AI Companion Concerns Grow as Lawmakers Step In

By New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 29, 2026

The rapid rise of AI companions is raising some uncomfortable questions about their effect on young users. New research from

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Opportunity party lays out 5 key polite requests September 29, 2026
As they hover just above the 5 percent threshold, the party formerly known as TOP (The Opportunities Party), but now just O (Opportunities), has sought to provide potential voters some clarity on what exactly they’ll be very gently asking for. O’s leader, Q, otherwise known as Qiulae Wong, today laid out a series of five […]
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Police seek public’s help in tracking down at-large prominent New Zealander, but cannot name them September 29, 2026
Police are today asking all members of the public to be on the lookout for a prominent New Zealander who has escaped police custody and is the subject of a nationwide manhunt. In an unusual move, Police Commissioner Richard Chambers fronted a press conference this afternoon to put out the alert, saying that if anyone […]
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Chaos on campaign trail as Chris Hipkins takes newfound love of swearing too far, calls Prime Minister ‘cuntmuncher’ September 28, 2026
There was absolute mayhem on the campaign trail today as Labour leader Chris Hipkins took his newfound love of swearing to new heights, buoyed by a raucous campaign launch the day before. At yesterday’s Labour Party launch, Hipkins sought to alleviate concerns he comes off as too bashful and boyish to take on the Government, […]
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NZ First voters perplexed as Winston Peters speaks in Tauranga; say they’d much prefer he speak in English September 28, 2026
New Zealand First voters around the country took to social media Sunday to express confusion, disappointment, and at times disgust upon hearing that leader Winston Peters had chosen to start the first major campaign weekend by speaking in Tauranga. Peters entered government in 2023 promising to restore English as the country’s predominant language, supporting a […]
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NZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgraced September 27, 2026
Overrun with a torrent of applicants seeking to reignite their political careers, or who are unwelcome in other parties on character grounds, New Zealand First has tightened its criteria for accepting new candidates for this year’s election. Faced with a surplus of candidates attempting a lukewarm comeback, from Alfred Ngaro to Ron Mark, (and formerly […]
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National promises to break up Woolworths and Pak’nSave September 27, 2026
In a bold move this weekend, the National Party has committed to its second supermarket breakup. Last week, the party promised to break up supermarket giant Foodstuffs, separating Pak’nSave from New World, in a move that business leaders have described. But now it’s pushing further, promising also to ensure that Woolworths and Pak’nSave are not […]
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AI companies in fierce arms race to demonstrate their model is the most existentially threatening to humanity September 27, 2026
In the midst of growing fears that artificial intelligence is advancing at such a rate that it may compel itself to end all life on earth, AI giants from OpenAI to Anthropic are switching up their sales pitches. Where companies previously competed to demonstrate superior abilities in programming, passive-aggressive emails, and videos of unusually high […]
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Wayne Brown rejects claims Auckland is NZ’s murder capital, pointing out the capital city is ‘often not the biggest’ September 27, 2026
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has sought to contextualise new data showing that Auckland City has the most homicides per capita in the country. Police data from 2020 to 2026 shows that the district leads the nation in fatal violent crime with a whopping 3.6 homicides per capita, meaning that the average Auckland City resident killed […]
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Electoral Commission clarifies that candidates will not be allowed to complete the campaign if they shit their pants September 27, 2026
With the deadline for candidate nominations fast approaching, the Electoral Commission has today sought to clarify whether candidates who shit their pants during the course of the campaign will be allowed to see it through to the end. Earlier this month, at a HYROX athletic competition in Beijing, one competitor, Australian Joanna Wietrzyk, suffered an […]
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The Civilian is back for the election: and possibly beyond? What does it mean? September 27, 2026
The year is 2026… Quite literally, it is 2026. It’s election time. And it’s not looking good, folks. Newshub is dead. Stuff is broke. The Herald is mostly paywalled. TVNZ lost Dallow. Radio New Zealand is like visiting your grandparents. The Spinoff? Well, god bless their sweet little hearts. There is only one news organisation […]
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