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JLL warns of AI skills gap in Asia Pacific facilities
Nearly 70% of organisations have already suffered disruption from labour shortages or AI skills gaps, JLL says, as adoption accelerates.

Explainer: What you can and can't do on election day
Explainer - Take down those signs, pause that Instagram post - here's what you need to know about restrictions on election day.

Hillmorton Hospital patient threatened PM before murder of Christchurch woman
Laisa Waka Tunidau was stabbed to death by Zakariye Mohamed Hussein outside her Sockburn home on 25 June 2022, while Hussein was on unescorted leave.

The Kiwis' halfback already did what Ponga is trying to do. This is his advice
Jahrome Hughes returned from a broken arm in 22 days in 2025 – one day fewer than it will have been for Kalyn Ponga this Saturday.

Bankrupt developer’s companies owe $13m, now one’s on the hook for $1m unpaid tax
Kanwal Preet Singh, 42, was the sole director of four companies that went into receivership or liquidation since March last year.

Teachers pushed ahead with caving trip during orange rain warning before schoolboy drowned
A 15-year-old student drowned in a flooded cave after teachers bypassed a storm warning and pushed ahead with a school trip.

National Minister defends light touch AI approach, but admits ‘catastrophic’ things coming
Minister Penny Simmonds expects dire outcomes for some Kiwis but defends the current ‘light touch’ response.

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Karnin Petera died during a school trip to Abbey Caves - a coroner reveals what went wrong
The coroner is calling on all schools to take a more cautious approach to the risks of outdoor trips following the death of the 15-year-old Whangarei boy.

Microsoft is fine-tuning Windows 11. Here’s what’s coming in November
Microsoft is working on and testing several Windows 11 changes that will be introduced as part of the November Patch Tuesday update. One of the new features is Accelerated App Launch, a performance feature that’s designed to make the Edge browser launch faster. According to Microsoft, the improvement is especially noticeable...

Elon Musk's millions fail to deliver Texas for the Republicans in fierce midterms
The billionaire's political action committee (Pac) contributed $47m (£35m) to Ken Paxton's campaign.

Keeper updates iPhone Duo app with redesign & autofill
Mobile credential management should be easier on Apple's dual-screen iPhone Duo after Keeper's latest iOS update redesigns vault navigation and autofill.

Winston Peters’ dilemma: Is Michael Laws worth it?
Analysis - Michael Laws' views on women might be shared in the circles he runs in, but not by his leader Winston Peters.

All Blacks talking points: Is it time to unleash Fineanganofo?
Will Fehi Fineanganofo and Leicester Fainga’anuku get the chance to play for the All Blacks against Scotland in Edinburgh on Sunday morning (NZT)?

KiwiRail left kilometre of overhead lines live inside 'safe' work area, badly burning worker
A rail worker was severely burned and knocked unconscious when an elevated platform approached a live 25-kilovolt overhead wire in Parnell.

Seymour says don’t look to politicians for empathy. That’s literally the job
A reflection on a family history of grassroots passion and a direct challenge to leaders who claim the state shouldn’t care about empathy.

Russian hacktivists say they were behind freezer hacks, but speculation remains
Noname and Z-Pentest Alliance are claiming responsibility - but this is being met with scepticism.

Chrome 157 fixes over 200 security flaws, 7 of them critical
Google just released Chrome 157.0.8103.38/39 for Windows and macOS and 157.0.8103.38 for Linux, fixing over 200 security vulnerabilities, some of which are critical. According to Google, none of the patched vulnerabilities have been exploited in the wild yet. Chrome 158 is due to be released in two weeks. What’s new in Chrome...