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Four big, four small things you may have missed during week one on the campaign
Analysis: During the first full week on the campaign trail, the big parties had big launches, a gelato shop stumped the Chrises, and many promises were made.

Police trying to identify woman receiving care in Auckland hospital
Concerns were raised about the woman’s welfare in central Auckland and police were notified on Monday.

ThreatBook acquires CyberStrikeAI in red team push
The deal gives security teams a widely used AI testing tool with on-premises controls, as vendors race to speed up offensive defence.

Hurricanes bolster 2027 squad with Fineanganofo and Ta'eiloa
Super Rugby Pacific champions have boosted their squad by keeping Fehi Fineanganofo and the arrival of Tupou Ta'eiloa.

Azul Prime cuts Java warm-up times with new compiler
The update could reduce cloud costs and latency for autoscaling Java fleets, letting new instances reach full performance much faster on first request.

NZ fuel supplies secure but 'less room for error', Z Energy warns
Z Energy says it is absorbing some price rises for motorists as margins come under pressure.

‘The last dance’: Ardie Savea confirms Super Rugby future
The All Blacks captain has confirmed his next move after the collapse of Moana Pasifika.

Sir Tim Shadbolt couldn’t stop smiling for this portrait. Now it’s on the cover of his final chapter
Long-time friend and former Hamilton mayor Margaret Evans has written a 545-page book covering the final years of Sir Tim Shadbolt’s life.

TrendAI launches autonomous vulnerability discovery on AWS
The service keeps source code inside customers' AWS environments while using human review to cut false positives and verify fixes.

Lumicent launches decision platform for industrial risk
Industrial operators could curb downtime and focus maintenance where it matters most as Lumicent links asset data to business risk.

Christopher Luxon walks back 'bizarre claim' about the Greens
The Prime Minister then suggested - wrongly - that the claims originated from the media.

QNX & neueHCT win German carmaker camera programme
The programme could bring advanced driver assistance features to millions of passenger vehicles across China and Asia-Pacific from 2027.

'Rugby's biggest star': Blues win race to sign All Blacks captain Ardie Savea
Franchise boss hopes 'transformational' loose forward stays for longer than current one-season deal.

Auckland early learning centre closes over asbestos fears in rangoli powder
An Auckland early learning service has temporarily closed after alerting authorities to potentially asbestos-contaminated rangoli powder.

TrendAI adds Claude session visibility for security teams
Security teams can now trace prompts, responses and tool calls from Claude Code and Cowork alongside other enterprise signals.

Fire truck rolls on way to Manawatu blaze, three firefighters injured
Two of the firefighters were taken to hospital.

200 percent jump: Petrol prices drive EV surge
An economist says the jump in EV sales aligns with fuel prices going from from a low of $2.90 a litre for 91 to $3.35.

Man in critical condition, another arrested following incident in Hamilton
A man is fighting for his life after an incident in central Hamilton.

One man critically injured after incident in central Hamilton
The man has been taken to hospital, with another arrested following the incident.

Broadcom launches TrueSource to bolster open source security
It widens Broadcom's support model beyond Spring, giving customers verified fixes for Java, Python, Node.js and data services as vulnerabilities surge.

Crestron launches Collab Compute in India at InfoComm
India's corporate meeting-room upgrades may get simpler as the platform is tailored for Teams Rooms and Zoom Rooms deployments.