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CFOs focus on cash flow as AI use rises in finance
Working capital pressure is driving finance chiefs to prioritise cash flow and automation, with 59% seeing AI improve forecasting and liquidity.

The billionaire who can’t stop writing essays that freak out everyone
One of Dario Amodei’s key jobs is selling his company’s product to a public that is simultaneously enticed and horrified.

Tasman start with a stunning try against Auckland in Blenheim
Follow live coverage of the NPC round 8 clash between Tasman and Auckland.

Odyssey painting goes on show at city art gallery
The work by Turner is on loan from the National Gallery and forms part of a new exhibition in York.

Johnny Marr guitars sell for more than £560k at auction
One instrument was used on the The Smiths' debut album and also appeared on the cover of Oasis's debut single.

'Much-loved member': Auckland clubs mourn 32-year-old who died in polo accident in UK
Harry Revell is being remembered as an amazing polo player and an even better human being.

A man protests to council by covering himself in red dye, gets trespassed
A slink skin operator has been trespassed by a council after another eye-catching protest involving red dye.

How the race they said women couldn't run took centre stage
After making its debut at the 1928 Olympics, the women's 800m was cut from the programme. Now, it's often billed as the must-see event of major athletics championships. So, how did we get here?

'Don't be silly' over Falklands and Irish unity, top Tory tells Trump
Shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat says the US president's recent comments were aimed at US voters, in a BBC interview.

Get a lifetime license to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and all the rest for $55
TL;DR: Get Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more with a lifetime license to Microsoft Office 2024, now only $54.99 (reg. $249.99). Microsoft 365 costs $99.99 per year, every year, forever. If you want a better way to get the same apps, Microsoft now lets you switch to a lifetime license for Office 2024....

Timaru woman finds rare moa bones during daily beach walk
After years spent scanning the shoreline, Pippa Yates has added another collection to her family's home bone cabinet.

Primary Health Organisation makes changes at Pahiatua Medical Centre
Centre staff have threatened to resign en masse next week, unless their pleas for help are taken seriously.

Costume exhibition celebrates 50 years of city's 'spaceship-like' theatre
To mark the anniversary of the seven-sided theatre constructed from tubular steel, some archive costumes go on display.

Waiheke Island's only respite care house for children with disabilities to be sold
Melanna House has been closed for a year and Kainga Ora has confirmed it will sell the house after it failed to find another provider to run the disability respite care service.

Australian rugby community in mourning after death of Wallabies great's son at 21
Jack Waugh, the eldest child of former Wallaby and now Rugby Australia CEO Phil Waugh, passed away at the age of 21.

Moving from Newcastle to Liverpool easy decision - Isak
Striker Alexander Isak says Liverpool's ambition and determination to sign him was a big part of why he joined the club.

Leaden, stale, disheartening - where do Celtic & O'Neill go from here?
After another defeat, keeping the faith is surely becoming more testing for Celtic's fans, writes Tom English.

Why US plan to sell F-35 warplanes to Saudi Arabia is controversial
Saudi Arabia has lobbied the US for years to buy F35s, the world's most advanced fighter jet.

See tiny organisms on show in microscopic video competition
The winning video features tiny hair-like structures, called cilia, in the airways of a child with a rare genetic disease.