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Michael Sheen says being an actor will be a disadvantage on Celebrity Traitors
The Hollywood actor says he is a big fan of the BBC reality show, which he will now try and win.

Shield launches MCP Server for compliance AI access
Compliance teams at regulated banks can now query live surveillance alerts inside Claude, while Shield keeps permissions and records unchanged.

Rising diesel price could make rest of year more expensive for households
Diesel is used to power much of the country's industry and transport so any price increase can flow through to a wide range of areas including food.

Close-up look at Turner's '£50m' Rome painting on show in the city
Turner’s early 19th century painting - Rome, from Mount Aventine - will be on display in the Italian capital for the first time ahead of an auction in London in December.

Rogue immigration system approved visas by itself
More than 55 job checks and visitor visas were auto-approved before the fault was discovered last year.

'Best thing we can do is show up and vote': Students urge peers to have their say
Alarm over low youth voter enrolment

Quorum Cyber to acquire Ontinue in Microsoft security deal
The merger is set to give Microsoft customers broader AI-led threat detection, response and recovery support across North America, the UK and DACH.

eSentire acquires AI security startup for Atlas AIDR
Security teams are gaining real-time audit trails and controls as eSentire folds the stealth startup's AI monitoring module into Atlas.

What the government's $4b surplus means for the election
Analysis - A rosier than expected opening of the government books would’ve lifted the Finance Minister’s spirits after another bad poll that could see Nicola Willis not even return to Parliament.

Tauranga locals wanted council boss Marty Grenfell to go, community leaders say
Tauranga City Council's chief executive Marty Grenfell has been under fire since a review found the January landslide at Mount Maunganui that killed six people was preventable.

Komodor launches agentic operations platform for SRE
Rising production incidents and AI governance gaps are driving demand for Komodor's platform, which lets teams run and control agents at scale.

SEON expands fraud platform to fight AI identity scams
The broader signal base is aimed at helping fraud teams spot synthetic identities and linked accounts as generative AI makes scams harder to detect.

Auckland's seat of Maungakiekie has never been a safe bet
Maungakiekie which straddles Auckland's inner and southern suburbs has shifted between National and Labour.

Will rosier government books catch the eye of global ratings agencies?
Treasury is now forecasting a $4 billion surplus for the 2028/29 financial year - significantly higher than the $2.5 billion expected in May.

Smarsh adds AI tools for governed communications data
Regulated firms could search and export archived messages through AI while keeping existing permissions, audit logs and chain-of-custody controls.

DrayTek & Enea partner on deeper traffic visibility
The deal will help DrayTek customers spot AI and other traffic on their networks more quickly, as security shifts deeper into hardware.

Health NZ agrees to 24 new nurses for North Shore Hospital after 'nightmare' winter
The hospital's nurses spoke out earlier about how they were struggling in an emergency department that sometimes had triple the number of patients it was staffed to deal with.