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Wellington floods and tropical cyclones: How weather forecasting is dealing with an uncertain future
Explainer - Has climate change made weather forecasting harder to do - and how is technology changing the game?

Family has not heard from woman missing in Auckland for ‘several days’
Police and family are concerned for the welfare of Toni, who has not been seen for several days and is believed to be in the Counties Manukau area.

Northland police staffer claimed $29,000 for shifts he never worked
Riki Toby said the offending started after going through a break-up, which put “extra financial pressure” on him.

Auckland slip brings tree down onto houses, closes highway
All persons have been accounted for.

Person pulled from vehicle after truck and van crash on Canterbury highway
A serious crash between a truck and a van on Friday morning has closed a section of a Canterbury highway.

Northland police staffer claimed $29,000 for shifts he never worked
Kaitaia police officer Riki Toby claimed unworked overtime hours for more than a year before it was discovered, RNZ can reveal.

Weather: Orange heavy rain warning for parts of North Island
Parts of Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island are under an orange heavy rain warning.

Four tickets to World Cup final are listed on Fifa resale site for more than $3.9 million each
Fifa did not control the asking prices, but took a 15% purchase fee from the buyer of each ticket, and a 15% resale fee from the seller.

Person dead after single-vehicle crash in Wellsford
The vehicle's sole occupant died at the scene, police say.

ServiceNow & Google Cloud widen AI agent partnership
ServiceNow and Google Cloud deepen AI tie-up as quarterly subscription revenue rises 19% and guidance is lifted after strong contract wins.

Watch: ‘Freak thing’ as baseball hit smashed back at pitcher gets caught in jersey
The batter was credited with a single as the play was considered dead.

Why Tony Brown’s advice has helped the Black Ferns rectify old flaws
Two things jumped out as the Black Ferns exorcised their Rugby World Cup demons by overwhelming Canada in Kansas City.

Meat processor fire puts one in hospital
A person has been taken to hospital after an early morning fire at a South Island meat processor.

Body found in burnt vehicle on Kapiti Coast, police investigating
Emergency services were called to a large fire in Peka Peka, near Waikanae, on Friday morning.

Local Government Minister Simon Watts on challenges building water infrastructure
Local Government Minister Simon Watts says the costs will be in the region of $4 billion per annum over the next 10 years.

Era raises $11M to build a software platform for AI gadgets

Meta to cut 8,000 jobs, Microsoft offers buyouts to to staff as AI spending costs hit Big Tech workers

Meta slashes 8,000 jobs, or 10% of its workforce, as Microsoft offers buyouts

Israeli Air Force technicians indicted for spying on IDF chief, Ben-Gvir at Iran's behest

Why a bitter political feud has left a former Zambian president unburied 10 months after his death

Zelensky hopeful about accession talks as EU leaders gather in Cyprus

At least 17 Somali migrants die after boat capsizes off Algeria

Teens Are Climbing onto Moving Buses in New Viral Trend. Officials Warn the Risk Could Be Deadly

Nixing SailGP described as a 'significant loss' by Auckland events boss
Auckland's events boss says the government has missed an important opportunity by not putting in the money to keep SailGP in the city next year.

Lydia Ko trails leaders after testing opening round at year’s first major
The Kiwi golfer carded evens on day one of the Chevron Championship in Houston.

Flat-rate AI plans are cracking, and Claude Code could be the next victim
Wasn’t I just saying that flat-rate AI plans are broken? Now we’ve got more proof, this time coming from the makers of Claude. Eagled-eyed Claude users caught Anthropic tinkering with the signup page for individual Claude Pro and Max plans. Specifically, they saw that Claude Code was nixed from the features...

Meta says it will cut 8,000 jobs as AI spending grows
The cuts, which employees had been expecting for weeks, will be Meta's largest layoff since 2023.