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Parliament back to government business
After a slow start to their year, MPs are back in Wellington and mostly focusing on government business. We run through the bills under discussion.

Black Caps v UAE: Twenty20 World Cup live updates from Chennai
All the action as New Zealand continue their campaign in India.

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ADLINK unveils Xeon edge GPU servers for AI vision
ADLINK rolls out Xeon 600-based edge GPU servers to power real-time AI vision, LLMs and generative workloads in factories and labs.

Chappell Roan leaves talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after Epstein fallout
Wasserman has been criticised after his flirtatious emails to Ghislaine Maxwell were revealed in the Epstein files.

Cyclist dies after crash with vehicle in Upper Hutt
A cyclist has died following a collision with a vehicle in Upper Hutt.

Far North community residents arm themselves with sticks in fear of roaming dogs
"This can't be a situation in which we are kind of prisoners [in] our own community and can't just go for a walk or let our kids experience the outdoors,"

One dead, two in critical condition after crash in Hawke’s Bay
One person has died and two others are in critical condition following a crash in Wairoa, Hawke’s Bay.

Australian satanic child sex abuse ring has alleged links to NZ
Australian investigators have identified offenders from New Zealand, USA, Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America, and South East Asia.

Wellington sewage outflow could kill marine reserve's kelp forest ecosystem
A marine biologist says the worst case scenario if untreated sewage continues to be dumped in Wellington could be the die-off of the kelp forest ecosystem.

Shelby County deputies honored for daring ice rescue

Government needs to 'sit down and have a conversation with us' on India trade deal - Hipkins
Labour is getting closer to confirming support for the India Free Trade agreement, but says the full text has raised more questions that need answering.

Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora
The various words for this ubiquitous salad green are a linguistic fossil record revealing the history of Italian migration.

Genes found to play an underestimated role in determining longevity

Palestinian citizens of Israel demand government do more to stop crime

Entuity V23.0 boosts remote monitoring with agents
Entuity V23.0 debuts lightweight remote agents and streaming telemetry to extend secure monitoring across remote, distributed IT estates.

Instagram and YouTube owners built 'addiction machines', trial hears
The tech giants are under scrutiny over social media addiction in a landmark jury trial in Los Angeles

Internal fraud and corruption under-reported, new report shows
It found cases were likely being being under-reported due to inadequate prevention and detection controls in some agencies.

Cyclist dies after car crash in Upper Hutt
Emergency services received a report of the crash, involving a vehicle and a cyclist, in Trentham about 4pm today.

'Just not fair': Manawatu parents using savings and loans for school buses
Manawatu parents and caregivers are dipping into their savings and even taking out loans to fund a bus service to get their children to school.

South Korea says Coupang must address security loopholes in probe of data breach

Mum calls for change at Auckland pool after son's teeth smashed on slide, man's finger torn off
An Auckland mum is unhappy with the response from a local pool after her son smashed his front teeth while on a hydroslide.

New video game sees Africans fantasise about taking back looted treasures

Somalia, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on military cooperation