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Teacher shortage forcing subject cancellations, principals say
Education Ministry figures showed schools this year faced a bigger shortfall of secondary teachers than previously expected.

OpenClaw AI assistant surge sparks major security fears
A rapid surge in OpenClaw AI assistant use has left tens of thousands of exposed systems and a trail of hijacked tools and malicious add-ons.

SailGP consider air bags after serious accident in Auckland
SailGP organisers say the ultra-fast catamaran series is considering fitting the fleet with air bags and Kevlar safety straps after two sailors were seriously injured in the last race.

Confluent links AI agents & boosts anomaly detection
Confluent upgrades its AI toolkit to link agents over live data streams and add multivariate anomaly detection for faster issue spotting.

Island adds browser AI controls to AWS Security Hub
Island brings browser-based security and AI governance tools to AWS Security Hub Extended, offering unified buying, billing and support.

Maori wahine over represented in criminal justice system and gets worse the further they go
Ministry of Justice factsheet found while wahine Maori made up 15 percent of people in New Zealand they made up 44 percent of all women who were proceeded against by police.

Deadly fight between dogs and cow leaves Northland cabin destroyed
One dog was killed by the cow, the other was taken in by Animal Management.

Afterpay’s owner Block to slash nearly half its workforce, citing AI
The cuts reduce Block’s global workforce from more than 10,000 employees to just under 6000, making it one of the largest AI-driven job culls to date.

Sacking Amorim could cost Man Utd nearly £16m
Ruben Amorim's 14 months in charge of Manchester United have come at a price, with the club now paying up to £15.9m to sack him, in addition to £11m to hire the Portuguese.

Steel piles fall on worker's leg at Auckland construction site
Firefighters had to free them after the incident.

Government’s new science institute to lose 6% of staff less than a year after forming
The Bioeconomy Science Institute is shedding 6% of its staff.

Hexaware, AWS deepen AI-driven enterprise dev push
Hexaware deepens its AWS tie-up, pairing RapidX with Kiro to speed AI-driven enterprise software delivery while tightening governance.

Auckland FC face Tahiti United in Oceania Pro League
Follow live coverage as Auckland FC face Tahiti United at the Home of the Matildas in Melbourne.

Council instructed to develop plan to tackle ‘putrid, sewage-like smell’ lingering over city
Reports of a bad smell began in November 2021, after a massive fire tore through the Christchurch Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Moderne launches Bauhaus for agent-driven dev tools
Moderne unveils Bauhaus, a selective programme backing startups building lifecycle infrastructure for an agent-driven dev future.

Nelson City Council putting $100,000 towards helping homeless women
The grant will support a new role to help women into safe and stable housing in the city.

Sinch unveils AI agent tools for customer engagement
Sinch unveils AI agent tools to orchestrate customer interactions across messaging, email and voice, promising flexible, channel-agnostic deployment.

'I want to play fullback': Why Warriors’ latest signing creates selection headache
It was the question Andrew Webster was asked more than any other in 2025 and after this signing, the ‘who will play fullback’ query is an ever hotter topic.

ShinyHunters pivots to subdomain phishing & vishing
ShinyHunters shifts to subdomain-brand phishing and vishing on mobiles, bypassing domain checks to hijack SSO logins and SaaS sessions.