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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown calls National's road plan 'idiotic'
Auckland's mayor wants central government to stop making promises while expecting Aucklanders to foot the bill.

Soldier jailed for attempting to spy on Defence Force loses name suppression appeal
Jack Captein can now be named after losing an appeal against the decision refusing him name suppression.

French Polynesia proposes independence process at UN
President Moetai Brotherson has addressed the UN committee on decolonisation.

Hipkins: Labour not committing to reversing parental assistance test for teen Jobseekers
Chris Hipkins has admitted Labour is not committing to reversing a law change that meant 18 and 19 year olds could only receive the Jobseeker benefit if they were from very low income families.

ACT vows to scrap donations tax-break limit
David Seymour says the tax system should encourage charitable generosity rather than imposing an arbitrary ceiling on it.

Taking programming languages out of the loop
It's possible that the programming languages we use and love may soon be a thing of the past. In fact there may be no strictly defined programming languages at all, thanks to AI.

An RTX 5060 gaming PC for $1,100 in this economy? Prime Day just delivered
The CyberPowerPC Gamer Xtreme with an RTX 5060 is 15 percent off for Prime subscribers this Prime Day, dropping it to its best price in well over a year. (If you aren’t already a Prime subscriber, here’s how to get Amazon Prime for free.) Gaming PC prices are rough right now,...

Kane's rise from childhood keeper to equalling England cap record
Harry Kane reaches another significant England milestone by equalling Peter Shilton's record as the most-capped Three Lions player that he has held for 36 years.

Honeymoon over as Pocognoli's Scotland suffer domestic disharmony
Sebastien Pocognoli is left with questions to answer after an inert Scotland performance leaves him still searching for his first home win, writes Tom English.

Midfield options and a fab front four - what we've learned about England
From Trent Alexander-Arnold's return to Alex Scott's debut, Phil McNulty assesses what England have learned during this international window.

Police urge group to break silence over woman’s death on Waiheke Island
Police believe a small group of people have information about the suspicious death of 32-year-old Chantelle McLaughlin-Middlemiss.

GP suspended after warning of ‘Nuremberg part two’ during Covid-19
A Timaru doctor has been suspended after professional misconduct involving ivermectin, patient care, threatening emails to Medsafe and vaccine claims.

'Suspicious circumstances: Woman found dead in Waiheke Island home an hour after welfare check
The death of a woman on Auckland's Waiheke Island is being treated as suspicious after police were called to her home twice on the day she died. Detective Senior Sergeant...

Sneak peek: Government gave AI giant early look at data centre rules
Anthropic says it received the draft rules to help consider its MOU with the Australian government, and denies any influence over how new data centres will be rolled out in Australia.

Qualtrics appoints Mike Potter as Chief Technology Officer
The hire signals Qualtrics is sharpening its engineering push as it builds systems to process experience data in real time and scale its AI platform.

'Outfought' and 'not good enough' - Robertson on Scotland defeat
Scotland were "outfought" and simply "not good enough" in their 2-1 Nations League defeat by Slovenia, according to captain Andy Robertson.

Kane scores twice but who else was a 'real threat'? England player ratings
Senior football correspondent Sami Mokbel rates the England players after Tuesday's 3-0 win against the Czech Republic.