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Maintenir wins pulp mill maintenance contract

Source: Press Release Service – Press Release/Statement:

Headline: Maintenir wins pulp mill maintenance contract

Maintenir Limited has been awarded the trade services maintenance contract for the Kinleith and Tasman Pulp and Paper Mills, located near Tokoroa and Kawerau and operated by Oji Fibre Solutions. Maintenir will provide the majority of the mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and stores services across the two main manufacturing sites, under a $40m plus long-term maintenance agreement from April 2017.

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Abandoned bill was a Bill of Rights breach

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: Abandoned bill was a Bill of Rights breach

Christchurch – The abandoning of a bill last night that might have stopped yoga and dance teachers calling themselves teachers is a relief and a move of common sense, Exercise New Zealand chief executive Richard Beddie says. Exercise NZ had put in a submission on the bill which if passed would have made it illegal for…

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New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy

Christchurch – New Zealand seriously needs a national AI strategy to keep pace of global change in technology, the Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report, just released, says. AI is emerging as a transformative set of tools and technologies to solve many business and social problems. The report says more than half of…

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Concerns about potential AI biase

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: Concerns about potential AI biase

  Christchurch – Most New Zealanders are ambivalent about artificial intelligence and its impact on the future, but new research has found 68 percent of respondents in a national survey were concerned about the potential for AI to make biased, unfair or inaccurate decisions. Details of the survey have been released today in the Artificial…

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AI will not result in catastrophic job losses

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: AI will not result in catastrophic job losses

Christchurch – The arrival of artificial intelligence into businesses and society are not likely to produce anywhere near the number of job losses most people think, a new AI research report says. Instead, AI may help address potential labour shortages and solve looming demographic challenges. The Artificial Intelligence Forum of New Zealand (AIFNZ) research report…

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AI will transform life like the arrival of electricity

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: AI will transform life like the arrival of electricity

Christchurch – Artificial intelligence (AI) will transform lives of New Zealanders just like the arrival of electricity 130 years ago, according to a landmark new research report released today. The report says AI has the potential to increase New Zealand’s gross domestic product by up to $53 billion by 2035 across 18 industries. The challenge…

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AI tech at tipping point

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: AI tech at tipping point

Christchurch – Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies have reached a tipping point of maturity, ready for widespread application across all domains of work and life, Artificial Intelligence Forum New Zealand (AIFNZ) executive director Ben Reid says. AI is being increasingly used to make lives easier and more productive. The potential of AI can be found across…

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NZ fintech sector out pacing rest of the world

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: NZ fintech sector out pacing rest of the world

Auckland – New Zealand is the least corrupt country in the world, but it needs to learn from larger fintech markets like Australia, Singapore and London and more rapidly adapt to technologies such as like blockchain and crypto-currencies, a Kiwi fintech expert says. While New Zealand is just a very small part of a large…

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Exercise the best way for most to keep on top of asthma

Source: MakeLemonade.nz

Headline: Exercise the best way for most to keep on top of asthma

Christchurch – A New Zealand fitness expert is urging Kiwis to exercise more to help beat asthma. Today is world asthma day and Exercise NZ chief executive Richard Beddie says keeping fit with exercise is great way for managing asthma. In New Zealand respiratory disease, which includes asthma, affects one in six Kiwis, or about…

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E-CIGARETTES POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR DAIRY ARMED ROBBERIES

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Headline: E-CIGARETTES POSSIBLE SOLUTION FOR DAIRY ARMED ROBBERIES

Dairy Owners have taken their safety into their own hands with the rising number of attacks on their stores, many fueled by a search for tobacco products. A possible solution could be a change to the rising cultural phenomenon of e-cigarettes and vaping, something many are starting to do and seeing real results.

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