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Hawke's Bay Maori housing project wants to see the model rolled out nationwide
Puke Aute papakainga south of Hastings has 10 new houses built on Maori ancestral land as well as vege gardens, lambs, chickens and pigs.

Watch: We opened up Lenovo’s uber-repairable ThinkPad at CES 2026
CES 2026 is in full swing and there’s a surprising amount of cool stuff on the show floor, and it’s all pretty exciting even with high memory prices and uncertain availability throwing cold water on the party. Laptops in particular are turning heads, but there’s one trend that caught the...

Cloud security firms, Brivo & Eagle Eye, form AI security giant
Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks will merge under the Brivo name to create what they claim is the world’s largest AI cloud security platform.

$5.9 million fence to protect Wellington forest from pests
The forest is home to centuries-old trees, along with kiwi but is under threat from deer, pigs and goats eating its undergrowth.

Court extends detention of bus driver who rammed into ultra-Orthodox protesters

Police recover IDF reservist’s car packed with military equipment

'Yeah boy': Meet Pleakley, Otorohanga Kiwi House's talking tui
While it's not unheard of for tui to mimic car alarms and the like, birds that talk are relatively rare.

I don't like my kid's friends - what should I do?
Parents should take note of any gut feelings they have when it comes to who their child hangs out with. However, a heavy-handed approach can backfire.

Mid-30s heat coming as today brings showers and possible thunderstorms
Napier is forecast to hit 35C on Sunday, while Hastings could crank it even higher to a scorching 36C.

First Connect passes USD $500m milestone in GWP surge
First Connect’s digital insurance marketplace tops USD $500m in GWP, fuelled by rising demand from independent agents and carriers.

Grab Iniu’s 20K pocket-sized power bank with built-in cable for 22% off
These days, I never leave the house for an extended period of time without a power bank in my bag—and neither should you. Why risk being caught out in unexpected circumstances with a dead phone? If nothing else, power banks offer peace of mind. And there’s no reason to blow...

Stench plaguing suburb likely to return this weekend
An awful stench that has long plagued residents in a Lower Hutt suburb is likely to return this weekend.

FinWhale keeps tabs on pool chlorine—and corrects it as needed
San Francisco Bay Area-based SunnyWhale brought an early version of its inaugural product to CES 2026, a new pool water quality measurement and chemical dispensing system called FinWhale. The device is named after the fin whale, the largest filter-feeding animal in the ocean, which inspired the system. FinWhale is a self-contained,...

Elvis Presley-themed train departs for Australian tribute festival

Warming of the North and Baltic seas continues, German figures show

Germany to recognize Niue, a Pacific island linked to New Zealand

China Automakers Push Deeper Discounts Into 2026 Despite Regulatory Warnings

VOSS adds AI, security & DEM to workplace platform
VOSS launches v25.3 of its workplace platform, boosting AI assistant Wingman, Microsoft 365 security, Teams insights and DEM capabilities.

Chrome fixes a problematic security flaw in first update of 2026
Google has fixed a vulnerability in the new Chrome versions 143.0.7499.192/193 for Windows and macOS and 143.0.7499.192 for Linux. According to Google, this vulnerability has not yet been exploited for attacks in the wild. In the Chrome Releases blog post, Harry Souders provides scant details on the fixed vulnerability, which was...

Index Engines to showcase AI cyber resilience at Gartner
Index Engines to demo AI-driven CyberSense at Gartner Las Vegas, pitching continuous data integrity checks to speed ransomware recovery.

Nudge Security adds new tools to govern AI in SaaS
Nudge Security unveils expanded AI-in-SaaS controls to monitor chatbot use, browser activity and risky integrations across cloud apps.

Why 2026 is going to be a great year for star-gazers
"Find yourself a really comfortable deck chair, sit back and just explore away," says astronomer Ian Griffin.