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Officials want Stewart Island solar powered by Christmas in face of rising diesel costs
Rakiura's 480 residents currently rely entirely on diesel for power generation, and are bracing for a steep rise in prices due to the conflict in the Middle East.

Tough road to electrifying New Zealand's truck fleet
Steep hurdles are preventing many trucking firms electrifying their fleets, with full battery EVs making up less than three percent of new heavy vehicle registrations since 2021.

Almost 40 percent of public-sector physiotherapists want to quit their jobs - study
The research was based on a survey of more than 570 physiotherapists - 46 percent of Health New Zealand's physiotherapy workforce of about 1200.

Experts await latest weather models to get clearer picture of Cyclone Vaianu's path
At the moment various models are still showing different tracks.

Rackspace appoints two senior leaders for private cloud
Rackspace names two senior leaders to drive private cloud operations and international growth as it targets enterprise AI demand.

Meth dealer and his wife lose their home, Land Rovers to police
Martin Piper and Lisa O’Sullivan bought the Northland property, now valued at $860,000, in 2015.

‘Giving back to Tangaroa’: From rusting hulk to dive attraction and fish hotel
Hawke’s Bay will soon have a new dive attraction with plans to sink a trawler off the coast of Napier.

A post-birth illness nearly killed this first-time mum - why warning signs are missed
Hannah Watkinson, 32, nearly died from a sudden heart condition, soon after giving birth.

Anthropic’s new AI found thousands of zero-day flaws on its own
On Tuesday, Anthropic unveiled its latest AI model called Claude Mythos. This “general-purpose, unreleased frontier model” is so impressively powerful that Anthropic is wary of releasing it to the public at large. Claude Mythos Preview “surpasses all but the most skilled humans at finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities” and it has...

When can I start taking my children running?
If you enjoy running and your child has shown interest in coming along, you might be wondering when they're old enough to start.

Why All the President's Men is as relevant as it was 50 years ago
Five decades on, Alan J Pakula's classic remains disturbingly prescient.

Motorcyclists put rego on hold in protest against ACC
Higher levies are fair because motorcycles only make up 4% of the fleet and 25% of the cost of crashes, ACC says.

DIY shareholders holding steady despite market volatility
Do-it-yourself retail shareholders are holding on to their shares, despite price volatility associated with the war in Iran.

Argentum AI picks Rafay for GPU software orchestration
Argentum AI taps Rafay Systems to streamline customer-specific GPU environments across its global data centre footprint as AI demand surges.

Corsair’s custom PC case builder is fun, but the math doesn’t add up
I love PC building because I love customization. It’s one of the big reasons to build your own desktop, along with upgradeability and cost savings… though that latter point is out the window right now. Anyway, Corsair is leaning into the custom angle with its latest online “builder” tool, this...

Watch: Paddy Gower is interviewed for a job by AI (and it’s a massive fail)
Paddy goes on camera for his first job interview in well over 20 years.

Iran threat puts Stargate UAE data centre in focus
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has named OpenAI's Abu Dhabi Stargate campus as a possible target, sharpening fears over Gulf AI infrastructure amid rising tensions.