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Mystery defecator leaves 'revolting' surprise in Masterton's Queen Elizabeth park fernery
The District Council says it is not the first time someone has emptied their bowels in the Queen Elizabeth park attraction.

Wave of copper cable thefts from Wellington EV chargers leaves drivers stranded
The stolen cables are worth about $6, according to a metal scrap buyer.

Beloved jam-maker dies after being hit by car at busy town intersection
The death of Karyn Crocker, a well-known market stallholder and community volunteer, has reignited concerns about pedestrian safety and traffic speeds near a busy town-centre intersection.

Zscaler launches zero-trust tools to secure AI agents
Enterprises face new risks as autonomous software agents spread through systems faster than older security tools can track or control.

Spinnaker Support names Vivek Pruthi APAC managing director
Rising demand for independent SAP, Oracle and VMware support is driving Spinnaker's APAC expansion as it doubles headcount and appoints Vivek Pruthi.

Databricks, Linux Foundation launch OpenSharing AI standard
Businesses will be able to share AI models and unstructured data across clouds and on-premises systems without custom integrations.

‘Taonga’ or not, the law is clear: High Court bans return of seized gang patches
Gang members who have their patches seized cannot have them returned under any circumstances, a court has ruled.

$100m for 133 new classrooms in fast-growing Auckland communities
The Government will invest $160 million in new classrooms and school expansions across Auckland and the upper North Island, alongside funding for six major school redevelopment projects, Education Minister Erica Stanford says.

'We're actually out and about': Labour cops flack from Bishop, Seymour over Fieldays stall
Chris Hipkins says Labour MPs are talking directly to people at Fieldays rather than sitting at a stall in the back.

Inside Fieldays 'Drone Zone'
An increasing number of farmers are using drones to spray and spread fertilizer on their land.

They rescued a fading coastal landmark. It’s now the suburb’s priciest home
Jenene Crossan and her husband Scottie Chapman came for the Piha view. They stayed to finish the dream.

Zscaler expands Zero Trust SASE with AI agent tools
The update aims to simplify security operations as enterprises grapple with unmanaged devices, partners and multi-cloud workloads across AI projects.

World Cup sites lag as fan pages load in six seconds
Fans are already waiting nearly six seconds for federation sites, exposing digital weaknesses that could hurt engagement and revenue at World Cup 2026.

Zscaler expands Project AI-Guardian with tech partners
The wider partnership push aims to help enterprises control AI risk across cloud, identity and data systems as deployments move into production.

China's control over indium phosphide exports threatens AI data centre rollout

SpaceX IPO vs. Rocket Lab: Which Space Economy Stock Is the Better Buy?

JFrog adds Claude Code plugin for security oversight
Audit trails for AI-generated code could get easier as the plugin exposes packages, dependencies and provenance inside Claude Code.

Officials downplay advice suggesting LNG terminal not required
Government officials are seeking to downplay modelling that appeared to suggest a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal was not required.