Christchurch-based BitPrime has signed a partnership with the NEM Foundation. BitPrime will be working with NEM Foundation Australia and New Zealand to provide a secure and compliant platform for New Zealand residents to buy and sell the XEM cryptocurrency with ease. BitPrime is trusted by over 9,000 Kiwis and is New Zealand owned and operated, The cryptocurrency retailer boasts over 50 Cryptocurrencies in their ecosystem.

New Zealand satsuma mandarin growers are forecasting a slight increase in production, compared to last year.

McLean Park returf project schedule and Napier City Council is pleased that the complex and large-scale redevelopment remains on track with next week marking the halfway point in the project.

Ronald Rael says that pottery is amazing because clay is the world’s most humble material, and you can mold it into a shape that will last forever.

London currently uses over a billion single-use plastic water bottles every single year. To raise awareness, an art installation showing the drastic damage humans are doing to the environment by discarding plastic bottles was unveiled at London Zoo.

We just setup an 18 hour nylon print of 3 components on our Markforged X7 in #Auckland. One of them also has layers of continuous strand Kevlar to form a custom internal composite honeycomb panel. #Markforged #PrintStronger #3Dprinting #AdditiveManufacturing. 

A self-cleaning surface that burns up bacteria and viruses holds plenty of commercial interest.  The revolutionary anti-microbial coating being developed at Canterbury University causes microbes to sizzle up on contact with surfaces like buttons, knobs, handles and rails.

" The ability to adopt new technologies and embrace change is key to succeeding in today’s fast paced, manufacturing environment. Digital transformation is changing processes, systems and business models, enabling greater connectivity, which ultimately results in greater productivity.

"  A Nod to New Zealands Coach Building Industry -1947 Mercury Ambulance - Built by a Coachbuilder in Timaru with the built in Sag (note the perfect roof line) by the chassis being cut and lengthened into a very shallow Vee shape — the front tilted down slightly, the rear tilted up slightly. This was done to give a lower back end to make the loading of patients on stretchers easier.

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