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Government puts further $3 million towards major sports, food and culture events
It is the latest tranche of funding from the $70m dollar Major Events and Tourism package.

Why Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance matters
The Puerto Rican musician delivered a high octane dance party with a message.

Get a Samsung OLED gaming monitor for just $350
To paraphrase a certain Scottish chef, “Finally, some good $%^ing deals.” OLED monitors, even those from lesser-known brands, seem to have been locked into a $400 bottom for a couple of years now. Today you can get a 27-inch Samsung model for $349.99, no need to go refurbished or off...

'A cascade of errors': Johnathon Taituma died after St John ambulance delays, coroner finds
By the time an ambulance got to the 43-year-old, about an hour and 40 minutes later, he was dead.

Uncle Bryn's Gavin and Stacey house up for sale
The house in the Vale of Glamorgan made famous by Uncle Bryn is on the market for £210,000.

Auckland rail fault fixed, Western and Southern line trains operating as normal
Western and Southern line trains are running as normal after a fault threatened the morning's services.

Aussie speed skater’s throat was sliced by competitor’s blade. It won’t stop him racing
Brendan Corey briefly lost the capacity to speak or eat solid food, counting the blessing that the upright blade didn’t sever arteries or his larynx.

Northland couple finally sees EQC landslide damage payout three years after claim
Even so, they came close to losing out entirely when engineers hired by the Earthquake Commission, backed its orginal call that it was not landslide damage.

Households jumping on solar power - but what if you don't have a home loan?
A system could pay itself back in seven or eight years, chief executive of Rewiring Aotearoa says.

Questions over who will pay for Wellington's sewage plant failure
It could be months before the plant returns to full operation.

Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite tops the Apple M5 in new test video
The first laptops with the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite chip inside will begin rolling out in February and March, according to a new video featuring more tests of Qualcomm’s upcoming chip — some in which it even beats the Apple M5. The video, released over the weekend by Hardware Canucks, also...

Dutch speedskater wins women's 1000 Olympic gold with fiancé Jake Paul in the stands
Dutch speedskater Jutta Leerdam claimed her first gold medal in an Olympic-record time in the women's 1000 meters at the Milan Cortina Games.

Heat cranks up as east coast set to bask in near 30C temperatures
Temperatures have begun heating up on Tuesday for the east coast of the country with some forecast to reach 28C.

Councils push back on ‘one-size-fits-all’ rates cap
Councils say they can’t support a one-size fits all rates cap, and warn the impact of wide-sweeping national reforms haven’t been adequately thought out.

Labelled, judged and far from home: Marshallese deported by ICE 'having the hardest time'
People deported to the Marshall Islands from the United States face a tough road to survival.

Olympic athletes' medals break during celebrations
Handle with care. That's the message from gold medalist Breezy Johnson at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics after she and other athletes found their medals broke within hours.

Is it time to ban traditional Lotto?
University of Auckland researcher says traditional Lotto could be changed into lottery bonds.

NZ Rhapzody, the new hop off the trial block
Along the banks of the Wangapeka River in Tasman, a new hop variety is being commercially released after more than a decade of research and development.

Taranaki locals get to grips with Swiss wrestling
The Olympics feature Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling and Japan is famous for sumo - but in South Taranaki it is schwingen that rules supreme.