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Doctors, nurses at South Island hospitals plagued by IT issues
"It's all very well to have plans, intentions and work-around but when this is a daily issue it becomes very difficult, demoralising and dangerous."

Ski icon takes silver in her first big air competition since 2022
Gu also won silver in slopestyle and still has her best event, the halfpipe, in which she will try to defend her title this weekend.

Claim of political discrimination at police traffic stop rejected by tribunal
Peter Richard Prescott alleged the police targeted him because of his political views, but the tribunal found his claim lacked merit and was untenable.

Washout at single lane bridge cuts off several settlements in southern Wairarapa
Communities in southern Wairarapa, including Lake Ferry and Cape Palliser, have been cut off.

Sting and Lewis Capaldi surprise at charity show
The show, last held in 2020, raises funds for emerging artists in memory of actor Sammy Johnson.

Live weather: River breaches banks, floods close highways in Canterbury
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula are being slammed, as thousands still have no power and roads are shut around the lower North Island.

Was a former All Black singing the national anthem really New Zealand’s favourite sporting moment of 2025?
Come on folks, it should have been a landslide. The sight of Geordie Beamish roaring down the home straight in the 3000m steeplechase final at the world athletics championships was spine-tingling.

Playstation 6 console threatened with delay amid microchip shortage

Pacific news in brief for 17 February
A round-up of news from around the region, including a typhoid update out of Tonga.

'I bring a circus' - ringmaster Fury in 'prime' for Makhmudov fight
Showman Tyson Fury says he is "coming back to make boxing great again" as he prepares to fight Russia's Arslanbek Makhmudov in April.

League One Mansfield to host Arsenal in fifth round - full FA Cup draw
League One club Mansfield will host record 14-time winners Arsenal at Field Mill in the FA Cup fifth round, as Manchester City head to Newcastle in a repeat of the League Cup semi-final.

Storms destroy Horowhenua grower's long berry tunnels
Storms across the North Island have destroyed a Horowhenua grower's large berry tunnels, but power to the milking shed has since returned. Severe weather over the weekend thrust five North...

Nancy Guthrie kidnapping investigators work with Walmart after identifying suspect’s backpack
A glove found near Nancy Guthrie’s home has also been sent for DNA testing, after the FBI confirmed it could have been dropped by a suspected kidnapper.

Mastercard tests first AI agent-led payments in NZ
Mastercard and Westpac have trialled New Zealand’s first fully authenticated AI agent-led payments for cinema tickets and hotel bookings.

Woman admits selling fake Taylor Swift tickets
The total amount of the fraud was nearly £3,000 and involved 12 victims, Cardiff magistrates hear.

Farmer rescues sheep stranded in Banks Peninsula floodwaters
A farm worker had to swim stranded sheep to safety after huge downpours at Teddington.

Traffic into Wellington at a stand still after two-vehicle crash
One person is reported to have serious injuries, while two lanes heading southbound are blocked.

Insurance price drop for some households - as other struggle to get it at all
Aucklanders may finally be getting some relief on their insurance premiums - but the same cannot be said for Wellington and Christchurch.

Have money, will travel: a16z’s hunt for the next European unicorn

Logan Paul’s 'holy grail' of Pokémon cards sells for $27.3 million
The American social media star and pro wrestler purchased the rare Pikachu Illustrator Pokémon card for NZ$8.74 million five years ago.

Australia on brink as Nissanka sends Sri Lanka through
Australia's hopes of reaching the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup are all but over after Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka hit a brilliant unbeaten 100 to condemn them to an eight-wicket defeat.