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This Kiwi reckons his new tech could cut $2700 off your power bill
Smart batteries designed on Great Barrier Island could take pressure off the grid and save Kiwis cash while doing so.

Pensioner left distressed after double MSD botch up
Pensioner distressed after Winter Energy Payment and Disability Allowance botch ups

Economic recovery is coming, ratings agency Moody's says
New Zealand's economic recovery is underway, the ratings agency says, but there are questions we will need to grapple with about rates caps and data centres.

Why All Blacks juggling act could promote Richie Mo’unga into No 10 spot
Move over Ruben Love. It could be time for Richie Mo’unga to wear an All Blacks test jersey for the first time since the 2023 World Cup final.

Google automates dual-write database migration to Spanner
Automated code generation cut months from Google's finance migration, helping engineers keep legacy systems and Spanner in lockstep without downtime.

Kua noho puku a Reipa: Ka heke iho ano pea nga kowhiringa poti
Mo te kore e hiahia ki te kukume whakaaro kino, ka noho wahangu a Chris Hipkins, me te morea ka riro ke te whakaaro o nga kowhiri poti kua pouri ke.

Click here and have your say on (almost) anything
Stuff is launching 'Letters to the Editor,' a new space where we'll showcase your views on what matters most here in Aotearoa.

Destructive fire began in old house bus storing rubbish and recycling material
The fire at Fernhill, about 4km northwest of Hastings, occurred on a hot afternoon of December 23 last year.

The Greens want a Government-owned supermarket. Could it actually work?
Everyone agrees that groceries in New Zealand cost too much. The rising price of cheese, mince and milk has become a national conversation in a land of plenty.

Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger review - emotional documentary glosses over the hard stuff
The film captures the euphoria of Oasis' comeback, but fails to explore the story of their reunion.

Google Cloud finds Gemma 3 12B outscales 27B on TPU
Under heavy generation load, the smaller model kept scaling on TPU v6e while the 27B version hit a throughput plateau above 64 users.

Number of migrating Kiwis is not growing, says PM, but thousands are still leaving
The number of New Zealanders returning from Australia has increased 14 percent in the past year, but the number heading across the ditch is more than double the number returning home.

Labour says fuel tax policy has been costed, but won't reveal details yet
Labour is not revealing its fiscal plan until the government open the books with the next PREFU later his month.

Urgent work to clear slip on SH1 through Weld Pass in Marlborough
The Transport Agency said the slip was moving onto the road at a sharp bend and needed to be removed so people wouldn't cross the centre line trying to avoid it.

CCTV shows Waikato ED patient moments before he died in toilet
Health NZ apologises for Brent Horsburgh’s 9-hour 18-minute wait without seeing a doctor, admits he could have survived.

‘I didn’t know if I’d see my family again’: The infection was bad. Then her own body started attacking her
For MJ Terry, the Sunday was like any other weekend day.

Labour’s ghost campaign risks driving voter turnout into the ground
By avoiding the spotlight to prevent backlash, Chris Hipkins risks putting already exhausted voters to sleep.

Prominent lawyer’s firm investigated after conflict of interest complaint
The Ministry of Justice appointed a King’s Counsel to investigate a complaint of an alleged conflict of interest involving Sumudu Thode, vice president of the Criminal Bar Association.

Jorja Smith, Chase & Status and Sam Smith to head up Radio 1's Live Lounge month
Jorja Smith, Rachel Chinouriri and Blossoms also among artists set to take to the studio next month.

Grindr to pay £26m to settle claims it allegedly shared users' HIV status
The long-running claim alleges Grindr breached UK privacy laws by sharing data with third parties.