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Passengers will begin using Sydney's long-delayed second airport next month, despite a shortage of hotel beds and a metro line not due until 2027.
One in three Australian businesses blew their AI budget last year, as token-heavy deployments drove unplanned costs and stalled projects.
The seed round will fund Drumbeat's push into Australia and the United States as companies seek cheaper, in-house PR tools.
Poor public understanding can derail even fully funded projects if support, trust and political backing fail to keep pace with the build.
Most organisations in Australia and New Zealand still cannot match machine-speed attacks, leaving blind spots and manual defences exposed.
Despite a surge in workplace use, most firms still cannot show whether AI is paying off, with only 8% tracking impact with clear KPIs.
Australian enterprises are under pressure to tame AI-driven complexity, compliance risk and rising technology costs as Datadog broadens its platform.
Viewers in Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand will soon see interactive shopping ads on LG smart TVs as the partners widen their US rollout.
Marketers risk misreading APAC growth as install gains slowed in gaming and retention weakened, even as finance and payments adoption lifted some markets.
Weak R&D growth has prompted calls for New Zealand to court overseas firms at the product-launch stage and lift investment.
Flood risk can change by a metre over short stretches of New Zealand's coast, after researchers mapped tides from satellite images.
Pressure is mounting on Gisborne's tourism infrastructure, with councillors weighing a campervan waste site after years of complaints and a closure.
Maia aims to give workers instant guidance in the flow of work, with managers able to turn its prompts into assignments.
Licenced firearms owners will deal with a regulator independent of police and ministers when the new agency opens in 2026.
The plan faces an uncertain path in Parliament, with coalition partners ACT and New Zealand First refusing support for the under-16s ban.
A silo collapse and grain-price shocks have turned finance into a frontline role at Champion Flour Milling, driving supply and loss recovery.
Households could face higher bills unless new water entities lift delivery from councils' 60 to 80 per cent record and prove their costs.
Building projects can now match lifts to their wider interiors, as a broader palette of finishes and digital panels enters the New Zealand market.
Its lower cost, slimmer build and barely visible crease make Samsung's latest foldable the first to seriously tempt iPhone users.
About a quarter of the Rakaia rollout cannot yet report readings, leaving Ashburton District Council unable to rely on the system for wider use.