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Death toll from Philippines quake rises to 46
The 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern island of Mindanao on Monday.

Customs uncover 100kg cocaine worth $35m hidden in Tauranga container
Authorities say the drug haul, hidden in a legitimate cargo, was part of a "rip-on, rip-off" smuggling method.

Masterton tourist attraction closes for the day after ‘several incidents’ of people pooing
The council-owned fernery in Queen Elizabeth Park has closed after people were found to have defecated.

Waimana Marine fined $24,000 for moving Bluff oysters from parasite-controlled area
Waimana Marine admitted 14 Biosecurity Act breaches after transporting 80 tonnes of mussels and 6,700 oysters outside a parasite-infected containment zone.

ASB fined $6.73m for breaches of money laundering law
The bank cooperated with the investigation and admitted to all seven breaches.

Developer behind Queenstown gondola proposal faces fury at public meeting
But the Australian company behind the plan says it's trying to help the community.

Simplicity expands Queenstown build-to-rent project to 1078 homes
KiwiSaver provider, Simplicity, has bought another three hectares of Queenstown land and is seeking fast-track approval for its expanded build-to-rent project.

PNG sets high threshold for ratifying Bougainville independence vote
Papua New Guinea's national parliament has adopted the Sessional Order which will allow it to formally consider the result of the 2019 independence referendum in Bougainville.

Megaport picks VAST Data for AI infrastructure push
The deal broadens Megaport's AI push by joining network, compute and data services in one platform for customers across multiple clouds and data centres.

New Zealand expands anti-scam measures across sectors
Households and businesses could be spared more fraud losses as banks, telcos and platforms widen checks and scam-blocking codes.

South Island ski fields delay opening over lack of snow
This year's difficult snow-making conditions have forced many ski fields in the South Island to change their opening plans.

The ‘highly unusual’ way a $1.3m law firm thief avoided lifetime ban
A legal worker who forged client statements to buy a house has repaid every cent of the costs, including her firm's public relations fees.

Job cuts proposed at Government organisation responsible for reducing family and sexual violence
The Centre for Family Violence and Sexual Violence Prevention board has proposed cutting 26 jobs.

Tractors, utes and agri-technology attract thousands to Fieldays event in sunny Waikato
Thousands have descended on Mystery Creek for Day 1 of the Southern Hemisphere's largest agricultural event.

Enterprises shift AI workloads towards private cloud
Rising costs, security worries and data sovereignty are pushing more firms to run production AI inferencing in private cloud, a Broadcom survey shows.

Labour's Chris Hipkins accuses Police Commissioner of not being a good employer over Superintendent Rakesh Naidoo comments
Labour's leader has accused Richard Chambers of 'making a statement that basically has no evidential base' about a superintendent named as a Labour candidate.

ASB hit with record $6.7m penalty after six years of AML failures
High Court imposes New Zealand’s largest anti-money laundering penalty after ASB admitted seven breaches of AML/CFT laws.

New 'mana enhancing' inclusive rugby team debuts in Auckland
Te Papapa Wolves is the second inclusive rugby team established in New Zealand.

Elastic adds Kubernetes incident workflow for AI tools
Outages in Kubernetes clusters can now be triaged automatically inside AI tools, cutting the time on-call engineers spend hunting root causes.

Forrester finds agentic AI stuck in enterprise pilots
Most enterprises are still failing to turn agentic AI trials into usable gains, as weak governance and orchestration keep deployments in pilot mode.