Covid-19 update: 40,098 new cases, 35 deaths and 514 hospitalised over past week
Photo: 123rf.com / Composite Image - RNZ There have been 40,098 new cases of Covid-19 and 35 deaths of people with the virus over the...
Airborne microplastics in Auckland equivalent to millions of plastic bottles per year
Microplastics visible after the application of dye. The scale is 50 microns, or 0.05 of a millimetre. Photo: Supplied / University of Auckland Seventy four...
Nurses eligible for immediate residency under immigration changes
Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver Nurses, specialist doctors and midwives will be added to the straight-to-residence pathway among a range of new immigration settings announced...
‘It’s about longevity as a human’ – Boxer’s safety message packs a punch
Former champion boxer Sam Rapira is living with a form of dementia. Photo: Robin Martin / RNZ Champion boxer Sam Rapira has revealed for the...
Wellington fast-tracks retaining wall construction after flurry of slips adds to work
Wellington City Council is fast-tracking construction of new retaining walls while also upgrading its current ones in poor condition. The city has been in recovery...
Someone attempted to sell an EVGA RTX 4090 prototype on eBay.
Yesterday, an account claiming to represent EVGA auctioned off a preproduction RTX 4090 prototype on eBay, with the proceeds going to charity. It sparked a...
‘Never seen anything like it’: Law expert on missing children and $10,000 reward
Tom Phillips and his three young children, Jayda, Maverick, and Ember have not been seen since December 2022. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police A senior...
An ex-drug lord, a troubled prison contractor and mahi to stop a gang breeding ground
A former drug lord is combining with a controversial private prison to tackle the "runaway train" of gangs behind bars. There have been many doubters,...
Girl, 3, dies after being overdosed with adrenaline during ‘fumbling and panicked’ asthma response
The mother complained to the Health and Disability Commissioner after her daughter died at the rural health facility in 2019. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone...
MBIE acted ‘unreasonably’ over managed isolation allocation system – Chief Ombudsman
(file picture) Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi The Chief Ombudsman has found the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) acted unreasonably over the managed...
How to talk about climate change with ‘that’ uncle at Christmas
File photo. Photo: 123RF Holidays mean time with family - including some who you may not see eye-to-eye with. The topic of climate change can...
The upcoming Nvidia RTX 4070 may have the same number of cores as the RTX 3070.
With the RTX 40 series, Nvidia has so far ignored the mid-range, but that may be changing. According to a new round of leaks, the...
Rethinking auto manufacturing: Are we on the verge of a revolution?
We wrote a few weeks ago about the potential for electric vehicles (EV) to unlock new car manufacturing systems, and we noted that Foxconn is...
For more than a month, a cyberattack has kept an entire nation’s government offline.
Cyberattacks on government institutions are nothing new, but they may be reaching new heights. Recent incidents this fall show that entire municipal or even national...