Technology

Partnership to protect Kiwis from online scammers

New Zealand Police is pleased to be partnering with Netsafe, CERT and Facebook to help protect Kiwis from online scammers. S.C.A.M Gallery - or to use its more... Read More

App Katikati scare

A Tauranga resident has admitted she didn't know she'd been at a Katikati location of interest until a friend happened to ask her. A regular and diligent user... Read More

Tauranga software start-up raise $1.3 million

A Tauranga-based software start-up has raised $1.3 million for future growth. GoGenerosity gives businesses a way for customers to donate to their favourite local... Read More

Satellites used to diagnose health of BOP lakes

Satellite images from the European Space Agency are being used to diagnose the health of Bay of Plenty lakes, researchers using images from space to hunt out algal... Read More

Facebook, Instagram offline in major outage

Facebook has suffered a major outage, along with Instagram and WhatsApp. Users of the social media sites around the world appear to be affected. Facebook said... Read More

NZ science experts comment on Waikato cases

Parts of the Waikato region entered Alert Level 3 on Sunday night in response to two recently confirmed cases in Raglan and Hamilton. The two cases are known... Read More

Virtual marathon effort

Claire Haywood and her husband Peter have been impacted by cancer more than once, and with last month's Daffodil Day Street Appeal cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions,... Read More

Gaming tech used to help prepare for disasters

Skills learned playing video games, building virtual worlds and dodging imaginary enemies could be harnessed to help people survive real life hazards. In a unique... Read More

Parcel delivery text scam warning

A sophisticated parcel delivery scam has caught out thousands of people, the Department of Internal Affairs warns. Texts including a fake message about a parcel... Read More

NZ Space Agency joins international space group

The New Zealand Space Agency will become the 27th member of the International Space Exploration Coordination Group - ISECG, the Ministry of Business, Innovation... Read More

Smart tech to help monitor food safety remotely

Drones, satellite imaging and artificial intelligence are some of the smart technology tools that could soon be used to ensure farmers and other food industry... Read More

Helping seniors overcome the loneliness epidemic

Social isolation and loneliness may be putting seniors' health and wellbeing at risk, say the co-founders of an easy-to-use tablet for seniors. With Grandparents... Read More