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Beloved jam-maker dies after being hit by car at busy town intersection
The death of Karyn Crocker, a well-known market stallholder and community volunteer, has reignited concerns about pedestrian safety and traffic speeds near a busy town-centre intersection.

Zscaler expands Zero Trust SASE with AI agent tools
The update aims to simplify security operations as enterprises grapple with unmanaged devices, partners and multi-cloud workloads across AI projects.

World Cup sites lag as fan pages load in six seconds
Fans are already waiting nearly six seconds for federation sites, exposing digital weaknesses that could hurt engagement and revenue at World Cup 2026.

China's control over indium phosphide exports threatens AI data centre rollout

SpaceX IPO vs. Rocket Lab: Which Space Economy Stock Is the Better Buy?

JFrog adds Claude Code plugin for security oversight
Audit trails for AI-generated code could get easier as the plugin exposes packages, dependencies and provenance inside Claude Code.

Officials downplay advice suggesting LNG terminal not required
Government officials are seeking to downplay modelling that appeared to suggest a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal was not required.

$100m for 133 new classrooms in fast-growing Auckland communities
The Government will invest $160 million in new classrooms and school expansions across Auckland and the upper North Island, alongside funding for six major school redevelopment projects, Education Minister Erica Stanford says.

What needs to be done to tackle child homelessness in Aotearoa?
According newly released research, 33,000 children were living in severe housing deprivation in Aotearoa in 2023.

Donor kidneys typically last a decade or two. This record-breaking Kiwi got 52 years
Minja Ivelja was close to death when she had a kidney transplant in 1974 - the donated organ was still going strong when she died, aged 79, last month.

Renewables power more than 94% of New Zealand electricity as solar generation hits record
Strong hydro inflows, wind generation and a 50% rise in solar output helped drive the highest March-quarter renewable share in decades.

They rescued a fading coastal landmark. It’s now the suburb’s priciest home
Jenene Crossan and her husband Scottie Chapman came for the Piha view. They stayed to finish the dream.

Zscaler launches zero-trust tools to secure AI agents
Enterprises face new risks as autonomous software agents spread through systems faster than older security tools can track or control.

Spinnaker Support names Vivek Pruthi APAC managing director
Rising demand for independent SAP, Oracle and VMware support is driving Spinnaker's APAC expansion as it doubles headcount and appoints Vivek Pruthi.

Zscaler expands Project AI-Guardian with tech partners
The wider partnership push aims to help enterprises control AI risk across cloud, identity and data systems as deployments move into production.

Databricks, Linux Foundation launch OpenSharing AI standard
Businesses will be able to share AI models and unstructured data across clouds and on-premises systems without custom integrations.

‘Taonga’ or not, the law is clear: High Court bans return of seized gang patches
Gang members who have their patches seized cannot have them returned under any circumstances, a court has ruled.

'Smart people changing': How humans and agentic AI co-exist
Governance fears and skills gaps are pushing businesses to deploy agentic AI in secure systems while protecting staff from disruption.

How continuous assurance can strengthen cyber security in the AI era
Periodic penetration tests miss most systems, prompting Australian and New Zealand firms to use AI-driven checks for broader coverage and faster risk spotting.