Netball New Zealand CEO Jennah Wootton believes private investment in New Zealand's premier domestic competition will allow for grander thinking than ever before.

The national body have confirmed they're set to hand investors Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams the licence for a new league from 2027 and beyond.

While team ownership, player contracts, scheduling and broadcasting are yet to be finalised, the initial agreement has Wootton eager for next steps.

"We're really excited about what today means - in signalling that privatization is the path we're going down."

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Netball New Zealand CEO Jennah Wootton believes private investment in New Zealand's premier domestic competition will allow for grander thinking than ever before.
The national body have confirmed they're set to hand investors Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams the licence for a new league from 2027 and beyond.
While team ownership, player contracts, scheduling and broadcasting are yet to be finalised, the initial agreement has Wootton eager for next steps.
"We're really excited about what today means - in signalling that privatization is the path we're going down."
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Jennah Wootten: Netball NZ chief executive on the company's deal with Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams to save domestic competition

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Nearly 30 years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a guilty verdict for the killer has been delivered.

Former gang boss Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the crime back in 1996, and recounted the shooting in a 2019 memoir. 

True crime documentarian Mike Dorsey says Davis didn't pull the trigger, but he supplied the gun that his nephew Orlando Anderson used in the crime. 

"Tupac basically punched the wrong guy that night, and that guy came back and got him."

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Nearly 30 years after the death of rapper Tupac Shakur, a guilty verdict for the killer has been delivered.
Former gang boss Duane 'Keffe D' Davis has been found guilty of orchestrating the crime back in 1996, and recounted the shooting in a 2019 memoir.&nbsp;
True crime documentarian Mike Dorsey says Davis didn't pull the trigger, but he supplied the gun that his nephew Orlando Anderson used in the crime.&nbsp;
"Tupac basically punched the wrong guy that night, and that guy came back and got him."
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Mike Dorsey: true crime documentarian on the reveal of who murdered rapper Tupac Shakur

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More Australian retailers are rolling out facial recognition technology, and it's prompted concerns from experts.

Industry groups say the move is about safety, but experts warn of an incoming 'scope creep' that comes with this technology.

Australian correspondent Kristina Harazim says consumers privacy advocates are drawing comparisons between Australia and China and North Korea over this technology, as Coles and Woolworths look to incorporate more of it into their stores.

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More Australian retailers are rolling out facial recognition technology, and it's prompted concerns from experts.
Industry groups say the move is about safety, but experts warn of an incoming 'scope creep' that comes with this technology.
Australian correspondent Kristina Harazim says consumers privacy advocates are drawing comparisons between Australia and China and North Korea over this technology, as Coles and Woolworths look to incorporate more of it into their stores.
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Kristina Harazim: Australian correspondent on the concerns raised over facial recognition technology

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Labour says MBIE's chief executive should lose his job after revelations he misled a Parliament committee.

Officials, including CEO Nic Blakely, suggested at a hearing this year a biometrics upgrade project was continuing after it had been scrapped.

A Privileges Committee report's labelled that misleading - and Blakely's offer to resign was declined.

Labour's Phil Twyford says accountability's needed.

Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Twyford has a point about this - given that the public needs to trust politicians.  

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Labour says MBIE's chief executive should lose his job after revelations he misled a Parliament committee.
Officials, including CEO Nic Blakely, suggested at a hearing this year a biometrics upgrade project was continuing after it had been scrapped.
A Privileges Committee report's labelled that misleading - and Blakely's offer to resign was declined.
Labour's Phil Twyford says accountability's needed.
Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent Barry Soper says Twyford has a point about this - given that the public needs to trust politicians.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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Barry Soper: Newstalk ZB senior political correspondent on Labour's Phil Twyford calling for MBIE's chief executive to lose his job

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Jennah Wootten: Netball NZ chief executive on the company's deal with Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams to save domestic competition

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