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All Blacks flanker Wallace Sititi out of tour opener
Wallace Sititi to sit out Stormers match due to illness.

Tech Life
Dogs have a great sense of smell. Now machines are being trained to sniff out odours.

One-third of endometriosis patients told to get pregnant - survey
Endometriosis New Zealand chief executive Tanya Cooke says the finding are particularly concerning.

Consumer NZ calls foul on Hello Fresh price increases
But the meal-kit company says its customers had clear, advance notice and could make informed decisions about their subscriptions.

China tensions and new defence treaty on the agenda for Pacific foreign ministers' meeting
Winston Peters is in Suva, Fiji, along with foreign ministers from 17 other Pacific countries.

Large anonymous political donations climb to almost $500k so far in election year
National has got two-thirds of cash given anonymously to political parties via the Electoral Commission this year.

Autism diagnosis more than tripled in 15 years - study
Otago University research analysed three national health and disability databases between 2009-23.

Bloomberg adds AI surveillance for insider dealing
Compliance teams could see fewer false alarms as the new models target suspicious messages tied to insider dealing and personal trading.

Conga promotes Ian Wathen to Chief Financial Officer
An insider takes charge of Conga's finances as the software group pushes deeper into revenue lifecycle management and investor scrutiny.

'Absolute joke': Business owner buys back stolen gear after police delay
South Auckland business owner Sam Hutchinson carried out his own sting operation to recover stolen tools after a police investigation stalled.

Behind the conservation U-turn: Government scrambled to counter claims of a mass sell-off
Minister of Conservation Tama Potaka scrapped a proposal in late June which would have allowed more of the conservation estate to be “disposed of” or exchanged.

Qatar’s Ooredoo, Nvidia, and Nokia unveil multi-billion-dollar AI compute platform—and Southeast Asia is their target

Block's Dorsey evangelizes AI reorganization for financial services

Factbox-Tech companies tap debt, equity to fund AI and cloud expansion

Undefeated barbershop chorus sets sights on becoming world's best
The a capella group Christchurch City Chorus has won every New Zealand competition it has entered and finished fifth in the world two years ago.

Electoral law expert warns against pursuing MMP referendum alongside four-year term
On Thursday, Christopher Luxon said there should "definitely" be a referendum on a four-year term.

Autism diagnoses more than tripled in 15 years - study
Otago University research analysed three national health and disability databases between 2009-23.

Cold snap almost over - but not quite
But it's another chilly morning for much of New Zealand, with today's conditions very similar to yesterday.

Judge grants Trump's request to delay handing financial records to BBC
The US president is suing the BBC over a controversial episode of Panorama broadcast in 2024.

Iveda completes EU AI Act readiness for video analytics
The readiness push could help the Arizona-based group win European customers as regulators scrutinise video analytics more closely under the EU AI Act.

Supercharged security: Cyber risk in the age of frontier AI
Hong Kong saw a record 15,877 cyber incidents in 2025 as AI speeds attacks and shortens the window to exploit software flaws.

Before you mock Luxon's management speak, consider where it comes from
Recent comments about the Prime Minister being out of touch with the business community say more about the commentators than the object of their ridicule.

OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case