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Calder Stewart to spend $110 million on rooftop solar
The rollout could cut power costs for manufacturers and logistics firms as rooftop generation shields them from rising network charges.

American Samoan congresswoman backs Trump's Pacific fishing executive order
But while the rest of the Pacific is fair game, Republican Uifa'atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen says protected American Samoan waters should be off limits for fishing.

Trains cancelled between Wellington and Porirua as person runs onto tracks
The "trespasser" caused chaos on the morning communute while police tried to catch them.

Tab Baldwin quits after 'agonising' drowning tragedy at basketball camp
The university also apologised for the deaths.

Users cry foul after AMD stripped memory crypto from its consumer CPUs
AMD's stripping of TSME from consumer CPUs appears to be a deliberate, covert move.

South African jazz legend Abdullah Ibrahim dies at 91
Ibrahim helped define a genre of South African jazz music in a career that spanned eight decades.

AMD revives 7-year-old chip designs for budget laptops
AMD has resuscitated three mobile chips from 2019 and 2020 to ship to PC makers asking for cheaper processors for budget PCs, the company confirmed. AMD is now offering the AMD Ryzen 3 3100U and the the Ryzen 5 3501U, based on the Zen+ (Ryzen 3000 Mobile / Picasso) architecture it...

Simeon Brown removes Medical Council leaders over ‘idealogical agenda’
Health Minister Simeon Brown has replaced the leadership of the Medical Council, saying the regulator has become distracted by politics and ideological issues.

How Rolf Harris hid in plain sight
Rolf Harris: Primetime Predator exposes how celebrity, nostalgia and unchecked power shielded decades of abuse.

Foreign student fees reach all-time high of $1.3b, though student numbers below previous peaks
Universities and private tertiary institutes made more money than ever from international enrolments in 2025.

'Our stories makes us who we are': Pacific voices reshape an Otago Museum gallery
Tuhura Otago Museum says its newly redeveloped Pacific Cultures gallery was redesigned with direct input from Pasifika communities.

Consumer NZ says people loyal to power companies could be paying extra annual costs
The manager of Consumer's Powerswitch website says while many people believe power companies charge about the same rates, that is not true.

Calls to dismantle joint taskforce rejected by Fijian government despite brutality allegations
A human rights activist in Fiji is calling for the joint police-military taskforce on drugs to be disbanded, but the Fijian government says it does not support the call.

Anthropic to meet with Trump administration over AI cybersecurity dispute

Friday's SpaceX IPO Was Bad News for Space Stocks. These Experts Thinks They Can Rise Again

Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Inference Stock: AMD vs. Intel

US connected-car rule prompts Ford, other automakers to seek licenses for China-built models?

Fifa World Cup: Belgium v Iran live updates, Group G clash in Los Angeles
Live updates of the Fifa World Cup group G clash between Belgium and Iran.

SpaceX IPO raised $10bn more than thought
The company's listing raised $87.5bn, compared with the $75bn it was initially thought.

Belgium v Egypt - FIFA World Cup
Follow live coverage of the FIFA World Cup game between Belgium and Egypt in Seattle.

Watch: First World Cup shock as giants Spain held to draw by country with the population of Wellington
Tiny Cape Verde pulled off a stunning result in their World Cup debut, shutting out heavily favoured Spain.

Renters face tightening market as national listing volumes drop
Aotearoa’s rental market appears to be finding its floor after a year of significant declines. While national median rents flatlined in May, a sharp drop in new listings combined with rising search activity signals a tightening market ahead.

All my SpaceX shares
The biggest IPO in history could simply bring the ultimate proof that PT Barnum was a very wise man.