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Bossit launches Start-up Navigator for NZ small firms
Early-stage founders in New Zealand are being offered step-by-step help on tax, branding and cashflow as Bossit targets stronger business survival.

Plaud launches team workspace for workplace conversations
Businesses can now centralise meeting notes as Plaud moves beyond solo use, with privacy set by default and controls for teams.

Heritage Minister taps INEXTG CEO Esther Shreiber for next IAA director, first woman in role

Israeli woman killed, several Israelis injured in Panama highway crash

Xero rolls out Anthropic integration to all subscribers
Small businesses can now query live Xero data in Claude as the accounting group widens its AI push to 4.5 million subscribers.

Watch live: Labour leader Chris Hipkins on the State of Auckland report
Chris Hipkins says parties cancelling each others' plans is not helpful.

Love Island star tells followers 'you are loved' as he shares mental health challenges
Alex George said he wanted to help reduce "shame and stigma" around mental health challenges.

Copilot is replacing Edge’s browser history with AI slop
There’s a school of thought that says that “AI brain” is a real thing, where AI quietly removes the traditional need to think through a problem. In this context, Microsoft Edge’s AI-brain problem just got a lot worse — and it’s actively blocking your ability to get things done. Microsoft began...

Tom Phillips had approval to homeschool missing children
All three children were approved for ‘certificates of exemption’ before July 2021, allowing them to legally be educated outside the school.

Indian students face growing visa delays as processing times climb
Rising application volumes and tighter scrutiny from authorities in New Zealand are believed to be behind the lengthening wait.

Slip closes State Highway 6, upper Buller Gorge Road
The slip follows heavy rain on the West Coast and is blocking the road near the Eight Mile Creek Bridge.

‘What darker place is there?’: Minister’s emotional story of girl who learned to self-harm online
The education minister spoke to a select committee inquiry the harm young people encounter online.

JupiterOne launches tools for AI attack surface risk
JupiterOne rolls out AI attack surface and vulnerability tools to help security teams map links, prioritise flaws and cut through alert overload.

Berlin launches scheme to swap trash for treats

Israel's Eurovision Song Contest entrant heard booing as he went onstage

'Door to Gaza's future is still closed despite ceasefire,' BoP chief said after meeting Netanyahu

Contact with pair held in Iran cut off, family says

Thomson Reuters connects Claude to CoCounsel Legal AI
Legal teams could gain faster drafting with verified citations as Thomson Reuters ties Anthropic's Claude into CoCounsel Legal.

New Zealanders support stronger nicotine regulation, survey finds
New research shows most New Zealanders want very low nicotine cigarettes reintroduced and two-thirds believe the tobacco industry influences government policy.

New local initiative increasing attendance at Waikato and Canterbury schools
Show Up and Shine encourages attendance by offering the class with the highest attendance rate in each school a free visit to Ninja Valley, a privately-owned playground.

Air New Zealand expecting full-year loss of nearly $400m due to jet fuel costs
Air New Zealand said it was looking at cost-cutting and reviewing capital expenditure plans.

Cost-of-living pressure bites housing market
The Real Estate Institute says the number of sales fell 7.9 percent year-on-year in April.

Video shows boat engulfed in flames in Marlborough Sounds
The boat could not be saved but no one was seriously injured.

Drug addiction counsellor sentenced in Matthew Perry's overdose death
The drug counsellor was one of five people accused of supplying ketamine to Perry and exploiting his drug addiction.