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Southland woman sentenced to home detention after failing to pay income tax
The woman's business had received more than $780,000 in Covid support money.

Rapid7 Q1 2025 incident response findings
Rapid7’s Q1 2025 report reveals stolen credentials without MFA cause 56% of breaches, while manufacturing faces the highest threat from ransomware attacks.

Pest seaweed running rife in Fiordland sounds
The rapid spread of an invasive seaweed in Fiordland waters has forced a regional council to adjust how it deals with the plant.

Israel to block Greta Thunberg’s flotilla bringing aid to Gaza
The Madleen set sale on June 1 carrying 12 activists bringing aid to Gaza, including Greta Thunberg and Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham.

Formal complaint lodged against Transpower over Northland transmission tower collapse
The collapse of the national grid operator's tower in Northland cut electricity to 88,000 customers.

Nauru, Metals Company announce revised deep sea mining agreement
The updated "sponsorship agreement" was announced in a press release from The Metals Company.

Watch live: Parliament debates Te Pati Maori MPs' punishment for Treaty Principles haka
The House is set to hear heated arguments about a contentious proposed suspension for MPs who interrupted the Treaty Principles Bill debate with a haka.

Watch: Man breaches curfew to rescue horse from flooded river
Chase Gage says he would do it all over again after his dramatic rescue.

AI agent adoption rises among IT security leaders in ANZ
AI agent use among IT security leaders in Australia and New Zealand is set to nearly double from 36% to 68% within two years, driven by growing trust and data challenges.

Review: The Phoenician Scheme sends off some Wes Anderson fans
You'll either go to Wes Anderson's idea of a 1930s-style thriller, The Phoenician Scheme,because of Anderson, or you'll stay away for the same reason.

Watch: Djokovic saves break point in 41-shot rally for the ages
The 38-year-old demonstrated his remarkable durability in winning an unbelievable rally in his French Open victory against Alexander Zverev.

At least one in three businesses are unprepared for sale - ABC Business Sales
ABC Business Sales says at least one in three businesses are unprepared for sale, with unrealistic price expectations just one of the issues.

20 years of Google Maps: NZ’s best reviewed cafes, parks, attractions and restaurants
With two billion users a month, we’d be lost without the navigation app in our pocket.

School spending $800k to turn its open plan classrooms into single-cell rooms
A second Christchurch school has made the costly move to ditch its near-new open plan classrooms.

Parliament’s contrary responses to Kashmir attacks spur debate
Militant groups are believed to be behind attacks in India-administered Kashmir in 2019 and 2025, but Parliament fails to condemn the latest incident.

PNG, Bougainville to talk independence in military camp near Christchurch, NZ
The moderator in the talks is former New Zealand governor-general Sir Jerry Mateparae.

Report on South West Pacific climate prompts plea to public, governments
World Meteorological Organisation just release it's 2024 report into the South West Pacific's climate.

‘I didn’t want to mention Scottie’: ‘P..... off’ Rory McIlroy defends media silence over driver testing leak
‘I knew that Scottie’s driver had failed on Monday, but my name was the one that was leaked.’

Southland caterer gets home detention for $800k tax evasion
Lee 19 was involved in catering for the Ministry of Education’s Ka Ora, Ka Ako healthy school lunches programme and the Alliance Lorneville meat processing plant.

NZ's natural gas supply running out faster than thought
Resources Minister Shane Jones says the country needs a "secure supply" of gas.

SX Tasman Express to boost Australia–New Zealand bandwidth
Southern Cross, Alcatel Submarine Networks and OMS Group will build the SX Tasman Express, adding 400Tbps capacity between Sydney and Auckland by 2028.