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Cursor names Pete Short for Australia & New Zealand
Growing demand for AI coding tools has prompted Cursor to strengthen its regional sales team as it expands closer to customers in ANZ.

Final say on place-naming decisions should be up to local councils, Far North Mayor says
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania is calling for local councils to have the final say in place-naming decisions - instead of the current system that gives veto power to a government minister.

Exploitation overtakes social engineering in Rapid7 report
Exposed systems are becoming the main target, as Rapid7 says flaws were used in 38% of incidents and patch windows shrank to five days.

Drinking water supply doubled for rural Hauraki community
The community of Kerepehi can look forward to having an extra 4.6 million litres of raw drinking water for years to come.

Super Rugby Pacific: Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika to play for pride
With two more rounds to go in the regular season, the Fijian Drua are currently ninth, while Moana Pasifika are languishing at the bottom of the competition's points table.

Minecraft movie sequel looks to close West Auckland road for filming
Filming for the new Minecraft movie sequel could bring 10-hour closures and traffic restrictions to a major rural Auckland road.

Dell Technologies: Hollywood director exposes duality of AI
Hollywood fears over AI are surfacing as Taika Waititi says the technology speeds up mediocre work and is already displacing artists.

Canadian regulator triples US streamers' financial contributions to Canadian content

GitLab 19.0 adds secrets manager & AI workflow tools
The release gives security teams and developers new controls for credentials, merge requests and supply chain oversight as AI use grows.

Oceania Healthcare records record full year results
The company won't pay a full year dividend as a result of negative cashflow, with net profit for the 12 months ended March of just $119,000, compared with $30.4 million the year earlier.

Netskope links Claude to enterprise compliance tools
Security teams will gain continuous oversight of Claude use as Netskope brings the AI assistant under existing compliance and data-loss rules.

Asia Pacific data centre investment hits record USD $11.6bn
Power access is steering AI-driven expansion into Malaysia, Australia and India, as Asia Pacific data centre investment reached USD $11.6 billion.

ManageEngine rolls out autonomous AI agents across suite
The move gives IT teams autonomous agents for service desks, security and endpoint work, while ManageEngine says customer data stays private.

Auckland man Hao Feng pleads guilty to downgraded charge of manslaughter over partner's death
Hao Feng strangled his partner in her home before going outside for a cigarette. When he returned, she was dead.

Iran tightens grip on Strait of Hormuz
In what would be unprecedented control over one of the world's most important shipping lanes, Tehran has announced a new transit regime.

'No logic' to Pharmac's proposal to change access to type 2 diabetes diabetes drug - doctor
The changes would take drugs from Maori and Pasifika and give them to people who don't need them, and endocrinologist tells Nine to Noon.

International students exposed to freezing rooms and unlawful contracts at central Auckland hostel
An investigation into central Auckland’s Beach Road Hostel revealed vulnerable tenants were left in freezing rooms and forced to sign unlawful tenancy agreements. Now, the landlord must pay a massive financial penalty.

Person seriously injured in vehicle and bicycle crash in Wellington
A person has been seriously injured following a collision between a vehicle and a bicycle on Wellington's Western Hutt Road. Northbound lanes are blocked near Silverstream.

GitHub expands accessibility push with new open-source tools
Disabled developers should gain easier access to coding tools as GitHub opens up its accessibility kit and support to the wider community.