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After two decades, Tennis Auckland's roof will finally be built
A roof of the centre court used for the ASB Classic is foreceast to be completed by July.

Car rolls, blocks all northbound lanes of Waikato Expressway
Police say initial indications are that one person may be seriously injured, and others may have sustained moderate injuries.

Is Windows 11 good enough yet?
Windows 11 will be five years old on October 5th. Is it good enough yet to merit upgrading from Windows 10? The question is moot for me, since I reviewed Windows 11 back when it launched in 2021 and have been using it ever since. But for anyone still on the...

‘NZ being a US puppet’: Greenpeace activists board research vessel
Greenpeace say the research vessel has just finished deep sea mineral exploration work for an American firm.

Nile names Srinivas Kavuri as Chief Development Officer
The hire is aimed at speeding Nile's push to simplify enterprise networking as AI deployments raise demands for security and resilience.

'Disrespectful', 'unprofessional': Principal and education minister at odds over speech
The Principals’ Federation president and the education minister are firing insults at one another after Erica Stanford’s speech at a recent conference.

Oceania Rugby says no money to host Oceania Sevens Cup in Rotorua
Oceania Rugby's general manager says the responsible decision was not to proceed.

Inside the elite meeting where OpenAI lectured on security, a day before the hack was revealed
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google have all disclosed this year that their models broke into real systems while being tested. As we now know, Australia has no protection.

Country Life:150 years of Tinui School
While pastoral farming saw the settlement of Tinui established over 150 years ago, things have changed as farmland's been converted to forestry and the school's roll has decreased. Earlier this month past pupils gathered to reflect on the school's sesq...

OpenAI investigating 'dozens' of instances of agents acting improperly
OpenAI agents tried to get information from "governments, universities, public agencies, and other institutions" through extreme means that sometimes curbed security controls, the company said.

ACT to clamp down on noisy cars
It’s not fair for people living in “a great location with nice streets”, the party’s Tamaki candidate says.

ACT promises noise cameras to combat boy racers in Tamaki
Local election candidate James Christmas claims the cameras would capture evidence of offending the moment it happened.

Crash blocks Waikato Expressway, injuries feared
Police said the single-vehicle accident happened near Whangamarino, northbound.

Whenua 2.0: Updated map, new histories showing Maori-Pakeha land deals in New Zealand
Click on the interactive map to find the official history of your place for most of NZ.

Teen in government's bootcamp charged over two armed robberies
The teenager allegedly committed the robberies while he was on the community part of the voluntary programme, RNZ can reveal.

Listen now: Sydney shark attack victim Leah Stewart talks to Kate Rodger
The survivor of a shark attack says the soundtrack to Lord of the Rings helped calm her when she was in a coma.

10 early October Prime Day tech deals worth buying right now
October Prime Day (officially known as “Prime Big Deal Days”) is coming next week! If you missed out on June’s Prime Day, this is your chance to snag a bunch of stuff on sale—hopefully stuff that’s already in your cart, waiting for you to pull the trigger. Prime Big Deal Days...

Want to put a bounty on the head of a cyber criminal? Now you can
An international programme has put a $40,000 bounty on a group of hackers that attacked NZ's health system last year.