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NATO's Rutte praises German agreement on new military service

IDF kills two terrorists, false alarms after sirens in Gaza border region

Gaza girl shares story of being found alive in morgue after Israeli attack

Home of far-right German lawmaker raided over terrorist plot

Schools across Aotearoa reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi after changes to Education Act
From Whakatane to Tamaki Makaurau to Otautahi and Invercargill, school boards have issued public statements reaffirming their obligations to honour Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Australian recruiter says New Zealand police officers love job but looking for change
The Northern Territory recruits about 30 officers from New Zealand each year.

Going fast! Grab this tiny MagSafe wireless power bank for just $20
One of the best things to keep in your pocket or purse or backpack (or whatever you have!) is a power bank that ensures your phone will never die on you. But who wants a bulky one that’s annoying to carry around? What you want is something that’s small, convenient,...

Samsung’s new 27-inch battery-powered portable monitor is a stunner
Samsung has launched a new portable monitor called the Movingstyle Portable Touchscreen. The 27-inch display is battery-powered with a touchscreen, and it can be used in two ways: with the built-in handle for carrying around, or the rollable stand. The screen weighs about 11.9 pounds and the battery life should...

‘I had nowhere to go:’ How this man found himself homeless at 80
As the number of people retiring owning their own home plummets, and many seniors are being priced out of retirement villages, more people over 65 are being left with nowhere to live.

VTNZ driver tester sacked over ‘improper pass’; separate bribery claims probed by SFO
Stuff’s reporting has now confirmed driver testing officers from at least three VTNZ branches have been dismissed for alleged serious misconduct in the last two years.

Cloudhouse launches Foundry to automate legacy app packaging
Cloudhouse launches Foundry, a platform automating legacy app packaging to ease compatibility issues and speed up cloud adoption for enterprises.

'Bleak' future for seals decimated by bird flu, scientists warn

Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
The world is about to blow past 1.5°C of warming, a limit we collectively hoped to avoid. What does that mean - and what comes next?

Kainga Ora acknowledges privacy breach, says only email addresses exposed
The email addresses of more than a thousand Auckland tenants were exposed in a group email from the state housing agency.

This Dell Ryzen laptop with 16GB RAM and 1TB SSD is just $520
The Black Friday sales seem to be coming sooner every year. Blessing or curse? You decide, but before you do, check out this 15.6-inch Dell laptop. It’s rocking a solid AMD Ryzen processor, 16GB of RAM, and a roomy 1TB of storage, all for $519.99. But hurry, the price is...

How to use ChatGPT to boost your writing
ChatGPT can help with many things—creating images, looking up information, role-playing, solving math problems, programming and much more. But at the heart of everything it does are so-called “large language models”—AI algorithms trained on unimaginable amounts of text. So it’s not surprising that what it does best is working with...

Tory Lanez's trial for shooting Megan Thee Stallion was divisive. Here's how it played out
As the rapper's appeal against his conviction fails, here's a recap of the trial that split hip-hop.

From The Front Lawn to floating fish, music legends get behind water safety campaign
Legendary musical duo Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair have added their creative talents to Stuff’s water safety campaign.

Flowers, hotels, boutique bistro, world trips and ribs - what McSkimming’s credit card statements reveal
Three years of Jevon McSkimming’s police credit card statements analysed.

Valve confirms that the Steam Deck 2 is still a long way off
Valve’s new Steam hardware announcements—a revived Steam Machine desktop-slash-console, a standalone Steam Frame VR headset, and a refreshed Steam Controller—are all anyone’s talking about right now. But none of them would have such high profiles without the Steam Deck, Valve’s smash hit handheld. So then, where’s the Steam Deck 2?...