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What should you do about overdue tax?
Amid a crackdown on overdue tax and student loan debt, both sides of the fence agree on one thing; if you owe money to IRD, reach out to them and start a conversation.

Crash blocks road to Milford Sound
Police say two people were injured in the crash on State Highway 94.

Panasonic New Zealand returns to profit as sales decline
Lower costs and support income helped Panasonic New Zealand swing back to a small profit even as revenue slid to NZD $90.8 million.

Acer Computer New Zealand profit more than doubles
Lower costs and a tax benefit lifted Acer Computer New Zealand's annual profit, even as revenue held steady at NZD $26.55 million.

Google opens BigQuery conversational analytics to users
Businesses can now query BigQuery in plain English, with Google adding audit trails, access controls and scheduled AI analyses.

Crash closes SH3 through Awakino Gorge
The crash has occurred north of the major slip site which occurred in April.

Why internal mobility is APAC'S broken growth engine
Employees across APJ are missing clear career pathways, fuelling attrition, slower hiring and weaker leadership pipelines as internal mobility stalls.

Genesys buys Pinkfish to boost cloud AI automation
The deal could let customer service teams resolve requests end to end, as Pinkfish adds secure workflow automation across enterprise systems.

MP expresses concern over China's new ethnic unity law
The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China will be having a discussion about the issue.

Waikato Hospital ED death: Mum and daughter describe chaos as staff tried to resuscitate man
"The nurses were trying to do the best they could with the amount of people that they had - they were stressed, and the patients were getting quite agitated."

Government to recognise United States and European children's toy standards
Regulations Minister David Seymour and Consumer Affairs Minister Cameron Brewer said the current rules were "stuck in 2002".

Thousands sign petition to prevent development fast track on North Canterbury golf course
Housing developer Wolfbrook's purchase of the Pegasus Golf Course has been widely opposed by locals, the district council, and Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey.

IMF calls on Reserve Bank to raise interest rates soon
In its annual health check, the International Monetary Fund said the NZ economy was growing at the start of the year but likely contracted with the Middle East conflict and oil shock.

Anthropic says US lifts export ban on its advanced AI tools
Fable and Mythos were abruptly suspended in June over concerns that they could be used by hackers.

Man who died in Wellington crash remembered as always having a positive outlook
Police named the man as Gregory David Diggins, 62, from Lower Hutt.

More than a million cigarettes seized, five arrested in black market crackdown
RNZ has been investigating the illicit cigarette trade in Auckland over the past three months.

LG Electronics New Zealand branch lifts profit as costs fall
Lower promotion and marketing costs helped lift annual profit even as revenue slipped slightly at LG Electronics' New Zealand branch.

Google launches remote MCP server for Gemini Enterprise
External coding tools can now reach Google Cloud models and notebooks via an open protocol, while IAM Deny policies keep access tightly governed.

Unison moves core operations to TechnologyOne cloud
The cloud migration should cut system overhead and give staff faster access to information as Unison modernises back-office operations across its network.

Electricity regulator to clamp down on new connection fees
"The authority considers some people are paying very high up-front charges to connect to their local network," a manager at the regulator says.