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Southland road closed overnight after serious crash
One person is in hospital with serious to critical injuries.

German rents rise 3.2% in second quarter as housing shortage bites

Labour MP Ayesha Verrall recovering from unplanned surgery
The party's health spokesperson posted on social media on Monday evening that while the surgery was unplanned, it was "much-needed".

Labour MP reveals she is recovering from ‘unplanned’ surgery
Ayesha Verrall said the surgery was ‘unplanned (but much-needed)’, but did not reveal what it was for.

No thanks Adobe — This PDF editor’s lifetime license just dropped to $29.97
TL;DR: Use code SAVE5 to get a SwifDoo PDF Pro lifetime license for $29.97 (reg. $129). Dealing with PDFs gets frustrating fast when the tools you need are locked behind paywalls. Most editors like Adobe Acrobat push you toward a subscription even when all you want to do is clean up a form or convert a...

Two-vehicle crash leaves several injured near Invercargill
The accident happened at an intersection in Mabel Bush on Monday evening.

Memories of rock royalty in my garden in Knebworth
This weekend is the 40th anniversary of Queen's last performance with Freddie Mercury.

ACT wants to make student services fee voluntary
The fee helps go towards the services and facilities that students use.

Monotype & Kittl expand font integration for enterprises
Enterprise teams can now use approved typefaces inside Kittl, reducing font-licensing risks and helping keep branded content consistent.

Student surge during free power hour knocks out network
Free power periods are causing high demand in Dunedin's student area, and electricity networks were not built to manage the spikes.

Pick and pay: ACT proposes menu-style university fees for students
The party is proposing to make university student services fees voluntary if re-elected in November.

Razor in the NRL? Orcas target Scott Robertson for head coach
The former All Blacks coach has been offered a four-year deal with the proposed Southern Orcas club, despite never having coached rugby league.

This overlooked Windows feature makes multitasking so much easier
Dragging windows to the sides of your screen works okay, I guess, but Windows 11 provides a much better way to arrange them. Press Win + Z and Snap Layouts will appear in the top-right corner of your active window. These ready-made layouts divide your screen into two, three, or four...

Rippling launches AI Spend Console to track AI costs
Employers can now link AI bills to team output as Rippling's new console aims to show whether model use is worth the cost.

Contact Energy warns potential prices drops are 'complicated', despite record profits
The CEO says the purchase of Manawa Energy will help lower costs for businesses fairly quickly, but not automatically for residential customers.

OPTU Q2 Deep Dive: Margin Expansion Amid Revenue Decline and Strategic Refocusing

Amazon launches runtime instances for Bedrock agents
Production AI agents on Bedrock can now share sessions for up to 14 days, making long-running workflows easier to run and coordinate.

Emergency calls are smashing records, but only a fifth should've dialled 111
Up to one in five callers to Hato Hone St John could wait to see their own doctor, says the organisation’s CEO, Peter Bradley.

Minimum wage violations cost Germany €64 billion, union group says

German economy minister sees potential in industrial AI

Richlister banned for seven years after Pushpay insider trading
The Pushpay insider trading case concludes as Peter Huljich is banned from managing companies and his wife pays a $50,000 penalty.

Why the Ministry of Health threatened legal action over a Stuff quiz
And one ministry staff member appears to have tried getting another quiz changed.

Convicted insider trader Peter Huljich banned from being company director
Huljich is banned from being a director for seven years from his conviction on 3 November 2023