📢 The Reserve Bank's moved to keep the official cash rate on hold, but push up its forecast of increases.

📢 Airline chief executive Duane Emeny said the $500,000 loan would be repaid and asked for a 10-business day extension to work out a payment plan.

📢 Xiaozheng Lin, 25, was originally jailed for 14 years for the manslaughter of Yuqi Luo and Hyun Sook Jeon in 2022.

📢 Deaths have been reported in the UK and France related to high temperatures, and the UK has smashed a record for the second time in 24 hours.

📢 Children brought vials of liquid mercury to school, triggering a hazardous materials scare that shut down large parts of a Queensland town.

📢 Victims were violently assaulted and robbed in four separate incidents over a weekend earlier this month.

📢 Restoration work on the Rātana Temple in the small Manawatū town of Raetihi will start next week.

📢 The cause of the death was determined to be mechanical asphyxia, which is when an object or physical force stops someone from breathing.

📢 Reserve Bank holds OCR at 2.25%; Mysterious illness knocks out Palmerston North teen every three days; Potential for 6.8m quake from faultline in Auckland's south – study.

📢 Freeman triggered one of Australia's largest manhunts after he killed two officers at his home in Victoria's high country in August 2025.

📢 A 37-year-old man is charged with murder in relation to the death.

📢 Tauranga City Council yesterday discussed proposed options for Adams Ave behind closed doors, despite objections from two councillors.

📢 Rising fuel prices and police efforts have failed to deter street racers who continue to tear up Manawatū's roads.

📢 The document from Fonterra and Z Energy made suggestions for a potential law change to prevent lawsuits.

📢 Police said the application did not take into account that Flaxmere was "a high deprivation community vulnerable to alcohol related harm".

📢 The accident occurred during a safety inspection of the decades-old bridge in Seoul.

📢 Two people are being referred to Youth Justice and the recovered antlers are being returned to the owners.

📢 The Education Minister last week suddenly announced the introduction of new requirements on parents homeschooling their children.

📢 The 39-year-old was due to appear in the Auckland District Court today on the new charges.

📢 Educators still waiting to see impacts from $750 million education injection from the last Budget flowing into classrooms.

📢 The All Blacks captain is set to miss July Tests and South African tour at least.

📢 The Reserve Bank of New Zealand will release the latest Official Cash Rate decision at 2pm.

📢 The bout is timed for America’s 250th anniversary – and Donald Trump's 80th birthday.

📢 Researchers say if the whole fault ruptured, it could have "serious consequences" for people living in South Auckland.

📢 Cowlitz Fire and Rescue Chief Scott Goldstein later told a news conference that it was unclear how many workers had been killed.

📢 According to figures obtained by the Nelson Mail, councillor Mark Greening attended three meetings in person in the last triennium and 73 meetings online.

📢 Kennedy shared the clip of himself grabbing the tails of the non-venomous black racer snakes on his personal social media accounts.

📢 Ngāpuhi and the people of Te Tai Tokerau have marked the return of the historic Kororipo Pā in Kerikeri after almost 190 years.

📢 Cotality chief property economist Kelvin Davidson says the market is at a significant turning point, after a period where rates had fallen.

📢 Aperahama Edwards of Ngātiwai will contest the Te Tai Tokerau seat with the incumbent Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Labour's Willow-Jean Prime and the Greens' Hūhana Lyndon.

📢 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after meeting with his defence minister and senior military officials that Israel will expand its operations in Lebanon.

📢 Benedict Ong - who was earlier this month sanctioned for leaking - has sent to media a letter to him from the mayor marked "confidential" in which concerns are expressed about his comments about the council chief executive.

📢 Maurice Dooling, 47. died while working at transport and recycling facility M E Jukes and Son Limited in April 2022.

📢 The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including Europe’s record breaking heatwave, and the race to save seven people trapped in a cave.

📢 The former All Blacks assistant, who was let go by NZ Rugby at the start of the year, will return to a franchise he has a long history with.

📢 The Education Review Office found that Gloriavale parents were not meeting legal homeschooling requirements.

📢 It was Trump's fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office for a second term.

📢 When 14-year-old Amelia wakes up, she doesn't know who she is, or what her parents look like. After two years, doctors don't know why.

📢 BNZ Business Breakfast was given a behind-the-scenes look inside Faradays, the new department store currently under construction and set to open in August.

📢 Officials said the school bus driver and an escort were killed along with two children, aged 12 and 15.

📢 The US military characterised Monday's strikes in southern Iran as defensive, saying it acted with “restraint" in light of the weekslong ceasefire.

📢 Emergency services were called to the scene on Mount Wellington Highway between Te Horeta Rd and Rowlands Ave just after 6.30am Tuesday.

📢 Economists from one bank argue that further hikes are not needed yet, with other forecasters split on how soon the rises will begin.

📢 Finance Minister Nicola Willis has used the past fortnight to preview a string of spending commitments and also cuts. 👉 More news/weather bots

📢 The theft of the data was described as preventable, alongside being "neither technically sophisticated, nor particularly uncommon" by researchers.

📢 The cat had hopped the fence into Rebecca's garden while her dog was outside.

📢 A growing number of Māori-led charter schools are opening within the next 12 months.

📢 A Bluff tavern was given the green light despite issues including poor staffing and unidentifiable food in the freezer.

📢 Ilaisaane Malupo targeted members of the Tongan community with interest rates of up to 15% per week. 👉 More news/weather bots

📢 It comes as the opposition drills into the issue at Parliament, and the Greens call for an urgent, independent inquiry.