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Father who died with son in wrong way motorway crash was banned from driving
A father who drove the wrong way onto the Wellington motorway, killing both himself and his son, had dementia and was banned from driving, a coroner report reveals.

Cast AI integrates MiniMax M3 into Kimchi Coding agent
Developers using Kimchi can now route tasks to MiniMax M3, cutting costs and keeping code inside controlled enterprise environments.

The big questions ahead of Dave Rennie’s first All Blacks squad naming
There is plenty of intrigue ahead of Monday’s squad naming in Feilding.

I conquered the highest peak in the Remutakas without the gruelling 12-hour day trip
A day trip up Mt Matthews can take 12 hours, but booking a private DOC hut in the Orongorongo Valley offers a much more manageable base.

How the once struggling Steel have turned it around
The Southern Steel haven’t made an ANZ Premiership final since 2018.

‘You will not see your 35th birthday’: He lost more than 200kg to save his life
Llewellyn Davies says he went from Jabba the Hutt to Tinkerbell - and ran a half marathon.

Rare card found in NZ store sells to NFL player for $64k: ‘It’s a bull market’
One of only 150 rare Magic: The Gathering cards in the world was pulled at a Hobby Lords shop - an NZ business that is bucking all the trends in a tough economic environment.

Women engineers urge broader view of technical intelligence
AI and workplace culture are pushing engineers to value curiosity, trust and diverse perspectives alongside coding on International Women in Engineering Day.

Midjourney unveils full-body medical scanner & spa
The project could make routine scans faster and more convenient, as Midjourney seeks approval for broader diagnostic use in the US.

Glean adopts Nile network service to speed AI growth
Network speeds jumped and support tickets nearly vanished after the rollout, easing pressure on a lean IT team as AI use expands.

GitGuardian launches endpoint protection for laptops
A single compromised laptop can expose thousands of live keys, according to GitGuardian's early field tests, as attacks shift to developer machines.

IBM study finds executives struggle with AI sovereignty
Most executives lack visibility over AI suppliers and infrastructure, leaving core operations exposed to outages, compliance risks and vendor lock-in.

FIFA players with dual eligibility face tough choice about which country to represent
Almost every World Cup matchup has a storyline of a player who could have represented another country.

Chiefs staring down the barrel of a record fourth straight finals loss
All you need to know ahead of the Super Rugby final between the Hurricanes and Chiefs in Wellington.

Where All Whites coach could make changes for massive Egypt match
ANALYSIS: The saying goes you should never change a winning team. But what about one that drew?

The 90-minute habit: The weekly workout slashing the risk of stroke and dementia
A major 30-year study reveals the massive longevity benefits of combining cardio with strength training.

Father with undiagnosed dementia died alongside son in wrong-way motorway crash
A retired father suffering from undiagnosed dementia was unaware he was driving the wrong way down a Wellington motorway before a head-on collision that killed him and his adult son, a coroner has found.

‘I wouldn’t go again’: Pensioner’s stadium view obscured by flame thrower
Murray Pashby says he had an obstructed view of kicks, scrums and tries at a recent Crusaders game, and got nowhere with his complaints. So he asked Stuff for help.

Fullstory launches AI tools to analyse user activity
The launch aims to let firms spot user and employee problems faster, cutting manual analysis and speeding fixes for faults and bottlenecks.

Imply launches Lumi Loglake to expand object storage search
Teams under pressure from AI-driven telemetry growth can now query logs in object storage without indexing, cutting storage and search costs.