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Large enterprises scramble after supply-chain attack spills their secrets
tj-actions/changed-files, corrupted to run credential-stealing memory scraper.

‘Second fastest lap’: Christian Horner praises Liam Lawson’s pace
Hard to blame Liam Lawson for ‘roll of the dice’ crash, Christian Horner says, as he highlights Kiwi driver recording the second fastest lap.

‘Like a prisoner’: Man stuck in 'sweat box' emergency motel for almost four years
A few months after an accident left him paraplegic, Shane Emeny was placed in emergency housing, waiting for a place to call home. That was nearly four years ago.

TEM - Transaction in Own Shares
The Company announces that, on 12 March 2025, it purchased for cancellation 531,801 Ordinary shares of 5 pence each in the Company ("Shares") at a price of 171.79 pence per Share

Car thieves steal, vandalise cars belonging to families of child cancer patients
The two thefts left charity staff feeling “sick”.

Neighbour heard raised voices and swearing before resident hurt in fight with home intruder in Wellington
A neighbour says he heard raised voices and swearing outside the house in the early hours of Monday.

Watch: Kiwi double world champion wins gold at at the UCI Nations Cup
Ally Wollaston claimed the omnium title at the UCI Nations Cup in Turkey.

‘Poor ref’: Hurricanes and Fiji rugby teams wear near identical uniforms in farcical kit clash
The two teams were hard to tell apart after taking to the field in strikingly similar strips.

Fury in court as murder accused appears before packed crowd
A Hamilton man charged with murdering one man and badly wounding another has faced a barrage of abuse at his initial appearance.

Referral system failures led to four-month delay in diagnosing woman with rare cancer
An investigation has found a lost referral and lack of follow-up contributed to the four-month delay.

Delayed surgery at Dunedin Hospital linked to 74-year-old patient's death
A woman waited over 90 hours for surgery on a fractured femur, despite clinical guidelines recommending intervention within 48 hours.

Auckland harbourside suburb to be without supermarket for more than a year
The existing Countdown supermarket that serves 15,000 people is to close in April, but the New World store replacing it will only open on the site in winter 2026.

The man preserving flavours from the past
Nathan Lewis likes to make preserves and jams the old-fashioned way.

Auckland’s struggling local boards unite in letter to Wayne Brown
Auckland’s 21 local board chairs have united in a letter to mayor Wayne Brown, objecting to the expectation that they absorb a $17.6 million budget shortfall.

'We'll keep our nerve': Winston Peters readies for Marco Rubio meeting
The foreign minister is keeping his cool in the United States ahead of the main event.

'Ko te ra tino whakamataku o toku oranga': E korero ana te wahine i muri i ta te motoka u i runga i a ia i te moenga
E ki ana a Sue-ann Venter ka whakaoho a ia i te pehanga i runga i tona poho, e whakaaro ana ka mate a ia.

Community in shock after suspicious fire at Hamilton marae
The meeting house at Hui Te Rangiora Marae was completely gutted by the fire on Sunday morning.

Slice of Ramadan from Malaysia to Queenstown: 'Food always brings people together'
Normally, people can only find the best traditional Malaysian rice porridge during Ramadan, Habib Ali says.

Police find 70 bags of drugs in Beachlands car bust
A 20-year-old man has been charged after bags of cannabis, cocaine, and MDMA were seized.

Dead wallaby thrown onto couch fire during Dunedin’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations
Visiting students on a trip south for St Patrick’s Day brought with them an unusual gift, a shot wallaby, which ended-up roasted on a couch fire.

Airbnb owner cries foul as rates bill could jump from $11k to $40k
Wellington host Emma Reid implores the Wellington council not to charge short-term accommodation providers the same rates as hotels. Join the conversation in comments.