Opinion stories
Encrypted data captured today could be cracked later, leaving governments, banks and health services exposed unless they migrate before quantum computers arrive.
Bad email data can quietly damage deliverability, campaign reporting and revenue unless businesses pick an API that fits their workflows.
Heavy industry sites can free up cash by tackling slow, obsolete spares that inflate inventory and distort balance sheets.
As AI workloads shift from training to inference, firms risk stranded kit unless they build systems that can adapt over five to seven years.
SMBs face rising breach risk as the report says seven routine security failings, not advanced malware, drive most attacks, with ransomware in 88% of cases.
Duplicate records are inflating storage bills, slowing pipelines and skewing reports as organisations pull in data from ever more systems.
Businesses are facing a sharp rise in email scams as AI makes phishing faster, cheaper and harder for native filters to spot.
Passengers were unharmed after an Air New Zealand flight made a precautionary mayday and landed safely at Hawke's Bay Airport.
Consumers are still being hit by hefty card surcharges as retailers say lower interchange fees are hard to track and not yet filtering through.
Aucklanders could face higher costs for road and rail upgrades, as Wayne Brown says parties are making empty promises to win votes.
Higher borrowing costs and cautious shoppers are forcing retailers to protect margins, avoid markdowns and get stock to the right place.
At least a quarter of the debt is unlikely to be recovered, as Health NZ relies on overseas collection efforts and annual write-offs.
Rising scrutiny of Australian accounts is exposing patchy data controls, after ASIC issued a record AUD $350 million in civil penalties.
Westpac says the platform has cut leaders' admin by about two hours a week and improved trust in workforce data, freeing time for customer work.
Boards and public bodies now face pressure to show AI changes costs, workflows and decisions, not just pilots or licences.
Fears over noise, dust and air quality have prompted calls to shift the fast-tracked project away from homes in Marsden Bay.
Congestion can be eased faster by smarter use of existing runways, staff and equipment than by costly new terminals, airport experts say.
A train nearly hit a car at Morningside as the Greens unveiled a $2.5 billion plan to remove Auckland level crossings and ease congestion.
The new contamination threshold has eased stress for landlords and tenants, even as some jobs still cost several thousand dollars to clear.
Patients at Wellington Hospital's emergency department are facing longer waits as staff shortages and overcrowding have kept it in code red for months.
