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• GCSB signs off on Vodafone NZ's 5G network plans

  Vodafone New Zealand's plans to deploy a 5G network has passed a major hurdle with security approval from ​​security agency the GCSB.

• Google suspends New Zealand 'trending' emails after suspect's name released

  Google has suspended an email alerting system in New Zealand following criticism by the government for publishing suppressed details of a murder case, the company said on Friday.

• NZ’s Spark banned from using Huawei 5G equipment

  New Zealand telco Spark has been banned from using equipment manufactured by Huawei as part of its 5G rollout.

• CEO of NZ’s Spark defends potential 5G role for Huawei

  The chief executive of New Zealand’s Spark, Simon Moutter, has come out strongly in support of Huawei as a potential supplier of 5G mobile network technology.

• ‘Nationally significant’ NZ organisations fall short on cyber security

  The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) says digital transformation is outpacing investment in cyber security among New Zealand's nationally significant organisations. It is calling on them lift their internal cyber security dialogue to drive the necessary changes.

• NZ government warns of algorithm bias

  The New Zealand government has produced its first report into the use of algorithms by government agencies, saying there are few safeguards against biased algorithms, and there is ample scope for government agencies to lift their game.

• Chorus UFB connections surge

  Chorus has reported a 45 per cent increase in the number of fibre broadband connections in the three months to 30 June, taking the total to 433,000, exceeding the number of ADSL connections for the first time.

• NZ government to expand cyber defence service

  The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) will extend its Malware-Free Networks cyber defence initiative, minister Andrew Little has announced.

• Full speed ahead for NZ’s rural broadband rollout

  The schedule for completing New Zealand's rural broadband programmes has been brought forward a year, and is now due for completion in 2021, communications minister Clare Curran has announced.

• NZ takes lead in Pacific Cyber-Security network

  Cyber security entities from 14 Pacific nations have formed the Pacific Cyber Security Operational Network (PaCSON), with CERT NZ named as its inaugural chair.

• NZ Health Ministry to use social media to predict epidemics

  New Zealand’s health minister, Jonathan Coleman, has launched a project that will seek to establish if tracking trends on social media and using ‘unconventional data’ can help predict outbreaks and further improve responses to epidemics.

• Scandal-plagued Fuji Xerox suspends sales to NZ government

  Fuji Xerox New Zealand (FXNZ) has decided to temporarily suspend new sales and marketing activities to government agencies covered by its three all-of-government (AoG) contracts.

• 2017 Hi-Tech Awards winners announced

  Frances Valintine is 2017 Flying Kiwi

• Serko teams up with HRS for corporate hotel bookings

  ​NZ Stock Exchange listed online travel booking and expense management company Serko (NZX: SKO) has formed a strategic partnership with HRS Global Hotel Solutions, an online hotel booking services designed for global enterprises, with a claimed 40,000 corporate customers.

• In pictures: Microsoft's Imagine Cup NZ winners

  After delivering presentations on their proposals to judging panels of their respective categories, the top 14 competing finalists for Microsoft NZ’s Imagine Cup gathered at the University of Auckland’s Business School yesterday afternoon to hear the announcement of the winners. Now in its 12th year, the Microsoft Imagine Cup sees around 16,900 students in 11,700 teams submitting 7,500 projects worldwide. This year’s competition in New Zealand received 73 entries from across the country.