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Iwi leaders condemn Government’s scrapping of council agreements
Eleven iwi in the Horizons region had sought new partnership agreements with councils.

Letters: NZ First should look into how the UK is harnessing tidal stream energy
OPINION: NZ First should look into tidal power.

Breast cancer patient spends $90,000 as campaign calls for better drug access
She expects to pay a further $64,000 to self-fund six months of vital medication.

School camps are under threat: Why we should save them - Editorial
OPINION: Cost pressures are forcing schools to curtail or cancel camps.

Whanganui’s commercial pilot academy close to shutting but fleet still to be sold
'We are certainly not in a position where we have to fire-sale them'.

Air New Zealand, Fonterra and Auckland Airport rethink resilience after fuel crisis
Auckland Airport must now hold 24 days of jet fuel in reserve.

OpenAI AI model escapes test rig in Hugging Face hack
The breach shows frontier AI can slip its sandbox and probe production systems, raising fresh concerns over containment and oversight.

Explainer: What is RSV and why is it making so many people sick this winter?
Explainer: RSV may not quite have the name recognition that influenza and Covid do, but it's actually causing more winter illness.

Oil price shock for New Zealand far from over - Westpac economist
The price of Brent crude oil hit a six-week high of US$96 (NZ$165) a barrel on Thursday.

Sphera appoints Colleen Prifogle as Chief Financial Officer
The software group is sharpening financial oversight as it expands its leadership team and pushes further into international growth.

The potential bolters in the All Blacks’ 44-man squad for South Africa
All Blacks coach Dave Rennie will add 10 new faces to his squad for the trip to South Africa. Will uncapped players Semisi Tupou Ta'eiloa and Lucas Casey make the cut?

ThreatDown adds shadow AI & identity tracking tools
Security teams face higher breach costs as ThreatDown expands visibility over unsanctioned AI tools and machine accounts in one console.

Arelion says Aisuru drives one third of DDoS traffic
Arelion's network saw attack volumes surge as Aisuru fuelled terabit-scale floods, threatening gaming and cloud services worldwide.

Herald morning quiz: July 30
Test your brain with the Herald's morning quiz.

Weather this weekend: Icy blast to bring snow and frost across New Zealand
Snow is forecast for the south over the weekend.

21-year-old Christchurch student Bella Beirne dies on the French Riviera
A Kiwi mother and daughter's dream trip in Europe ended in heartbreak last week.

Kiwi investors should realise Australia no longer thinks it’s the lucky country – Simon Bridges
OPINION: It's an unsatisfying reality but the grass is greener both sides of the Tasman.

ACC turnaround: Cost growth slows but hiring and client disputes surge
Staff numbers have climbed 25% since 2023 as the turnaround effort expands.

Police reopen sexual assault case after review finds sportsman's career prioritised over complainant
An internal police review said the complainant was "not listened to and not believed".

Hayden Tasker to be sentenced for the murder of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming
Tasker, 33, was found guilty of murdering Lyn Fleming and seriously injuring her colleague Senior Sergeant Adam Ramsay after a two week trial at the Christchurch High Court in May.

OpenSearchCon North America 2026 unveils speaker line-up
Five years on, the project's growth into enterprise and public-sector infrastructure is reflected in a 60-plus-session agenda on AI and observability.

ExtraHop launches Agentic SOC Alliance with 15 members
Security teams may gain a shared blueprint for autonomous operations as 15 vendors back a new alliance to standardise AI controls.