Technology

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

NZTech growing as fast as the tech sector

NZTech is the not-for-profit that has been bringing together and representing New Zealand's technology ecosystem. Over the past few years it has grown from one... Read More

Help@hand expands support for family violence

Help is on its way for New Zealanders suffering from tech abuse. Technology facilitated abuse - TFA - uses tech to coerce, stalk or harass someone. It is... Read More

Selling something online? Be wary say Police

New Zealand Police is reminding people to be alert to fraudulent activity and to take particular care when selling goods through social media platforms and... Read More

New online tool to make a food complaint

New Zealand Food Safety is having another busy year recalling potentially harmful food to keep it out of consumers' hands. There have been 93 recalls so far this... Read More

A warning to surf carefully online

Bay of Plenty residents are being warned that the ways malicious content and scams approach users online is rapidly changing, and Safe Surfer CEO Rory Birkbeck... Read More

InsectBot creator can win Rocket Lab tour

New Zealand's young innovators have been set a mission of creating an InsectBot capable of surviving on Mars for the chance to win an exclusive VIP tour of the... Read More

Ready, set, cyberchallenge

The largest cyber security challenge in New Zealand kicks off this week with students from around Aotearoa preparing to hack, learn and solve their way to virtual... Read More