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Maori student leaders encourage youth to vote as national hui commences
Young Maori are being encouraged to vote in this year's general election.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of August 31-September 6
Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Kobalt.io signs security partnerships across North America
Enterprise buyers and defence contractors will get a clearer route to certification as Kobalt.io broadens its North American security network.

El Niño expected to be 'strongest in recent history'
The conditions increase the chance of strong winds and dry conditions in eastern parts of the country, and stormy weather and flooding in the lower western South Island.

Police staffer facing nearly 40 charges including rape and kidnapping
The staffer is one of 10 facing criminal charges following investigations by the National Integrity Unit

‘Godzilla’ El Niño has strengthened significantly: What NZ should brace for this spring
A rapidly strengthening El Niño could become one of the strongest in recent history. From dry spells in Auckland to stormy weather in the South Island, here’s what New Zealand can expect this spring.

Labour, government butt heads over who came up with free cervical screening
Labour says the government should help itself to more of the party's policies, after the latter announced free cervical screening for all women.

One job ad, 1000 applicants: How do you stand out in a world of AI job hunters?
Jobhunters using AI to help with their applications are flooding listings, leaving some recruiters sifting through thousands of potential hires for each position advertised.

AIR raises $50M to help companies vet the skills and add-ons AI agents use

RBNZ set to deliver another rate rise - with more to come
Economists and financial markets are almost unanimous in picking the Monetary Policy Committee will raise the official cash rate later today.

Revised Ridgeburn bid promises affordable Otago housing, road upgrades
The developer behind a controversial housing project near Arrowtown is putting new financial incentives on the table in a revised Fast-track application.

AI-generated cyber attacks to hit firms soon, warn experts
Many firms lack the capacity to fix existing flaws fast enough, leaving them exposed as AI-generated attacks scale up, experts warn.

Stagwell expands Adobe tie-up for enterprise marketing
The expanded multi-year deal aims to help Adobe win and retain enterprise customers by pairing its software with Stagwell's marketing services.

Mirantis k0rdent AI gains NVIDIA hypervisor certification
Certification could help cloud operators share costly GPUs more efficiently, with k0rdent AI coming within 5% of bare-metal performance.

The strongest El Niño in decades is taking shape. What it means for NZ
Scientists report that the current warming trend is the steepest ever observed, drawing direct comparisons to the historic El Niño event of 1997.

Move-on orders: MPs recommend 14 to 17 year olds be excluded
RNZ understands Parliament's Justice Select Committee will recommend that the age limit for move-on orders be lifted to 18.

Christchurch City Council's attempt to create abandoned shopping trolley map fails
Retailers generally felt they already had sufficient systems to manage trolley retrieval and weren't keen to work with the council on best-practice trolley recovery.

'The public would call such conduct theft': Immigration adviser barred for five years
The licensing regime's tribunal heard Qian Yu carried on as an adviser even after being suspended, fleecing at least nine clients.

Airrived launches sovereign AI platform for governments
Governments and regulated firms can now keep agentic AI on their own systems, reducing cloud dependence and tighter data controls.

I invented the text-message restaurant order in 2005. Twenty years later, I know what comes next

Q2 Earnings Highlights: BILL (NYSE:BILL) Vs The Rest Of The Finance and HR Software Stocks

Tesla touts European supervised self-driving safety data ahead of EU vote

Police staffer facing nearly 40 charges including rape and kidnapping
The staffer is one of 10 facing criminal charges following investigations by the National Integrity Unit