How can I avoid penalties for late withdrawal of an inherited IRA?
Dear Liz: I inherited my father’s IRA through a trust in 2010. Unbeknownst to me at the time,…
Letters: Reader argues New Zealand should become the 51st US state
Living in a country where the Second Amendment applies will also end the archaic licensing rules that apply…
The rise of the robot front line: How Christchurch-made machines are changing security, policing and border protection
And many of the machines helping to drive that change are designed and built in Christchurch. Christchurch-made Cerberus-X…
Unattended candles caused fatal New Plymouth house fire, coroner finds
Police forced entry to carry out a welfare check and found Brewer, 74, dead inside. In findings made…
New Zealand Police spied on UK left-wing activist Helen Steel, Spycops inquiry reveals
Steel was a prominent social justice, environmental and anti-corporate campaigner, while Dines was a police officer tasked with…
Rakuten-led group set for subsidies to build Japan’s answer to Starlink
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Senior lawyer’s lack of supervision of junior staff under scrutiny in Lawyers and Conveyancers hearing
At the second part of the recent hearing, the tribunal was told matters came to a head after…
Budget 2026 live Q&A: Audrey Young, Liam Dann and Jenée Tibshraeny answer your questions
Finance Minister Nicola Willis has delivered her third Budget, with schools, hospitals and Waikato motorists emerging as the…
Chatbots struggle with news accuracy and sourcing ahead of US Midterms
All four models also routinely relied on foreign, state-owned media as reliable sources of information. In 35% of…
Google’s Changes to How We Search Are About to Ruin the Internet
Google is about to ruin the internet. Loading audio narration… And I love the internet. I love websites.…
Hot Take: Tall people should get exit rows on airplanes
How airlines could make long-haul flights bearable for tall passengers. Photo / Supplied When I first started long-haul…
Nutrition advice is often unreliable. Here are 3 things you can count on
There’s a reason for that. Turns out, that simple question is very hard to study. Most evidence is…