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Decision to send 12-year-old home with 'safety plan' shortly before her death questioned
An inquest into the suspected suicide of a 12-year-old New Plymouth girl is underway.

Forrester warns AI growth will strain energy & water
By 2027, AI expansion is set to drive up power and water costs, while forcing tougher rules on data centre building and funding.

Nicky Hager's new book Dirty Work 'exposé' of Taxpayers' Union
Hager argues the Taxpayers’ Union used anti-Maori rhetoric as a political tool and shifted the 2023 election campaign to the right.

Search to continue for missing 1978 plane after inconclusive object found in Lake Moeraki
The renewed search for flight ZK-EBU has brought relatives of its pilot and six passengers to the shores of Lake Moeraki north of Haast.

How fields of Fermanagh helped Daisy Edgar-Jones prepare for her latest film
The actor, whose mum is from County Down, recalls long childhood summers in Northern Ireland.

Health NZ reviewing clinics owned by Tararua Health Group after six staff resign in Pahiatua
Six staff at the Pahiatua Medical Centre resigned yesterday from the Tararua Health Group.

Sweeping changes to Fiji's governance recommended by Constitution Commission
Fiji's Constitution Reivew Commission has recommended a new constitution and sweeping changes designed to overhaul Fiji's governance

Senior lawyer fined after touching junior colleagues on dancefloor
A senior lawyer has been censured and fined after inappropriately touching two junior colleagues while dancing after a workplace function.

Brooke van Velden signs off from ‘Wellington’s dark bureaucracy’
She also called to abolish the Public Service Commission.

MPs would have to explain why select committees were skipped under proposed new rules
MPs carrying out the review also called for consideration of the use of AI for processing submissions in the next Parliament.

Human Rights Commission deeply concerned with overhaul of references to Treaty of Waitangi
All three bills passed their first readings under urgency over the weekend and will now go to the Justice Select Committee.

Accenture appoints Emma Chalwin as Chief Marketing Officer
The hire deepens the group's AI-driven reinvention pitch as it seeks to sharpen how its global services are marketed to clients worldwide.

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HelmGuard raises USD $7.3 million for US expansion
The cash will fund offices in New York and San Francisco as the start-up targets faster risk checks for regulated firms and AI agents.

Apple Music to open concert venue in Battersea
The tech giant has built its own concert hall, but says its not in competition with small venues.

Dunedin student drinking issues can't be solved by arrests - local police
Dunedin is a "unique environment" with a concentrated area of students, says a local police officer trying to reduce alcohol harm in the city.

'Get going and move': Southland man hopes to crack cycling world record for his 95th birthday
Peter Grandiek, who turns 95 next month, is gearing up to attempt to break a world record.

Firefighters tackle ‘well alight’ house fire in Christchurch
Firefighters have put out a well-involved house fire in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley on Tuesday afternoon.

Toddler sustains traumatic brain injuries, teen pair appear in court
A toddler was left with critical brain injuries, and is unlikely to survive his injuries. He has now been transferred to Starship Hospital, in Auckland, while two peoplehave been charged over those injuries.

Brooke van Velden uses final speech to defend infamous Parliamentary c-bomb
The outgoing ACT MP is leaving politics at the election.