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‘Breaks my heart’: Alex Warren cancels Auckland show after falling ill
Frontier Touring released a statement that the Spark Arena concert would no longer go ahead.

Woman appears in court after death of Northland man
A man died at a property in Haruru, near Paihia, early on Saturday morning.

Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s
A new bill will put pressure on social media companies to comply, while also establishing an online safety regulator and setting up a penalty regime.

Vertiv launches 1.8MW UPS for AI data centres in Asia
AI data centres in Southeast Asia will get extra power protection as abrupt GPU load swings strain batteries and grid connections.

Family of toddler who drowned in pool hopes inquest into his death will save lives
River Albert-Wihone's family is hoping his story can save lives.

How smart car technology could prevent one in five road casualties
Why are Australian drivers switching off vehicle safety technology that’s designed to keep them safe on the roads?

Watch live: Government makes social media ban announcement
Christopher Luxon will be joined by Education Minister Erica Stanford at the announcement.

Christchurch business evacuates over hazardous, unidentified substance
FENZ says they are still working to identify the substance.

St John staff pulled from office roles as 111 calls hit record high
Hato Hone St John is pulling staff out of education, leadership and other non-frontline roles to help ambulance crews as record 111 demand puts increasing pressure on the service.

Xero's CEO gets pay-rise after review finds pay below other technology company leaders
Sukhinder Singh Cassidy became the chief executive in 2023.

Grant Thornton Australia joins Asia-Pacific platform
The move adds 1,500 professionals and deepens a cross-border model as firms race to meet client demand for seamless regional support.

Electricity system overhaul overdue - Business advocates
A business group advocating for stronger economic growth is lobbing for policy reform and a shake-up of New Zealand's electricity system.

Blaze breaks out in North Canterbury in terrain too rough for ground firefighters
Helicopters have been brought in to tackle the fire.

Decision to install fence at Wellington waterfront too 'highly charged' council says, despite death of teacher Isaac Levings
The comments were made at the coroner's inquest into the 2023 drowning of primary school teacher Isaac Levings.

Luxon moves to ban social media for under 16-year-olds, Act says it will ‘agree to disagree’
The bill would require “high risk” platforms like TikTok and Facebook to check ages, take action to reduce harm or face a fine of up to 10% of their global revenue

Cross-border checkout has a data quality problem
Poor data at checkout is fuelling cost surprises, missed deliveries and fraud fears that are turning many cross-border shoppers away.

Watch live: Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s
A new bill will put pressure on social media companies to comply, while also establishing an online safety regulator and setting up a penalty regime.

Telcos issue new advice on contacting Triple Zero
Australia's telecommunications companies have issued new advice on contatcing Triple Zero, Nine's tech expert Trevor Long explains.

TrendAI adopts Claude Opus 5 for vulnerability triage
Security teams could cut exposure faster as the model helps rank exploitable flaws and apply temporary defences before vendor fixes arrive.

Helicopters battle large Hurunui blaze, terrain too rough for ground operations
The vegetation fire was reported at 12.50pm on a rural property south of the Hurunui River on Karaka Road.

Akamai maps distributed cloud shift for APAC AI workloads
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are moving AI from trials to production, driving demand for low-latency, distributed computing closer to users and data.