New Zealand
NZ-specific security, tech and AI news — 113 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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- Infratil boosts growth and guidance as AI drives data centre demand — Reseller News (NZ), 1d ago
- Dell’s $95B AI backlog shows the infrastructure crunch is far from over — Reseller News (NZ), 9d ago
- HPE’s record Q3: AI infrastructure, networking demands drive growth, but supply constraints tap the brakes — Reseller News (NZ), 9d ago
- What Nvidia’s US$13B acquisition of Hugging Face means for AI model choice — Reseller News (NZ), 13d ago
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Design it right. Deliver it fast. Win with Lenovo TCE
Design It Right. Deliver It Fast: How Ingram Micro NZ and Lenovo TCE Win Business In today’s technology market, customers want solutions that are built around their specific business requirements, but they also want those solution…
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Second Auckland Fortinet SASE PoP to meet growing demand for secure access
Fortinet has opened a second secure access service edge (SASE) point of presence (PoP) in Auckland to meet growing demand from New Zealand customers for locally delivered secure access. The security vendor opened its first Aucklan…
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First New Zealand GTIA chapter launches in Auckland
The first local chapter of the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) has launched in Auckland with its inaugural meeting set to happen next week. In attendance will be GTIA CEO Dan Wensley, who told Reseller News local cha…
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Ingram Micro to bring AirBridge solutions to NZ and Pacific
Ingram Micro New Zealand has expanded its network resilience and secure connectivity portfolio through a distribution agreement with AirBridge Networks. The arrangement will provide Ingram Micro partners in New Zealand, the Pacifi…
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TSP Advisory expands fractional leadership capability with Nathan Hutchison
The TSP Advisory has expanded its presence in New Zealand with the appointment of Tesseract founder Nathan Hutchison, as it looks to help channel partners scale, mature their operations and improve business performance. Hutchison …
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Channel Choice voting now open for Reseller News Innovation Awards 2026
Channel Choice voting is now open for the Reseller News Innovation Awards 2026. Channel Choice gives readers the opportunity to recognise a vendor, distributor or partner that has made an outstanding contribution to the New Zealan…
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Okta appoints Sunil Kedaraji to head up APJ channel
Okta has hired Sunil Kedaraji as vice president of channel and strategic alliances for the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region. Based in Singapore, Kedaraji’s focus will be Okta’s APJ partner business and will work closely with sa…
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Spark launches dedicated data centre interconnect service with Ciena
Spark Wholesale has launched a dedicated data centre interconnect (DCI) service between regional data centres in Auckland to meet growing demand for secure, high-capacity data transmission. The company is using NYSE-listed high-sp…
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Smartsheet promotes Jarrod Kinchington to head up APAC
Enterprise work management platform Smartsheet has promoted its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) vice president Jarrod Kinchington to lead the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. As vice president and general manager of APAC, Kinchington’…
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ServiceNow promotes Carol Bowman to leading channel role
ServiceNow has promoted its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) channel and alliances lead, Carol Bowman, to the position of senior director global partners and channel for the region. Having worked at ServiceNow since 2023, she come…
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2degrees steps in as Mercury winds down Now NZ
2degrees will be taking on business customers from Mercury Energy’s regional telco subsidiary Now New Zealand, as it prepares to shut up shop. Mercury announced in July it would close Now New Zealand later this year – less than fo…
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Lenovo A/NZ’s Pam Caldwell closes chapter with vendor
Lenovo Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) head of sales operations Pam Caldwell has announced that she is “closing an incredible chapter” with the global technology vendor. In a post on LinkedIn, Caldwell wrote that “coming back to …
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REANNZ appoints Jane McGale as first CTO and Dougal Macdiarmid as partnerships director
REANNZ has filled two newly created executive roles with appointments from the private sector as it seeks to boost access to its services and build a more scalable model for growth. The organisation, which operates the country’s n…
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Lumify bolsters leadership team with new CEO, COOs
Corporate IT and process training organisation Lumify Group has shaken up its executive team with a new CEO in the form of Darren Cook as well as two chief operating officers (COO). Joining Cook’s appointment is Ayisha Tufail, who…
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ConnectWise rebuilds trust to ready A/NZ partners for the future
ConnectWise has worked towards building trust after it was attacked by what it believed to be a nation state actor, with CEO Manny Rivelo noting transparency was vital after the fact. Last year, ConnectWise flagged that it noticed…
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AoFrio hires for APAC SaaS growth
NZX-listed smart refrigeration tech company AoFrio has appointed Peg Tsai to the role of commercial and customer success manager to help drive customer growth across the Asia Pacific (APAC) and East Asia region Based in Auckland, …
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Advantage celebrates 40 years with $10K startup tech prize
IT and cybersecurity provider Advantage is celebrating its 40th anniversary by offering one emerging New Zealand business a year of expert technology and cybersecurity support. The Advantage Head Start prize will provide an eligib…
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‘Huge’ expansion opportunity in A/NZ for Appian and its partners
The Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) region has the potential to provide process automation platform Appian for a “huge” expansion opportunity. In turn, this provides the vendor’s partners with the chance for their own growth. Acc…
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2degrees satellite services in sight as it opens AST SpaceMobile ground station
2degrees has taken a step closer to launching direct-to-device satellite services with the opening a satellite ground station with partner AST SpaceMobile this week. The facility in Marton in the central North Island is one of the…
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Rivals 2degrees and One NZ to cozy up on proposed radio access network joint venture
Telecommunications rivals 2degrees and One New Zealand have revealed a proposed plan to combine their respective radio access networks (RAN) into a joint venture. Under the proposal, the companies will combine their respective RAN…
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DyFlex continues path of growth with SAP opportunities in NZ
DyFlex is doubling down on growth, expanding its workforce, office footprint and cloud capabilities following increased customer demand for data and cloud transformation in regions like New Zealand. The managed service provider (M…
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Delinea boosts APAC team with A/NZ GM and dedicated channel director
Identity management vendor Delinea has expanded its Asia Pacific leadership team to include a general manager for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ), plus a dedicated channel director for the region. The company has appointed Shane …
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Akamai appoints Louis Tague as VP and MD for Australia and New Zealand
Akamai has appointed Louis Tague as regional vice president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ). Tague was most recently A/NZ vice president and managing director at CrowdStrike up to November 2025, and has …
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Xero chief Sukhinder Singh Cassidy gets pay bump to match global peers
Xero has boosted the overall pay package of its CEO, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, to align her target remuneration with global technology industry peers. In a statement released to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), Xero chair David…
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New Zealand to pursue social media ban for children under 16
The legislation would mandate that high-risk social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat and Facebook take “reasonable steps” to ensure users are over age 16 by using tools like facial age estimation, digital ID ser…
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Dicker Data adds Sophos to boost cyber security offering
Dicker Data is set to expand its cyber security portfolio and providing partners across Australia and New Zealand with Sophos solutions. The agreement will see Dicker Data distribute the vendor’s cyber security portfolio across en…
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All-fibre focus delivers strong results for Chorus with revenue and profits up
Efforts to becoming a simpler, all-fibre business has paid dividends for Chorus as it reported growth in revenue, earnings before tax and net profit in its annual financial results. In a statement to the NZX, the company said its …
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DyFlex continues path of growth with SAP opportunities
DyFlex is doubling down on growth, expanding its workforce, office footprint and cloud capabilities following increased customer demand for data and cloud transformation. The managed service provider (MSP) has had a busy year sinc…
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Spark trims headcount ahead of split into two units
Spark has reduced its headcount by over 600 people in the past year as it prepares to split into two divisions. In its annual report, released alongside its 2026 financial year results , Spark reported overall headcount of 3,416 e…
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Mobile service revenue up, IT services down for Spark in FY26
Spark New Zealand has seen a return to revenue growth for its mobile services in its 2026 financial year, along with a boost to its cash flow and balance sheet following the sale in its data centre business. However, revenues were…
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NCSC reports 19% spike in serious cyber security incidents in Q2
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has reported a 19 per cent increase in cyber security incidents with the potential to cause national harm in the second quarter of 2026. This is according to the NCSC’s latest Cyber Securi…
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Tech NZ calls for urgent action to take local quantum and photonics tech global
Industry body Tech New Zealand has launched a manifesto, along with a local tech community, with the aim to help boost the country’s quantum and photonics sectors. According to the group, New Zealand has deep roots in quantum and …
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Michael Johnson returns to Transaction Network Services as global lead for payments division
New Zealander Michael Johnson has rejoined US-based payment and network solutions vendor Transaction Network Services (TNS), coming into the role of global managing director for its payments market business. Described as a payment…
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Cisco makes changes to its channel leadership ranks
Cisco has made several changes to its Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) leadership team, with long-time channel chief Rodney Hamill moving into the role of managing director, South, covering Victoria, the ACT, and Tasmania in Austr…
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Spark appoints former Mercury boss Vince Hawksworth as chair
Spark New Zealand has appointed non-executive director former Mercury Energy CEO Vince Hawksworth as the new chair of its board. In a statement to the NZX, Spark said Hawksworth will take over the reins from Justine Smyth, who has…
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Vista Group clinches six-year deal with Hoyts in A/NZ
NZX and ASX-listed film industry technology provider Vista Group has secured a new six-year contract with Hoyts to move its cinemas in New Zealand and Australia to the vendor’s cloud platform. The agreement marks the next phase in…
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JB Hi-Fi posts record A$11B in total sales during FY26
JB Hi-Fi has seen a bumper crop of a financial year, with it making a record total sales result of just over A$11 billion during the 12-month period to 30 June, a rise of 4.8 per cent year-on-year. This is a jump from its FY25 res…
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Finalists revealed for Reseller News Innovation Awards 2026
Reseller News is proud to reveal the finalists for the Innovation Awards 2026, recognising excellence across the New Zealand channel, including start-ups, partners, distributors, marketplaces, vendors and personal achievement. Set…
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Atturra modernises Invercargill City Council’s ageing HR, payroll platforms with TechOne
Atturra has modernised Invercargill City Council’s separated ageing HR and payroll platforms with the go-live of a new TechnologyOne solution. The service provider was tapped in early 2024 to upgrade the Council’s systems as part …
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Inside day one of EDGE 2026: A powerful start as Jay McBain challenges partners to rethink growth
GE 2026 kicked off in spectacular fashion in Cairns, with globally renowned IT industry analyst Jay McBain delivering a keynote that challenged partners to rethink growth, ecosystems and the future of the technology channel. Partn…
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Fujitsu launches consultancy arm Uvance Wayfinders in A/NZ
Fujitsu has planted its consultancy flag in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) through the launch of Uvance Wayfinders, with Mat Franklin promoted to lead the charge. Launched in Japan in 2024, Uvance Wayfinders provides consultancy…
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One NZ reshuffles leadership team ahead of CEO change
One New Zealand is revamping its executive team as Nick Judd prepares to become chief executive officer on 31 August, taking over from Jason Paris. The changes will see current chief technology officer Kieran Byrne become chief fi…
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Mercury adds 50,000 mobile connections through bundled services
Mercury has reached 50,000 connections for its mobile service, powering the electricity company’s ambitions to become a leading multi-product home services provider. According to Mercury, the growth in its mobile offering supports…
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Contact Energy and CDC aim to build data centre on site of former Stratford gas power plant
Contact Energy and data centre operator CDC are exploring the option of building a 250 MW data centre together on the site of a defunct gas power plant in the Taranaki town of Stratford. In a statement released to the NZX, the ene…
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Canon Business Services A/NZ grabs Matt Clarkin as sales GM
Canon Business Services (CBS) Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) has hired Matt Clarkin as general manager of sales and marketing. Coming after a six-month stint at Avanade, Clarkin joins the company with over 26 years of experience…
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Over 400M GB used on Spark subsidised broadband offer in first decade
Since its launch in 2016, Spark’s subsidised prepaid broadband programme, Skinny Jump, has provided access to around 418 million gigabytes of data and now connects one in five New Zealand households without home internet, the telc…
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Polish data centre plans to send its waste heat to the neighbours
As Europe swelters in a heatwave, residents probably don’t want to hear about ways to make their homes even hotter, but that’s what Polish property developer Citylink is talking about, with plans to dump waste heat from a new data…
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The next smart move for SMB partners
For small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), technology investment has entered a new phase. The conversation has moved beyond buying hardware, moving to the cloud or adopting the latest software platform. Today, SMBs are demanding m…
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Government calls in Chorus debt to fund roads, classrooms
The New Zealand government has finalised plans to sell debt it holds in Chorus, valued at $702 million, to help fund other infrastructure projects, including roads and classrooms. In a joint statement, Minister of Finance Nicola W…
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A/NZ market helps shape Coro’s next phase of channel growth
Cyber security vendor Coro is using lessons learned from its first year in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) to help drive its global channel strategy, with the company claiming stronger-than-expected growth as managed service prov…
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