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Vanuatu govt considers placing Air Vanuatu into voluntary administration
The Vanuatu Government is now considering placing Air Vanuatu, the national carrier of Vanuatu, into voluntary administration.

Chinese PR boss says sorry for glorifying overwork
Baidu's Qu Jing tells workers she does not care for them because, 'I am not your mum'.

Wellington Hospital lockdown: Black Power member pleads guilty to firing shotgun
He admitted to shooting at a gang rival from the Mongrel Mob outside the hospital last week.

‘Olympic dream over’ for Black Ferns Sevens star
A tearful Shiray Kaka has announced she suffered a long-term knee injury in Singapore, ruling her out of the Olympics.

Taranaki blackjack player shows no signs of walking away as popularity grows
Easy come, easy go, easy come ... big betting Taranaki blackjack player Tim Myers, who shows no signs of giving up gambling, reached the $1 million in winnings mark, dipped under it, then returned over it, all in the past week.

Photo released in Northland arson case, as homicide investigation launched
The person was captured on CCTV at the rear of the property that was set alight

Super Rugby Pacific: D-Day matches for Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika
The Cultural Round is the telling round for both teams as far as their hopes of making it into the knockout stages is concerned. Losing will ruin their plans.

Red Hat & Elastic extend partnership for enhanced AI search experiences
Red Hat and Elastic extend their partnership to introduce upgraded search experiences backed by retrieval augmented generation (RAG) patterns, reinventing AI use in business applications.

Full-scale search planned for fisherman who went missing near Whangarei Heads more than a week ago
Two men were originally missing, but the body of one of them was found just days into the search.

Using a structured literacy approach to teach reading: What you need to know
Explainer - The government from 2025 is mandating how state schools teach children to read. But what is structured literacy and how does it compare to other teaching methods?

Adyen partners with Cover Genius to enhance payment security
Adyen has joined forces with insurtech company, Cover Genius, to boost authorisation rates for online payments and advance transaction security worldwide.

Northland house fire treated as arson, homicide probe launched
Police are now looking for a person captured on CCTV footage.

New Caledonia’s French constitutional amendment: green light in Paris, red light in Nouméa
Analysis - On Tuesday, the French National Assembly (Lower House) law committee was debating the value of the proposed constitutional amendment to alter the rules of eligibility to vote at local provincial elections.

Two people taken to Palmerston North Hospital after serious crash
Rangiotu Rd in Manawatu District was blocked on Thursday morning following a two-vehicle crash.

PM questioned on hospital and bypass plans
Luxon stood by the phased approach to the “upgrading” of Nelson Hospital.

Little penguins killed by dogs on Wellington coast
One of the penguins was born in 2022 and thought to be coming back to breed for the first time this year.

World-leading technology to avoid future flooding at airport
Auckland Airport faced significant flooding during Cyclone Gabrielle, and work is being done to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Vanuatu tourism body aware of reports of Air Vanuatu in voluntary administration
The Vanuatu Tourism Office says it's aware of reports that its national carrier Air Vanuatu has entered voluntary administration.

Woolworths tells 79,000 they won a prize, then rescinds it
Woolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition.

CrowdStrike unveils ground-breaking AI-native SOC functions
CrowdStrike has announced transformative updates to its AI-native Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) technology, promising to drastically reduce SOC workload times and costs.