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Port union says it was left in the dark over $800 million Lyttelton upgrade
But that's rejected by Lyttelton Port Company's chief executive who says "we've taken our staff along with us the whole way".

Unitree vs. Shein: How August’s big China IPOs show how AI hype is leaving e-commerce giants behind

SoftBank Invests $200 Million in Construction Startup Gravis Robotics

Should You Buy Rocket Lab Stock While It's Under $90?

Pentagon pressure to move AI faster drives Smack's new funding round, CEO says

Health NZ says cervical screening IT doesn't need overhaul
Health New Zealand believes the technology behind its failure-prone cervical screening register is largely OK - but not entirely. The register that was rushed in three years ago failed to...

Our Changing World: A precious piece of sediment and what it says about our future
A rare sediment core recovered from beneath Antarctica's ice is revealing how the West Antarctic Ice Sheet responded to past warm periods.

Aged-care report calls for major systemic reform - but at what cost?
Minister for Seniors Casey Costello says there's no denying there's a significant price tag attached to the recommendations.

'Walking the line' attack at Korowai Manaaki youth justice residence probed
The ritual involves young people standing on either side of an exit door and hitting another as they are discharged.

Who was this Maori university student in 1860s Scotland?
There is a single photo of a young Maori man in the archives at Scotland's oldest university - but who was he?

'No card, no start': ACT unveils policy to overhaul child safety vetting
ACT is proposing a national Working with Children Card to replace employer-by-employer checks with real-time vetting, standardized criteria, and mandatory training.

Global OT firewall market set to reach USD $3.19bn by 2034
Rising digital links in factories and grids are driving OT firewall demand as operators prioritise uptime, segmentation and breach containment.

Claude text watermarks will “nudge” its word choices. Should we care?
Soon, Claude will be watermarking all its text outputs, and those watermarks will be invisible, Anthropic has been telling us. The big question, of course, is whether those watermarks will change the meaning — or lower the quality — of what Claude writes. Anthropic gave a nuanced answer to that question...

D-Mac doubts remain as All Blacks gives Jordan and Roigard resounding thumbs-up
There is enough doubt over the availability of first-choice fullback Damian McKenzie to throw a potential spanner in the works ahead of Thursday’s lineup announcement.

3 Software Stocks We Keep Off Our Radar

Tongan Language Week provides an opportunity for Tongans to embrace their identity
Finding your identity, as a person of mixed Tongan heritage, can be challenging if you don't speak the Tongan language.

Disputes Tribunal orders Kmart to pay Christchurch couple over contaminated sand
Elle Chrisp and David Dingwall sought re-imbursement for costs associated with asbestos contamination and future medical monitoring from the retail giant.

Datagrid begins work on Southland site, completion expected this year
The country's largest data centre will be located on a 49ha Makarewa site.

Defence force launches new drone training programme
The NZDF's latest three-week course teaches soldiers to deploy and repair drones cheaply in the field.

More will die in prison if mental health bed shortage continues - Ombudsman
Mentally unwell and intellectually disabled people are increasingly being imprisoned rather than hospitalised due to the bed shortage.

A spotlight on the little guys - what small businesses want from government
New Zealand is a nation of small businesses, but their owners don't feel their political heft is to scale.

Reason: How the All Blacks can beat the Springboks
OPINION: The All Blacks are running free again, but beating the Springboks in South Africa is a brutal task.

RT-One becomes first AMPHIX AI infrastructure customer
The deal gives RT-One a way to validate AI infrastructure and start serving customers before its campuses are finished, cutting launch delays.