New Balance opens flagship store on Auckland’s Queen St as local arm targets growth
According to the company’s financial statements posted to the New Zealand Companies Office, the local arm reported total…
Free flu vaccines for under-5s: GPs got no formal warning before rollout
Associate Health Minister David Seymour and Health Minister Simeon Brown said the decision followed calls from patients for…
OpenAI begins rollout of new powerful AI model GPT-6 Astra
The San Francisco-based company said Astra was developed with stronger safeguards after that incident, though Astra itself was…
Powershop complaints pile in, customers flee company
“We asked people to let us know if they had experienced big increases in their Powershop bills, and…
Samsung releases One UI 9.0 beta 4 for the Galaxy S26 series
Samsung is edging closer to a public release of One UI 9 for its Galaxy S26 lineup. The…
Calder Stewart to invest $110m in rooftop solar and battery rollout
The systems are expected to generate about 4.2 gigawatt hours of electricity a year, equivalent to the annual…
Ministers announce nationwide rollout of roadside drug tests
The tests have been rolled out in several regions, including Auckland, Wellington and Canterbury, and were on track…
Rotorua Lakes Council considers alternative suppliers after Iran war delays green bin rollout
But on May 7, the council announced the service would be delayed, with no revised timeline, because of…
Todd Stephenson writes to Judith Collins on ‘slow’ English-first rebrand rollout; Minister asks for cost advice
“This aligns with the Government’s priority that the public sector focus on frontline services. The Government expects agencies…
Burger King launches AI bot to monitor worker courtesy in US trial rollout
The Guardian reported the voice-enabled chatbot – created by OpenAI, which developed ChatGPT – has been configured to…
NZ the guinea pig for ChatGPT group chat, but there are privacy and usability issues – Tech Insider
ChatGPT’s new group chat feature is being piloted in four countries. Participants can then chat to each other,…
Police select new roadside drug testing device, Securetec DrugWipe 3 S, for rollout in Wellington
Greally said the equipment had been tested for accuracy by officers and an independent forensic laboratory. This was…