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Bezos' Blue Origin announces satellite rival to Musk's Starlink
Blue Origin will be focused on businesses and governments, while Starlink also offers services to individual customers.

Watch: White Fern’s starring role with bat in vain in Super Smash clash
White Ferns player Izzy Gaze was excellent for the Auckland Hearts but she couldn’t prevent her team suffering a one-wicket loss to the Northern Brave.

Italian man ‘zoned out’ before head-on crash that killed wife of 53 years
He will fly home without his wife’s ashes after fatally drifting into the path of a truck in Southland.

Fans divided over Andreeva message
Mirra Andreeve easily accounted for Maria Sakkari in the second round, but exactly what she said to the crowd has divided fans.

Millman's advice to take down Sinner
John Millman has some advice for James Duckworth to take down Jannik Sinner at the Australian Open.

Oakura cut off in both directions, could take weeks to fix slip damage - mayor
Whangarei Mayor Ken Couper says it could take weeks to fix a massive slip blocking the road to Oakura.

2026: The year AI moves from promise to performance
In 2026, AI shifts from dazzling pilots to disciplined performance, as trust, governance and human oversight overtake speed of deployment.

Another IT outage impacts southern hospitals, staff left in the dark
A staff member told RNZ they were were frustrated as they had been left in the dark about what happened.

Coromandel weather damage: Road access slowly being restored after major slips, flooding
One firefighter described the area's downpour as worse than Cyclone Gabrielle.

What are your rights if rain has ruined your holiday?
Many New Zealanders' summer holidays ended as wild weather battered the North Island.

'Romantic' museum to reopen on Valentine's day

Chess grandmaster’s tragic death from accidental overdose
Daniel Naroditsky, an influential American chess grandmaster, had multiple drugs in his system and was killed by an abnormal heartbeat caused by an accidental overdose.

‘We all make mistakes’: contractor seen watering tree during Auckland rain
An Auckland Council contractor has been filmed watering a street tree in rainy weather in what a councillor says was a mistake.

‘He just clocked me’: Harry Brook details pre-Ashes bouncer incident
The problems for the star batter began before the England team arrived in Australia for the recently completed Ashes series.

Sweating it out: Why Wallabies’ new kit supplier comes with baggage
English sportswear brand Castore will kit out the Wallabies on the road to the 2027 World Cup.

WA enforcer Beardman looms as major weapon in BBL final
Emerging star Mahli Beardman has become Perth’s pace enforcer this BBL season, but it’s his state of flow that matters most to the 20-year-old.

Hijikata stuns opponent with epic shot
Aussie wildcard Rinky Hijikata stunned even his opponent Valentin Vacherot with a great volley.

Persistent revenue grows as AI, cloud deals accelerate
Persistent lifts quarterly revenue 17.3% year-on-year to USD $422.5 million as accelerating AI and cloud deals drive larger client wins.

Search suspended for driver swept away into Mahurangi River, north of Auckland
The ex-fisherman's wife believes he will survive with his strength, wisdom and familiarity with the water.

GenAI & younger buyers reshape Asia Pacific B2B spend
GenAI, risk worries and values-driven younger buyers are rapidly reshaping complex B2B purchasing across Asia Pacific, Forrester finds.

Woolworths warned it might be breaking the law
The Commerce Commission has warned Woolworths for what it believes is a likely breach of the Grocery Industry Competition Act.