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What good are economic forecasts in an uncertain world?
What makes forecasting difficult, how do we get back to more certainty, and does it even matter?

ChatGPT is about to get its own digital wallet
Letting an AI agent do your shopping is, for better or worse, one of the hottest AI trends. And now it’s looking like ChatGPT will soon be joining the agentic shopping spree. Tapping the Customize button on the ChatGPT mobile app reveals (among other options) a new Wallet option, labeled as...

New Zealanders getting through close to 7kg of cocaine a week
Cheaper, more readily available cocaine and increased social acceptance has lead to a steep increase in use in less than a decade, new research shows.

SAS launches AI Navigator for enterprise governance
Companies struggling with AI sprawl can now map models, agents and use cases against policy rules without changing how they build AI.

MSPs expect AI revenue to surge as services mature
AI is set to become a bigger profit driver for managed service providers, with nearly a third forecasting revenue growth of more than 20% next year.

Whakarerea te rita $3 hinuheu, e whakanui ana nga minita i nga ture taitae
I nga hinu e piki ana, e kokiri ana te Kawanatanga i nga huringa ture mo nga mahi ahumahi tawhito engari e pehia ana nga mekameka tuku ki te utu.

Terminally ill dad calls out Government’s ‘broken promise’
Antony Oliver was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer at 45 and is advocating for earlier screening to spare other families his ordeal.

Barclays expands Anthropic's Claude across bank operations
The bank aims to speed up customer support and software work as Claude is rolled out across operations, with strict oversight still in place.

Why I won’t go into politics and why politicians ask me for a job
The role involves being instantly hated by the majority of the population, regardless of how nice you might be in person, Sam Stubbs says.

Windows 11 just made testing your internet speed easier
Since the end of February 2026, Microsoft has been distributing a new internet speed test via Windows Update. You can find it by right-clicking the network or Wi-Fi icon in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar. The option Perform Speed Test now appears in the menu. Clicking on this opens your...

Tooling up to stop the next 'massive weed' before it gets started
It's hoped the Smart Weed Alert Tool can put a big dent in the country's billion-dollar weed control problem.

NZ’s cocaine ‘honeymoon’: Use surges, prices drop and access widens
Cocaine use has surged over the past decade, driven by falling prices, increased availability, and growing social acceptance, according to the latest New Zealand Drug Trends Survey.

Alex de Minaur books a spot in China Open final after semi-final twist
Alex de Minaur has won through to the China Open final after a surprise twist in the second set of the semi-final.

Pentagon stops using Anthropic AI tools months after blacklisting company, BBC told
It labelled the company a "supply chain risk" earlier this year, but multiple sources said Anthropic's Claude model was recently widely used.

Specialist pain doctors call for free shingles vaccine for over-65s
Shingles is an often painful nerve condition caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox.

Consumers embrace digital payments but safety and affordability remain top concerns
A survey has found 76 percent of respondents were concerned about fraud and scams when making payments.

Forget $3 diesel, ministers are celebrating ‘nightsoil’ laws
While rising fuel costs hit everyday Kiwis, the Ministry of Regulation is busy scrapping rules for 19th-century offensive trades.

Mother who died in suspected murder-suicide was ‘a force to be reckoned with’
Dairy farm manager Chelsey Anne Russell, 34, was found dead by police in a milking shed at a property on Maimai Rd in rural Buller, West Coast.

Labour to keep ‘disaster’ school lunch programme the same next year
Labour has confirmed its plans to reinstate a locally made school lunch programme would not come into play until the 2028 school year meaning the cheaper scheme it has labelled “outrageous” and a “disaster” would remain in place for 2027.