Written by Phil Pennington
AI is driving a 60% rise in data centre electricity demand in Auckland, challenging power supply priorities amid $6 billion planned grid investments.
Mega-company Amazon asked Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for help over billion-dollar data centres it is building here, and to have input on policy.
Technology that lets outdoor advertisers track people in the street is spreading, though the marketing industry says it is at pains not to invade privacy.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern refuses to disclose her discussions with major tech companies regarding data centres in New Zealand.
Smart devices from various non-Chinese companies are found to have hidden loyalty pledges to the Chinese state in their terms and conditions.
A digital security breach allowed personal details about most University of Otago students to be viewable to others.
New Zealand is under pressure to yield to new European Union demands over how companies harvest people's data.
A Wellington cloud services provider says Google's claim it will offer New Zealanders complete control over their own data is not true.
Māori data specialists are accusing the government of ignoring them while going ahead and expanding the reach of facial recognition technology.
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.
Officials alert PM that submarine cables, vital for vast data transfers, are attractive espionage targets amid global concerns over their security.
Police warned of 'very high' privacy risks in shifting sensitive data to Microsoft's cloud, amid a cautious trial in Wellington started in 2023.
An Auckland man fears identity theft after personal details were stolen from Bloom Hearing Specialists, who kept his data for over six years.
Despite 20 years of attempts, New Zealand still lacks an effective disaster coordination system. Locals fear they remain unprepared for the next Cyclone Gabrielle.
RNZ understands multiple deadlines have been missed after officials tried to buy an off-the-shelf system and customise it.
Government's online identity check system raises concerns over human rights, ethics, and Māori engagement. Nationwide pilot underway.
Google supports efforts to fix legal stability in data flow and privacy. New Zealand uses Google Analytics in online ID system.
