Kiwi News

New Zealand adds Applied Intelligent Systems subject

Students will learn to work with AI tools across multiple industries as New Zealand broadens senior secondary options to match labour-market demand.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Today

Software Development

ShadowTech26 brings 1,500 girls into tech workplaces

More than 1,500 New Zealand schoolgirls will get workplace exposure as the tech sector seeks to widen its talent pipeline.

By Sofiah Nichole Salivio • 4 min read • Today

Data governance

Tech New Zealand urges action on digital skills gap

New Zealand's tech growth is being constrained by a deepening talent shortage, with firms struggling to fill AI, cyber and cloud roles.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Yesterday

Energy efficient

New Zealand power demand hits record as cold snap bites

Households and businesses were kept supplied despite a record winter morning peak of 7,415 MW, as low wind tightened the grid.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Biometrics

Authsignal launches digital credential checks in NZ

Businesses in New Zealand can now verify wallet-held IDs on one integration, with age checks possible without revealing full identity.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Digital Transformation

Chorus launches TimeSync precision timing service in NZ

The fibre-backed alternative could reduce reliance on GPS for banks, utilities and emergency services, improving resilience against outages and interference.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last week

Data Analytics

Cello buys GKC Consulting to boost digital resilience

Customers will get fewer handovers during outages as Cello folds GKC Consulting's observability expertise into its network operations business.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last week

Disaster Recovery

Datacom finds NZ firms untested on outage recovery

Many New Zealand firms say they could ride out an outage, but fewer than four in ten have tested recovery of critical systems recently.

By Sean Mitchell • 5 min read • Last week

Taxation

Westcon Group NZ lifts profit despite revenue drop

Lower purchasing costs and stronger finance income lifted Westcon Group NZ's annual profit to NZD $9.8 million, even as sales slipped.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

IT Industry

Dell New Zealand profit rises despite slight revenue dip

Lower operating costs and foreign exchange gains helped offset softer sales, leaving net profit up to NZD $2.34 million as assets grew.

By Karen Joy Bacudo • 3 min read • Last week

Software-as-a-Service

Revolut partners OpenAI to add ChatGPT Go to plans

Millions of Revolut customers will get OpenAI's ChatGPT Go free for up to a year, as the fintech bundles AI into its paid plans.

By Mark Tarre • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

EY New Zealand names 16 finalists for entrepreneur award

The shortlist spans software, biotech and retail, highlighting the breadth of New Zealand firms vying for EY's 2026 entrepreneur prize.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month

Software-as-a-Service

QuizFlight adds knowledge tags to security training

Security teams can now pinpoint training gaps by topic as QuizFlight's tagging system measures understanding, not just course completion.

By Mark Tarre • 3 min read • Last month

Clean technologies

Snowplanet cuts grid power with 1.05MW solar array

The indoor ski venue expects the project to cut grid electricity use by about 30 per cent while trimming operating costs in summer.

By Sean Mitchell • 3 min read • Last month

Data Protection

HP launches keyboard PC for compact business desks

Organisations seeking tidier shared desks may adopt a keyboard-integrated PC that supports four 4K displays and local AI tasks.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

IT Industry

Ngāti Whātua names first tech scholarship recipients

The awards aim to widen Māori access to tech careers by funding study, mentoring and business links for 18- to 25-year-olds.

By Sean Mitchell • 4 min read • Last month

Marketing Technologies

Authentic Digital named Semrush's first NZ partner

New Zealand marketers will gain local access to enterprise search and AI visibility tools as brands adapt to being found in chatbots as well as Google.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Last month