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Parking price rises fail to cut demand, study finds
Cities need more accurate curb data after researchers found parking rates often rose without denting vehicle volumes in 60 US cities.

Police Sergeant Lyn Fleming's husband confronts killer as life sentence handed down
The Police Sergeant's family gave powerful statements, saying while he took her life, she will never be forgotten.

Police search home of high-profile property mogul
High-profile Wellington figure Matthew Ryan has had the lion’s share of his property and finance empire put into receivership ? but plans to appeal the move.

The Commonwealth Games have started. Here's what we could win at the weekend
Kiwis shouldn’t need to wait long to celebrate New Zealand’s first medal at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

Cabinet faces 'no-brainer' decision on ancient migration waka
It's regarded as one of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made in Aotearoa and the wider Pacific.

Oil hits US$100: petrol prices and mortgage rates set to rise
Oil topped US$100 a barrel for the first time since May.

Ballooning burial costs spurs call for government to increase funeral subsidy
In Tauranga, burial costs rose 50 percent and ash burial 200 percent.

Azul to launch monthly Java security patch updates
Organisations running Java in production will get faster fixes for serious flaws as Azul moves to monthly security-only updates from August 2026.

New Zealander who escaped Tongan prison still on the run
Liuaki Fungalei Kokohu Vi is the last remaining detainee out of three that escaped from Tonga’s Central Police Station on Sunday.

A pinky promise ends in heartbreak: Christchurch student dies on dream trip
A childhood promise took a Christchurch mother and daughter to Paris. Now, one mother is bringing her 21-year-old daughter home after an unimaginable loss.

NZ rejects US claims of 'forced labour', as tariffs hiked
"They're looking for any way to put a tariff rate back on," the trade minister said, adding that Trump was "going to do" what he was going to do.

‘Can’t make eye contact with me’: Police officer’s killer sentenced over new year’s attack
Hayden Tasker rammed police officers with his car on New Year’s Day 2025, and had since been found guilty of murder. Today he was sentenced to a minimum 22 years in jail.

Warriors not planning to rush new recruit into club early to start rehab
The Kiwis winger has played his last game for the Storm after a horrific injury that ended his World Cup hopes saw him leave the field in tears.

Google Cloud time-slices accelerators for RL training
Large language model post-training could get cheaper as idle accelerator time is cut from about 60% to 30% in early tests.

Voicify cuts costs with Google Cloud's Gemini models
The switch has cut Voicify's model costs by up to 30% while helping the platform keep restaurant and healthcare calls flowing at peak times.

Arctic Wolf recognised in IDC MDR market assessment
Arctic Wolf has been named a Leader in IDC's 2026 assessment of worldwide managed detection and response services for midmarket organisations.

Kiwi ocean enthusiast and social media influencer Henry Gibbs attacked by shark in Fiji
'No hard feelings towards the shark. I was in its environment hunting its food.'

Fijian Drua primed to make history in first-ever Super Rugby Women's home final
The Fijian Drua Women will be aoming to secure their third Super Rugby Women's title when they host the defending champion NSW Waratahs in Ba.

AMD unveils Helios rack-scale AI compute portfolio
Helios racks and new Instinct chips put AMD deeper into AI infrastructure as it courts major customers and challenges Nvidia.

Gisborne businesses learn practical tools for disaster resilience
Cyber security and communication backups proved key focus areas for attendees.

Spray painter wins payout after employer cut hours and forced him out
A spray painter who was denied work when business slowed and then wrongfully lost his job has been awarded more than $37,000.