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OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs snub handshake at India AI Summit
OpenAI and Anthropic chiefs decline to hold hands during a photo moment at the India AI Summit, highlighting tensions in the fast-moving AI race.

Country Life: Southland's history of Scottish whisky
A look inside the Hokonui Moonshine Museum where the manufacture of this legendary spirit continues in the modern day.

Country Life: Into the weeds and under the soil at the Underground Festival
The Underground Festival in Waipara, held this week, brought farming families together to share information, a feed, and time off the farm together.

Warriors v Dolphins – NRL pre-season trial
Follow live coverage of the Warriors’ final NRL pre-season game, against the Dolphins in Sydney.

Social housing tenant avoids eviction after alleged threat with metal bar
Otautahi Community Housing Trust applied for the immediate termination of Gregory Robert Deighton’s tenancy at Phillipstown Courts, alleging he threatened a gardener.

Warriors v Dolphins live updates: NRL pre-season clash
Live updates of the pre-season NRL clash in Sydney.

Several injured in crash near Feilding
Police said emergency services were notified of the accident on Sandon Road at around 6.10pm.

Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika live updates: Super Rugby round two clash
Live updates of the Super Rugby Pacific clash between the Hurricanes and Moana Pasifika.

Teacher guilty of misconduct after tipping student off couch and holding him on the ground
A Waikato primary school teacher who tipped a student with behavioural needs off a classroom couch and restrained him on the ground for up to a minute has been censured.

Awkward moment AI rivals refuse to hold hands at India event
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei, chief executive officers of rivals OpenAI and Anthropic, were involved in a very awkward photo op.

Country Life: Turning brewery gunk and forest junk into something good for the soil
Waste hops from a Wellington brewery, cotton offcuts from a New Zealand clothing brand and forestry slash are being turned into so-called "black gold" at a kiln in the heart of the Akatarawa Valley.

Man left a paraplegic after Nelson hit-and-run wants to meet driver 30 years on
Farid Ahmed was left a paraplegic and spent 11 days in a coma after being hit by a car - the driver never faced charges.

Metlink fares to rise by 3.1 percent, off-peak discount drops again
It will be more expensive to travel on Wellington's public transport later this year.

Four seriously injured in two-vehicle crash west of Feilding
Emergency services close Sandon Rd after crash at about 6.10pm.

Union says NZ First ‘lacked the guts’ to stand up against Employment Relations Amendment Bill
A union has hit back at claims by New Zealand First it could have changed the law removing the right for contractors to challenge their employment status.

Hurricanes first five-eighth suffers serious injury against Moana Pasifika
The Hurricanes are facing a first five-eighth crisis after Brett Cameron was carried off the field with a serious-looking injury in their opening game of the Super Rugby Pacific season.

Starmer 'appeasing' big tech firms, says online safety campaigner
Baroness Kidron tells the BBC the PM has being "late to the party" in regulating social media.

Watch: Ryan Fox 'has a knack’ as he delivers another highlight reel chip-in
The Kiwi is one shot behind Rory McIlroy and Jacob Bridgeman and just two off the lead in the Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles.

No judge is above the law - but removing one should not be easy, says public law expert Mai Chen
A dinner party. An alleged verbal attack on Winston Peters. Now a public hearing that could end a judge’s career. Top barrister explains what this unprecedented panel means for judicial independence in New Zealand.