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Teaching surfing with one hand? Easy as
Luke Darby was born without a left hand. That hasn't stopped him from coaching surfing and competing internationally.

Experts warn malnutrition causing Kiwi children to go blind
Blind Low Vision said it knows of nine people who are registered blind, whose vision loss was caused by poor diet.

Kiwi green card holders advised to be upfront about previous convictions when entering US
"I don't know what he's talking about," Betty Wihongi says as Everlee Wihongi remains in detention.

Cyclists call on government to implement better infrastructure amidst fuel crisis
An open letter with 470 signatures is urging politicians to support road controlling authorities to make changes to enable travel without the use of a car.

Sage buys Doyen AI to speed finance software rollout
Sage acquires Doyen AI and adds new Intacct, HCM and developer tools as it pushes AI deeper into finance software workflows.

Your old prompts won’t work with GPT-5.5. Try these instead
OpenAI’s latest and most powerful model, GPT-5.5, has been topping benchmark charts and impressing users with its coding and reasoning abilities, not to mention the sheer quantity of facts at its fingertips. But while ChatGPT’s latest model doesn’t require the hand-holding that older models did, it also gets fussy with the...

Ricoh launches A3 monochrome printers with cloud tools
Ricoh USA unveils new A3 black-and-white multifunction printers with cloud tools, stronger security and sustainability upgrades for office fleets.

‘Running out of time’: A mother’s race to save 13-year-old son’s remaining eyesight
Leo Amundsen lost his sight in one eye after a “terrible time” with a rare disorder.

Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows
Microsoft just released the source code for 86-DOS 1.00, made available as an open-source project on GitHub. The release marks the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00, created by Tim Paterson, which would later be licensed to IBM as PC-DOS and then later become MS-DOS. Microsoft explains the story of early MS-DOS...

In pictures: From dump to destination: The story of Hamilton Gardens
The Time Traveller's Guide to Hamilton Garden tells the story of how its mastermind transformed a town's rubbish dump into one of the great gardens of the world.

Green MP Kahurangi Carter's overdose bill passes first hurdle
Kahurangi Carter's member's bill would prevent low-level drug prosecutions against those who call in suspected overdoses or bad drug reactions.

Fuel crisis a potential risk to foreign student enrolments, Education NZ tells MPs
Nearly 84,000 international students contributed $4.6 billion in direct spending to New Zealand's economy during the last financial year.

Stephen Fry sues tech conference for up to £100,000 over fall injuries
The star said he broke his leg, hip, pelvis and a "bunch of ribs" at the CogX convention in 2023.

The primary school teacher holding the keys to the All Blacks' future
Kane Jury says preparing young talent for the realities of professional life is just as important as lifting trophies.

Google just patched 30 high-risk Chrome security vulnerabilities
In the new Chrome versions 147.0.7727.137/138 for Windows and macOS and 147.0.7727.137 for Linux, a whopping 30 security vulnerabilities have been patched in the lead up to the next generation of Chrome. None of these vulnerabilities are being exploited in the wild yet. In the Chrome Releases blog post, Srinivas Sista...

‘It was terrifying’: Cyclists ‘swarm car’ and ‘abuse’ mum driving with young children
Mother describes the moment a large group of cyclists blocked the road, spat at her car, and shouted abuse.

Maternity care is at ‘critical juncture’ and strained, Health NZ says - Where are the gaps?
“Fiscal constraints” have hampered one vital improvement, a leading doctor warns.

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