LawVu hits $400m valuation, buys European firm ClauseBase to boost its AI push

By New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 17, 2025

A Bay of Plenty start-up signs up some big-name global customers.
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Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
Tory Whanau has revealed that she’s struggling so much financially that she may have to part with her beloved mayoralty, that of New Zealand’s capital city, if she’s to fund her ever-diminishing lifestyle. Whanau was elected to lead Wellington in 2022, winning an overwhelming victory against the incumbent mayor: the evil version of Jason Gunn. […]
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says that New Zealand’s police force will no longer respond to bomb threats, in an attempt to cut costs and redirect police resources to less boring activities. Coster said that threat response and bomb disposal was a “fairly obvious” area for downsizing, as bomb threats are “never anything”, a “huge waste […]
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Ben Uffindell
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‘Unafraid’ cartoonist dies aged 84 December 28, 2025
A Garrick Tremain self-portrait. Former Otago Daily Times cartoonist Garrick Tremain has died, aged 84.
ODT quiz: December 29 December 28, 2025
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Fewer ships, drop-off sites affect trade December 28, 2025
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Cherry-pit spitting competition a cheery day out December 28, 2025
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Pilot programme to foster youth digital leadership December 28, 2025
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Widespread disease still a concern December 28, 2025
A waxeye bearing a bird pox sore feeds with others at a Tahakopa Valley property in October. PHOTO: OWEN MCNUTT Bird pox is widespread in Otago and remains a concern for conservationists protecting native species.
Richard Davison
Keeping islands pest-free focus for holiday period December 28, 2025
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