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New slip prompts emergency evacuations in Tauranga
The slip poses a risk to life and property.

Te Toi Mahana adopts Nintex to streamline housing ops
Te Toi Mahana deploys Nintex Process Manager to standardise housing operations in Wellington and support a decade-long expansion plan.

Finance minister says there’ll be ‘no splashing the cash’ on Budget day
The fact that inflation figures are sitting above the Reserve Bank’s target band is “transitory” and “a blip”, Finance Minister Nicola Willis told a select committee Wednesday morning.

October storm payout set to climb to $50m, insurer FMG says
It's the second-most claims for an event in FMG's 120-year history.

Live updates: Papamoa residents evacuated as new slip forms above Mangatawa Marae
Tauranga City Council has evacuated residents in an area including Mangatawa Marae.

High-profile gang member Mossy Hines dies
Police said they were aware of Hines’ death and would be coordinating with his whanau around funeral plans.

Gas explosion inside campervan on state highway near Lake Tekapo
The incident occurred at 11.50am on Wednesday on State Highway 8 near Lake Tekapo.

Workers get just 2-3 hours of real focus time a day
New Hubstaff data shows workers average only 2-3 hours of true focus a day as meetings, app overload and AI tools fragment attention.

Motorcyclist dies in crash with car
The crash happened in Ruakaka, south of Whangarei.

Live: Council staff were at scene of Mount Maunganui slip when it happened, mayor says
A rahui is in place at the site where six people - including two teenagers - were caught in the slip.

Kore.ai secures new funding to scale agentic AI tools
Kore.ai lands fresh backing led by AllianceBernstein to grow its enterprise agentic AI platform and accelerate global expansion plans.

New inter-agency hub to improve safety for vulnerable children in light of Malachi Subecz’s murder
Louise Upston previously said the level of child abuse in New Zealand is unacceptable.

DigiCert named IDC MarketScape leader in CLM market
DigiCert has been named a Leader in IDC MarketScape’s first global report on certificate lifecycle management, citing automation and scale.

Documents reveal NZ quietly axed Pacific migrant worker programme in favour of high-cost seasonal visas
New Zealand has quietly scrapped plans to open new Pacific worker pathways in the meat and seafood processing sectors, documents released under the Official Information Act show.

AI boom will produce victors and carnage, tech boss warns
Cisco chief executive Chuck Robbins compares AI to the dotcom bubble of the early 2000s.

Morning Report political panel: Brown, Sepuloni trade accusations on deadly storms
National's Simeon Brown and Labour's Carmel Sepuloni butted heads over funding for resilience.

Homeowners warned of fish hooks with new granny flat rules
A resource consent may be required if the site is in a natural hazard area.

Hero camper’s sons face second tragedy after Mount Maunganui landslide
The sons of Mount Maunganui landslide victim Lisa Maclennan, hailed for warning fellow campers of danger before she died, are now facing a double tragedy after losing their father in 2018.

Data Privacy Week spotlights app conflicts, web risks
Data Privacy Week warns overlapping security apps and hidden web trackers are eroding consumer safety and exposing firms to fresh risks.

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of January 26 - February 1
Rod Emmerson's take on the week.

Teradata unveils Enterprise AgentStack for AI at scale
Teradata launches Enterprise AgentStack, a unified toolkit to help large organisations scale governed AI agents across hybrid estates.

Mount cordon reduces, while Tauranga and Western BOP state of emergency extended
The state of emergency for Tauranga City Council and the Western Bay of Plenty District Council has been extended.