Technology

Archaeo-astronomy in Tauranga

Travelling through Peru to explore archaeo-astronomy is the topic of a presentation at the Tauranga Astronomical Society's August meeting. Originally planned... Read More

New mobile cancer scanning device to be deployed

Thousands of Kiwis living with cancer, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions are set to benefit from the arrival of new mobile diagnostic technology,... Read More

2022 KiwiNet Awards Finalists

Zespri's RubyRed plant and food research is amongst 18 remarkable finalists which are in the spotlight for the 10th annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation... Read More

Tauranga helping young women into IT careers

'There is a very unfair stereotype that to be an IT person you have to be a geek who can't talk to people, who sits in a dark room and hacks all day, and doesn't... Read More

Changing cyber world outpacing NZ security steps

While New Zealanders have mostly picked up good passive behaviours, like not clicking on strange links in emails or deleting spam texts, they aren't taking enough... Read More

Important upgrades of NZ satellite station begin

Important upgrades at New Zealand's search and rescue satellite Earth station are underway this week. The Earth station, halfway between Rotorua and Taupō, is... Read More

Smart speed cameras could be in use within months

Speed cameras that take two pictures at different spots in order to work out a vehicle's average speed could be in use within months. Transport Agency documents... Read More

Better connected thanks to Antarctica

Not many Kiwis know that we connect to Antarctica every time we open a map on our phones - thanks to data collected by the Scott Base Geomagnetic Observatory! As... Read More

Social media helps monitor rarely sighted whales

Social media posts helped scientists to monitor one of Aotearoa's rarest whale species, the infrequently sighted southern right whale, or tohorā. Photographs... Read More

NZ cloud provider challenges Google claim

A Wellington cloud services provider says Google's claim it will offer New Zealanders complete control over their own data is not true. The US giant is setting... Read More

Rocket Lab successfully launches second mission

Rocket Lab, a leading launch and space systems company, has successfully launched its second of two Back-to-Back National Reconnaissance Office Missions in New... Read More

Tauranga’s new Rocket Man

A red projectile ascending at more than 400km/hr up into the dark sapphire Bay of Plenty morning sky - welcome to Tauranga Rocketry. Mike Griffiths is an... Read More