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Last update: 7 hours agoMarkets & Power Deals: The NZX 50 slid 1.6% as Trump’s latest Iran threat kept bond yields elevated and cooled stock appetite, while investors sold down Mercury NZ and Meridian Energy ahead of Infratil’s Contact Energy stake sale. Air Connectivity: Air New Zealand is adding new non-stop services from Christchurch to Singapore, Tokyo (Narita) and Perth from October. Public Safety & Crime: New Zealand Customs warns Pacific nations are increasingly used as storage and trafficking hubs for organised crime drugs heading for NZ and Australia. Health Preparedness: Helen Clark says Ebola and hantavirus responses are improving, but the world still isn’t doing enough “upstream” risk planning. Tech in the Call Centre: Tower says its AI call centre on Amazon Connect has cut customer contact time by about 15% and saved 13,000 hours in seven months. Local Spotlight: A Golden Bay conservation-land gold mine permit has been denied, with the company reviewing options.
Note: AI summary from news headlines; neutral sources weighted more to help reduce bias in the result.
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