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State Highway 1 closed at Rakaia Bridge in Canterbury after serious crash
Motorists were advised to avoid the area as emergency services worked at the scene.

Pilots enhance representation of Pan-Asian creatives on screen
Four new web series touch on themes such as loneliness, cultural conflict, family feuds and artificial intelligence.

Provaris sees major opportunity in Germany hydrogen push - ICYMI

Japan's wholesale inflation spikes on energy shock, bolsters case for June rate hike

Sci-fi or battlefield reality? Ukraine's bet on swarm drones

'Never seen anything like it': Fuel prices rocket upwards, food stays flat
The price of fuel and transport has skyrocketed while food costs have held steady, in a partial inflation survey.

70th edition of Auckland Boat Show underway as sector faces fuel challenges
The showrunner said rising fuel prices had impacted the industry.

Equinix expands Fabric Geo Zones across five continents
The expansion could help regulated firms keep sensitive traffic within legal boundaries during outages, failovers or congestion across clouds.

‘I have never regained control’: A German backpacker’s nightmare after gang rape
The woman was driven away from K’Rd in the early hours of New Year’s Day where three men took turns in raping her.

Boomi, Gong tie AI agents to live customer revenue signals
Enterprise teams could soon turn sales calls into automated actions across finance, support and product systems without custom integration work.

Musk vs. OpenAI lawyers' closing arguments hit on Musk's ambition, Altman's character

Rocket Lab Leads Space Rally With 57% Gain Following SpaceX IPO Report

LinkedIn cuts hit Australia as global cull claims 875 jobs
Local leadership has been gutted but the Microsoft-owned company says AI isn’t to blame.

Christchurch startup seeo launches AI workplace safety tool
Employers across Australasia are being offered real-time oversight of unsafe acts and near misses as scrutiny on workplace safety intensifies.

Neighbours describe chaos in fire that killed child, hurt six in Christchurch
A quiet street was woken by screams and frantic knocks at the door as a blaze tore through a home.

Black Ferns star discovers rugby’s harsh realities in England
There was a chilling moment during Black Ferns co-captain Ruahei Demant’s stint in England when the reality of northern hemisphere rugby hit home.

NZ Rugby says more than one interested party keen to take over Moana Pasifika
New Zealand Rugby says Kanaloa Consortium is not the only interested party in taking over the Moana Pasifika licence.

Bill banning under-16s from social media put on hold as Stanford looks at wider law change
Labour agreed to support a National MP's bill, but now a government minister says it's paused.

Long-awaited Te Ara Tupua cycling and walking path to open to public
A $348 million walking and cycling path between Ngauranga and Petone will open to the public on Saturday.

Off-contract Phoenix captain addresses future after World Cup selection
After 13 years with the Phoenix, Alex Rufer says he has earned the right to explore his options as he heads to the FIFA World Cup.

Wayne Brown: Uncensored, unleashed (and unhinged?)
An hour-long tangential chat that meandered through the serious, the silly, and the scandalous. No one was safe from attack, not even Robbie Williams or our bowl of chips.

How the war in Iran is affecting Ashburton’s kerbside collection
Green waste bins won’t be rolled in in the Ashburton District in September because they don’t have the bins to roll out.

Peter Thiel is leading investment in an ocean data center powered by waves—and the startup is reportedly worth $1 billion

Google takes fight to Apple, Microsoft with new high-end laptops
The web giant’s new line of Googlebook laptops will bring Gemini AI to the laptop in an attempt to compete with Apple’s MacBook and Microsoft’s Copilot+ PCs.