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2/12/2026
Techday NZ

Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says

Health NZ says a third-party hardware failure caused a 36-hour South Island hospital IT outage that forced staff back to pen and paper.

General Tech
2/12/2026
Techday NZ

Stress rising for New Zealand’s small business owners

Stress is surging for New Zealand’s small business owners, with nearly half considering closing as rising costs and tax shocks take their toll.

General Tech
2/12/2026
Techday NZ

Spark & Icehouse launch free AI workshops for SMEs

Spark and Icehouse will run free nationwide AI and productivity workshops to help New Zealand SMEs lift performance and overcome tech barriers.

General Tech
2/12/2026
Idealog

Stress costing small business owners dearly

Nearly half of Kiwi small business owners have considered giving up their business due to stress, according to new research by Xero.

Innovation
2/12/2026
IT Brief NZ

BlueCat unveils Horizon SaaS for unified netops control

BlueCat launches Horizon SaaS to unify DNS, DHCP, IPAM, security and observability, promising AI-assisted, self-healing intelligent networks.

Enterprise Tech
2/12/2026
Techday NZ

Fantasy dairy league turns real New Zealand cows into stars

Meadow Fresh launches a fantasy league where real New Zealand cows earn points via smart-collar data, with NZD $20,000 up for grabs.

General Tech
2/12/2026
RNZ Media & Technology

A new wave of romance scams is washing across the internet - here’s how to stay safe

Beware AI-assisted scams going after your heart and then your wallet.

General Tech
2/12/2026
IT Brief NZ

Rapid7 crowns Orro APJ Partner of the Year for 2026

Rapid7 names Orro its 2026 APJ Partner of the Year as four other Australian security specialists secure top regional award honours.

Enterprise Tech
2/11/2026
IT Brief NZ

Kyndryl unveils policy-as-code guardrails for AI agents

Kyndryl launches policy-as-code guardrails to keep agentic AI workflows governed, auditable and compliant in tightly regulated sectors.

Enterprise Tech
2/11/2026
IT Brief NZ

monday.com grows on AI demand as large clients surge

monday.com rides AI demand and larger clients to 2025 revenue of USD $1.23 billion, up 27%, with a 14% non-GAAP operating margin.

Enterprise Tech
2/11/2026
IT Brief NZ

Fluent Cargo, Sea Sentinel AI team to cut port risk

Fluent Cargo links Sea Sentinel AI to give Australian shippers early alerts on strikes, storms and congestion threatening port operations.

Enterprise Tech
2/11/2026
IT Brief NZ

Armis unveils AI-native Centrix platform for app security

Armis launches AI-native Centrix platform to secure application code, aiming to cut false alarms and safeguard AI-assisted development.

Enterprise Tech