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• Reloadable Visa card to address security, availability

  From Thursday, Kiwis will be able to use a reloadable pre-paid visa card that works in a similar way to pre-paid mobile phones.

• ACC puts address project on hold

  The Accident Compensation Corporation has put on hold a project to standardise all address information to New Zealand Post’s new standard.

• Prezzy card remains open to abuse

  Nearly a year since a flaw was revealed in NZ Post’s “Prezzy” Visa card, the card is still open to misuse.

• Free tool offered for mail database checks

  Data analysis company Datamine has launched a free software product to help bulk mail senders determine whether their mailing database complies with the imminent changes to New Zealand Post regulations.

• Get certified or lose discount, NZ Post warns

  Organisations that fail to have their mailing databases certified as being compliant with the new New Zealand Post addressing standards by July 1 2008 will lose their bulk mailing discounts, the state-owned enterprise says.

• NZ Post looks to future

  When NZ Post announced in May the introduction of new post codes and a new mail distribution model that would eventually see 500 jobs go, it was putting in place part of its “Future Post” strategy. This should have been implemented at least a year previously.

• NZ Post goes all-IP and saves a bundle

  NZ Post has replaced its frame-relay network, which serviced 330 retail outlets, with an all-IP network complete with 1,200 IP EFTPOS terminals.

• NZ Post splits IT functions

  NZ Post’s IT functions have been reorganised, as reported in Computerworld (April 24), following consultation with staff. The CIO role, originally proposed for disestablishment, has been saved however, albeit in a slightly different form.

• NZ Post busts its cluster

  NZ Post is looking to divest itself of its stake in five small IT ventures in which it holds share interests ranging from 2% to more than 50%.

• Gates greets local IT execs

  Executives from NZ Post have been in Seattle for a “brainstorming” meeting with Microsoft bigwigs this week.

• Disk swap key to easy Post W2K rollout

  NZ Post is handling the “logistical challenges” of its Windows 2000 rollout on the principle that hard disks are less expensive than the time of IT experts.