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OPPO Watch S Now Available in New Zealand
OPPO's new Watch S features industry-leading slim design, advanced fitness tracking and flagship health analysis

Cyclists thigh-deep in water days after rain
The Petone railway underpass on a nearly-new $70 million cycleway is thigh-deep in water more than two days after the storm and heavy rain in Wellington.

‘They made me feel like the number one suspect’, says man who found homeless man’s body
Dax Holland and a man named Josh were the only two people living in a homeless camp at the back of Wharepai Domain in central Tauranga.

Married couple awarded nearly $100k after dismissal from Auckland waterfront café
An Auckland café owner has been ordered to pay compensation totally nearly $100,000 after dismissing its head chef and sous chef — a married couple — without following a fair process.

Another tropical low is moving south - but most of NZ should dodge it
The low pressure system that brought heavy rain and disruption earlier this week is now weakening, while a new tropical low approaches from the north, expected to largely miss the mainland.

NZ SMEs lift hours while wage growth softens in January
New Zealand SMEs lifted staff hours but eased wage growth in January, leaning on existing rosters as they cautiously test post-holiday demand.

Woman killed by dogs in Kaihu named as Mihiata Te Rore
The three dogs are now in care of Animal Management.

What OpenAI’s OpenClaw hire says about the future of AI agents

Reserve Bank leaves official cash rate at 2.25%
The central bank says the economy recovering but it is uneven, ahead of the new governor's first major press conference.

Watch live: Review finds 24 children killed by carers since Malachi Subecz’ murder
Children are still no safer now than when Malachi was killed in 2021, the review found.

Wellington Water stops pumping raw sewage directly into Tarakena Bay
Wellington Water had to revert to the short pipe after the pipe into Cook Strait was overwhelmed - but the short pipe has not been used for 24 hours.

Prices continue to rise at global dairy trade auction
The average price rose 3.6 percent - the fourth consecutive increase of the year.

Business fined $60,000 over ‘disturbing’ practices, ‘taking advantage’ of elderly woman with dementia
Commerce Commission says repeated unsolicited sales calls were “completely unacceptable” and amounted to unconscionable conduct.

Reports of major Youtube outage
Video platform YouTube is reportedly down as part of a worldwide outage, according to website DownDetector.

Major outage on YouTube website
Thousands of users worldwide are experiencing an outage on YouTube's website with a "something went wrong" sign coming up on its homepage.

Unilever partners Google Cloud to build AI-first backbone
Unilever taps Google Cloud’s AI and data platforms in a five-year deal to build an enterprise-wide digital backbone for its global brands.

Actor arrested after Mardi Gras fight
Bystanders reportedly had to hold Shia LaBeouf until officers arrived at the scene in New Orleans.

Fiji's president warns against 'fear and division' ahead of elections
In an address at the opening of the fourth and final session of parliament before the polls, Ratu Naiqama called on political leaders and their supporters to respect the rule of law.

Deepfreeze death
Scientists are warning that long-frozen pathogens may now be about to re-emerge as climate change causes ice-flows to melt, releasing bacteria that appear to be highly resistant to contemporary antibiotics.