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London Museum Smithfield site to open in November
The building will become a new home for Banksy's piranhas and the UK's oldest hand-written document.

Police identify man found dead in Lake Tekapo
Police have identified the man who died after entering the water in Lake Tekapo on Thursday 11 June as Baldeep Singh, 34, of Christchurch.

EU leaders to discuss Ukraine, money and global politics

Gunfire heard at Niger capital's airport

'The end of our journey': Popular Auckland music venue closing its doors after 11 years
This weekend will be Neck of the Woods' last, as increasing debt forces it to shut down.

Charity shaping AI copyright rules funded by Anthropic-linked donors
The charity advising Canberra on AI and copyright has taken $1 million from donors with ties to Anthropic, the company its proposal would benefit.

Daon wins ISO/IEC 42001 certification for AI governance
The certification may reassure banks and governments that Daon's identity and fraud tools meet stricter AI oversight as scrutiny intensifies globally.

Shane Jones’ luxury flights booked weeks before Cabinet approved cheaper ones
Invoices obtained by Stuff reveal $40k business class flights were bought before the minister sought a much lower premium economy budget.

Cast AI adds MiniMax M3 to Kimchi Coding as default model
Businesses can now route coding jobs to a lower-cost open-weight model as Cast AI makes Kimchi Coding the first autonomous agent to offer MiniMax M3.

Visual Studio Pro 2026 is down to just $32.97 through 6/28 for Deal Days
TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2026 is on sale for $32.97 (reg. $499.99) through June 28 during Deal Days. Developers love arguing about programming languages, frameworks, tabs versus spaces, and basically everything else. One thing they tend to agree on? Saving nearly $470 on a professional development environment is a pretty good idea. As part...

'World-first' system will monitor New Zealand's critical underwater cables
Submarine cables carry about 99 percent of New Zealand's data traffic.

Trainer let three emaciated broodmares languish in dirt paddock
Three thoroughbred mares were left severely malnourished, neglected, and in prolonged pain before a racing watchdog intervened at a Taranaki property.

South Korean leader books golf with Trump after 'pinky promise'

Staffy’s Love for Dad Extends Beyond What She Could Ever Say With Words

Year-old video of drill participants falsely linked to Pakistan-administered Kashmir clashes

Mass protest by ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel over army conscription

Apple chief warns your iPhone is about to get more expensive
Tim Cook says “he has never seen anything like it” as demand for high-capacity memory at AI data centres sends the cost of building iPhones through the roof.

Lil Nas X says he's 'feeling better' after rehab and bipolar diagnosis
The Old Town Road star was arrested last year for attacking police officers and later entered rehab.

Worker at former Marsden Point refinery flown to hospital after medical emergency
Two ambulances and a rescue helicopter were called to the scene.

‘Struggling since Covid’: Beloved music venue to close after 11 years
A much-loved underground style live music venue in central Auckland is closing its doors after 11 years.

Vote against protections for gig workers 'embarrassing'
The vote throws NZ out of step with the rest of the world, with the US being the only other country to vote against the measures at an international labour conference.

Ukraine launches largest attack on Moscow in two years, Russian media says
The attack damaged infrastructure, caused fires, and sent debris raining down in areas across the capital region.