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Blink-182 to make Download debut as 2027 festival headliners
Evanescence and Bring Me The Horizon will also top the bill at the rock and metal festival.

What happened overnight with the Microsoft global outage
Microsoft is struggling to fix a global outage, with services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot affected by "connectivity problems".

Exclusive: Xero lifts half-year revenue 20% to NZD $1.2b
Free cash flow jumped 54% as Xero added 404,000 subscribers and lifted half-year revenue to NZD $1.194 billion, while profit also rose.

Will Young cashes in two chances to amass highest ODI score
The Black Caps’ opener was dropped twice in as many balls before scoring his fifth ODI ton.

Riders Supporting Kids: The motorcycle club on a mission to raise money for children's toys
They're born to be wild, but philanthropy is the force behind a lower North Island motorcycle club on a mission to raise money for children's toys, and support tamariki.

Can the Eurovision Song Contest succeed in Asia?
The world’s biggest and longest-running song contest is coming to Asia, with eleven countries competing in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday.

Weekly quiz: Who's joining Wayne Rooney in the I'm A Celebrity jungle?
How much attention did you pay to what happened in the world over the past seven days?

Brand will face 'hell on earth' in Wandsworth prison, says former inmate
The disgraced entertainer was sentenced to 10 years and six months for rape and sexual assault.

How could the Nvidia CEO’s affair threaten US national security?
BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China.

Burnham says 'win-win' deal can be agreed between UK and EU
The prime minister says the deal could be "more like the Brexit people thought they were voting for" in 2016.

Students face 'derived grades' process after online glitch disrupts NCEA English exam
As many as 22,000 were sitting NCEA level 2 English online, when the blip locked some out, while others could not save their work.

What we know about the global Microsoft outage
Microsoft has said the outage was not caused by a cyber-security incident, but efforts to fix the issues have so far been largely unsuccessful.

Tokomaru Bay landowner fumes at $14.5m council bridge pitch
Pourau Incorporation calls the council's $14.5m Pauariki Bridge plan unrealistic, with its own design costing $3.8m.

Former RNZ board member says she knew ministerial approval was needed for overdraft
Jane Wrightson says she doesn't know why it wasn't sought.

MI5 will need proof to be believed in future, says Leveson after BBC investigation
The BBC exposed how the security service had lied to three courts concerning Agent X.

The Papers: 'Nvidia chief quits' and 'Six women say they too were preyed on by Brand'
The resignation of Jensen Huang following reports he had an affair with a suspected spy leads a number Friday's papers.

Ankle injuries are more common than you think - here's how to protect yours
Performance physiotherapist Genevieve Taiwah shares her top tips for looking after your ankles.

Skye Newman gets 'goosebumps' over record-breaking Brixton Academy run
She is the first British female solo singer to play a five-gig residency at the venue.

Cricket sandpaper scandal claims '100% wrong', Australia captain says
Australia captain Pat Cummins hits back at former team-mate Usman Khawaja’s claims over the sandpaper scandal, calling them “100% wrong” and “utter nonsense”.