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'Career' musician accused of multiple accounts of domestic violence appears in court
Appearing via video, the complainant told the jury the defendant, her ex-partner, strangled, punched, threatened to kill, and hit her over the head with a full 1.5-litre plastic bottle on separate occasions between 2022 and 2023.

All Blacks star opts out of new Fantasy Super Rugby Pacific game
Caleb Clarke is one of four players not involved in the new fantasy league due to personal reasons.

Hostage taker with homemade bomb warned police ‘this place will be gone’
A man angered at Family Court processes threatened two people with a rifle and homemade bomb in a hostage stand-off that shut down parts of the city.

Infinigate boosts revenue by 14%, surpassing EUR €2 billion
Infinigate has reported a 14% revenue increase across EMEA and ANZ in the last quarter, surpassing EUR €2 billion globally amid economic challenges.

ReliaQuest's AI Agent boosts cybersecurity precision
ReliaQuest has unveiled its groundbreaking agentic AI Agent, automating cybersecurity tasks 20 times faster and improving accuracy by 30% for over 1,000 enterprises.

Third-party vulnerabilities expose insurance industry risks
A report reveals that 59% of cyber breaches in the top 150 insurance firms stem from third-party attacks, exposing serious supply chain vulnerabilities.

Westpac draws eyes with low 4.99 percent rate
If the other banks do match the rate, it would take the margin between the three-year rate and three-year swap rates to the lowest point since October 2023.

Pedestrian in serious condition after being hit by cyclist in Auckland
Police were called to the scene in central Auckland at about 9.45am.

Fast-track regime opens, conveners for expert panels appointed
The government's fast-track infrastructure regime is underway, and it has appointed conveners to set up expert panels.

Divine ‘Lightning’ Iheme, the teenager who is faster than Usain Bolt
He is the fastest 15-year-old in history but Divine ‘Lightning’ Iheme had not even shown his face to the world when his mother knew that something exceptional was afoot.

DeepSeek iOS app sends data unencrypted to ByteDance-controlled servers
Apple's defenses that protect data from being sent in the clear are globally disabled.

Person injured after being assaulted outside medical centre in Christchurch
The offenders fled in vehicles before police arrived on the scene.

Trint launches AI Summaries to ease transcript workflow
Trint has launched AI Summaries, a new feature allowing users to create 400-word transcript summaries with one click, enhancing transcription efficiency.

Spying, the smart way
While the Five Eyes spy consortium continues to plod along with outdated strategies and technologies, China proves that it has won the spy wars by using innovative thinking that has recruited hundreds of millions of unwitting accomplices.

Safebreach launches platform for enterprise cyber risk view
SafeBreach has launched a new exposure validation platform designed to enhance enterprise cybersecurity by providing a comprehensive view of cyber risks.

Major crime stats in CNMI drops in 2024
According to a report by the Northern Marianas Department of Public Safety, the most common crime committed in the US territory was disturbing the peace

Is this the perfect egg? Scientists claim victory with new method
Researchers think they've finally cracked it.

Super Bowl LIX: what you need to know
All the facts, figures and craziness from the biggest day in American sports.

Next big issue for mortgage advisers
The question hovering on mortgage advisers’ lips is when they should start pointing clients to longer fixed interest terms on their mortgages.