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One of NZ’s most successful combat sports partnerships is over
Together they took on the world and conquered the UFC’s middleweight division twice, but Israel Adesanya and CKB are no longer working together.

Meltwater expands AI assistant actions in platform
Teams can now build reports and monitor alerts from ChatGPT or Claude, as the update widens access to trusted data inside Meltwater.

Warning over fading tradition of sending postcards
More than half of Brits that OnePoll surveyed in June report they never send postcards.

Umbraco launches Automate with AI workflow controls
Marketing teams can now automate customer journeys and routine site tasks without sending data to a separate platform, easing GDPR concerns.

Two seriously injured in crash near Nelson
The two-vehicle collision happened on State Highway 6 - Main Road Hope just before 5pm on Friday.

Watch: Kiwi driver sprints down track to help rival after horror crash
Ayrton Hodson’s damaged car ploughed into rival Andrew Corish, flipping him through the air and leaving debris scattered across the track.

Motherhood not all warm and fuzzy: Bollywood actor's play spotlights messier side
As a society, we take mothers for granted and raising children is a thankless job, says actor Kalki Koechlin.

Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.

Shotover Jet crashes into rocks, five people injured
Two people have been taken to Lakes District hospital.

Waiata 100: NZ's most beloved song revealed
We invited audiences to join Waiata 100: our search for Aotearoa's favourite New Zealand song from a list of about 1000 New Zealand songs (and 200 waiata Maori). Here's what people loved the most.

Agentic AI traffic surges as bots dominate the web
Businesses may need to rethink bot blocks, as Decodo says automated systems now make up 57.4% of web requests and shape product discovery.

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Family time keeps All Blacks captain Ardie Savea fresh
The All Blacks are set to soon play Italy at a sold out Hnry stadium in Wellington.

Runs your computer while you’re at lunch: ChatGPT for work just dropped
They’re calling it ChatGPT Work. If you were already scared about AI taking your job, look away.

Telstra must ‘face the music’ after outage chaos: Minister
Telstra boss Vicki Brady has apologised for this week’s mass outage, as Communications Minister Anika Wells vowed the government would hold the telco to account.

Israel Adesanya departs City Kickboxing after 17 years
The 36-year-old announced on his YouTube channel that he's left the renowned Auckland gym he first linked up with in 2009.

Waiata 100: The story behind New Zealand's number one song
More than four decades after it was released, 'Poi E' by Patea Maori Club has been voted the top song in both the Waiata 100 and the Top 20 Waiata.

Five injured after Queenstown’s Shotover Jet crashes into rocks
Two people were transported to hospital.

Worries About T-Mobile’s Competition From Satellite Companies Look Overdone

Citrix adds MCP Gateway to NetScaler for AI traffic
Enterprises can now control both chatbot and agent traffic through one gateway as Citrix expands NetScaler for regulated AI deployments.