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Tearful conwoman who faked cancer: ‘I am finding the real me’
Racheal Gray faked being a doctor and having brain cancer to dupe unsuspecting victims up and down New Zealand. She now says her life of crime is over.

Abbas calls for Israeli exit from Gaza, Palestinian state in UN letter

Couple took underage sons abroad for marriage

Why Rocket Lab Stock Is Rocketing Higher This Week

The Detail: Simon Barnett discusses life after death, being back on primetime TV
The broadcaster reflects on life after wife Jodi, opening up his heart again and changing careers.

Big screens, small towns, booming audiences
Reports of cinema's death are greatly exaggerated - at least for rural and regional New Zealand.

Brivo launches AI-friendly API for security integrations
Security integrators could cut development time and costs as Brivo updates its platform for natural-language AI tools and wider software links.

Chrome 148 update fixes 79 vulnerabilities, including 14 critical
With the new Chrome versions 148.0.7778.167/168 for Windows and macOS and 148.0.7778.167 for Linux, the developers have patched 79 security vulnerabilities. According to Google, none of them are currently being exploited in the wild yet. In the Chrome Releases blog post, Srinivas Sista lists all of the fixed flaws. AI models...

Synack report says vulnerability testing gap widens
Enterprises are testing only about 32% of their attack surface, leaving many assets outside regular security checks as threats grow faster.

‘Plague or cholera’: Blues wary of Hurricanes’ danger men for pivotal Eden Park clash
What you need to know as the Blues host the leaders in round 14 of Super Rugby Pacific.

Out in the cold: How an unwanted Black Cap fought his way back into the team
He fell out of favour for almost two years, but Henry Nicholls is back for the crunch three-test series against England.

‘Just go’: Breast cancer survivor urges younger women to push for early screening
Doctors told Julie Gray that had she not asked for a mammogram, she would have been dead 13 months later.

Funny old world: the week's offbeat news

'Happiest day of our lives': Gazans hold mass wedding among ruins

New York seeks to wipe out dog poop problem

First Palestinian ICC filing against Hamas alleges war crimes, seeks arrests

New dinosaur weighing as much as 9 elephants identified by scientists

BRICS meeting ends without joint statement amid Middle East divisions

Wellington's Loafers Lodge fire still taking toll three years later
Senior station officer Clark Townsley tells RNZ about the horrendous conditions confronting his firefighters that Wellington night.

Auckland electrician's suspicions spark cannabis bust in Otahuhu
Hundreds of plants have been destroyed, but police are yet to find the culprits.

Sovereignty boosts enterprise AI returns, study finds
Better control of data and AI systems is delivering five times the return on investment for enterprises, a new study found.

Google quietly cuts free storage to 5GB without a phone number
For years now, Google has provided users with 15 GB of online storage free of charge. But that era seems to be ending. Going forward, you’ll only get 15 GB of free storage if you give Google your phone number—and this is for your Google account, meaning it affects Gmail,...

Badenoch 'flattered' by Thatcher comparison from Nicki Minaj
Badenoch says she is a fan of the Trinidad and Tobago-born rapper's song Starship after being endorsed by her.

'We want to be pioneers': Everything on the line as Phoenix face City in grand final
Coach Bev Priestman says the team is ready to find another level as they chase a maiden title in Melbourne.

After looking at break-up, Blues boss says Eden Park ‘should be our superpower’
Karl Budge is keen to change the “perception” of what they can offer from their spiritual home against the backdrop of underwhelming crowds.