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The Beatles will open a museum on the site of their last gig
The band will recreate their recording studio and share unseen memorabilia in London's Savile Row.

'The job eats away at you': Hillmorton Hospital staff facing burnout, anxiety over working conditions
A recent survey found most staff at Christchurch's Hillmorton Hospital felt unsafe, reported working in dilapidated facilities and were scared to report their concerns for fear of retaliation.

Veteran wins appeal for brain-cancer to be treated as service-related in landmark case
A landmark case has found that a veteran's brain cancer must be treated as service-related because of potentially carcinogenic burn pits on his deployment in Somalia.

Another Te Pati Maori MP confirms she's considering leaving the party
Oriini Kaipara’s comment came after Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa Kingi said she was starting her own party.

'Traitor' soldier who thought he was spying on NZ to keep name secret for now
The name of the country he thought he was passing information to will never be disclosed.

300 women bought a French chateau for $7,700 each and made it an ‘adult summer camp’ for all women

Trial over attack on Israeli defence firm resumes in Germany

Te Wananga o Aotearoa formalises partnership with Oxford University
The partnership will create curatorial residences for Maori at the Pitt Rivers Museum at Oxford later this year.

The secret 'seismic' plan to reshape Rugby Australia
Rugby Australia signed off on a plan that would explicitly back NSW and Queensland. Now Wallabies legend Phil Waugh faces a court grilling over it as the fallout from the Rebels’ collapse deepens.

Creditors owed nearly $600m on Auckland's Seascape tower
The largest of those was China Construction Bank, which was owed $133 million.

Abel Wira sentenced to six more years in jail for underage sex offence
Abel Wira is already serving time for owning the dogs that killed Neville Thomson in 2022.

PM Christopher Luxon 'very relaxed' about Winston Peters' fees-free Budget 'leak'
The Prime Minister says he got 'Heathered' on the radio.

Measles likely circulating in Wellington community
A new case has been confirmed.

Triton launches Db2 hybrid cloud HADR clusters service
Outages at major cloud providers have sharpened demand for database resilience as firms seek failover across on-premise and cloud systems.

From airlines to logistics: How Gurobi optimises workflows
Gurobi clients are experiencing significant, compounding benefits from the utilisation of effective optimisation.

Hayden Tasker trial: Fellow officer describes efforts to save Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming
A Nelson police officer saw his colleagues "tumbling and rag-dolling" after they were struck by a car in the early hours of New Year's Day last year.

Hipkins calls out Seymour’s ‘outrageous’ comments about RNZ and Maiki Sherman
TVNZ’s political editor Maiki Sherman announced she was leaving the state broadcaster after two weeks of making headlines.

'Minister touched shoulder and waist': Lionel Messi GOAT tour organiser recounts horrific security breakdown in Kolkata

13 people arrested for gang, gun-related violence in Wairoa
Gang-related activity disturbs the peace and adds to a feeling of being unsafe, Detective Senior Sergeant John Love says.

Secrecy surrounding 'traitor' soldier who thought he was spying on NZ to stay in place
The soldier could still fight to keep his name secret, despite two courts now ruling there are no grounds.

‘That would be insanity’: Luxon rules out forming grand coalition with Labour
Asked if he’d rule out a coalition with Labour, the PM responded: “Hell yeah”

Watch: Mayor takes down ‘political rival’ – in the wrestling ring
Lower Hutt’s Fauono Ken Laban comes out on top against Sir Mr Burns, a wrestler who portrays himself as a fictional chief adviser to the prime minister.

Political parties negotiate controversial Gene Technology Bill, as progress stalls
The Bill that would end an effective 30-year ban on the use of genetic technologies outside the laboratory has stalled ahead of second reading.