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Nonnamaxxing: How living like an Italian grandma can benefit health and wellbeing
It's simple: make time for your friends and loved ones, eat foods grown from your own garden and cook hearty meals at home.

Companies must pay $200k after trucker’s death on private forestry road
Two companies have to pay almost $200,000 in fines and reparations after a forestry truck driver’s death almost three years ago.

Debate stuff: Is affordable housing possible in New Zealand’s economy?
As housing costs continue to rise and social housing waitlists stretch for years in some places, debate is growing over what homes should actually be for.

Energy for AI, AI for energy: designing AI-ready data centres
Data centre operators race to make AI-ready sites more energy efficient, using smart cooling, load shifting and grid collaboration.

GitHub adds moderation tools for open source maintainers
GitHub rolls out moderation controls to help open source maintainers curb spam and manage soaring pull request volumes.

Harvey launches 500 legal AI agents & builder tool
Harvey expands legal AI push with more than 500 agents and early access to a builder that lets firms customise workflows.

Fuel stocks down slightly across all types
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment says this is an expected drop.

‘He’s stayed staunch’: Meet the five-year-old NRL fan whose tears went viral
Noah Deguara, whose pain was caught on camera as his heroes were thumped by Cronulla on Sunday, has been raised on weekly re-runs of the Tigers’ 2005 grand final victory.

Northern Mariana Islands and Guam governors push for deep-sea mining moratorium
David Apatang and Lou Leon Guerrero say the United States must protect the environmental integrity and strategic utility of the Mariana region.

Companies must pay $200k after trucker's death on private forestry road
Greg Stevens, 59, was killed when his fully loaded truck and trailer rolled on a treacherous bend on a private forestry road.

SAP agrees to acquire Dremio in data platform push
SAP to acquire Dremio in a bid to bolster its data platform, with the Chief Technology Officer touting open standards for AI-ready analytics.

Diesel supply drops five days’ worth, but fuel importers have ‘good confidence’
Since the previous update, petrol stocks decreased by 3.2 days, diesel dropped by 5 days, and jet fuel fell by 3.6 days.

End of the road for Kiwi accused in global cocaine conspiracy
The Kiwi allegedly managing the paperwork for a conspiracy to import 400kg of cocaine will have to face charges in the US.

Cavell Leitch taps Rodney Craig for Wellington office
Cavell Leitch names Rodney Craig to spearhead a Wellington expansion, betting on a senior corporate lawyer to anchor its national growth push.

Tanium launches Atlas to speed IT & security response
Tanium launches Atlas, an autonomous platform for IT and security teams, as Chief Operating Officer Matt Quinn says AI-driven attacks are accelerating.

Microsoft tops phishing brand rankings in first quarter
Microsoft, Apple and Google dominate first-quarter phishing attacks as scammers broaden tactics from fake logins to payments, QR-code hijacks and malware.

Undercover sting exposes illegal pig slaughter operation in Auckland
An Auckland man has been fined $6,000 after an undercover officer witnessed illegal slaughters and purchased pigs for up to $300 as part of a food safety investigation.

Pacific news in brief for 6 May
A round-up of news from around the region, including Papua New Guinea's chief ombudsman planning to appeal the decision to allow Starlink to operate in the country.

'Brown and disgusting' water coming out of Palmerston North taps
Takaro resident Jennie Bracken initially had no water coming out of her taps at all on Tuesday.

SAP buys Prior Labs to boost enterprise AI research
SAP to invest more than EUR €1 billion in Prior Labs, creating a Europe-based AI research lab for structured business data.