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Twenty-four kilos of opium bound for Bay of Plenty intercepted by Customs
The drugs - sent from the UK and India - were intercepted in Auckland between 1 June and 19 July.

'It means so much to them': Foster children charity seeks larger clothing for teens
Kids in Need Waikato says some teens are even refusing to go out due to embarrassment over their clothing.

Southeast Asia's payment rails leave US merchants behind
US merchants risk missing billions in Southeast Asian sales as local instant-payment rails outgrow cards and stay entrenched.

Pacific news in brief for 8 August
A round-up of news from around the region, including Tonga's elections office expecting writs for two by-elections to be issued by King Tupou VI by the end of the week.

Charged ex-Lotto presenter should have been sacked, but spent years on full pay
The Ministry of Justice has said it “got some key things wrong” after Russell Harrison was suspended on full pay for five years.

BOJ debated mounting price risks even upon hiking rates in June, minutes show

Elon Musk says SpaceX data centers will crush competitors because its rocket scientists are like the Yankees ‘playing a little league team’

RiskProfiler launches KnyX Autonomous Investigations
Security teams can now automate repetitive threat triage and response as AI agents assess alerts, gather evidence and act under policy controls.

Australia & New Zealand job ads rise after budget reset
Hiring demand across commercial teams strengthened as new financial-year budgets were released, lifting active go-to-market roles to 25,031 in July.

What the latest unemployment figures could mean for the election
The release of the second quarter unemployment figures has seen political parties come out and make their election pitches.

Man veered into teenage cyclists, allegedly killed dog in violent rampage in Auckland's Epsom
Police allege the 49-year-old also assaulted a woman in public in Epsom amid a spree of six separate incidents.

Crash causes delays at busy Nelson intersection
Two people were assessed for minor injuries after a single-vehicle crash briefly blocked a central Nelson intersection on Wednesday morning.

Justice Ministry to be reviewed, as minister's confidence in agency 'seriously shaken'
The justice minister says his confidence in the agency has been "seriously shaken".

Fire destroys Wellington family restaurant of 16 years
A small Lower Hutt business says it will cost thousands of dollars to reopen after a fire tore through the restaurant.

Auckland Grammar School 'devastated' after student cyclists hit by stolen car
A man was arrested after allegedly hitting the Auckland Grammar School students this morning, leaving at least one with life-threatening injuries.

1200-year-old kauri tree infected with dieback disease
A 1,200-year-old kauri tree on the Coromandel Peninsula has been infected with the pathogen that causes kauri dieback disease.

This Bitcoin Bridge Shut Itself Down Because AI Was Finding Bugs Too Fast

Fed's Schmid says finances around AI buildout merit watching

Warriors re-sign key forward for two more years
He’s due back on the field in the coming weeks and he’s used the time away to secure his long-term future with the club.

The big selection questions ahead of All Blacks’ tour opener
All Backs coach Dave Rennie will name his team in the early hours of Thursday morning.

SailPoint launches Identity Security for AI agents
The package aims to curb privilege creep and hidden AI accounts as firms struggle to control non-human access to sensitive data.

The importance of hardcopy
Books are the only way to ensure that we retain an accurate record of past events in the era of electronic publishing.

Google Cloud explains SQL Server to PostgreSQL migration
The migration tool rewrites complex routines into PostgreSQL cursors, but application teams must also change testing and data access for cursor-based outputs.