Lula wins re-election in Brazil, halting Latin America’s rightward shift
But the prospect of a Bolsonaro restoration galvanised voters. His father’s presidency, from 2019 to 2023, was marked…
Agreement of France and Germany to keep combustion cars in Europe beyond 2035
Brussels/BarcelonaNew setback for the European Union’s climate goals. The continent’s economic engines, France and Germany, reached an agreement…
New Zealand creates remarkably valuable tech firms. How can it keep more of the benefits? – Rod McNaughton
Is New Zealand as good at retaining the wider economic benefits of successful technology companies as it is…
Mum denied memorial bench for son who was found dead at Auckland beach
On Tuesday, she was back in front of the local board, with a petition signed by more than…
NZ’s Auror surges in the US and UK, but does its new facial recognition software keep its founder up at 3am?
Thomson won’t give financials for the privately-held firm, but its progress has been sufficient to support that half-billion…
Auckland boy racer manslaughter convict Micheal Ngamo named, prison sentence lengthened
“I never thought in my life I would hurt someone in this way,” he said in a letter…
Middle East crisis to keep LNG markets ‘tight’ till 2027: IEA
Agencies New York The escalating crisis in the Middle East is expected to keep global liquefied natural gas…
The hidden reason houses cost too much – Roger Partridge
Upgrading trunk infrastructure to handle the extra load – the arterial pipes, the roads, the sewage capacity. Those…
How generative AI is reshaping New Zealand education
A professor specialising in the uses and misuses of AI in education said new software to detect it…
Outdoors With Geoff host Geoff Thomas selling Lake Tarawera home
The father-of-five told the Rotorua Daily Post the plan was to sell his Tarawera home, and his daughter…
New Zealand Breakers sweep Illawarra Hawks to keep playoff hopes alive
Brockington signalled his intent early, scoring the Breakers’ opening seven points. Despite the Breakers being whistled for four…
Weather: Heat alert in Whakatāne amid high North Island temperatures, light rain for South Island
Glue said Whakatāne’s two-day heat alert indicates “higher than expected temperatures” over extended periods, including overnight. She advised…