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TUANZ partners with Recycle A Device to bridge divide
TUANZ has teamed with Recycle A Device to supply refurbished laptops to students, targeting New Zealand’s growing digital divide in 2026.

‘Catastrophic failure’ of wastewater plant causing ‘disaster’ is ‘just incredibly disappointing’, mayor says
The “catastrophic failure” of the Moa Point wastewater plant is a “big deal” for Wellington, Mayor Andrew Little says.

IDF admits civilians likely killed in retaliatory strike on Hamas commander after soldier wounded

Meteor Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile In The Works For Ukraine, But There’s A Catch

Months of preparation and a shipping container: The kai at Waitangi
It's all hands on deck as the team at the Treaty Grounds prepare to feed the masses on Waitangi Day.

Waitangi 2026: Election and weather big topics, nationwide hui to be called as politicians welcomed to Treaty Grounds
Luxon concedes Act's Treaty Principles Bill was 'incredibly challenging' for Maori.

Microsoft Copilot claims it can set reminders. My phone never buzzed
Microsoft has quietly added reminders to Copilot. Well, at least Copilot seems to think so. I don’t. Windows Latest reports that you can now ask Copilot to set a reminder for a specific task, and the reminder should fire on your Android or iOS phone, letting you know what’s going on. Reminders,...

Winter Olympics like world champs 'on crack' - snowboarder Dane Menzies
New Zealand snowboarder Dane Menzies admits the hype at the Winter Olympics is something special.

Police hold serious concerns for missing woman Nicola O'Connor
The 42-year-old has gone missing while travelling around the central North Island in a house bus.

Nervous wait for British passports as deadline looms
Families waiting for news on British passports fear planned holidays to the United Kingdom will be upended by processing times and delivery delays.

Intel is helping develop a new type of DRAM aimed at AI
Intel began as a memory supplier. The PC industry faces its most dire memory crunch in years, if not decades. So it makes sense for Intel to move back into PC memory, right? Sort of. Intel said this week that it is indeed working on a new memory technology, called Z-Angle...

Bill Gates denies 'false' accusations after being named in new Jeffrey Epstein files
The documents appear to show draft messages in Epstein's email account alleging that Gates had used him to organise trysts with women and contracted a sexually transmitted infection.

NATO troops formally join German-led brigade in Lithuania

South Sudan hospital hit by government airstrike, Doctors Without Borders says

Palestinian woman, Israeli man arrested after pretending to be married to enter Israel

SkillsVR unveils EVA AI assistant for unified training
SkillsVR launches EVA, an AI assistant unifying VR, mobile and web training with real-time learner guidance and automatic record tracking.

Message to house buyers: You've got time
There is likely to be another six months of little house price movement.

'Catastrophic failure': Wellington mayor describes plant's leak as environmental disaster
An average of around 70 million litres of untreated wastewater has been pouring into the capital's South Coast since Wednesday morning.

Good news for Waitangi Day plans as sunshine holds across the North Island
There’s a front that is expected to weaken as it moves north on Friday, but it will still bring wet weather and showers to parts of the south.

NZ Government wastes money on fusion research?
Does the New Zealand government understand the concept of due dilligence? If their latest $35 million handout of taxpayer dollars is an example, I don't think they really do.