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Breakers suffer first loss after throwing away lead against Bullets in Brisbane
The Breakers let a double-digit points lead slip as they were beaten 88-85 by the Bullets in their ANBL game in Brisbane.

PNG Rugby Union considers Oceania Rugby exit over ongoing suspension
Papua New Guinea will sever ties with Oceania Rugby and look at joining Asia Rugby if they do not get clear justification for their continued suspension by the regiona body.

'1000 percent wrong', 'hilarious': How David Farrar reacted to Nicky Hager's new book
Right-wing pollster David Farrar has flatly denied some allegations made against him in "Dirty Work", and dismissed another as "hilarious".

'Couldn't care less' - UK Home Office loses NZ passports
A dual British citizen says the authorities' response was 'very poor', but they found a quick way to get her daughter's urgently needed passport after RNZ got in touch.

OpenSearch survey flags AI infrastructure vendor worries
Technology leaders are prioritising vendor-neutral AI systems as 83% of organisations run or plan AI workloads, a survey found.

Training for firefighting crews on real fires halted last year
Live-fire cells at Rotorua's national training centre - the only operable place for training inside burning buildings - closed because of safety concerns in September 2025.

Grey Lynn and Ponsonby: From working class roots to Auckland's most sought after suburbs
Grey Lynn and Ponsonby were once working class areas, home to Pasifika communities and a social justice movement.

Sixty years of progress
Television is not what it used to be, thank goodness.

Environment Southland rejects request for data centre review
Development of the $5 billion Datagrid AI factory is underway at the Makarewa site, with consents to draw up to 600,000 litres of groundwater a day.

Vanuatu revokes Andrew Tate's citizenship
A Vanuatu government consultant says the controversial manosphere influencer "should never have been granted [citizenship] in the first place".

The places New Zealanders want to work the most
Last year Air New Zealand was top, followed by the Ministry of Innovation and Employment and ANZ - but this year another company has taken first place.

Business leaders push back against supermarket break-up plans
A group of 51 business leaders has gone public with a plea to politicians to respect property rights and the freedom of contracts.

Report suggests taking Wellington Opera House out of use amid falling attendance
It comes as the city's mayor warns that the operation of arts venues in the city will be "directly affected" by rates caps imposed by the Government.

Actress Hayden Panettiere died from accidental overdose, coroner says
The actress had spoken publicly about her battles with mental health and substance abuse.

OpenSearch adds Adelean, Intel & Sidecar as members
Demand for vendor-neutral search software is accelerating as OpenSearch passes 2.4 billion downloads and widens its support ecosystem.

Man dies after alleged Lower Hutt assault, charge upgraded to manslaughter
A man critically injured after a disorder incident in Lower Hutt last month has died in hospital. A charge against a 45-year-old man has been upgraded to manslaughter.

Households, housing market may be casualties of Reserve Bank tackling inflation
The Reserve Bank is expected to keep raising the official cash rate into next year, even though new data shows almost every region in the country has seen a sharp downturn in house sales.

Your GP is probably already using AI. Now it could talk to you about your medicines
About 40 per cent of Australian GPs use an AI scribe, and none are approved by the TGA. Now the industry’s biggest player has raised $476 million to do much more than take notes.

IT mistake erases 11 years of viewing history for hospitals’ maternity records
The English hospitals recovered patient care data only.