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Last call: 3000 hospitality businesses gone in a year as business feels the crunch
Hospitality's insolvency rate is 3.3 times that of the average New Zealand business.

New Zealand wins the Bledisloe Cup of Sheep Dog Trialling
It is the dog trialling equivalent of the Bledisloe Cup in rugby.

Argentina star Lionel Messi retires from international football
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international soccer on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his place in the pantheon of the game's greatest ever players.

Victoria Beckham's company makes its first profit after 18 years
Beckham's fashion and beauty business makes a £7.3m operating profit after years of losses.

US singer D4vd's celebrity lawyers withdraw from murder case
The singer, 21, will be now represented by a public defender in the murder trial of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. He has pleaded not guilty.

ACT proposes overhaul to Permanent Resident Visas
The current Permanent Resident Visa category will be abolished.

Ten thousand public servants to strike next week over pay, union says
Around 10,000 workers will strike from 1pm on Wednesday, September 9, over bargaining for their respective collective agreements.

Steps to combat dementia could free up thousands of aged care beds in future - report
The report's author says dementia prevention must go hand in hand with aged care reform.

Whatever happened to Minesweeper and 3D Pinball on Windows?
Remember back in the day when you could install Windows 98 or Windows 7 on a PC and enjoy built-in goodies like Solitaire, Minesweeper, FreeCell, Hearts, and 3D Pinball: Space Cadet? What happened to all these games and why aren’t they available in Windows 11? Windows Latest recently did a deep...

Kainga Ora shuts down South Auckland community hub to use space for housing
Locals say the hub has helped make the neighbourhood a better place, but the state housing agency says the lease was always meant to be temporary.

Wellington social housing tenants, MP question rent increases
About 1000 social housing households in the capital face increases as the council undertakes a massive renovation programme.

ACT to introduce physical presence requirements for permanent residents if elected
The party's immigration spokesperson Dr Parmjeet Parmar says it's to ensure visa holders have a "genuine commitment to our country".

Can we de-extinct the moa and more importantly, should we?
A multi-billion dollar Texas company says it is going to fix the world's extinction problem by resurrecting species like the moa.

Political courage would have left fuel taxes untouched, say sector bosses
Transport and infrastructure leaders are accusing National and Labour of cowardice for pulling back on planned tax increases.

Drumbeat raises NZD $2 million to expand overseas
The seed round will fund Drumbeat's push into Australia and the United States as companies seek cheaper, in-house PR tools.

Winston Peters takes crack at Christopher Luxon over Paris climate agreement stance
The NZ First leader has made another jab about the prime minister’s political experience.

AI could could cause global economic downturn, Andrew Bailey warns G20
The governor of the bank of England warned of AI's “volatility” caused by energy shocks from the US-Iran war.