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Kiwi snowboarder qualifies for halfpipe final
Wanaka snowboarder Cam Melville Ives has qualified for the final of the halfpipe competition at the Winter Olympics.

MetService forecasts wet weather on the way this weekend
You may need to keep your raincoats handy as the warm weather may take a turn this weekend.

Stress rising for New Zealand’s small business owners
Stress is surging for New Zealand’s small business owners, with nearly half considering closing as rising costs and tax shocks take their toll.

Wellington wastewater plant operator has faced overseas legal action over failures
The multinational company contracted to operate Wellington’s failed wastewater plant has been the subject of several legal cases overseas.

Watch: School mystery solved after cat burglar caught on camera
The trail led to a stash behind the PE shed.

Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says
Health NZ says a third-party hardware failure caused a 36-hour South Island hospital IT outage that forced staff back to pen and paper.

Review finds Teaching Council's penalties too light, incompetent teachers going under radar
The review also recommended the council investigate whether schools are failing to report incompetent teachers.

Pest cull at Auckland's Western Springs Lake using electrocurrents
Hundreds of goldfish, turtles and other pests are being pulled from Auckland's Western Springs Lake to be euthanised, with their presence negativity impacting water quality and native wildlife.

‘I love it’: The Kiwi Winter Olympics moment Snoop Dogg is raving about
Snoop Dogg, who is NBC’s correspondent for the Games, featured the video of bronze medallist Luca Harrington receiving a haka on his ‘greatest hits’ segment.

Britney Spears sells rights to music catalogue in reported $330m deal
The deal includes her songs such as '(You Drive Me) Crazy', 'Circus', 'Gimme More' and 'I'm a Slave 4 U'.

Skellerup posts record profit for first half
The company gets about 80 percent of revenue from overseas and close to 40 percent from US sales.

Cyclone Gezani tears through Madagascar, kills at least 31
More than 2,740 residents were evacuated as a precaution after the cyclone struck coastal communities before moving inland.

New alarm installed at the Mount as facilities remain off limits after landslip disaster
There are currently 40 landslips identified on Mauao, including 29 on the base track, which is closed, along with a range of other facilities at Mount Maunganui.

How the new ChatGPT caricature trend can put your data at risk
While the trend may be fun, it could leave you open to being scammed.

‘A triumph’: Lorde conquers Auckland in homecoming show
Singer’s career comes full-circle in return to Spark Arena after 12 years.

Australian brand Aroha changes name following backlash
The brand, now Vyra, said it’s not a rebrand, rather “a reflection of who we are now.”

Anthropic unveils Claude Opus 4.6 for deeper coding work
Anthropic launches Claude Opus 4.6, boosting coding, agent workflows and pro tasks with a 1m-token context window and benchmark gains.

Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48
The actor had been diagnosed with cancer in 2024.

French athlete wins gold months after conviction for stealing from team-mate
She held a finger to her lips as she crossed the line. “I put my finger to my mouth, it was for one person and they know who because we had a talk,” she said. “But I won’t tell any more about it, it’s over.”

Plans to remove tent sites and showers from campground came ‘out of nowhere’, locals plan to fight
It was full at Waitangi weekend and then “out of nowhere” the council announced major changes, a local said.

Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48
The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.