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Anna Logue

Anna Logue is a business, food, lifestyle, tech, and entertainment writer who misses buttons on phones and dial-up internet. When she isn’t covering AI, music, and movies with mild existential dread, she’s usually yelling at her smart fridge.

Anna Logue's Work 32 Articles
Hundreds Demand Answers on AI Data Centre
Hundreds Demand Answers on AI Data Centre
News   -   Jul 24, 2026

Opponents of Southland's $3.5 billion AI data centre want Datagrid to show up and face them. Hundreds packed into the Invercargill Workingmen's Club on Wednesday night, concerned about the 78,000 square metre hyperscale facility planned for Makarewa. So many turned up that some were

Cheeky Llama Crew Takes Over SIT Café
Cheeky Llama Crew Takes Over SIT Café
News   -   Jul 22, 2026

The team behind Cheeky Llama café in Queens Park has taken over Kahu Ariki, the café inside SIT's Centre for Creative Industries on Tay Street — and they came in with a plan. It follows a busy stretch for SIT's café scene: back in May, Emmanuel and

Left leaning Stuff Digital Cuts Newsroom Staff
Left leaning Stuff Digital Cuts Newsroom Staff
News   -   Jul 22, 2026

Left leaning media company Stuff Digital has begun consulting with staff over a proposal that could cut up to ten editorial roles from its digital newsroom — with journalists, reporters, and editors all in the firing line. The media company called affected staff into meetings on Wednesday, where Stuff Digital editor

New World Clubcard Going, Club+ Takes Over Monday
New World Clubcard Going, Club+ Takes Over Monday
Business   -   Jul 21, 2026

Clubcard is done. After more than a decade at the checkout, the loyalty programme shuts down at 11.59pm this Sunday. New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square's replacement — Club+ — takes over from Monday. If you haven't made the switch yet, you've got

Zip Follows Laybuy Out of New Zealand
Zip Follows Laybuy Out of New Zealand
Business   -   Jul 17, 2026

Another buy now, pay later service is leaving New Zealand, and this time it's Zip. The Australian-founded company has confirmed it will wind down its New Zealand operations, ending its Pay in 4 product — the one that let shoppers split purchases into four interest-free payments over six weeks

Makarewa Data Centre Sparks Public Meeting
Makarewa Data Centre Sparks Public Meeting
News   -   Jul 15, 2026

A community group is demanding answers about a $3.5 billion AI data centre proposed for Makarewa, just north of Invercargill — and they're holding a public meeting to get them. The Southland Sustainable Resource Coalition has organised an information evening next Wednesday at 7:00pm at the Invercargill

Battery Fires on the Rise in Southland
Battery Fires on the Rise in Southland
Southland   -   Jul 12, 2026

Twelve fires in a year. All started by batteries. And that's just locally. Nationally, lithium-ion battery incidents have more than doubled in recent years — a trend that makes Southland's twelve fires feel less like a local quirk and more like a symptom of something bigger. Southland

Lotto Changes When Winning Locations Are Revealed
Lotto Changes When Winning Locations Are Revealed
News   -   Jul 07, 2026

Lotto NZ is holding back one piece of information after each draw — and it's the one that usually sends everyone scrambling for their tickets. From Wednesday July 8, the locations where winning tickets were sold will no longer be published on draw night. Players will still get the

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