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Pax8 honours top partners & vendors at Beyond 2026
SMB customers stand to benefit as Pax8 spotlighted partners and vendors across its marketplace, from Microsoft to smaller channel specialists.

Chi-Hua Chien saw Facebook coming — now he says the real AI winners won’t be selling AI

Nvidia supplier SK Hynix ships samples of next-generation chips to major customers

AWS highlights five AI uses in football across leagues
Real-time tools are reshaping refereeing, TV coverage and coaching as leagues use AI to speed decisions and deepen fan engagement.

Australia second in construction tech adoption survey
A skills shortage and tight budgets are slowing gains as Australian builders boost weekly use of construction tech to 48 per cent.

Crash blocks lanes on SH1 north of Wellington
Motorists are facing delays after a crash north of Wellington.

Labour promises to bring back free prescriptions if elected
Chris Hipkins says removing the $5 fee would help families access medicines and ease cost-of-living pressures.

Police enter home after suspected armed break-in and find massive cannabis crop
Police were called to an East Tamaki Heights property at about 11am following a report of a possible break-in involving a firearm.

Filipino police says drowning deaths ‘not an accident’, tell Kiwi coach to ‘man up’
Tab Baldwin has been told he needs to meet with investigators in the Philippines.

Rapid Brigantine ties ClickFix malware to fake updates
BlueVoyant says a ClickFix malware campaign using fake browser updates is linked to the Rapid Brigantine ransomware ecosystem.

Councillors vote against continuing Wellington's Golden Mile project
The project was scoped in 2021, with the $139m price tag being funded 49 percent by council and 51 percent by the Transport Agency.

Xero finds New Zealand small business productivity lags
New data show Kiwi small firms generating less per hour than peers in Australia and the UK, as rising costs squeeze margins.

CrowdStrike expands QuiltWorks with AWS on AI security
AWS customers will gain broader visibility into AI and cloud risks as CrowdStrike adds new monitoring, trials and private connectivity.

Christopher Luxon opens new $40m freight apron at Christchurch Airport
The freight apron at Christchurch Airport spans 8500sqm with advanced scanning technology.

Forget SpaceX at $200. Buy This Space ETF Instead for Just $34.

Google's Gemini co-lead Noam Shazeer to join OpenAI

Controversial fisheries amendment Bill delayed after Shane Jones request
Jones says the Bill could use some more "panel beating", and acknowledges there hadn't been a lot of harmony across Parliament or the industry about it.

Prime Minister celebrates Christchurch Airport's $40 million expansion
Christopher Luxon was at the opening ceremony, where he said the South Island had massive economic momentum.

Armed police swarmed Christchurch street, arrest one person
One person has been arrested and no-one has been hurt, police say.

‘They’re getting stuck, they get lost’: Buses appear no match for hilly, windy roads
Residents in the Auckland suburb of Laingholm say buses regularly get stuck, lost, or crash on the hilly, windy roads.

Teacher announced in leadership role - despite concerns about conduct towards student
Horowhenua College teacher Asaria Saili was announced as Pacific Dean, depite the school being aware of concerns about his conduct towards a student.

Vodafone investigating mass national outage
The telco says it is urgently investigating after customers were locked out and left with emergency calls only.

Last minute 'troubling' delay for Everlee Wihongi in ICE detention, lawyer says
Everlee Wihongi has a further twelve days wait to find out her future.

Labour vows to bring back universal free prescriptions if elected
The free prescriptions would apply to all funded medicines from July next year, costed at $74.5 million a year.

Enterprises spend USD $2.5 million on logging tools
AI workloads are pushing log volumes up 93%, yet most large companies still leave 86% of data unanalyzed to keep costs down.