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New Zealand vs Australia, 2nd T20I - Who will win today NZ vs AUS match?
NZ vs AUS, 2nd T20I,Cricket Tips:Tim Robinson slammed a hard-fought century in the first game but couldn#39;t see his team winning the first T20I. It was because of the sheer domination of the Australian batting unit led by captain Mitchell Marsh,...

Hitachi Vantara Appoints Dave Wardrop as Australia and New Zealand CTO and Director of Solution Consulting
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the appointment of Dave Wardrop as its new Chief Technology Officer and Director of...

Sydney to Auckland ocean race welcomes Palm Beach Motor Yachts
Excitement is building ahead of the Sydney to Auckland Ocean Race (S2A), which will set sail from Sydney Harbour at 1pm on 11 October, 2025. Now in its second edition, the 1,200-nautical-mile race across the Tasman is co-hosted by the Royal Prince...

Kia announces New Zealand prices, specs and availability for EV4 sedan
Really like the Kia EV3 small all-electric SUV, but wish it was a bit more sedan-y? Well, you are in luck, because Kia New Zealand has just launched the new EV4 ‘Fastback’ electric sedan, officially revealing pricing yesterday. The EV4 launches in...

New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals collapses
New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals has discovered it is insolvent and advised members it has no alternative but to enter liquidation. The Institute (ITP) wrote to members on Thursday and posted a document titled “Important Update on ITP’s...

New Zealand could have mobile driver’s licenses by end of 2025
Neighboring Australia has hogged the digital headlines of late, largely through its incoming age restrictions on social media platforms. But New Zealand has been no less busy on the digitization front, recently issuing a Biometric Processing...

Govt redirects $42m of science funding into Biodiscovery Platform
The Minister says the investment will ‘unlock new economic opportunities’ with native flora and fauna. Some exploratory work has been done on the native kānuka plant. The Government is redirecting $42 million of science funding over the next seven...

Research To Support Our World-class Potato Industry
Tasmanian Government The Tasmanian Government has developed a new research program which aims to provide practical solutions for the management of potato mop-top virus. Developed in collaboration with the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture and...
Country Life: The high-tech dairy hub feeding China's sweet tooth
Hot cream cheese being packed at Fonterra's Darfield plant for Asian markets. Photo: RNZ/Cosmo Kentish-Barnes Ever wondered what goes on in one of those huge dairy factories dotted around rural New Zealand? One of Fonterra's largest plants at...

‘Game-changer’ set to disrupt NZ diabetes market
New Zealand-owned healthcare company Pharmaco (N.Z.) Ltd is launching the new CareSens Air Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) system in New Zealand on 1st October at a price to increase accessibility for Kiwis with diabetes in the currently...

New Zealand Adds New Information Privacy Principle
On September 23, 2025, New Zealand passed a targeted update to the Privacy Act 2020 that strengthens transparency around third‑party data collection and fine‑tunes several privacy processes. The headline change is a new Information Privacy...

Major vape brand exposed for using alarming social media tactic: 'Restricted access'
A study identified a major vape brand as using global Instagram accounts to get around local laws meant to protect youth — particularly in New Zealand, where youth vaping rates are high, according to an article in The Conversation. What's...

New Zealand plans for LNG imports in 2027
The New Zealand government has assured the power companies in which it is a majority shareholder that capital is available to support investment in critical electricity infrastructure. “Reliable and affordable energy is key to New Zealand’s...
Full Report: New Zealand's Cruel Genetic Engineering Animal Field Trials Reach An End.
The GE Animal experimental field trials have ended in failure. The disastrous trials have come at the cost of years of cruelty to the animals. The trials involving hundreds of animals over two decades have been largely kept under the radar from...

Hitachi Vantara names Dave Wardrop CTO for Australia & New Zealand
Hitachi Vantara has appointed Dave Wardrop as Chief Technology Officer and Director of Solution Consulting for Australia and New Zealand. Wardrop, who will be based in Canberra, will assume responsibility for directing Hitachi Vantara's technical...
Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market Industry Trends and Forecasts to 2035: Point-to-Point Free Space Optics Gains Market Dominance – ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Free Space Optics (FSO) Communication Market Industry Trends and Forecasts to 2035: Distribution by Type of Platform, Component, Transmission Range, FSO, Communication, Areas of Application, End-Users, Company Size, and...

Donorbees launches to simplify payroll giving for New Zealanders
A new payroll giving platform called Donorbees has launched in New Zealand, aiming to streamline the process of charitable donations through employers and make giving easier for individuals, companies, and charities. Platform features Donorbees...

Donorbees Launches To Super-charge Payroll Giving In New Zealand
Press Release – Donorbees A handful of seasoned finance and technology founders have joined forces to launch Donorbees, a payroll giving platform designed to take the pain out of giving and unlock the generosity of thousands of New Zealanders....

Air New Zealand flight aborts take-off in Apia after cockpit alert
About 30 seconds after NZ993 began its take-off roll along the runway at Samoa’s main airport, the brakes were applied and the flaps extended, slowing the 787 before it could become airborne. The captain could then be heard over the tannoy saying,...

Silicon Valley's 'sickening' capitulation to Trump is a 'tyrant’s best weapon': tech exec
Former Google and Apple executive Kim Scott says in an op-ed in The New York Times that watching the intersection between the tech world and President Donald Trump echoes "the pain of watching Russia lose its briefly held freedoms." Scott, who...