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NZ's European military partners say talks about war in space 'accelerating' fast
NATO Space Defense and Security Summit hears talks about space as a war-fighting domain are accelerating fast.
Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops
Auror's number-plate recognition technology is currently under legal scrutiny in the Wellington Court of Appeal.
Europe wouldn't allow police surveillance like NZ's, lawyer says
The most significant challenge yet to the police's growing use of a private number-plate spotting network is being mounted.
'Surveillance capitalism': Lawyers challenge police use of number-plate software
Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.
Watch: NZ space experiment takes flight on Falcon 9
A Kiwi-built experiment is heading to the ISS to test superconductor magnets that could one day power spacecraft to Mars. Video
Dronemakers spread wares from London to Wellington
The Pentagon's go-to killer dronemaker, Anduril, has cemented a big deal in Australia and has come visiting New Zealand.
Outdated police system hampers coalition's clampdown on low-level crime
The current Police Infringement Processing System is more than 20 years old and can't keep up the flood of infringements.
Cost pressures or new kit? Budget dilemma for Defence
Two-thirds of the new operating funding that NZDF sought was to deal with inflation, Treasury said.
Building a wind farm at -73 degrees
Antarctica New Zealand is finally moving to fix blades for its wind farm at Ross Island and get new turbines built..
Defence won't have to keep some war records under law change
A historian says the change could make any war crimes harder to prove.
Defence chiefs told top US space commander NZ could rapidly launch satellites
Newly released documents also said there would be investment in systems to help them 'plug into' partner networks.
Why NZ's new maritime helicopters cost $400m each
Australia recently paid $82 million each for the same choppers.
Greens promise to re-instate axed national war memorial jobs
Labour agreed the jobs shouldn't be cut, but wouldn't go as far as promising to re-instate them.
Authorities recommend doing 'absolute minimum' to fix Auckland hospital
Documents show the decision could lead to critical assets failing, resulting in patient harm.
Children's history lessons end as historians lose jobs
Two historians who teach thousands of children about the New Zealand Wars, Gallipoli and Vietnam are losing their jobs. Audio
80 warnings before worker's death
Wesley Tomich's employer was warned about its conveyor belts before he fell on one.
Government spends $10m to fix bell tower, fires only person who can play it
The country's sole carillonist, Timothy Hurd, has been playing the bells - 74 of them, totalling 70 tonnes - for about 40 years. Audio
No charges laid so far over Manawanui sinking
Multiple failures of the crew, the ship, and the Navy itself were identified in an official inquiry into last October's sinking.
Warranties on new fire trucks already partially expired
Fire and Emergency has five new big-ladder trucks and 30 standard trucks on order.
Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers
But details on the upcoming law change are still scant. Audio
Family's plea for inquest after conveyor belt death turned down
Wesley Tomich fell into a machine his employer had twice been warned about - and was pinned for six minutes.
Fire experts debate best way to use choppers to fight wildfires
The public has come to think the response can be measured by the number of helicopters used to fight a fire, some veteran firefighters say.
Facial tech company wanted 'pragmatic policy interventions'
The Justice Minister asked a retail crime surveillance company to help change privacy laws, a newly released email suggests - but the company now says it misspoke.
Israeli-made drones not ruled out by NZ Defence Force
The military had already sourced bomb-clearing robots from Israeli firm Roboteam before the Gaza conflict.