - Did we survive 2025?
Why has the economy so persistently underperformed this year? Experts reveal what held things back.

What to watch on Christmas Day
Belly full? Christmas cheer all spent? Need the kids to flop? Here's what's on the box on Christmas Day.

What makes Chris Knox's Seizure an essential album
Nick Bollinger explores the work of one-of-a-kind musician Chris Knox, with a particular focus on his 1989 solo album Seizure.

Copilot+ laptops can now automatically create captions in Word and PowerPoint
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft 365 subscribers with certain Copilot Plus computers will now have access to a new feature: automatic captions, or alt texts, in Word and PowerPoint. Microsoft When you add an image to a Word or PowerPoint document, the Copilot Plus computer should automatically generate a caption for it....

Two stabbed in Ngaruawahia, Waikato region
Police were called to reports of a stabbing in Ngaruawahia around 11pm on Wednesday night.

Five-time major winner becomes first player to defect from LIV Golf tour
Brooks Koepka is first player to defect from LIV. The next step is if PGA Tour will take him back.

Turkish FM Fidan meets with Hamas leaders to discuss advancing ceasefire to second phase

Lamborghini Temerario Carries Turbo Heritage Traced to Ferrari F40 Era

Strong AI governance drives faster secure adoption
Organisations with robust AI governance are deploying advanced systems faster and more securely, widening the gap with less prepared peers.

Christmas Day brings wet and windy weather for some
MetService said a front was moving northwards over the South Island into early Christmas morning.

Intel Shares Fall on Report Nvidia Halts Production Test

Why it's rare to give birth on Christmas
Christmas is a rare day to be born in New Zealand. Let alone to be having twins, as was the case for Lee Scanlon in Westport.

All alight: Final train departs Melling Station ahead of RiverLink upgrades
Melling train station has seen its last service for about three years, ahead of major infrastructure works.

SaaS attacks surge as boards turn to AI for defence
Cyber attacks on SaaS platforms are soaring, pushing boards to make AI-driven security a core strategy as misconfigurations fuel mass breaches.