Technology

Tauranga customer hit by unusually high power bill

Tauranga woman Keryn Mahoney is urging people to check their power bill after receiving an unusually high bill this month. Keryn is a Trustpower customer and... Read More

Agreement signals exciting new journey ahead

A transformational partnership between the Rangitaiki Lot 28B No 22 Block Ahu Whenua Trust, Te Runanga o Ngati Awa, Ngati Awa Group Holdings Limited and Whakatane... Read More

Aquinas students inspired by science

Aquinas College students have recently returned from an overseas trip of a lifetime, dissecting human brains and discovering how the universe was made. Year... Read More

Germ of an idea becomes reality

'We had a little dream and it became a big dream,” says Karen Summerhays, who helped mastermind the bold business initiative to stop a crucial public service... Read More

Drones wanted in fight to protect Māui dolphins

Two fishing companies and WWF want drones, new rules, and support for out-of-work fishers as part of a package to protect Māui dolphins. The government's... Read More

Police open to using facial recognition

Police are not ruling out using facial recognition from an expanded network of CCTV cameras in Auckland. Even though they have just bought new software to analyse... Read More

New look for MetService website

MetService has refreshed its website to make it 'even easier for New Zealanders to get the weather information they need”. From today, the new look... Read More

Fake cellphone stores on Facebook

Police are warning people of an intricate scam involving fake cellphone stores on Facebook. The online stores advertise sales representative jobs to Facebook... Read More

Donna Dinsdale wins fashion design awards

Donna Dinsdale has won the overall Award of Excellence at the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards. She is a fashion design tutor at Toi Ohomoi and wasn't at the... Read More

Terminus - riding a virtual travelator

This week I flew across a mysterious alien world on a digital travelator, passing humanoid clones and slipping down through tunnels and into orbs that gently allowed... Read More

Tauranga designer wins Hokonui Fashion Awards

A pair of gold Crocs, matched with cream trousers, a jacket of many colours and a gold top hat won the Award of Excellence at the MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards... Read More

IR warn of another email scam

Inland Revenue is warning customers to be on guard against a new and convincing email scam that surfaced over the weekend. The e-mail offers tax refunds and... Read More