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Fatal helicopter crash: Fence wire around tail rotor brought down chopper
Pest control contractors 54-year-old pilot Joseph Keeley and 25-year-old hunter Cole Ritchie died while culling feral goat and deer along Transmission Gully in January.

Why Is Western Digital (WDC) Stock Rocketing Higher Today

Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks
The affected include Oracle, Lenovo, FedEx, a NATO contractor, and Fortinet.

Packaging fault prompts nationwide supermarket recall of popular condiments
A popular condiment brand has been pulled from supermarket shelves across New Zealand after a packaging fault left glass jars damaged and unsafe for consumption.

MI5 boss declares himself a Slow Horses fan
Sir Ken McCallum says he is a fan of the show that has been described as the anti-James Bond.

The Rare "Vampire Plant" Spurred into Bloom After Unprecedented Regional Rainstorms

Hezbollah says it will not be uprooted as violence persists in Lebanon

Rope Jump Instructors Don't Remember Who Was Supposed to Attach Cord Before Woman's Fatal Fall, Investigators Say

Taiawa Tech Hub adds $14.4 million to Wellington GDP
The hub's second year delivered a 21% rise in output, with independent analysis showing it supported 148 jobs across Wellington.

Um, where is Cape Verde? Play Stuff’s ‘Where the hell is that country?!’ World Cup game
Could you point to Curaçao? Cabo Verde? Uzbekistan? This is the game that finds out.

England kick off World Cup campaign with testing Croatia clash
Follow live coverage of the FIFA World Cup game between England and Croatia in Dallas.

‘Constant stream of hoons’: Businesses fed up with burnout chaos
“Hoons” doing burnouts and skidding vehicles on water main covers or fast-food trays are damaging a Tauranga street, a fed-up businessman says.

Live: Harry Kane's England v Croatia - Football World Cup Group L
Follow all the Football World Cup action from Dallas Stadium.

Campaigning in full swing as New Caledonia heads toward crucial provincial elections
Political parties in New Caledoania are now in full campaigning mode for the French Pacific territory's provincial elections. The campaign officially opened on Monday and will last until 26 June...

Look out, I am armed and dangerous!
Apparently there's nothing more dangerous to staff and elected members of the South Waikato District Council than a pensioner with a camera, even if they do suffer from Parkinson's.

Snap stock falls as Specs augmented reality glasses draw mixed reactions

AI lab Odyssey valued at $1.45 billion in latest funding round

2 Reasons This Is a Once-in-a-Decade Industrial Stock Pick for Long-Term Investors

Germany's Bosch to pay U.S. $36 million for shipments to China's Huawei

Tesco moving 40,000 server workloads off VMware amid Broadcom's “abusive conduct”
Tesco claimed Broadcom hiked its VMware prices by about 175 percent in UK court filings.

Small airline has 'horrific' year amid soaring jet fuel prices
Sounds Air has sold six of its aricraft in the last two years as it deals with ongoing issues caused by global jet fuel prices.

Soccer-Haaland World Cup goals shook Norway's foundations, says seismology institute

Von der Leyen proposes curbing EU protection for Ukrainian refugees

China Arrests 40 and Seizes 75,000 Cases of Illicit Liquor in Criminal Networks Bust

The GRC cheat code: Why we stopped auditing from scratch and started mapping the gaps
By reusing one certified control set, Spectrum cut duplicated audit work and is now targeting faster SOC 2 Type II and ISO 42001 checks.

Best Prime Day deals on robot vacuums, lawn mowers, and pool cleaners
I’ve been spending the past few months digging into home robotics, and one thing is incredibly obvious: Robot vacuums, lawn mowers, and pool cleaners are becoming more accessible. Homeowners can realistically afford them now — especially with the juicy deals on offer during Amazon Prime Day. With the sale running...

‘Quite shell-shocked’: NZ music veteran Matty J Ruys shares cancer news
Matty J Ruys reveals cancer diagnosis as wife undergoes breast cancer treatment.

New survey seeks to fill 'knowledge gap' in rural women's wellbeing
Academics say there's little research into the wellbeing needs of rural and farming women.