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Infosys expands youth entrepreneurship programme across ANZ
The initiative will give 500 students in Australia and New Zealand mentoring, pitching practice and exposure to tech careers over the next year.

Lotto has four new Powerballs. What this means for your odds of winning
Wednesday night’s Lotto draw will be the first since four new Powerballs were added to the draw machine on Sunday.

‘How many missed opportunities before it’s a failing?’ The ignored warnings before Phillips abducted his children
The public inquiry into the case has found the concerns of the children’s maternal family were largely minimised, with crucial information provided by one of the older sisters not even read.

Watch live: Political heavyweights face off in live energy debate
MPs from a cross-section of parties will lay out their vision for the energy sector in tonight’s New Zealand’s Energy Future Debate, hosted in partnership with Stuff.

Tanium tests Anthropic AI for code vulnerabilities
By probing its own production code, Tanium is aiming to catch flaws before attackers can exploit software used by thousands of organisations.

Splitting up Foodstuffs: Would it actually drive down grocery prices?
Multiple experts are welcoming the idea, but the business community is warning of unintended consequences.

Tom Phillips case: 'Circuit breaker' moment was missed, says mayor
The mayor of Waitomo asked the Children's Commissioner to bring the government agencies involved in the Tom Phillips case together, a year before he was found.

'Completely different': Lawson’s tricky mental challenge with doing double time
Isack Hadjar’s wrist injury has given Liam Lawson an opportunity, but it also means the Kiwi driver essentially has to prepare twice for each race.

‘Off you go’: National minister given ‘boot’ from House for first time in career
Labour finance spokesperson Barbara Edmonds was addressing the House, when Bishop was caught yelling out, “How is your fiscal plan going?”

Auckland FC sign teenage centre back from famous rugby league family
Marley Leuluai’s arrival at the defending champions follows a busy few days for the Wellington Phoenix

Fact or fiction? The internet is rife with speculation about major festival’s lineup
Dua Lipa, Calvin Harris, Fatboy Slim, Gorillaz, The Streets. If you spoke to a few punters online those acts are their lock-ins for the 2027 Electric Avenue lineup.

How the political parties plan to bring down your supermarket bill
Most political parties have now released their supermarket policies, with each offering different solutions to address the high cost of food at the checkout.

Containment 'Essential' for cyber resilience in the model driven era
Australian firms could face faster breaches as model-driven attackers shrink exploit times to hours, making containment and zero trust vital.

CrowdStrike links PhantomRaven malware to bug bounty hunter
The stealer's use of typosquatted npm packages has raised fears that bug bounty channels are being abused to monetise stolen developer data.

Watercare to spend $95 million on Otara wastewater
The area's existing wastewater network is reaching capacity and can be overwhelmed in heavy rain, Auckland's water provider says.

Southern motorists warned to be careful as snow and flooding hit highways
Surface flooding has been reported in places across State Highways 96 and 99, as well as on State Highway 1 in central Dunedin.

It’s been nearly five decades since their last gig here, but legendary UK band is finally returning to NZ
British ska and pop legends Madness will play in Auckland and Christchurch next year.

Harvard, Yale, Oxford and counting: Could this Kiwi become the world’s most educated person?
For most people, graduating from Harvard would be enough. For Auckland-raised entrepreneur Jamie Beaton, it was only the beginning.