New Zealand
NZ-specific security, tech and AI news — 223 items so far, from NZ-based outlets plus anything from the main feed that's specifically about NZ (not just a passing mention).
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- Westcon-Comstor posts record US$3.37B first-half sales as APAC demand for AI, cloud and cyber accelerates — Reseller News (NZ), 2d ago
- Oracle pledges US$1B investment for partner growth — Reseller News (NZ), 6d ago
- Salesforce to buy Braze for US$5.7 billion to boost real-time customer engagement — Reseller News (NZ), 10d ago
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Two-tier AI economy is emerging, AWS warns
A growing divide is emerging in AI adoption across New Zealand businesses – with a small group of AI leaders beginning to pull significantly ahead of the rest of the market. This is according to new research from AWS, which found …
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Extension of govt small businesses AI pilot welcomed
The New Zealand government’s decision to extend its AI Advisory Pilot for small businesses has been welcomed. Small business and manufacturing minister Cameron Brewer announced this week the government was extending the pilot, lau…
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NCSC warns leaders need to prepare as AI transforms cyber threats
The cyber threat environment is being transformed by AI and increasingly aggressive cybercriminal activity and New Zealand organisations need to prepare now, according to a warning from National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The a…
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Managing AI like a business investment
Artificial intelligence (AI) is forcing organisations to rethink how they measure technology value. Most IT leaders can explain costs such as labour, infrastructure, storage and compute, but they struggle to answer the question ex…
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AWS launches business certification to help boost local AI skills
AWS has announced two initiatives which aim to address the AI skills shortage in New Zealand. At its Cloud and AI Day in event in Auckland on Monday, the company said it was introducing its first AI certification for business lead…
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Engage Squared locks in Alceon investment for APAC expansion
Microsoft partner Engage Squared has received a growth investment from Australian investment manager Alceon to expand throughout the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. While investment terms were not disclosed, funds will go towards deep…
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NZ health system leans on digital and AI to manage growing pressure
Digital health services and artificial intelligence are emerging as critical tools in New Zealand’s efforts to manage growing pressure on the health system, according to the Health and Independence Report 2025 published by the Min…
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Infratil boosts growth and guidance as AI drives data centre demand
Publicly listed infrastructure investor Infratil has boosted its earnings guidance for its next financial year off the back of an increase in data centre demand globally. In a statement released to the NZX ahead of the company’s a…
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Chillisoft adds DataBahn to A/NZ distribution
Chillisoft has signed a distribution agreement with agentic data control plane vendor DataBahn for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). Based in Texas, the DataBahn platform can ingest, normalise, enrich, govern, and route telemetry …
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Microsoft’s AI Code of Conduct aims to curb AI behavior but lacks specifics
Microsoft added itself to a growing list of AI vendors pledging to try to control the behavior of its AI models. “AI should not exceed human control. Models should remain subordinate to humanity, subject to meaningful human oversi…
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‘Iconic’ New Zealand brands share AI success stories at Snowflake World Tour
Over 1,000 partners and customers attended the Snowflake World Tour event in Auckland earlier this month at which local customers shared their AI implementation success stories and lessons. This included ACC, Air New Zealand, Auck…
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Trust, accuracy and solid data foundations key to Tower’s and Sharesies’ AI journeys
As two very different companies, 150-year-old insurance firm Tower and nine-year old digital-native investment app provider Sharesies do not have much in common, but their AI journey started on similar foundations. Both firms focu…
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AI coming to comms systems as focus shifts to productivity outcomes: Digital Island
The next phase of AI adoption in New Zealand will centre on embedding AI directly into communications, customer engagement and operational workflows where productivity gains can be realised at scale. This is according to Digital I…
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Demand for self-service AI fuelling growth for Snowflake
Snowflake has enjoyed another bumper year in New Zealand with demand “skyrocketing” and a boost in headcount. “The past year has been unbelievable,” Snowflake NZ country manager Tony Shaw told Reseller News at the vendor’s Snowfla…
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Recorded Future undergoing channel ‘recentering’ with A/NZ push
Cyber threat intelligence platform Recorded Future is looking to reinvigorate its approach to the channel, including in Australia and New Zealand, with plans to introduce a newly developed partner programme soon. Servicing around …
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DyFlex Solutions Opens New Zealand Doors With New Auckland Office
DyFlex’s new Auckland office is less about an address than about permanence. It gives an established local team a home base, backed by a business that has grown to more than 300 people across Australia and New Zealand, with capabi…
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Most NZ organisations using AI for cyber security still rely on manual responses
While New Zealand is ahead of countries like Australia when it comes to adopting AI for cyber security, there remains an alarming disconnect between adoption and outcomes. This is according to new research from AI search vendor El…
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At least one in three roles eliminated by AI will be restored by 2029 at a higher cost: Gartner
Gartner on Wednesday said that it expects 30 per cent of the positions eliminated by AI-related layoffs to be refilled by 2029, suggesting that the initial terminations were ill-advised and excessive. “When business and IT executi…
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First Focus boosts NZ presence through Resolve Technology buy
Australian-founded First Focus has further boosted its New Zealand presence by acquiring Wellington-based managed IT services provider Resolve Technology. This is First Focus’ fourth New Zealand acquisition this year, bringing its…
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Debtfix and Digital Future Aotearoa receive US$75k in GTIA grants
Two New Zealand charities have received US$75,000 in grants from the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) in its latest round of charitable giving. Auckland-based Debtfix Foundation received US$50,000 in a GTIA member-ref…
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Looking back at 40 years of Advantage
Advantage celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. In that time, it has evolved from a PC manufacturer based in Palmerston North to a fully-fledged managed services provider with a team of 70, as well as support for customers in…
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Atturra focuses on packaging a decade of integration expertise for the AI era
Atturra is looking to turn a decade of Boomi integration experience into its next growth engine by embedding years of delivery knowledge, governance frameworks and intellectual property into AI-powered tools designed to accelerate…
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Evergreen doubles down on A/NZ MSP market, eyes AI-led future as acquisitions accelerate
Evergreen is ramping up its Australian and New Zealand expansion plans, with the US-based holding company expecting to add several more MSPs to its portfolio before the end of the year while positioning AI advisory services as the…
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Dell’s $95B AI backlog shows the infrastructure crunch is far from over
Dell Technologies is acknowledging that infrastructure and storage supply still can’t keep up with agentic AI’s insatiable appetite for resources. The company this week reported a “record” AI backlog, with $95 billion in orders wa…
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HPE’s record Q3: AI infrastructure, networking demands drive growth, but supply constraints tap the brakes
Demand for AI, networking, and servers drove HPE to a record quarter, the company reported during its third-quarter earnings call with financial analysts. “AI has become a multi-year growth driver, expanding demand across our HPE …
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Lack of dedicated AI leadership roles holding back transformation: Datacom
A leadership vacuum threatens New Zealand’s AI transformation, with only of 4 per cent of local business leaders saying AI has transformed their core operations – down from 8 per cent in 2025. This is according to research from Da…
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Sam Altman calls GPT-6 Astra rollout ‘messy’ as enterprise users wait for access
OpenAI’s rollout of its GPT-6 Astra model ran into early access issues after paying ChatGPT users were unable to use the system shortly after launch, prompting CEO Sam Altman to apologise and say the release had been “messy.” “Fir…
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VITG accelerates AI and cyber strategy with new managed services offerings
Virtual IT Group (VITG) has launched new managed services and managed security offerings designed to help Australian and New Zealand organisations tackle growing AI-driven cyber risks. The move is part of a broader transformation …
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Victoria MacLennan joins Equinox IT as independent director
Equinox IT has appointed industry veteran Victoria MacLennan to its board as the company expands its artificial intelligence, cloud and digital services capabilities. As one of the country’s most influential figures in digital tec…
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What Nvidia’s US$13B acquisition of Hugging Face means for AI model choice
When Nvidia said last week that it plans to pay $13 billion to acquire Hugging Face, the question arose of whether the open AI platform would remain open when it becomes a unit of Nvidia. And the current lack of a single viable op…
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TrendAI’s Richard Harrison brings a practitioner’s perspective to a global vendor
For Richard Harrison, making the move from working on the frontlines of cyber security as a chief information security officer (CISO) to working for a global vendor happened organically, rather than by design. Harrison joined Tren…
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RingCentral expands into NZ channel with Digital Island
Cloud communications and IT service provider Digital Island has secured a strategic partnership with RingCentral to introduce the vendor’s agentic voice AI offerings to New Zealand businesses. The collaboration will see Digital Is…
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Private AI cloud, agentic infrastructure dominate VMware Explore
Broadcom announced a new packaged AI infrastructure stack it’s calling the VMware AI Factory today at VMware Explore in Las Vegas. The company also announced a new agent governance platform and an open-source security portfolio. T…
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New Zealand outperforms on CX ROI, but lags on AI adoption
New Zealand businesses with live customer experience (CX) initiatives outperform their Australian counterparts on productivity gains, direct revenue growth and cost efficiency, despite lagging on AI adoption. This is according to …
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Federal judge rules for Anthropic in Pentagon dispute, nullifies government supply chain risk designation
The Trump Administration’s decision to punish Anthropic for its stance forbidding Claude’s use in domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons by identifying it as a supply chain risk to national security was “arbitrary and capric…
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Westcon-Comstor reimagines possibilities with AI
Westcon-Comstor’s recent technology industry event — IMAGINE Series — explored how organisations can harness AI while addressing the growing challenges of cybersecurity, data management, infrastructure modernisation and digital tr…
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Dicker Data’s half-yearly NZ slowdown offset by Australian growth
Dicker Data has seen overall growth in the business during the first half of its 2026 financial year, supported by “particularly strong” growth in the Australian side of its business, more than making up for declines seen in New Z…
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Dicker Data brings Huddly AI camera systems to New Zealand
Dicker Data New Zealand has secured a new distribution partnership with Norwegian AI-powered video technology provider Huddly. The agreement will see Dicker Data distribute Huddly’s full range of intelligent camera systems to part…
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Tech NZ urges SMEs to build digital foundations before AI
Industry body Tech New Zealand has urged small and medium-sized businesses to strengthen their digital foundations before pursuing broader AI adoption. Tech NZ’s latest report found New Zealand is well placed to harness the benefi…
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Gartner sees market for securing AI reach US$4.8bn by 2027
The securing of AI use is becoming one of the fastest-growing areas of cybersecurity as organisations rush to protect AI systems from new and emerging threats, with the global market projected to reach US$4.8 billion. The securing…
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Perplexity’s on-device AI offering promises data control and lower token costs
Perplexity on Tuesday rolled out an offering that runs the AI entirely on a local machine, and that, it said, will keep “private data local and escalating to the cloud only when a task needs it.” The service, called simply Portabl…
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Google adds AI-powered assessments to Migration Center to speed up cloud migration planning
Building a business case for moving enterprise workloads to the cloud or even switching cloud providers can itself be a lengthy exercise, requiring enterprises to first understand their existing infrastructure, model potential tar…
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Nvidia to hike prices by 15%, on top of an even larger increase in July
On top of July’s 30 per cent price hikes across almost all of its product lines, Nvidia is reportedly preparing to raise prices of servers, including those powered by Vera Rubin and Grace Blackwell chips, by 15 per cent, due to sk…
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SoftwareOne and Crayon: Bringing together two organisation to create the partner eco-system of choice
AI is changing the way businesses operate. As AI commoditises technical capability, the value shifts to judgement about which decisions are worth making and accountability for what the technology delivers. Analyst firm Omdia expec…
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Apple to OpenAI: Go to your room
Apple’s latest filing in its ongoing fight with OpenAI makes it sound as if Apple legal is so frustrated at the arguments the AI firm is making that it’s begun swatting them away like a parent might dismiss a child. Apple v. OpenA…
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When AI explains its decision, humans may stop thinking independently
AI is known to be confidently wrong, and now it’s influencing humans to be that way, too. In a new study, researchers tested AI’s influence on humans reviewing innovation proposals, and found that AI recommender tools were persuas…
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OpenAI ‘temporarily’ slows scaling efforts, promises zero data retention for select customers
OpenAI this week announced multiple moves designed to counter negative perceptions of its security and privacy, saying it had slowed its pace of scaling, implemented a two-week pause in reinforcement learning, and will be offering…
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Inside EDGE 2026: From the modern seller’s playbook to marketplaces, networking fun and dedicated tracks
The third day of EDGE 2026 brought together channel leaders, vendors and MSPs for a packed morning of insights focused on the future of selling, scaling and succeeding in an AI-driven market, before attendees headed out for networ…
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AI agents aren’t cheap, even with falling model costs: Gartner
While token economics are improving, this alone won’t prevent overall AI costs from rising as organisations move from chatbots to agentic systems. Analyst firm Gartner predicts AI inference costs per agentic workflow will increase…
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Oracle’s partner co-innovation initiative leads to success
Oracle’s focus on collaborating earlier with partners in joint engagements is working in the vendor’s favour as it uses AI to open up more opportunities. In 2025, the vendor’s group vice president and head of alliances and channel…
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