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Leading information systems experts will converge on Auckland this week to present the latest research into the relationships between IT and diversity. More >>
A new website launched today will help students find out all there is to know about earthquakes, icy ecosystems, finding the science of sport, and body imaging, says Minister of Research, Science and Technology Steve Maharey. More >>
It is a pleasure to be able to be here to open this conference celebrating 50 years of New Zealand's involvement in Antarctica. Before I go on to talk a little more about this involvement and what it means to New Zealand, I want to talk a little ... More >>
Just because something has all the latest technology doesn’t mean it can’t look fantastic too. Sharp’s new Piano Finish Aquos LCD TV has the designer look and aesthetics taking its inspiration from the shiny black keys of a grand piano. More >>
Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX:LCT) today announced the appointment of Robert J. Beckman, Dr. Allan R. Goldberg and Philip N. Sussman, Managing Partners of The Channel Group, LLC (TCG), a New York based life science venture development and management ... More >>
The Bio Commerce Centre, Palmerston North’s technology commercialisation centre, has made two staff appointments. John Brandeis has been appointed Incubator Manager. Mr Brandeis has moved back to Palmerston North from Hawke’s Bay, where he established ... More >>
A New Zealand honey health science company and a German university have joined forces in a bid to set industry standards for the use of manuka honey products to heal wounds, overcome stomach and skin problems, and potentially in the fight against cancer. More >>
Anything you ever wanted to know about earthquakes, icy ecosystems, body imaging or the role of science in sport will be just a mouse-click away with the launch of a world-first Science Learning Hub, developed at the University of Waikato. More >>
A United States Air Force Boeing 757 aircraft will land at Auckland International Airport tomorrow as part of a test and evaluation flight to assess a wing modification. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo reports: all across the US internet radio fell silent for 24 hours to protest royalty rate increases. Find out why net radio giants like Yahoo, Rhapsody, live365.com, MTV and Pandora took part in a "Day of Silence". More >>
Building Research today announced that it has awarded three promising Victoria University students Building Research Project Awards, each worth $6,000 towards projects to be undertaken this year. More >>
Intel Corporation unveiled today a global training curriculum for software developers to speed and expand software development for multicore processors. More >>
Last week, Blockbuster announced that it would carry high-definition DVDs in only the Blu-ray format, at least in its brick-and-mortar stores. The selection of DVDs available for online rental would include both, at least for the time being. More >>
"New Zealand's work in the fight against Campylobacter in poultry is being watched with interest around the world, and while we certainly can't say the problem has been solved, we're pleased the way things are going," says New Zealand Food ... More >>
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CKP), a leading manufacturer and marketer of identification, tracking, security and merchandising solutions for the retail industry and its supply chain, today introduced its line of Enhanced Performing (EP) radio frequency (RF) ... More >>
Vodafone is delighted to announce R Kelly’s hit “Good Sex” is the first Top 20 hit sold exclusively through the Vodafone Music Store to make it into the official chart. This follows the introduction of digital music sales into the New Zealand ... More >>
The first street lighting system that produces brighter light for less energy has been installed in New Zealand – also a first for the Southern Hemisphere. More >>
Yesterday evening I tendered my resignation from the board of ICP Biotechnology Limited with immediate effect. Since resigning as Managing Director of ICPbio, a number of local and overseas parties have offered me a range of opportunities from development ... More >>
All eyes are on Emirates Team New Zealand. Hi-tech New Zealand companies and leading university departments have contributed to the years of research, testing and training behind the campaign. Find out about the science of sail design; what makes good ‘grinding’; ... More >>
CityLink and FX Networks are combining to support the future of Wellington business by making local business incubator Creative HQ the envy of their peers - and private companies - nationwide. More >>
Make a step into the world of High Definition this winter with the launch of the brand new FZ-series VAIO range. Available in multiple configurations, including the premium VGNFZ18G with Blu-ray compatibility, watching and editing high-quality multimedia ... More >>
The latest figures from Statistics New Zealand show that research spending is growing, which is very positive for our science sector, says Research, Science and Technology Minister, Steve Maharey. More >>
After much consideration papers will be filed today in relation to errors in law relating to approvals for field trials of GE Brassica. GE Free NZ (in food and environment) has decided that flawed decision making cannot go unscrutinised. More >>
Subarus sold in New Zealand covered in microscopic DatDots are preventing the criminal community from successfully stealing the cars. More >>
Fairfax Media is proud to be the New Zealand representative for the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, the advertising industry's most prestigious international festival. More >>
Robots are no longer a dream of the future, the technology to create them is now here, so bring your family to check out the latest robotic advances in MOTAT's July school holiday programme, RoboSpeak. More >>
Progressive Enterprises' Elizabeth Higgs has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the prestigious Nestlé Cornell Scholarship More >>
It’s a pleasure to be here to open the New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology’s annual conference. I would also like to extend a welcome to the overseas speakers at this conference, and to students and recent food science graduates. More >>
The food industry is central to the New Zealand economy, and the forecast 27 per cent increase in the Fonterra pay out for the 2007/08 season is a great sign of things to come, says Research, Science and Technology Minister, Steve Maharey. More >>
The Northern Employers & Manufacturers Association President Colin Martin says John Key's address on trade and vocations skills today struck a chord with the 170 people who attended. More >>
Five Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) information technology students have achieved the ultimate student dream – a $5,000 scholarship, a well-paid holiday job working on client projects and a foot in the door with a leading IT employer. More >>
Symantec Corp. today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a $2 billion share repurchase programme. This open-ended programme is effective immediately. More >>
At the end of June Apple will launch its first major product since Steve Jobs 'A Greener Apple' statement. So how green will the iPhone be? More >>
Spearheaded by NZ open source provider Catalyst IT and the NZ Open Source Society, The seven Award categories cover both contributions to open source projects and use in government, business, education, and voluntary sectors. More >>
New Zealand owned and operated company ProActive Software Ltd showed the world their maturity last week when their time management software, ProWorkflow, reached a million hours, over 500 working years, under management. More >>
BRANZ has built up an impressive amount of knowledge on the popular subject of sustainability, from 15 years of scientific research into sustainable building practice. Now the fruits of BRANZ’sustainability science heritage is being made available online. More >>
The Ministry for the Environment has released a public discussion document proposing new national environmental standards for low-impact telecommunication facilities in the road reserve. More >>
The adoption of new rules in the EU allowing low level accidental GE contamination of organic food creates an economic opportunity for New Zealand to sell its organic produce in Europe as genuinely GE Free says the Green Party. More >>
The night of November 2, 2004, was exhilarating or devastating, depending on how you voted and where you were. If you were a rural conservative who voted based on your religious affinity to Bush, you were elated. You were also relieved, because ... More >>
The government is backing New Zealand’s rapidly growing biotechnology industry, with confirmation of ongoing funding of $25 million over the next five years for the Australia New Zealand Biotechnology Partnership Fund, Prime Minister Helen Clark ... More >>
Avalanche Technology Group, the Australasian distributor of AVG Internet security software, today announced the latest addition to AVG's growing security products portfolio, AVG Mobile Security. More >>
Eleven new programmes all provided by local communities - are being added to Triangle Television Wellington's already eclectic line-up of programmes that reflect the diverse interests of the Wellington region. Nine of the new shows are produced locally, and ... More >>
Apple has introduced Safari 3, the world's fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for Windows PCs and Macs. Safari is the fastest browser running on Windows, based on the industry standard iBench tests. More >>
13 June 2007. Christchurch. - Teenage web entrepreneur Jasper Bryant-Greene is relaunching his successful photo printing site albumprints.co.nz with the help of local design company hairyLemon. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Ecoman about New Zealand's isolation problem and how Food Miles affects our current and future ability to export to Europe. More >>
RDU Audio: Kate Gorgeous talked to Augie Auer once a month. She remembers meeting him when she was working at National Radio: "A good guy, it is a sad loss," Kate says. Here is her last interview with Augie dated from early May 2007. More >>
Telecom today announced a $300 million mobile network investment plan to meet New Zealand's future mobile needs. The development of a new Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) network will complement existing CDMA network capabilities and allow Telecom to provide unparalleled ... More >>
Wotif.com ( www.wotif.com ) Australasia’s leading accommodation website has been awarded the “Most Significant Contribution by a large business or Corporate Award” at the Vero Excellence in Business Support Awards. More >>
A three-tonne buoy laden with scientific instruments is about to be deployed to collect vital information in Golden Bay. This is a joint project between the Tasman District Council and the National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) with additional ... More >>
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) has successfully completed a three year, $100 million project upgrading its computer systems. At its peak the project involved 170 staff and deployment stretched over 6 months. More >>
InFact Limited has announced the appointment of Jonathan Prince from Formway. As an InFact business manager, Prince is focussed on identifying new project opportunities for the company as well managing existing customer accounts. More >>
The Education Minister, Steve Maharey, said schools are being dramatically reshaped to meet new styles of teaching and learning at the '21st Century Environments for all learners' Conference in Auckland today. More >>
The Labour-led government is delivering the most substantial changes to the business environment in twenty years, which could change the entire landscape of research, says Research, Science and Technology Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund (VIF) today called for Expressions of Interest from suitably qualified venture capital fund managers or firms to establish and manage a VIF Venture Capital Fund under the VIF Venture Capital Programme. More >>
Today's announcement by the Telecommunications Carriers' Forum that it has made unanimous progress on aspects of local loop unbundling and co-location is good news. More >>
The University of Auckland welcomes the Government’s decision to invest over $104 million in three Centres of Research Excellence hosted by the University. The University will host three of the seven CoREs - the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery, ... More >>
The University of Otago’s academic leaders are frustrated and disappointed at the news the University will not be a home to a new Centre of Research Excellence. More >>
The Ministry for the Environment has taken three months to respond to questions raised about serious flaws in a scientific review that in the meantime has been used to justify ERMA approving a GE field-trial. More >>
The Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Steve Maharey, has outlined a new vision for the future development of research into the environment, to mark World Environment Day. More >>
A website that has revolutionised the travel industry, particularly for small business, has won the prestigious Most significant contribution from a business with more than $10m turnover Vero Excellence in Business Support Award 2007. More >>
Two of New Zealand's biggest names in media have joined forces in a new online deal. Fairfax Media and TVNZ have signed an agreement for a video supply from ONE News, replacing the service previously provided by 3 News. More >>
The future of Buzz! Junior is looking bright as Buzz!T Junior: RoboJam touches down on PlayStation®2 this Winter in a hi-tech whirlwind of fun. Instead of the TV studio quiz challenges of the Buzz! series, Buzz! Junior introduces a whole new way for ... More >>
One year after releasing its inaugural study of the safety of search engines, McAfee today published an update to The State of Search Engine Safety. Today’s update shows that while the overall safety risk to search engine users declined by about ... More >>
National Party Associate Agriculture Spokesman Nathan Guy says Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton is hanging out to dry a group of farmers caught up in last year’s GM corn debacle. More >>
The Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Steve Maharey, is visiting AgResearch in Christchurch today to see innovative new wool fabrics developed by the Crown Research Institute (CRI). More >>
Sydney, May 28, 2007 – China’s communications market is rocketing ahead, recording enormous growth in its mobile, broadband and new media sectors, according to a new BuddeComm study. More >>
A new Vietnamese-New Zealand partnership that produces natural products from native medicinal plants has won a prestigious United Nation's award, with a support package that includes US$8000 to further develop the partnership. More >>
Remarks With Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Hewlett-Packard CEO Mark Hurd at Hewlett-Packard Labs More >>
Remarks at Tesla Electric Car Demonstration Secretary Condoleezza Rice Moffett Field, Palo Alto, California May 24, 2007 More >>
SECRETARY RICE: All right. Who wants to ask the first question? And tell me your name. More >>
The intensification of the Qassam rocket attacks on the town of Sderot has once again raised the question of defense against this weapon. Interest in this subject is not new. More than a decade ago, when the town of Kiryat Shmona was being bombarded by ... More >>
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced at Google Developer Day 2007 that it is providing developers with Google Gears™, an open source technology for creating offline web applications. This new browser extension is being made available in its ... More >>
Visitors to this year's Mystery Creek Fieldays will discover what food safety traceability is all about when they visit the New Zealand Food Safety Authority's stand. More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Malcolm Rands from Ecostore about the G.E testing approved for Crop & Food by ERMA. More >>
29-May-07, Auckland – EMS-Cortex, an IT company with over 10 years experience in servicing telecommunications and service providers, today announced Cortex 7.0 for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0. More >>
A Government commitment of $7million for R&D; in the 3D digital content and graphics industry is a welcome boost to innovation in a key sector, Dr Peter Lee, CEO of UniServices, said today. More >>
Greenpeace has condemned the Environmental Risk Management Authority's (ERMA) decision to approve a field test of GM Brassica. "ERMA's finding that risks to the environment are negligible flies in the face of all the scientific uncertainties," said Greenpeace ... More >>
Victoria University scientist Dr Pablo Etchegoin has been appointed as its first Professor of Nanotechnology. More >>
Today’s Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) decision approving a Crop and Food application to field trial brassicas (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and forage kale) genetically engineered with a toxin derived from the bacterium Bacillus ... More >>
Following a successful launch earlier this month, Freeview has released its Code of Practice for Channel Partners and is requesting service proposals from new and existing broadcasters. More >>
Leading business and public sector representatives have put their weight behind Victoria University's Faculty of Commerce & Administration as members of its new advisory board. More >>
The decision by ERMA to approve 10-years of field trials of GE brassica is a defeat for common sense and undermines the Authority's credibilty as a regulatory body. The decision excludes any consideration of "the future", effectively ring-fencing ... More >>
Solid Energy stands 100% by its use of security advisors to help protect its people, its property and its business against the ongoing and increasingly illegal activities of environmental activists. More >>
The Save Happy Valley Coalition is calling for the immediate resignation of CEO Don Elder following a Sunday Star Times expose of Solid Energy's use of an infiltrator into the Christchurch Save Happy Valley group. More >>
Dangerous, dull and dirty driving tasks are likely to become the work of robots, leaving humans free to take on more productive duties, with Auckland start-up company Inro at the forefront of the new enabling technology. More >>
The world's most complete luxury 4x4 just got smarter, with the 2007 model year Range Rover Vogue TDV8, pioneering an innovative world-first technical solution - the petrol fuel guard system. More >>
Jade Logistics today announced that Port Otago Limited, a key port in the South Island region of New Zealand, is rolling out what is believed to be one of the first multi-terminal container operating systems in the world using the Jade Master Terminal (JMT) container ... More >>
Auckland, 25 May 2007 – International Business Wales and Technium UK today announced that New Zealand technology company Xero, a leading web-based accounting provider, as the winner of the International Technium Challenge. More >>
Innovative Intel 45 Nanometer High-k Metal Gate Processors Go Lead-Free; Part of Intel’s Broad Commitment to Environmental Sustainability More >>
Remote Play on PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) via the Internet and DLNA transfer of media content also enabled More >>
The National Party's Paul Hutchison has once gain shown his confusion and ignorance of how science funding is allocated, says Research, Science and Technology Minister Steve Maharey. More >>
TelstraClear has today announced the full merger of its Large Enterprise team, which serves the company’s key corporate clients, with its ICT subsidiary Sytec. The team has been renamed Enterprise and Government. The team is jointly led by Mark ... More >>
Development of new Tb test for deer could mean huge potential savings for agriculture industry The current Tb skin test is estimated to cost the New Zealand deer industry alone over $300,000 a year in false positives. More >>
Labour’s mismanagement of science funding has left New Zealand’s top scientists out in the cold, says National’s Science spokesman, Dr Paul Hutchison. “The fact that scientists are missing out on millions of dollars of funding is a huge indictment ... More >>
Standards New Zealand welcomes the outcome of the standards and conformance review announced yesterday by Lianne Dalziel at the Standards New Zealand annual sponsor forum. More >>
David Hemmer is President & COO of one of the world's leading Transition and Talent Management services providers, Career Partners International (CPI). With their Head Office in North Carolina, the company represents 62 partner firms in 45 countries ... More >>
These guys have made a huge breakthrough in predictive search technology. VortexDNA predictive search technology has proven its ability to increase click rates by up to 14 per cent--an increase that, for a company like Google, could translate to additional ... More >>
Good afternoon. It is my great pleasure to be able to attend this Standards New Zealand Sponsor forum. These annual events are an excellent opportunity to acknowledge the important contribution that you as sponsors make to the standards development process. More >>
The Labour-led government is to make improvements to New Zealand's standards and conformance infrastructure. "A reputable and trustworthy standards and conformance infrastructure is critical to New Zealand’s economic transformation and our international ... More >>
The larger information technology corporations in Silicon Valley are undergoing a “significant mindset change” regarding emerging markets, a top executive has told a panel at the United Nations. More >>
Palmerston North based Internet Technology and Web Design company Spinning Planet New Zealand was announced as a finalist in the prestigious National Computerworld Excellence Awards last week. More >>
A Victoria University biotechnology research project that will test a range of bacterial enzymes with the potential for use in the delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs has been awarded more than $388,000 by the Cancer Society of New Zealand. More >>
Unisys begins transition to next-generation server architecture designed to help clients create more agile IT infrastructure and implement SOA more easily More >>
Fortinet Global Security Research Team to Work with Microsoft to Improve Response to Critical Vulnerabilities More >>
TVNZ has joined forces with Taylormade Media to throw its technological weight behind the Government's Mission-On project, which aims to help young New Zealanders eat better and be more active. More >>
It was confirmed in today's Budget that the Government is introducing a Research & Development (R&D;) Tax Credit regime providing financial incentives to New Zealand businesses undertaking R&D; predominantly in New Zealand. Claimants will benefit from ... More >>
Fonterra has welcomed Government plans to increase research funding to boost agriculture. More >>
“This year’s budget package provides some very positive changes for New Zealand’s biotechnology sector,” NZBio’s CEO Brian Ward says. More >>
Budget funding of $8.5 million over four years will enable Archives New Zealand to develop a strategy for archiving ‘born digital’ materials, material that originated in a digital environment. “A portion of the $8.5 million has been earmarked to ... More >>
1 Why is the R&D tax credit being introduced? The credit is intended to encourage New Zealand businesses to invest more in R&D, to innovate and develop improved products and processes. This is expected to have wider benefits for the New Zealand ... More >>
The Labour-led government believes that New Zealand should aim to be the world's first truly sustainable and carbon neutral nation. Budget 2007 – and measures to be announced throughout the year – will accelerate New Zealand's progress toward ... More >>
United Future leader Peter Dunne is today celebrating the huge gains achieved by the party in Budget 2007 "The highly significant initiatives announced in the Budget are a massive payoff for all those United Future supporters who have stuck with the ... More >>
Auckland mail house Actionmail has signed a deal with data quality software company, Mastersoft that will enable Actionmail clients to continue claiming Each year New Zealand businesses collectively squander $600 million on 20 million pieces of incorrectly ... More >>
MELBOURNE – May 17, 2007 – Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, today announced the launch of Hitwise Dashboards, a new interactive report that enables marketers to review customised competitive intelligence information ... More >>
Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced new enhancements to Veritas Server Foundation, a product family which improves application availability, automates common server management tasks, controls configuration changes and optimises server utilisation. ... More >>
Mobile Phone Guides On Call To Travellers Tourists and travellers on the move can now download comprehensive audio guides on New Zealand attractions to their mobile phones. More >>
The proposed late-May auction of spectrum for the 2.3 GHz spectrum band has been temporarily deferred while the government considers submissions on the proposal, Communications Minister David Cunliffe says. More >>
Lincoln Ventures, a technology company owned by Lincoln University, plans to offer a revolutionary new device that will allow industrial and wastewater treatment plants to rapidly test toxicity levels in discharges and provide a new level of environmental ... More >>
AUT Postgrad Bharat Jamnadas writes: Maori and Pacific community leaders and entertainers feature in a “diplomatic” protest to Japan over plans to hunt 50 humpback whales next summer. The message was clear at an anti-whaling rally in New Zealand on Saturday ... More >>
A new product which targets thrips, an important pest of greenhouse crops throughout the world, is being launched in Spain this week (15 May). The product is a result of a research collaboration between scientists at Crown Research Institute Crop & ... More >>
Leading players from the internet and marketing industries including the Interactive Advertising Bureau, the Marketing Association, Internet NZ and Yellow Pages Group are moving to combat the misuse of online information. More >>
A 52-year old carpenter from Arlington Virginia expressed frustration over losing his voting rights by taking a hammer to a voting machine. The WinVote machine succumbed to no less than an Estwing Supreme 22S, "the finest framing hammer known to mankind," ... More >>
Ian Wishart seems to be getting his retaliation in first this morning, slinging off, ironically, at "all those mentally-challenged commenters on other blogs who resort to ad hominem attacks on myself or Investigate." I'll try and be a little ... More >>
From Ohio and California to Scotland and France, the disputes surrounding electronic voting machines have gone truly global. E-voting machines have already been extensively studied and condemned by a wide range of expert committees, commissions and colleges, ... More >>
If New Zealand is to achieve the Government’s stated aim of becoming a carbon neutral economy, it will need many more scientists investigating ways of reducing the carbon footprint of agriculture and other economic activities in this country, says AgResearch ... More >>
Auckland International Airport Limited (AIAL) has launched FlightTXT™, a new Short Message Service (SMS) that will deliver flight status information as a text message to mobile devices, from the AIAL Flight Information Display System (FIDS). Auckland ... More >>
Secure Computing Corporation (NASDAQ: SCUR), a leading enterprise gateway security company, today is launching Sidewinder 7.0, the industry's first and only firewall to incorporate reputation technology to provide proactive and reliable protection, ... More >>
“Information technology ‘carbon footprints’ in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific rake up billions of wasted dollars,” says Paua Interface’s director Robyn Kamira, “and medium to large companies are to blame.” More >>
Legislation aimed at overhauling how people vote moved out of a Congressional committee Tuesday. The bill is intended to address problems that have hamstrung recent national elections. More >>
New Zealand scientists have taken an important step in developing a new anti-inflammatory drug to relieve millions of gout sufferers. More >>
New Zealand's Top Web Sites Named in 2007 People's Choice NetGuide Web Awards More >>
Become the golden child this Mother’s Day and give your mum the gift she really wants More >>
Press release 10-May-2007, Lincoln Ventures, Christchurch, NZ: Lincoln Ventures, a technology company owned by Lincoln University, plans to offer a revolutionary new device that will allow industrial and wastewater treatment plants to rapidly ... More >>
Thanks for the invitation to be here for the launch of the VentureVoip exchange and Conduit3 product range. More >>
I.T. Link's SalesLink Mobile solution has beaten six other entrants to take the major prize at the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards, which were announced in Wellington on May 8. More >>
Over 30 bloggers and many blog readers from all corners of the politial spectrum have signed a petition to boycott Subway stores nationwide, indicating that support for Jackie Lang's fight against Subway is widespread. More >>
A New Zealand company is set to take on some of the world’s leading wireless technology innovations following success in the inaugural New Zealand 3G A-List awards held in Wellington last night. More >>
Not content with inhabiting just one world, a group of Victoria University architecture students and recent graduates are taking on the biggest-ever virtual land grab. More >>
University of Auckland engineering student Emily Voyde is embarking on a three year study to find the most suitable materials to use in ‘green roofs’ in Auckland City. More >>
The U.S. Navy's antisubmarine warfare strategists probably wish they could emulate the way whales and dolphins navigate the ocean depths. How they can penetrate, with high-pitched clicks, what the light spectrum cannot. How they can detect without ... More >>
Government’s announcement today of a project to facilitate research and innovation around new aquaculture species and technologies in both existing and new aquaculture space has met with industry approval, says chief executive Mike Burrell of the new ... More >>
A little Kiwi ingenuity goes a long way when it comes to the paint finish on the America’s Cup series yachts. Durepox, made by Resene Automotive & Performance Coatings in New Zealand, has figured strongly on the hull and deck of contestants in the Whitbread ... More >>
Video: AMP Scholarship winners talk about what the scheme has meant to them. Scoop will webcast one winner's account per week un til June 30. This week we feature sports physician, Rawiri Durie. Details of the Scholarship scheme can be accessed by visiting ... More >>
How the mysterious agricultural techniques of an ancient Amazonian civilization could help New Zealand farming to become more competitive. More >>
The Chairman of Crop & Food Research, Richard Bentley, announced today that Mark Ward had been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Crop & Food Research. Mark replaces Paul Tocker who resigned in February to join PGG Wrightson. More >>
International research studies have shown approximately 70% of people will develop back pain within the next year, and 80% will develop back pain within their lifetime. More >>
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released the Summary for Policymakers of its Working Group 3 report Climate Change 2007: Mitigation of Climate Change. This summary was approved at a plenary in Bangkok, Thailand, this ... More >>
Greenpeace is demanding swift and serious action from the New Zealand government, following the completion of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report. More >>
Audio: Greenpeace's climate change spokesperson Vanessa Atkinson talks to Wallace about the spoof on the Genesis Energy pukeko advert. Hmmm, did Wal have a hidden motive? ;-) More >>
Hyundai continues to push the diesel technology envelope, building more power and torque into eco-sensitive engines. The fast-rising South Korean brand has now unleashed a 3.0-litre V6 turbo diesel powerplant, in its new Veracruz SUV for the northern ... More >>
With the US redaction market being driven by competing Freedom of Information and privacy compliance issues, New Zealand-based software house, Onstream Systems, is seeing a massive upsurge in demand for its industry leading RapidRedact™ product. More >>
Auckland-based cool storage and logistics company, Easy Logistics Ltd has contracted landlord Urbus Properties to invest $7million in the expansion of its East Tamaki contract distribution centre facilities. More >>
The Government's decision to go ahead with a plan to mark all newly registered cars with microdots will deal a mega blow to highly organised car theft crime rings in New Zealand. More >>
Air New Zealand’s new navigation technology fitted into six Boeing 737s is already making life easier for customers flying in and out of Queenstown. More >>
The Broadcasting Minister, Steve Maharey, is welcoming today's launch of digital television by Freeview, which allows New Zealanders to tune in to digital quality free-to-air TV for the first time. More >>
National leader John Key's stumbling into the broadband investment issue risks putting the price up, says Communications Minister David Cunliffe. "Of course New Zealand needs better broadband," Mr Cunliffe said. "The Labour-led government is delivering ... More >>
95bFM Audio: Paul Deady talks to Jim Blackman, the chair of the Regional TV Broadcasters Assoc speaks (very insightfully) about the launch of Freeview from an independent broadcaster's POV. More >>
Veritas NetBackup PureDisk To Expand Integration of Data Deduplication into Data Centre Environments with New Features for High Availability, Security and Backup Planning and Reporting More >>
NZ’s largest design event brings leading international and local creatives together for inspirational forum More >>
People holidaying and working at Hanmer Springs will be able to access super-fast broadband for the first time, from May 1. Vodafone has upgraded its mobile phone network there to include 3G mobile broadband. More >>
University of Otago-based company 1000Minds has won a prestigious Consensus Software Award overnight in Australia. The Microsoft and IBM-sponsored event provides the only independently-judged awards in Australasia for innovative and ground-breaking ... More >>
Rural Affairs Minister Damien O'Connor applauded the launch today of digital television by Freeview, which allows rural New Zealanders to tune in to digital quality free-to-air TV for the first time. More >>
Scientists from the Sustainable Land Use Research Initiative (SLURI) have developed a system for gauging the effects of erosion in New Zealand. Their work will help regional councils identify and target the most vulnerable land, to minimise erosion ... More >>
Tomizone, the global company offering an innovative Wi-Fi Hotspot service, is excited to announce its first ISP affiliate deal with New Zealand Internet Service Provider Orcon. Orcon is New Zealand’s largest 100% Kiwi-owned and fastest growing ISP. ... More >>
X-Platform Video: AMP Scholarship winners talk about what the scheme has meant to them. Scoop will webcast one winner's account per week. Details of the Scholarship scheme can be accessed by visiting amp.co.nz . Remember applications close on June ... More >>
KiwiFM Audio: Wammo serves up a complete audio feast! Paul Buchanan on the US War on Tourists - The Independent's Rob Beschizza on WiFi rays - and Nat Gerry Brownlee with politics and handyman hints! More >>
AMP Scholarship winners talk about what the scheme has meant to them. Scoop will webcast one winner's account per week. Details of the Scholarship scheme can be accessed by visiting amp.co.nz. Remember applications close on June 30 2007. More >>
The new release of Geneious Pro 3.0, by kiwi scientific software company Biomatters Ltd, enables any scientist with a connection to the Internet to search, organize, access, visualize and analyze genomic information – in a single desktop platform. ... More >>
Technology start-up VortexDNA is asking for volunteers to test the hypothesis that there is not just one Web. More >>
Mount Cook Airlines, a subsidiary of Air New Zealand located in Christchurch, New Zealand, has purchased from Mechtronix an ATR 72-500 Full Flight Trainer(TM) X(TM) (FFT X(TM)) to bring 100% of the recurring training and operational airlines needs ... More >>
Internal Affairs Minister Rick Barker today urged people to get their views heard on the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Amendment Bill before submissions close on 4 May 2007. More >>
Legally enforceable and binding commitments by Telecom and Vodafone that will reduce fixed-to-mobile phone fees will be implemented instead of regulation, as the way forward in delivering an effective and competitive telecommunications market, Economic ... More >>
Thirty five New Zealand biotech companies and organisations will be showcased at the international biotechnology conference Bio 2007 in Boston. More >>
In an effort to fight counterfeiting and piracy, the International Chamber of Commerce BASCAP initiative recently introduced a new anti-counterfeiting product by gaining access to proprietary information and content from Gieschen Consultancy, took what ... More >>
A couple of people asked me at Saturday night's wedding party whether I was really going for the job of editing Metro. Y'know, like it said in the paper that I was. I'm not, and have never even discussed the prospect with anyone. A certain diarist ... More >>
Christchurch based ARM solutions provider, Bluewater Systems, has promoted sales director Sarosh Dubash to the position of CEO. Dubash takes over from company founder Simon Glass who has been acting CEO for the last six months. More >>
95bFM Audio: Jose Barbosa talks to Prime Minister Helen Clark on news a Fisher and Paykel manufacturing plant and what this means for workers, the manufacturing sector, and our industrial economy. More >>
Thousands of people across New Zealand at risk of blindness from macular degeneration, could be spared loss of vision with a new class of drugs. More >>
Almost two-thirds (or 1 million) of New Zealand homes are connected to the Internet, Statistics New Zealand said today. Results from the Household Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Survey: 2006 show that just over half the connections ... More >>
More than 90 percent of businesses used the Internet in 2006, up 15 percent from 2001, Statistics New Zealand said today. In the Business Operations Survey for 2006, over three-quarters of businesses had a broadband Internet connection. Over a third ... More >>
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 26 April, 2007 – Nuance Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUAN), a leading provider of speech solutions, has unveiled Nuance Recognizer v9, a new speech recognition engine that dramatically increases the performance and quality ... More >>
Biomatters Ltd, a kiwi based science software company, is thrilled their flagship product Geneious™ has been selected as the ‘front end’ for the New Zealand national science research network. More >>
Video: Creativity is encouraged when the ownership rights of those that create music, art, and other endeavours are respected, Associate Commerce Minister, Judith Tizard and creativity industry representatives said today. More >>
Energy Minister David Parker says he congratulates New Zealand alternative fuel company LanzaTech for securing funding from one of the world's best-known venture capitalists and technology-leaders. More >>
Google has selected 900 of the world’s brightest programming students from a pool of 6,200 applicants for the Google Summer of Code 2007. More >>
Scoop Video: Scoop was there at dawn to capture the commemoration. Young and old, Maori and Pakeha and all other races gathered. Footage includes Scoop video & images from NZ, ANZAC Cove, and also historical images courtesy of Alexander Turnbull Library. More >>
Tomizone is set for major growth with the announcement of a recent deal with one of the world’s top router manufacturers, D-Link. The deal means that Tomizone software is fully integrated into select D-Link routers. More >>
Christchurch, New Zealand - HumanWare, the global leader in assistive technologies for vision, today announced that Jolimont Capital and senior managers have proposed a buyout of the company from existing shareholders. The proposal, which is subject ... More >>
According to Martin Wylie, CEO of CallPlus and Slingshot, a couple of millions dollars is all it could cost Vodafone and Telecom to impede competition in wireless broadband for five years. That’s a bargain for them,” he says. More >>
23 April 2007, AUCKLAND: A $1 billion cancer deal based on University of Auckland research is further proof of the University’s world-class research capacity, Dr Peter Lee, CEO of Auckland UniServices Limited, said today. More >>
In the 2006 financial year, total government operating expenditure on information and communication technology (ICT) was $1.1 billion, and total capital expenditure was $0.6 billion, Statistics New Zealand said today. More >>
Rt Hon Helen Clark Prime Minister Speech to Launch Arts & Culture Funding Guide on NZLive.com Te Papa Museum Wellington More >>
A $1 billion cancer deal based on University of Auckland research is further proof of the University’s world-class research capacity, Dr Peter Lee, CEO of Auckland UniServices Limited, said today. More >>
Christchurch, 23 April 2007. - ANZCRO, a company specialising in selling New Zealand travel to the international travel industry, is breaking new ground with a locally designed and developed computer system from Bootstrap IT. More >>
AgResearch has purchased a Voice100 analytical instrument from the Christchurch company Syft Technologies to further their research capabilities in a number of key application areas. More >>
One of the South Island’s top performing dairy farm managers says his recognition with two industry awards shows the benefits of benchmarking against a model farm and having comprehensive monitoring systems. More >>
Simon Ingram, from the Elam School of Fine Arts Doctoral programme at the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries (NICAI), has been awarded a University of Auckland Best Doctoral Thesis. Recipients of this award receive six thousand dollars. More >>
BLIS Technologies Ltd (NZX: BLT), developer and manufacturer of BLIS K12, an advanced oral probiotic for the prevention of upper respiratory infection and the treatment of chronic bad breath, announced that it has signed a significant distribution and ... More >>
New Zealand’s Ambassador to the United States, Mr Roy Ferguson will visit the Girvan Institute of Technology in Santa Clara, US tomorrow (Saturday, April 21NZ time). In collaboration with knowledge-broker Nick Gerritsen of Crispstart, the Girvan Institute ... More >>
National Party State Services spokesman Gerry Brownlee says the Inland Revenue Department must reveal how much taxpayer information was stored on 106 computers which have gone missing. More >>
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