Technology

Plugging the leak in NZ’s water infrastructure

A UC research team has received $360,000 in Marsden funding to develop technology to assess and inform water use and infrastructure across New Zealand. In... Read More

Online scams: $200 million lost in the last year

New Zealanders have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to scams in the last year, and police are warning people to be aware of online scams heading into the... Read More

Head on a pest hunt this summer

University of Canterbury researchers and partners are using digital technology to help every New Zealander join the fight against invasive pests. Find-A-Pest... Read More

3D printer aims to save endangered fish

NIWA is using a 3D printer to help save New Zealand's endangered native fish. The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has developed a... Read More

Govt rolls out new facial recognition tech

The government begins the roll out new facial recognition technology next week despite an "untested risk" around racial bias. No tests have been done for... Read More

No repeat of online exam access problems - NZQA

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority says there was no repeat of log-in problems during a big online exam on Wednesday morning. The authority's deputy... Read More

Business owner loses $10,000 in Facebook scam

Businesses are being warned their insurance may not cover them for losses resulting from online marketplace scams. In a recent case investigated by the Insurance... Read More

Food rescue app arrives in BOP

Bay of Plenty residents will now have food rescue at their fingertips with the arrival of Foodprint. The app, which partners with local eateries as a platform... Read More

$400,000 lost to Facebook investment scam

Gavin Keesing lost almost $400,000 in an investment scam, and now says he has run out of options to try to recover any of it. He says, when his marriage broke... Read More

Cash stuffing: Caution warned over TikTok trend

"Cash stuffing" is the latest budgeting trend to sweep TikTok, but it comes with a warning from insurers. The trend - also known as the cash envelope system... Read More

Sustainable biocontrols for food industry trialled

‘Nature's ninjas' could help protect kiwifruit and bees from dangerous pathogens if new research by a team of Canterbury and Otago scientists pays off.... Read More

The teenage inventor using AI to save forests

Cameron Moore​, 14, bikes through Rotorua's Whakarewarewa forest park almost every day after school. 'I love seeing the trees, how big they are. It's... Read More