Led by Australia’s Plant Biosecurity Research Initiative (PBRI) and New Zealand’s Better Border Biosecurity (B3NZ) and cemented by a Memorandum of Understanding between Australia and New Zealand, a new joint initiative will focus on biosecurity Research, Development and Extension (RD&E) efforts at pre-border, border, and post-border stages.

Digital Identity NZ, a group of organisations and government agencies, has been set up to connect everyone in New Zealand that cares about digital identity.

Daily Market Update From XE:   The NZDUSD opens at 0.6785 (mid-rate) this morning.They came in worse than expected:

It took 38 minutes for the EU leaders to sign off on the Brexit deal.

The University of Canterbury’s rare collection of thousands of architectural drawings has been selected by UNESCO as a significant and important piece of New Zealand memory that should be preserved for all time.

General Motors will lay off 14,700 factory and white-collar workers in North America and put five plants up for possible closure as it restructures to cut costs and focus more on autonomous and electric vehicles report chron.com.

A major potential investment into hydrogen technology in Taranaki shows the need for a re-think on oil and gas exploration, says the Petroleum Exploration and Production Association of New Zealand (PEPANZ).

The best of the best in cycle skills training is up and pedalling from today with the implementation of the new national cycling education system, BikeReady.

Blockchain has proven its usefulness in finance, but now entrepreneurs and businesses believe it will allow many more industries to transform and improve. Various industries are now tapping into the world of blockchain reports Emma Thompson for Coin Rivet.

The Housing and Urban Development Authority will have cut-through powers to build quality state and affordable homes and create thriving master-planned communities, announced Minister for Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford.