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Auckland Council is considering all legal avenues available to challenge fast-track consents for housing outside planned areas, and whether to reduce or withhold services from unanticipated developments. Richard Hills says the council could face a potential $5 billion bill from 50,000 to 60,000 new houses, while several councils are calling for a pause on fast-track residential consents. Chris Bishop spoke to John Campbell.

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Doctors say a field test of an AI health coach is showing signs of higher engagement with high-need patients. A single AI assisted outreach by Tamaki Health saw about seven times as many people enrol in a programme for people living with diabetes, compared to the clinics' previous efforts. Tamaki Health's Wellness Support Team clinical director Dr David Codyre spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Workplaces are increasingly providing practical safety nets for women experiencing intimate partner violence. New research by Women's Refuge shows more women are disclosing that they are victims of family violence at work and receiving their employee entitlements. But it also shows there's more work to be done, with most people unaware of their workplace family violence policies. Amy Williams reports.

Hundreds of thousands of passengers have been affected by flight cancellations and delays in the UK. A technical problem at air traffic control yesterday caused the disruption at multiple airports. Operations are now stable, but airlines are still grappling with knock-on impacts that could last for days. correspondent John Bevir spoke to John Campbell from near Bristol Airport.

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New research from the university of Auckland has found dozens of academic papers have fake references in them that have been made up by AI. The study looked at more than 3000 peer reviewed papers published in the last few years and found 2 percent of them, or 69 papers, had fake references hallucinated by AI. Some of the references had realistic author and journal names and publication details, but when the researchers went looking for them, they didn't exist. Luka Forman reports.

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