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Household hot water savings 'could be bigger than solar'
One market commentator says people may not be aware of the opportunity to save money on power.

Pharmac's cardiovascular team recommends funding Wegovy for some people
The drug is already in use in New Zealand, but unfunded, meaning patients must cover the cost.

Claude won’t reverse-engineer games for you anymore
“Hey Claude, build Grand Theft Auto. Make no mistakes.” That’s the kind of prompt some Claude users have been using to get the chatbot to reverse-engineer their favorite games, but you’re now more likely to get a “no” instead of a finished product. New instructions discovered in Claude Code direct Claude...

The top 10 things to watch for in the US midterm elections
Analysis - There's more than one election this week. Here's what to watch for in America's pivotal midterms - and how they might affect New Zealand.

Teaching Council under scrutiny as teacher charged with possessing objectionable material
Education Minister Erica Stanford is already critical of a "rotten culture" in the council, after other recent cases.

Melbourne Cup race time, horses, favourites, winners and predictions: What you need to know
Get ready for the race that stops two nations.

Surging autism and ADHD rates leave health system ‘overwhelmed’
With diagnoses soaring and families facing long waits or $3000 private fees, frontline health experts warn public services cannot keep up.

Na te whakahe a Luxon i a Opportunity, ka ara ake he patai nui ake mo te Pati Nahinara
Me ako to tatou Nahinara aroha i tetahi akoranga mo te hokinga ki o ratou pakiaka waenga-matau ma tetahi aroha maro anake e taea ai.

Luxon’s Opportunity snub raises a bigger question about National
Christopher Luxon’s decision to rule out a coalition with Opportunity raises a bigger question, has National learnt anything from the past three years in power?

A helping hand or a hard line? Kiwis want both
Free school lunches for those in need are overwhelmingly supported - here’s the breakdown on support for other measures.

Revealed: Minister wasn’t briefed on MBIE boss’s links to failed IT project
Erica Stanford says she was never advised Nic Blakeley sat on the governance group that approved pushing ahead with the doomed IT upgrade.

Our Changing World: The tricky work of disentangling whales
Freeing whales trapped in fishing gear is dangerous work, but DOC teams train for it.

National's voters are walking. Here's where they're going
Recent polling suggested only 56.9 percent of those who said they voted National in 2023 still back the party.

QorusDocs launches AI workspace for law firm pitches
Law firms could cut the time and risk in pitching work as the new system pulls approved content into shared AI drafting and review workflows.

Hospital staff wait five months for agreed pay rise to kick in
The agreed 2.5 percent pay increase and $1000 lump sum won't reach workers' pockets until January next year, with Health NZ saying it has a backlog of collective agreements to implement.

Want an 86-inch screen? Philoent’s mini projector is $72, its lowest price
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Told to stop, this developer kept going anyway. Now they’ve admitted their guilt
The council became aware of this after a resource consent application was lodged in late 2022.