2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (258+ words) Reports from Bougainville say heavy machinery and vehicles belonging to a foreign mining company were destroyed in an arson attack at the Panguna mine site. Armed men are alleged to have entered the site in the autonomous Papua New Guinea…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (803+ words) Australia's banks have been defrauded of more than $600 million by one of the country's largest fraud syndicates, NSW Police says. Police yesterday charged three people with allegedly assisting the multi-million dollar fraud and money laundering syndicate, including a Bankstown accounting…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (296+ words) Insolvency numbers are likely to remain at record levels until well into next year, one practitioner says. Keaton Pronk, an insolvency practitioner at McDonald Vague, said corporate insolvency appointments were at historically elevated levels in August, at 274 in the month....

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (433+ words) Tax changes are a step closer. The Government has released the Taxation Bill, which contains legislation required to enact tax initiatives that were announced in this year's Budget. Among them are changes to the fringe benefit tax (FBT) regime, designed…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (479+ words) OpenAI is calling for binding safety requirements on the most powerful artificial intelligence systems, a reversal for a company that has resisted calls for regulation. The call from OpenAI chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane comes amid growing talk of…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (145+ words) Access to radiology images and patient administration systems in Health NZ's central region has been restored after several hours offline overnight on Wednesday. The region covers Whanganui, Hawke's Bay, MidCentral, Wairarapa, Hutt Valley, Wellington, and Kāpiti. Health NZ's Gary Baird,…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (330+ words) An Auckland bar owner says he's looking to reap the rewards of staying afloat through tough times when the City Rail Link opens on Sunday. The project took ten years to complete and cost $5.5 billion dollars. It has also caused…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (98+ words) RNZ $28 million misspent by pokie trusts - Department of Internal Affairs The Department of Internal Affairs says about $28 million has been misspent by pokie trusts, with $11.5m so far recovered. Director of Gambling Vicki Scott told Nine to Noon the money was…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (894+ words) President Donald Trump has bizarrely offered Americans thousands of dollars in direct payments at the Republican midterm convention - it isn't the first time. Ten months ago, Trump was peddling tariff dividend checks of US$2000 (NZ$3450). He declared that Americans "will…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1168+ words) Months after the owner of Auckland's Sky World was ordered to pay her $150,000 for unpaid work and emotional distress, ex-employee Sasha Lee says she is yet to see a cent. Now other former employees have come forward to RNZ, alleging…...