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Major police re-investigation uncovers 11 cases of alleged offending after initial reports
It can also be reported that two men have been charged with sexual offending as a result of the major re-investigation.

What financial advisers think wealthy people can teach us
Three financial experts spoken to by RNZ say normal people may be able to glean a few tips from those with more zeroes in their bank accounts.

National's proposed foreign aid cut could make NZ 'invisible' on world stage - expert
The party wants to redirect $431 million of foreign aid money into funding more medicines, if it leads the next government.

Health NZ chases $70m in unpaid health bills from tourists and migrants
In one case a man had a $174,000 debt to Health NZ which he incurred after not disclosing his pre-existing renal diagnosis to Immigration New Zealand (INZ),

Stack Overflow survey shows developers trust AI with caveats
Most developers now use AI tools at work, but fewer than one in 15 would trust them for important decisions without verification.

The Bay of Plenty school ranked the top regional performer in New Zealand
Why the best academic results outside New Zealand's main cities belong to Tauranga

Chris v Chris: Are they still playing in the major party league?
Analysis - MMP has evolved so much in the past three elections that the combined Labour-National vote has gone from 81 percent at the 2017 election to just 57 in Tuesday's RNZ-Reid Research poll.

Coke and Pepsi conned us into believing litter was our fault. This trick is even worse
In the 1970s, Keep America Beautiful created the “Crying Indian” ad showing a Native American shedding tears as people throw rubbish into rivers. It was not what it seemed. For a start, the actor was Italian.

My favorite Shokz bone conduction headphones are $55 off for Prime Day
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Anker’s 60W USB-C cable is just $4 each for October Prime Day
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Google flexible VMs aim to keep Spark jobs running
The change could reduce failed cluster setups as AI demand tightens compute supply and Spark users lose access to preferred machine families.

Nvidia outlines AI agent security framework with OpenShell
Businesses face rising risk as Nvidia says AI agents need enforceable boundaries, accountable owners and proof that safeguards actually work.

VentureFruit launches family of apples bred to cope with hotter growing conditions
ADORE is an umbrella brand covering several apple varieties developed through the Hot Climate Partnership, a breeding programme involving organisations in New Zealand and Catalonia.

Google Cloud adds tighter code ownership & private CI/CD
Software supply chain controls tighten as Google Cloud lets teams limit approvers by file and keep CI/CD traffic inside private networks.

This $210 SanDisk 1TB portable SSD is the Prime Day deal to beat
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