Technology

Training young heroes to operate drones

Search and rescue operations are tremendously resource-intensive. At the heart of them are often volunteers, who selflessly give their time as members of their... Read More

Don‘t ignore those phone alerts about passwords

Kiwis with iPhones who recently starting noticing alerts notifying them that their passwords are compromised should not ignore the alerts if they want to keep... Read More

Ballance Agri-Nutrients sponsor science fair award

Ballance Agri-Nutrients has announced a nationwide programme of sponsorships intended to foster and celebrate scientific and innovative thinking among New Zealand... Read More

TSB grants $250,000 to innovative ideas to help NZ

For the second year running, TSB is proudly supporting New Zealand through the TSB Good Stuff annual grants programme of $250,000. The hunt to unearth innovative... Read More

New Zealand’s microfabrication technology

If you're under 30 years old, the history of 3D printing is older than you think. I've been fascinated with 3D printing since its infancy in the early 1980s,... Read More

Seafood industry waste may help protect NZ rivers

Waste mussel shells could become a low-tech, natural tool to filter pollutants from New Zealand waterways if field testing by University of Canterbury engineers... Read More

Change at helm as Film Bay of Plenty grows

The Bay of Plenty's screen media development agency - Film Bay of Plenty - sees a change to its management structure this week. Elysia Gibb, Tracy Hampton and... Read More

Tauranga game wins coveted international prize

A New Zealand game set in the future has won the Seumas McNally grand prize at the 23rd annual Independent Games Festival Awards. Umurangi Generation was named... Read More

Radio tags future-proof Tauranga bins

Both Tauranga City Council and Western Bay of Plenty District Council suggest the fitting of bins with radio frequency technology has future-proofed the rollout.... Read More

‘Backpacking’ hedgehogs take permanent staycation

New University of Otago research has been examining how alpine-based hedgehogs hibernate from a different perspective - their backs. Dr Nick Foster from the Department... Read More

Reawakening mana in men

A lack of men in early childhood education has inspired Wintec Master of Applied Innovation student, Grayson Newton-Smith to create a book about restoring mana... Read More

BOP innovations shortlisted for kickstarter grants

Three Bay of Plenty men's environmental innovations have been shortlisted for the TSB Good Stuff People's Choice Award. The award will see one of the six finalists... Read More