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MYOB boosts contact centre insight with new analytics
MYOB links its CX platform with Customer Science analytics, automating reporting and lifting contact centre satisfaction and resolution rates.

Photographer invites you to become part of living archive
Charlie Fox is creating towering portraits so detailed you can see skin follicles, building a longitudinal study of faces as they change over time.

Willis calls $9 Auckland crossing toll a 'completely hypothetical scenario'
The Infrastructure Commission says the tolls would help fund a second crossing in the Waitemata Harbour.

‘I was shocked:’ New Zealand golfer sets world record
New Zealander Harry Bateman has combined fitness and accurate stroke-making to earn the title of best male speedgolfer in the world.

Cross-border trade fears spur AI push, delay expansion
Rising cross-border trade complexity is pushing firms to delay expansion and lean on AI, as regulatory uncertainty reshapes global growth plans.

Former prison guard's appeal against murder conviction, sentencing to be heard in November
David Benbow was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2024 after a jury found him guilty of murdering his childhood friend.

Five young people arrested after Napier aggravated robbery
Police said three people allegedly entered the premises and stole a number of items before fleeing in a vehicle containing two others.

Harness racing driver sidelined after breaking whip rules in televised race
Alana Cameron was driving the favourite to win Race 7 at a meeting run by the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club when the breach occurred.

'America’s Next Top Model' is messier than we ever knew
A new Netflix docuseries has reopened the wounds of America's Next Top Model with its fixation on high fashion, thinness and proximity to celebrity.

AT&T sued by New York City pension funds for excluding diversity proposal?

Private Software Companies Release Earnings Early to Calm AI Nerves

Palantir Shifts Headquarters to Miami From Denver After Protests

Nvidia and Meta expand GPU team up with millions of additional AI chips

The truth about energy: Why your 40s feel harder than your 20s, but there may be a lift later on
The 40s feel so punishing because biological efficiency is beginning to shift at exactly the moment when demand is highest - but there is good news later in life.

First Home Loan scheme gets another option
Another bank has joined the scheme that allows borrowers to buy a house with a deposit of only 5 percent.

Police say death of man in Tauranga ‘suspicious’
The man’s body was discovered at the Wharepai Domain on Saturday.

Landslide prompts evacuations on Dunedin street
Evacuations are underway down a street in Dunedin following reports of a landslide near homes.

Foo Fighters returning to rock out in New Zealand at two stadium shows
The band will play two big stadium shows in January 2027.

Official documents reveal friction between NZ and Cook Islands over Russian vessels
Cook Islands continued to register sanctioned vessels tied to Russia's "shadow fleet" months after New Zealand began raising concerns, documents released under the Official Information Act shows.

Check Point named GigaOm cloud network security leader
Check Point tops GigaOm’s 2025 Radar for cloud network security for a third year, named a Leader and Fast Mover for its unified platform.

Man's body found in Tauranga park, homicide probe launched
Police said the man's body was discovered in a secluded area of Wharepai Domain at about 2pm on Saturday 14 February.

Thousands of child abuse images found as former children’s entertainer sentenced
Warkworth man Regan Highfield appeared at the North Shore District Court on February 11 where he plead guilty to the charges.

3 cybersecurity stocks that will see 'major tailwind' from AI after getting hammered by software sell-off