Hacker News with Generative AI: New Zealand

New Zealand's prime minister proposes social media ban for under-16s (theguardian.com)
New Zealand’s prime minister has proposed banning children under 16 years old from using social media, in an effort to protect young people from harms such as exposure to violent content and cyberbullying.

Social Media, New Zealand, Children, Government Regulation

6 points by TheAlchemist 3 days ago | 0 comments

NZ airport to remove Hobbit-themed eagle sculptures (bbc.com)
For more than a decade, a pair of Hobbit-inspired eagle sculptures have cast a watchful eye over visitors at New Zealand's Wellington Airport.

New Zealand, Airports, Art, Tourism, The Hobbit

11 points by bookofjoe 4 days ago | 5 comments

Why Is the Kiwi's Egg So Big? (audubon.org)
The flightless kiwi is so unbirdlike that many biologists call it an “honorary mammal.”

Biology, Birds, New Zealand, Evolution

77 points by repost_bot 8 days ago | 53 comments

NZ spy agency probed RNZ journalist's edits to Russia–Ukraine stories (nzherald.co.nz)

Journalism, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine, Espionage

7 points by suraci 22 days ago | 0 comments

How I pwned a major New Zealand service provider (mrbruh.com)
On the evening of the 19th February 2025 I had an itch, an itch to do good in the world and to continue to polish my pen testing skills.

Security, New Zealand, Hacking, Pen Testing

54 points by MrBruh 45 days ago | 46 comments

The mana of digging a grave (2024) (thespinoff.co.nz)
On learning an underappreciated but vitally important skill.

Life Skills, Social Commentary, New Zealand

6 points by NaOH 49 days ago | 1 comments

New Zealand 15-year-old becomes youngest person to run a four-minute mile (cnn.com)

Sports, Athletics, New Zealand, Records

19 points by mooreds 50 days ago | 3 comments

New Zealand's $16B health dept managed finances with single Excel spreadsheet (theregister.com)
The body that runs New Zealand’s public health system uses a single Excel spreadsheet as the primary source of data to consolidate and manage its finances, which aren’t in great shape perhaps due to the sheet’s shortcomings.

New Zealand, Healthcare, Finance, Data Management, Technology

164 points by indy 59 days ago | 162 comments

$16B health dept managed finances with single Excel sheet. It hasn't gone well (theregister.com)
The body that runs New Zealand’s public health system uses a single Excel spreadsheet as the primary source of data to consolidate and manage its finances, which aren’t in great shape perhaps due to the sheet’s shortcomings.

New Zealand, Public Health, Finance, Data Management, Excel

7 points by rntn 60 days ago | 1 comments

Health NZ was using an Excel spreadsheet to track $28B of public money (nzherald.co.nz)

Health, Government, Finance, New Zealand

3 points by herbertl 62 days ago | 0 comments

Why did I move to New Zealand? (sive.rs)
I get this question a lot, so here’s my honest answer.

New Zealand, Personal Experience, Migration

9 points by saikatsg 69 days ago | 1 comments

'Impossible-to-hack' security turns out to be no security (jltee.substack.com)
New Zealand Company’s ‘Impossible-to-Hack’ Security Turns Out to Be No Security at All

Security, Cybersecurity, New Zealand, Technology

164 points by DeLopSpot 74 days ago | 139 comments

New Zealand welcomes digital nomads by loosening visitor visa rules (abc.net.au)
New Zealand's economic growth minister, Nicola Willis, has announced changes to visitor visas, permitting remote work for foreign companies while in the country.

New Zealand, Digital Nomads, Visas, Immigration, Remote Work

60 points by curiousObject 102 days ago | 23 comments

Trump claims U.S. "split the atom." New Zealand says that's not true (cbsnews.com)
A small town mayor in New Zealand has picked a nuclear fight with Donald Trump, after the freshly sworn-in U.S. president heaped praise on American scientists for splitting the atom.

Politics, International Relations, History, Nuclear Energy, New Zealand

8 points by impish9208 107 days ago | 0 comments

You must read at least one book to ride (mataroa.blog)
Two things are true.

Reading, Books, Transportation, New Zealand

245 points by Kinrany 160 days ago | 149 comments

Gang patch ban: The first 24 hours (rnz.co.nz)
The first arrest was made just three minutes after the law came into effect on Thursday, with police reporting 12 people have been caught out on the first day of the new gang patch ban.

New Zealand, Law Enforcement, Gangs, Crime

5 points by colinprince 168 days ago | 0 comments

Maori haka in NZ parliament to protest at bill to reinterpret founding treaty (bbc.com)
New Zealand's parliament was brought to a temporary halt by MPs performing a haka, amid anger over a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding treaty with Māori people.

New Zealand, Politics, Treaty, Maori, Protest

7 points by divbzero 174 days ago | 0 comments

HMNZS Manawanui sinking: NZ Navy ship ran aground (nzherald.co.nz)

New Zealand, Naval Accidents, Maritime, Military

16 points by keepamovin 215 days ago | 3 comments

New Zealand scientists discover ghostly 'spookfish' (phys.org)
Scientists in New Zealand said Tuesday they have discovered a new species of "ghost shark", a type of fish that prowls the Pacific Ocean floor hunting prey more than a mile down.

New Zealand, Marine Biology, Fish, Science

28 points by wglb 225 days ago | 4 comments

FRED: New Zealand open-access and crowdsource database of fossil records (fred.org.nz)
FRED is a computer database for the New Zealand Fossil Record File (FRF) which is a recording scheme for fossil localities in NZ and nearby regions.

Databases, Paleontology, New Zealand, Open Access, Crowdsourcing

113 points by teleforce 226 days ago | 9 comments

Tō Reo – A Māori Spellchecker (xn--treo-l3a.nz)
Tō Reo — your Māori spellchecker beta

Language, New Zealand, Software, Spellcheckers

170 points by firstbabylonian 231 days ago | 43 comments

Uber loses New Zealand appeal, court rules drivers are employees not contractors (nzherald.co.nz)

Uber, Lawsuits, Employment, New Zealand

117 points by ajdlinux 256 days ago | 72 comments

Kiwi billionaire Peter Thiel eyes possible shift to New Zealand (nzherald.co.nz)

New Zealand, Billionaires, Immigration

12 points by timack 262 days ago | 6 comments

Kim Dotcom to be extradited from New Zealand (reuters.com)