A digital driver licence sounds like one of the simplest government upgrades imaginable: take the card in your wallet, put it securely on your phone, and l
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New Zealand’s gentailer rules are a test of whether competition can ease power stress
When New Zealanders talk about power bills, the conversation usually begins at the kitchen table: the winter invoice, the daily fixed charge, the cost of r
When Liver Cancer Shrinks Against the Odds: What Rare Cases Teach Us About Immunity, Sleep, and the Foods That Protect the Liver
Every now and then, medicine encounters a case that seems almost impossible. A liver tumor shrinks without standard cancer treatment. A patient gives up sm
America’s Chaos Is China’s Opportunity | Bloomberg
There is a familiar temptation in Washington to view every Chinese gain as the product of some grand, perfectly executed master plan. But sometimes the tru
China’s gala robots weren’t just a stunt. They were a platform signal – and New Zealand should pay attention
When humanoid robots appeared in China’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala – the country’s most-watched annual broadcast – it was easy to dismiss the performance a
If we want Kiwis to stay, we must teach belonging
On a sunny day in Christchurch, a primary school parade turned into a living atlas. Children walked past in traditional clothing, waving flags and smiling
China’s top media university has cut 16 majors. The real lesson of AI in higher education is more complicated
China’s Communication University of China has sparked a fierce debate after its party secretary, Liao Xiangzhong, said the university had cut 16 undergradu
China’s OpenClaw craze is about more than AI — it reflects a deeper fear of falling behind
In China, one of the year’s most striking technology crazes has not been a new chatbot, but an AI agent called OpenClaw — a system users have nicknamed “th
When SEO becomes epistemic pollution: why New Zealand should worry about AI search poisoning
For years, the internet trained us to search. We typed keywords, scanned a page of links, compared sources and made up our own minds. That old ritual was i
Narrowing Pathways, Uncertain Futures: Why More Young Chinese Are “Running” Overseas for a Way Out ｜ NZR Report
After repeated setbacks in China’s job market, a growing number of young Chinese are turning their gaze abroad. Unlike earlier waves dominated by elites, t