The Dominion Post (Wellington)

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Stan Choe |Jonathan Leask

Applause, congratulations, and the flourish of a gold pen have heralded the signing off of the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan after almost a decade's work. The Marlborough District Council has approved articles of the Proposed Marlborough Environment Plan (PMEP) not currently under appeal or awaiting ministerial approval. Three previous management plans have been combined into a single document, forming a single rulebook on what people could do on their land and how it could be developed.

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Amber Schultz |Matthew Brown |Bridie Witton |Poppy Clark

A kea injured by a lead bullet in Ligar Bay earlier this year is responding well to treatment four months after it was found limping by a Kea Conservation Trust worker. The young male bird was discovered in February within the Golden Bay area before being caught, flown to Wellington by Golden Bay Air and driven by a Department of Conservation (DOC) staffer to Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University’s Wildbase Hospital in Manawatū.

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Matt O'Brien |Barbara Ortutay

A federal judge sided with Facebook parent Meta Platforms in dismissing a copyright infringement lawsuit from a group of authors who accused the company of stealing their works to train its artificial intelligence technology. The Wednesday ruling from US District Judge Vince Chhabria was the second in a week from San Francisco's federal court to dismiss major copyright claims from book authors against the rapidly developing AI industry.

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Gonzalo Solano |Gabriela Molina

A fugitive drug trafficker wanted by authorities in Ecuador and the United States was recaptured more than a year after he escaped from prison in the Andean nation, Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced Wednesday.

2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Sanda Arambepola |Sam Smith |Matthew Knott |Charlotte Grieve

Anita Singh is Arts and Entertainment Editor at The Telegraph. OPINION: Sure, you’ve had bad holidays. The one where it rained every day. That time the airline lost your luggage and you had to spend 48 hours wearing the same pants. But have you ever been forced to spend four days defecating into a plastic bag on a cruise ship that just caught fire and is now adrift in the Gulf of Mexico?