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    Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 – here’s what’s coming next
     27 December 2025
    After a year of fast advances, deepfakes are entering a new era defined by real-time interaction with people.
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    How Hannah Arendt can help us understand this new age of far-right populism
    27 Dec: One of the main lessons of Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism is that we must actively think in the now, and try to grasp new realities on their own terms.... more
    What if we taxed what people spend, not what they earn?
    27 Dec: Research suggests this approach could boost household living standards by around 10%.... more
    No, your brain doesn’t suddenly ‘fully develop’ at 25. Here’s what the neuroscience actually shows
    27 Dec: The claim that the brain, and particularly the frontal lobe, finishes developing at 25 is far less solid than social media would have you believe.... more
    Who thinks Republicans will suffer in the 2026 midterms? Republican members of Congress
    27 Dec: The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.... more
    A person has suffered serious injuries after they were assaulted in Hamilton, by someone known to them
    27 Dec: A person has suffered serious injuries after they were assaulted in Hamilton, by someone known to them... more
    A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day
    27 Dec: A body's been found in the search for a jet skiier, who went missing from the Waikato Bar, on Christmas Day... more
    Auckland's public transport users will have one less option from today
    27 Dec: Auckland's public transport users will have one less option from today... more
    A fiery crash on Canterbury's State Highway 1 has shut lanes this morning
    27 Dec: A fiery crash on Canterbury's State Highway 1 has shut lanes this morning... more
    A person has serious injuries after a crash near Wellington's Petone
    27 Dec: A person has serious injuries after a crash near Wellington's Petone... more

     Most Popular Recent National News
     18 Dec: Albanese not invited to rabbi’s funeral, as Frydenberg calls for ban on ‘hate preachers’ +++++++++++++++++++++++
     23 Dec: Police have made four arrests regarding the murder of Bill Maangi in Gisborne ++++++++++++++++++++++
     22 Dec: Kane Williamson insists he's made no call around retirement - as the third cricket test against the West Indies gets set to enter it's final day in Mt Maunganui ++++++++++++++++++++++
     17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September ++++++++++++++++++
     05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry +++++++++++++++++
     09 Dec: Eighteen people have been assessed by St John, after a school bus and car crashed on Christchurch's Wainoni Road about 3.15  ++++++++++++++++
     03 Dec: Auckland restaurateur Leo Molloy says he'll pay the fine the Veterinary Council's imposed - for breaching name suppression of the murderer of British backpacker, Grace Millane +++++++++++++++

     National NewsLinks
      29 Dec: 'watkins has the edge - but calvert-lewin could yet make world cup' (BBCWorld)
      29 Dec: ‘outstanding legacy’: former england opener and ecb chief dies at 62 (Stuff.co.nz)
      28 Dec: Uk restricts dr congo visas over migrant return policy (BBCWorld)
      27 Dec: Rahui in place after death at tongariro national park (Stuff.co.nz)
      27 Dec: Rahui enacted after death at tongariro national park (RadioNZ)
      27 Dec: Pukaha national wildlife centre back from brink of closure (RadioNZ)
      26 Dec: Man in court after handing himself in to police on christmas day over suspected double homicide (Stuff.co.nz)
      26 Dec: Andrew bayly and the fight for antarctica (RadioNZ)
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    Soccer:
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