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Start your engines: Formula One enters new era
New cars, new power and new teams - Formula One starts afresh in Australia this week.

Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland
There are serious injuries, police say.

Baby Poseidyn's injuries unlikely to be accidental, inquiry hears
Poseidyn Hemopo-Pickering's injuries being caused by an accidental fall from a short distance did not seem plausible, a neuropathologist told the court.

NBA star demands team cancel partnership with infamous strip club
San Antonio Spurs centre Luke Kornet says the Atlanta Hawks’ collaboration with Magic City makes the NBA “complicit in the potential objectification and mistreatment of women.”

Unmarked police car in Dunedin crash
Traffic in central Dunedin was brought to a standstill following a crash involving an unmarked police car.

Biosecurity NZ confident fruit fly will be eradicated, again
Staff are out in South Auckland after finding more Oriental fruit flies in Papatoetoe on Monday.

More help needed for Pasifika youth seeking mental health support - experts
More help is needed for Pasifika youth seeking mental health support, the head of a foundation dedicated to Pacific mental health services in Aotearoa says.

Work under way to move cramped Wellington ED
Renovations to add much-needed space to the ED are underway with workers saying they've had up to 26 patients in the corridor.

Avalara buys Versori to boost AI-driven integrations
Avalara snaps up Versori to speed AI-driven connector development and scale real-time tax compliance integrations across thousands of systems.

Local council dealt with 34 complaints about bee poo in last two years
Tauranga City Council says it investigated 38 complaints about urban hives with 34 of those relating to poo.

Our Changing World: Iwi-led conservation in the Kaimai Mamuku ranges
Can iwi-led conservation projects born from a Covid-19 government fund survive into the future?

Enough fertiliser to cover autumn, Ravensdown says
About 40 percent of nitrogen fertilisers come from the Middle East.

Commvault urges identity-first cyber resilience in AI age
Commvault tells SHIFT Melbourne that identity integrity and proven recovery must underpin cyber resilience as AI reshapes enterprise risk.

Serious injuries after motorbike and car crash closes part of SH1 in Waikato
Police were called to the crash on SH1 Meremere around 1.45pm.

Q2 Holdings (QTWO) Shares Skyrocket, What You Need To Know

VAST & TwelveLabs bring AI video search on-premises
VAST and TwelveLabs partner to bring customer-managed AI video search on-premises for governed, large-scale, hybrid video archives.

Anglican divisions deepen as rebel clerics pick rival to first female leader

IDF strikes IRGC broadcasting headquarters in Tehran

Italy Launches The First Official Porsche Club For EV Owners Only

Sirens sound across Israel as Iran fires new missile barrage

India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8× in under a year

Diversity will define the next era of biotech infrastructure
Biotech's next leaders will be defined less by scientific breakthroughs and more by diverse teams building resilient clinical infrastructure.

Player who copped infamous hit from All Blacks star admits he faked HIA
Ex-British and Irish Lions wing Anthony Watson says he cheated a head injury assessment after a brutal tackle by All Black Sonny Bill Williams in 2017.

Okta names Christian Rota ANZ director of partnerships
Okta appoints Christian Rota to lead ANZ partnerships, stepping up its partner-first push as identity security demand surges across the region.

31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament
Animal protection organisations say MPI cannot be independent in enforcing animal welfare, but a Commissioner could.