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Health New Zealand says it chose big US tech firms to deliver a landmark data project because they have better size, security and robustness than local bidders.

New Zealand is hedging over a new US strategy to unleash thousands of battlefield drones to counter China, dubbed 'hellscape' and 'replicator'.

US tech giant Amazon has worked its way into a prime position in a massive digital overhaul of stressed IT systems by Te Whatu Ora.

New Zealand's new Poseidon P-8A has clocked its first official mission: a multi-national operation north-west of Fiji to catch illegal fishing boats.

An Australian-owned telco in the Pacific has likely been used by private spy firms to track people on the other side of the world and steal their data - expert cyber security analysis.

Explainer - A new Covid-19 variant - BA.2.86 - is causing concern over its large number of mutations. So what is being done to monitor this "radically different" variant in New Zealand?

The white gunman was chased away from the campus minutes before the shooter killed three Black people at a discount store, the university's president says.

The Omicron offshoot carries more than 35 mutations in key portions of the virus compared with the currently dominant XBB.1.5.

"For God's sake help us," one of those trapped tells Pakistan media, as a rescue effort is under way.

Boaties, anglers and anyone who spends time on West Coast lakes is being urged help protect against freshwater pests.

A highly pathogenic bird flu is currently sweeping the world - and New Zealand could be better prepared for its potential arrival.

Travis King, 23, dashed across the border from South Korea on 18 July while on a guided tour.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

A GPs advocacy group says that practices learned from Covid-19, like staying home when sick or wearing masks in health facilities, should remain in place to halt the spread of infectious diseases. Audio

The report said China surveilled and possibly threatened Chinese New Zealanders who criticised the government.

The government is scrapping all remaining Covid-19 restrictions including masks in hospitals, effective from tomorrow.

The Marshall Islands fisheries authority has received an international award recognising its work to prevent illegal fishing.

The World Health Organization has declared a new sub-variant of Covid called EG.5 - unofficially named "Eris" - a variant of interest and is asking countries to monitor it as cases grow globally.

China, Russia and Iran have conducted interference in New Zealand, it says, with technology and falling public trust adding to national security risks.

The Rebels gang president made at least $1.15 million distributing drugs across the North Island but the criminal proceeds have been seized.

Heritage enthusiasts and former residents are horrified vandals are running amok in a historic building in New Plymouth while its future is still up in the air.

Roughly a third of rabbit inspections in Otago communities were compliant last financial year, but the regional council says it is working with groups to help them coordinate their control efforts. Video

O'Shae Sibley's death is being investigated as a possible hate crime, the New York Police department says.

New Zealand has no farms infected with cattle disease Mycoplasma bovis with the last property being cleared of cattle and declared disease-free.