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Backbase appoints Roland Booijen as Chief Product Officer
The move puts AI agents at the heart of the bank software group's strategy as it targets faster service and more automated customer operations.

ANYbotics adds door access for ANYmal inspection robots
The upgrade lets inspection robots reach critical plant assets behind locked doors, cutting manual work while keeping security and fire controls intact.

ReliaQuest appoints Krish Venkataraman as CFO
ReliaQuest has appointed Krish Venkataraman as Chief Financial Officer, bringing more than 20 years of technology and finance experience.

14-year-old boy dies after falling from Coromandel cliff
Emergency crews worked for up to 20 minutes to save a 14-year-old boy after he fell from Shakespeare Cliff at Cooks Beach.

One person dead after falling from cliff at popular Coromandel beach
Cordons are in place at Cooks Beach.

Cybersecurity gap widens in access control controllers
More organisations are treating access control controllers as strategic infrastructure, even as missing cybersecurity features rise to 32% of systems.

Christchurch residents told to rely on instincts not sirens for tsunami evacuation
Canterbury's city and district councils will soon move from the three tsunami evacuation zones to a single blue tsunami evacuation zone.

Northland seek response against Southland after losing Ranfurly Shield
Follow live coverage of the NPC match between Southland and Northland in Invercargill Rugby Park.

Police appeal after suspicious fire
Damaged vehicles may be linked to a suspicious fire at a Dunedin building, which houses therapeutic programmes

'I want to move': Papatoetoe community reels after three family members found dead
Auckland suburb reeling after multiple people - including children - saw a dead body on the doorstep of a property.

Young people call on politicians for more online gambling restrictions
Three political hopefuls were asked what their parties would do about the harm it causes.

Modified Qwen model underperforms in cyber attack tests
Tracebit found the altered open-weight model reached admin rights far less often than the original, raising doubts about its attack utility.

MongoDB launches Atlas Agent Engine for AI production
Enterprises struggling to move AI pilots into live systems now have a single layer for memory, governance and execution across models and clouds.

Open-weight AI models take majority of Vercel traffic
Cheaper open-weight systems are now driving more than half of Vercel's AI Gateway token traffic, while average token prices fell 23.2% in August.

Amadeus study finds rise in GDS use & AI among agents
Most agents are now relying on GDS tools more often, while AI is becoming a regular part of selling work across regions.

Forrester says AI is reshaping cloud strategy for 2026
Rising AI costs and governance risks are forcing enterprises to rethink where workloads sit, as cloud strategy becomes tied to AI deployment.

Going for gold: World panning championship takes over Cromwell
Panners from more than 20 countries have been racing to extract minuscule flakes as accurately as possible.

'Shedding tears for you': Tributes to late MP Adrian Rurawhe at tangi in Whanganui
Hundred-strong political delegation remembers the former MP and Speaker of the House as a leader who conducted himself with "quiet resolve and real dignity".

Post-mortem inconclusive as police appeal for information over Dunedin death
Police are attempting to establish the circumstances surrounding an unexplained death in Dunedin on Wednesday night.

HSBC launches HSBCnio for corporate clients in Asia
Corporate treasurers in Asia can now access cash, payments and lending data inside their own workflows as HSBC rolls out HSBCnio across multiple markets.