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Political upheaval drives huge surge in Maori overseas enrolment
Previously disengaged Maori are being drawn into the political process, say advocates in Australia.

AFL club bans five players after alleged incident
Five Sydney footballers have been suspended by their club for the rest of the season.

Riding horse to work 'ticked off bucket-list goal', police officer says
The horse named Kitty, caught the attention of fellow officers after she was parked alongside more conventional transport options outside a police station.

Google filters Dataflow AI tasks to cut streaming costs
Only a small share of routine stream events need costly model calls under Google's Dataflow approach, which can curb latency and API charges.

Chinese robotics giant Unitree soars in stock market debut
Shares in the world's biggest humanoid robot maker started trading on Shanghai's Star market on Wednesday.

Te Papa chief executive Courtney Johnston announces resignation
Courtney Johnston has resigned as the museum's boss after six and a half years in the job.

Blogger says he started ‘haemorrhaging blood and passed out’ after fall
Martyn Bradbury said he had an accident last week where he tripped and fell over because, in his words, he “wasn’t paying attention”.

Three in custody after group fight on Auckland’s Dominion Road
Police say one person left the scene before returning with a weapon, but no-one was injured by it.

Police officer injured after car rammed in Auckland
The Eagle helicopter tracked an alleged offender as he tried to escape - in the process discarding methamphetamine and thousands of dollars in cash.

HP Print AI features land in New Zealand
New HP Print AI makes everyday printing easier, cleaner and more reliable.

Need a tow? SpaceX rocket taken to Christmas Island after splashdown
Elon Musk’s SpaceX had faced difficulties retrieving the 52-metre-long spacecraft which had sat in the Indian Ocean for almost a month.

Fiji must revamp its school rugby system, former Fiji U20 captain Durutalo says
Former Fiji Under-20 captain Andrew Durutalo advocates revamping Fiji's secondary school rugby system to properly prepare local talent for international competition.

Stanford steering $31m in funding to conversion of open-plan classrooms
The Education Minister says it's time to correct a "failed experiment" at 90 schools.

Damning report into fatal Mount Maunganui landslide shows tragedy was preventable
A report into the fatal landslide in January says information identifying a risk to life was received, filed, discussed, forwarded - and then left.

Police officer says riding horse to work 'ticked off bucket-list goal'
The horse named Kitty, caught the attention of fellow officers after she was parked alongside more conventional transport options outside a police station.

Commvault expands Azure recovery with Cloud Rewind
The update broadens recovery for Azure-based apps, helping firms restore configurations and dependencies faster after cyberattacks or outages.

Google Cloud & Box add Gemini to multimodal search
Businesses will be able to search charts, tables and images in Box content using Gemini Multimodal Embeddings 2, reducing missed context in files.

Breaking through the spreadsheet ceiling: Why growing export businesses need better tax solutions
Manual tax tracking can leave exporters facing customs delays, extra charges and hours of avoidable admin as order volumes rise.

2degrees implements new network-level protection against malware
The protection uses near real-time threat intelligence from the Malware Free Networks (MFN) service run by the National Cyber Security Centre, part of the Government Communications Security Bureau.