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Labour Day 2026: What's open, what's not and when you have to pay a surcharge
Will you pay a surcharge on Labour Day? Here's what you need to know.

What's going on with retirement village share prices?
Anyone who has bought shares in major retirement village operators might have been avoiding looking at their portfolios recently.

Election live: Morning Report's health debate, after last night's leaders' debate
The last leaders' debate might be done and dusted, but there's still plenty more opportunity for the parties to thrash out why they deserve your vote.

EDS doctor Chris Holdaway restricted from seeing patients by Medical Council
Medical Council intervention leaves hundreds of patients 'frightened, angry' - and in limbo.

The Trip's Rob Brydon originally against playing fictional version of himself
Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan initially thought playing fictionalised versions of themselves was "passé".

Hackers are hijacking Plex servers to mine crypto. Update ASAP
Security researchers have discovered that hackers are actively exploiting four vulnerabilities in Plex Media Server, the popular app that’s used to stream films, TV shows, music, and other digital content from your own PC, server, or NAS device. Roll your own Netflix, in a sense. These security vulnerabilities have been collectively...

Youth aren't disengaged, they're unheard - rangatahi
As the enrolment deadline looms, rangatahi urge peers to make their voices heard at this year's election.

Election '26: Cost of living continues to be NZers' top concern
The immediate household pressures of housing, food and fuel loom large, with less than a month to go until the election.

Bloomberg launches Enterprise MCP for AI data access
Financial firms could cut manual data-matching work as Bloomberg's new interface gives AI agents governed access to more than 100 million securities.

AppViewX adds shadow AI agent controls & quantum IDs
Security teams can now spot unsanctioned AI agents, stop them mid-run and issue quantum-resilient identities as usage spreads across enterprises.

Chris v Chris: No mistake, no magic moment
Analysis - A meaty quickfire round in Tuesday night's debate revealed a long list of things National and Labour could agree on, but the rest of the head-to-head was far from cordial.

Costs keep rising: Cafe faces impossible choice
Angela Clements says the decision to close Pure Café in Whangarei is the result of increasing pressure from multiple directions - and economists are warning the situation could get worse.

Rollout of new radio system for all emergency services continues
All four emergency services, on 19,000 radio terminals, will soon be able to use the same digital radio technology, wherever they are.

Christina Applegate says she was wrongfully diagnosed with MS
She said in a Tuesday release of her Messy podcast that she was not happy about the new information and her symptoms have only "gotten worse".

Advocates call on politicians for more comprehensive transport electrification plans
Parties say they do have electric vehicle policies, but some have chosen to promote other aspects of their transport plans during the election period.

Study visa applications rise - and more being turned down
At one point 85 student visa applications used same bank documents, Immigration New Zealand says.

Hyperlayer raises USD $25.8 million in Series A2 round
Fresh capital will help Hyperlayer hire and expand across three regions as banks seek to modernise legacy systems without costly core replacements.

Zetaris launches AI data harness with SpaceXAI tie-up
The tie-up could help enterprise AI tools reach live data more securely, while Zetaris claims its cloud service may cut total cost of ownership by up to 67%.

Anker’s new 10-in-1 laptop dock drops to $80 for the first time
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