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AI needs us: Why human oversight is crucial for realising AI’s potential
Human oversight is vital for AI's success, ensuring ethical use, optimised performance, and unlocking its true potential in business and innovation.

Authorities praise family with measles for alerting officials
The National Public Health Service is supporting the Wairarapa family and their close contacts, who are isolating.

Wallabies will not fear Lions as ‘test side’ fails to impress
Aussie head coach Joe Schmidt is unlikely to have stopped smiling after watching the Lions’ latest performance.

Police seek public’s help after fatal crash between car, person in electric wheelchair
The incident occurred about 1pm on Saturday, 5 July, on Burnett St. One person was taken to hospital with injuries but died on Wednesday night.

Pacific news in brief for 10 July
A round-up of from around the region, including a plastic bag ban coming into force in the Cook Islands.

Wheelchair user dies after being hit by car in Ashburton
Police were called after a report of a crash involving a car and a person in an electric wheelchair in Ashburton on Saturday.

Joe Locke set for West End after shooting Heartstopper movie
Joe Locke will star in Clarkston, about two young men who bond while working night shifts at Costco.

Will we ever lure big music acts to New Zealand?
Venue operators and promoters say attracting the biggest artists is difficult. Now there are calls now for the government to step in.

Mt Ruapehu busy over school holidays, despite underwhelming snow
The new bosses of both ski fields say the best is yet to come.

Browser extensions turn nearly 1 million browsers into website-scraping bots
Extensions load unknown sites into invisible Windows. What could go wrong?

Timoci Tavatavanawai to debut as All Blacks team for second France test named
Scott Robertson is unleashing his newest weapon against the French in Wellington.

Online security risk: Half of older Kiwis writing down their passwords, study finds
A new study has also found half of older Kiwis still write their passwords on paper, posing a risk to their online security, an expert says.

Watch: NZ thump Ireland at World Rugby U20 Championships
New Zealand trounced Ireland 69-22 to qualify for the semifinals of the World Rugby Under-20 Championships in Italy.

Law firm partner suspended after bad behaviour at Christmas parties
The law firm partner grabbed the genitals of a junior lawyer and poked the bottoms of two clerks with a bamboo crook.

Huge downpours of rain forecast with orange heavy rain warnings issued
The tops of both the North and South Islands were set for a major soaking on Friday.

Earth intelligence market to surpass USD $4.2 billion by 2030
The global Earth intelligence market is projected to exceed USD $4.2 billion by 2030, driven by AI-powered analysis of satellite and sensor data.

Census overhaul sparks Pasifika 'invisibility' fears
Pacific data experts warn reforms to the way the New Zealand government collects community-level data will "fail Pasifika communities".

Terse response from Musk as X CEO departs
Linda Yaccarino's departure comes one day after the company's Grok chatbot began pushing antisemitic tropes.

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania undecided on future as Parliament calls grow
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania has yet to decide if he'll seek a second term, with multiple political parties trying to convince him to run for Parliament instead.

Review: Superman lightens up in James Gunn's winning reboot
There's an impending natural disaster. There's two countries going to war. There's a billionaire tech bro who wants to rule the world. This sounds like a job for Superman!

ChatGPT made up a product feature out of thin air, so this company created it
Soundslice caught OpenAI's bot telling users about a fake music notation feature—then built it.