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Defence minister receives a single briefing regarding the Iran war
The briefing was over a NZDF invite to a UK-led planning meeting about reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Nicola Willis walks a tightrope with Budget 2026
Analysis - Trying to please everyone will prove a near-impossible task for the Finance Minister when she delivers her third Budget on Thursday.

Scientists not holding out hope for big Budget boost after year of cuts and sector overhaul
Last year saw the biggest shake-up to the science system in 30 years.

Budget 26: Opposition, advocates have low expectations of support for those struggling most
The opposition is not expecting much in today's Budget for those doing it toughest, but an economist says he would be surprised if there isn't at least one nice surprise.

The 24-year-old German surging towards All Blacks selection
Anton Segner's consistency, defensive skills, and attacking growth make him a strong contender for test rugby.

‘Good stuff does still happen’: The kids who fought for a new bike park after theirs got flattened
The boys wrote to a local councillor after their homemade park was cleared due to safety concerns and complaints.

The outstanding coalition commitments that could be in the Budget
Budget Day has arrived, meaning there’s just hours to go until we all know what’s inside.

Degreed appoints Elizabeth Tan Levy as Chief Product Officer
The hire signals Degreed's push to turn workforce data into actionable AI tools as employers demand clearer skills insights and training results.

Brightcove launches AI tools for video ad targeting
Media groups could boost ad yields as new scene-level targeting and automated break suggestions aim to improve brand safety and cut manual work.

Alibaba Cloud joins PyTorch Foundation as Platinum member
It gives Alibaba Cloud a board seat at the open source group as it seeks to shape AI software used across rival hardware platforms.

Robinhood now lets your AI agents trade stocks

FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship booster mishap

Lack of customers forces Bathurst to pause Rotowaro coal mine expansion plans
Almost all of the coal produced at Rotowaro near Huntly goes to the Glenbrook Steel Mill - which is about to fire up a new electric furnace.

Wellington councillor still at loggerheads with mayor over search and rescue
The mayor says the councillor should not have got involved in a search operation.

Waitaki mayor Mel Tavendale concedes 22 percent rate hike will be a 'tough ask'
A bleak financial forecast prompted calls from stunned Waitaki ratepayers for a government probe of council's finances, due to fears people would lose their homes.

FIFA World Cup 2026: Full match schedule and results
A full list of fixtures and results at the 2026 FIFA World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, in New Zealand time.

Everything we already know will be in the Budget
While there will be plenty to pore over when the Budget is formally read, we already know quite a bit.

‘It was a lot to process’: Lawyer, 27, gets shock breast cancer diagnosis
Fewer than 20 Kiwi women aged 25 to 29 are diagnosed each year.

Scammers are sending phishing emails from a real Microsoft address
For the last several months, scammers have co-opted an internal Microsoft email address—a legitimate email that’s used for alerts and notifications—to send spam emails to random people. First reported by TechCrunch and later resurfaced by a warning from Mimikama (machine translated), these scam emails are sent from msonlineservicesteam@microsoftonline.com, which is normally...

Windows 11’s new update actually makes your PC faster. Here’s how to get it
Microsoft is following through on a previous announcement with a new optional update for Windows 11 that makes the operating system genuinely faster, especially in certain situations. It’s called update KB5089573 and it includes the “Low Latency Profile” feature. What the performance boost entails Windows Central reports that KB5089573 is the first...