NZCity NewsLinks

All Links

4 Aug 2026

Search

This Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB DDR5 RAM is only $378
Do you know what your office needs right now? An affordable computer that won’t take up a ton of space and that can help you get your job done without issues. This $510 decked-out Kamrui Hyper H1 is only $377.97 at Amazon right now after an 18% on-page discount and...

Boy George & Culture Club to kick off festival
Other stars booked for the festival include Lulu, Sugababes and Björn Again.

Logan Paul's Pokémon card smashes record in $16m sale
Venture capitalist AJ Scaramucci buys the card to kick off his plan for a "planetary treasure hunt".

Lord of the Rings star cast as Lennon's wife in Beatles biopic
Morfydd Clark will portray Cynthia Lennon, the first wife of John, in the four-part biopic.

Israeli police arrest seven, stop attempted infiltration of 15 Palestinian residents

World Champion high jumper claims supreme award at Halberg Awards
Hamish Kerr won the sportsman of the year for the second year running, but this time he would not be denied the supreme award.

Wild weather: Strongest winds to hit Wellington in a decade
The focus of the heavy rain is now further south, especially on Banks Peninsula, which is under an Orange Rain Warning.

Ozzy army descends on Mardi Gras parade
At least 200 people dressed as the Prince of Darkness were in New Orleans to honour the late star.

All Black confirms departure for France, ending World Cup hopes
Dalton Papali’i will leave the Blues at the end of the current Super Rugby season to join Top 14 side Castres Olympique.

Female athletes hit back at 'weird' and 'derogatory' comments about their appearance
Sporting stars describe unsolicited comments about their looks, as a survey suggests fewer girls have ambitions to become top athletes.

What is behind spike in pothole related call-outs?
The AA says pothole-related call outs in January were up by 18% across the UK, with 6,235 in the East of England alone.

Fix disk errors and speed up your PC with this handy tip
If your PC is running slowly or has disk errors you need to address the problem. Rather than trying to uninstall programs you could run a scan on your hard drive to fix any errors. Here’s how to do that: What to do: Open the command prompt as an administrator. Type the command...

How Cornwall shaped the imagination of famous writers
How has Cornwall inspired Winston Graham, EV Thompson, Virginia Woolf and Daphne du Maurier?

Outsmart the RAM crisis with these 5 tips
The RAM shortage is still out of control. You can’t build a decent PC anymore without spending exorbitant amounts of cash, all because memory and storage costs are through the roof. Graphics cards are also in short supply. It’s crazy out there! What are you to do? Well, you have options....

Suspicious envelope found at Prime Minister's Office, sent to biological lab

Weather live: Flooding in Akaroa as wild weather moves south
Banks Peninsula is under an orange heavy rain warning, with a further 70 to 100 millimetres of rain predicted.

Global high jump star Hamish Kerr claims Supreme Halberg award
Hamish Kerr has claimed New Zealand's highest sporting honour at the 63rd Halberg Awards.

Skip the $99.99 yearly fee — get Microsoft Office for $35 once
TL;DR: Pay $34.97 once for Microsoft Office Pro 2021 instead of $99.99 every year for Microsoft 365. Microsoft 365 costs $99.99 per year, but if you would rather avoid another subscription, Microsoft Office Pro 2021 is available as a lifetime license for $34.97, marked down from $219.99. It delivers the core apps most people use every...

Matheson on Old Trafford heroics, 'torrid time' as £1m teenager & McLeod death
A 16-year-old Luke Matheson wrote his name in the history books by scoring against Manchester United in 2019. Six years later, he is aiming for more cup heroics with Macclesfield.

'Dragged out and set on fire' - the Bangladesh mob killing that shocked the world
In December, Hindu factory worker Dipu Das was lynched in Bangladesh, igniting global outrage.