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Ministry of Education

Ministry apologises after data breach affects 276 student records

"We are confident the issue has been resolved and will not recur," Deputy Secretary of Education Services Geoff Short said.

New Zealand

4:57pm

 The AliExpress logo on a computer, on 20 July, 2026 in Madrid, Spain.

EU hits AliExpress with a record fine over unsafe and counterfeit goods

The online retailer was slapped with a €550 million fine for failing to adequately crack down on the sale of unsafe and counterfeit products on its site.

Business

Tue, Jul 21

1:33

The trial raises hard questions about fairness, safety and who gets priority on public roads.

AI-powered traffic lights trialled – but who gets priority?

The trial in Australia follows similar progammes in the US.

World

Tue, Jul 21

1:33

Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, May 21, 2025.

What to know about social media influencers the Tate brothers

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after UK prosecutors filed new charges, expanding a case that now involves seven alleged victims.

World

Monday 11:08am

The Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, August 4, 2025, in Chicago.

Chatbots at risk of spreading online speech restrictions, study says

The findings come as countries are determining how to put up guardrails around AI without impeding their ability to compete in the rapidly developing field.

World

Sun, Jul 19

Ministry of Education

Ministry apologises after data breach affects 276 student records

"We are confident the issue has been resolved and will not recur," Deputy Secretary of Education Services Geoff Short said.

New Zealand

4:57pm

 The AliExpress logo on a computer, on 20 July, 2026 in Madrid, Spain.

EU hits AliExpress with a record fine over unsafe and counterfeit goods

The online retailer was slapped with a €550 million fine for failing to adequately crack down on the sale of unsafe and counterfeit products on its site.

Business

Tue, Jul 21

1:33

The trial raises hard questions about fairness, safety and who gets priority on public roads.

AI-powered traffic lights trialled – but who gets priority?

The trial in Australia follows similar progammes in the US.

World

Tue, Jul 21

1:33

Andrew Tate, left, watches his brother Tristan speak, outside a police station in Voluntari, Romania, May 21, 2025.

What to know about social media influencers the Tate brothers

Andrew and Tristan Tate have been arrested in Miami after UK prosecutors filed new charges, expanding a case that now involves seven alleged victims.

World

Monday 11:08am

The Chat GPT app icon is seen on a smartphone screen, August 4, 2025, in Chicago.

Chatbots at risk of spreading online speech restrictions, study says

The findings come as countries are determining how to put up guardrails around AI without impeding their ability to compete in the rapidly developing field.

World

Sun, Jul 19

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The Datagrid project promises to bring new jobs, with efficient technologies to combat concerns around water and electricity use. Some locals aren't so sure.

Locals question $3bn AI data centre being built in their backyard

Residents of a small Southland town are banding together to ask questions about a new US$3 billion AI data centre being built in their backyard.

Business

Sun, Jul 19

Xi Jinping waves as he arrives at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai

China's Xi chides US for its curbs on tech and AI sharing

Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Xi says, while reiterating objections to an “overstretching” of national security concerns.

World

Sun, Jul 19

Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks at the opening ceremony for the World AI Conference in Shanghai, Friday, July 17, 2026.

Chinese AI model takes US tech industry by surprise

The newest Kimi K3 model from Beijing-based startup Moonshot appears to be catching up to the best versions of Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT.

World

Sat, Jul 18

Zip Co NZ Finance Limited said in an email to customers that it would be ceasing to provide the Zip Pay in 4 product.

Buy now, pay later provider Zip withdraws from NZ market

Zip said in an email to customers that it would be ceasing to provide its Pay in 4 product, which offered short-term payment plans at point of purchase.

Business

Fri, Jul 17

Nearly 20,000 people reported feeling the tremor, which was felt across the South Island including Otago, Southland and Canterbury.

NEMA sorry after website outage during Fiordland tsunami warning

"The cause of last night's outage appears to be a new issue related to a firewall, and is being investigated."

New Zealand

Fri, Jul 17

Experts fear women are being discouraged from healthy exercise.

Will jogging give you 'runner's waist' or 'cortisol face'? 

Appearance-driven fitness trends on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram was discouraging women from healthy exercise.

Health

Fri, Jul 17

ACT leader David Seymour.

Seymour pitches NZ as global testing ground for new technology

The ACT leader wants to make it easier for companies to trial technologies such as driverless cars, agricultural drones and AI by suspending regulations.

Business

Thu, Jul 16

Britain's Reform UK leader Nigel Farage leaves Milbank Tower after he said he'll quit his Parliament seat and seek reelection in London.

Man arrested over threat to shoot Reform UK leader Nigel Farage

"I am going to shoot you in the head if you win," the man allegedly told Farage in a post on X in May.

Crime and Justice

Thu, Jul 16

This image provided by the European Southern Observatory shows the Beta Pictoris region on March 6, 2014.

Faint new planet found around a young star after a decade in hiding

Astronomers have discovered a faint, elusive planet orbiting a young star after more than a decade of cosmic hide-and-seek.

World

Thu, Jul 16

Governments, gyms, banks, insurers and airline loyalty programmes insist you use their app for access to some services.

Why is everything an app now? Stores 'must step up'

Governments, gyms, banks, insurers and airline loyalty programmes insist you use their app for access to some services.

Life

Thu, Jul 16

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta lawsuit claims AI-driven layoffs hit workers on medical, parental leave

A group of 26 employees has sued the company, claiming they took protected leave and requested or received a reasonable accommodation for disability.

World

Wed, Jul 15

Referee Joao Pinheiro, of Portugal, gives a red card to Switzerland's Breel Embolo (7), left, during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Argentina and Switzerland in Kansas City, Mo., Saturday, July 11, 2026.

New tech behind some of FIFA World Cup's most contentious calls

It is not the first time at this World Cup that teams have hit out against new rules or technology.

Sport

Wed, Jul 15

A power bank. File photo.

What are the rules around power banks on planes, and why?

Many travellers still aren’t aware of the rules – or the fire risk.

Life

Wed, Jul 15

An email to Club+ loyalty scheme members with Foodstuffs.

Foodstuffs' Club+ sends fuel voucher emails to wrong customers

Foodstuffs says the issue was limited to the email and its audience, and affected customers have since been issued correct vouchers.

Business

Tue, Jul 14

Couple standing in front of their home with a for sale sign (File image).

How far can real estate agents go with enhancing photos?

AI enhancement of real estate pictures has become pretty standard – but where do we draw the line?

New Zealand

Mon, Jul 13

The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, April 2, 2026.

Apple files lawsuit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets

Apple said in the lawsuit that the theft of its trade secrets was part of a “coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level” by OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT.

World

Sat, Jul 11

Instagram has released Muse Image, which allows users to make "remixes" of other users' pictures.

Explainer

How to prevent your Instagram images from being used for AI

A new feature introduced by Instagram this week allows your photos to be used by anyone to make AI images.

World

Fri, Jul 10

A cryptocurrency ATM.

Government withdraws Crypto ATM ban in favour of targeted rules

Cabinet has abandoned a proposed ban on crypto ATMs after further analysis found a more flexible, targeted approach was available to address the risk of criminal misuse.

Politics

Thu, Jul 9

But some former models and an agent rejected the report’s findings.

Models reject Huffer probe finding their likeness wasn't used in AI ads

The brand came under scrutiny last month after Elijah Timmins-Scanlon alleged Huffer had used AI to create images resembling himself and other models.

Business

Wed, Jul 8

Wifi sign of Telstra Air wifi hotspot in Sydney.

'Deeply concerning': Australian Telstra outage halts calls, trains

The telco that powers about 25 million mobile services across the country confirmed it was looking into the issue impacting "some mobile calls and data connections".

World

Wed, Jul 8

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