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Fonterra's CTO on why most tech transformations fail
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Fonterra's CTO on why most tech transformations fail

Scott Pyles says part of it comes down to selling the idea of change to the board.

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Silicon Valley’s new grind: ‘9-9-6’ to keep up with AI
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Silicon Valley’s new grind: ‘9-9-6’ to keep up with AI

12-hour days, six days a week, the reality for nearly everyone there, Meta AI leader says.

NZ facing one serious cyber threat a day, GCSB chief says
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NZ facing one serious cyber threat a day, GCSB chief says

Hackers backed by foreign states behind roughly a quarter of the attacks.

Cécile Meier 12 Nov 2025
As it happened: Spark Accelerate 2025 summit
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As it happened: Spark Accelerate 2025 summit

Tech conference in Auckland featured Meta business AI head Clara Shih, among others.

Staff reporters 11 Nov 2025


Dileepa Fonseka
Dileepa Fonseka

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Dileepa Fonseka is a journalist covering the political economy and issues that run across business and government. He has provided commentary, features and analysis on a variety of topics including housing, trade, infrastructure, immigration, the digital economy, local government and supply chains. Dileepa was previously a senior business journalist for Stuff, a political reporter at Newsroom, a council reporter at the Dominion Post/Stuff, an infrastructure reporter at Stuff’s Auckland newsroom, and has been a finalist at the Voyager Media Awards four times, including in 2023 for business journalist of the year and in 2021 for reporter of the year. You can follow him on Twitter here.

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