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Inde appoints Nish Sudhakaran as AI & data director
The hire bolsters Inde's push into AI and data services as New Zealand firms grapple with governance and security before deployment.

Whangarei Boys High School Year 10 students rostered home due to staff illness
The school has announced that Year 10 students would not come into school on Thursday due to staff illness and relief teacher sickness.

Trusted identity cuts across physical and logical systems
Unified identity systems can cut admin overhead and shrink attack surfaces as remote work and cyber threats blur physical and digital access.

Advocacy group says no legislation means New Zealand falling behind in gender pay gap
Data shows women trail by 5.3 percent when it comes to the average hourly rate in New Zealand.

New Zealand has gone in 'wrong direction' on addressing child poverty - action group
One in seven children are living in poverty, with critics saying New Zealand has gone in the "wrong direction" on addressing the crisis.

Villa close to £65m move for Chelsea's Jackson
The striker is nearing a move to Villa Park after three years at Chelsea.

Vrancken's side come of age as Hearts bid goodnight Vienna
After some early season setbacks, "proud" Wouter Vrancken believes Hearts are getting their rewards by securing Conference League progress.

Funeral held for renowned Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour
The 79-year-old was best known for paintings depicting the Palestinian landscape and cultural scenes featuring Palestinian symbols of identity.

We saw signs of domestic abuse, but we didn't know how to protect Stacy
Stacy Hunter was killed by her estranged husband weeks after he was released on bail - her family wish the authorities had intervened further.

AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Reuters report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.

Silver Ferns shooting star’s next move confirmed on multi-year deal
A Commonwealth Games gold medallist has made a long-term commitment to her new club.

Unexpected chat between OpenAI agents led to Hugging Face hack
OpenAI's cyber agents banded together to perform a hack during a security test.

Could your council meet the government's proposed rates cap? Tell us your thoughts
Few councils have been able to keep their rates rises below the proposed 4% a year cap in recent years.

Nvidia revenue doubles on continued AI demand
Chipmaker's $96bn quarter beat forecasts as demand for AI hardware continues to accelerate.

The taboo experience of motherhood regret
Belle describes the early days of motherhood "suffocating and dark", not helped by her husband's lack of involvement.

Littler suffers another setback with semi-final exit at PC28
Luke Littler's hopes of qualifying for the Players Championship finals suffers another setback as he is beaten by Brendan Dolan in the semi-finals of PC28 in Leicester.

Liverpool v Spurs & Man Utd v Brighton - full EFL Cup third-round draw
Liverpool face Tottenham in the third round of the EFL Cup, Manchester United play Brighton and Manchester City draw Norwich.

Wes Streeting deluged with homophobic hate mail since becoming defence secretary
Homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK in 1967, but a ban continued in the armed forces until 2000.

Portrait of Ann Widdecombe put up in Parliament for MPs' return
The framed photograph forms part of work by MPs to install a permament memorial for the former minister.

What we know about deadly Nepal-Tibet floods
Hundreds are feared to have died in flooding and landslides on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

The life of Rocky Horror star Tim Curry
English actor Tim Curry, best known for playing the outlandish Frank-N-Furter in film musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, has died at the age of 80.