Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

Unlocking the value of digital manufacturing.  The recent Rockwell Automation TechED event in Auckland was well attended and revealed the latest technologies for high performance manufacturing and production. With a strong focus on New Zealand’s food & beverage, water/wastewater and OEM industries, the event brought together industry professionals including end users, system integrators, distributors, partners and machine builders.

The death at 73 of Connie Lawn evokes for many the epoch in which Radio New Zealand set the news agenda throughout Oceania.

New Zealand-based heavy equipment specialist, Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) collaborated with Hiab Australia to upgrade a Isuzu Giga 8x4 with a truck-mounted jib crane.

Apr 03, 2018 -  Glenn Ashby has won nine A Class World Championships and is considered the benchmark sailor for the class. He is also a sailmaker by trade and used his extraordinary technical skills, along with ETNZ designers, to mastermind the trimming of the Team New Zealand wing on the winning America's Cup catamaran in the 35th edition of the event.

Apr 03, 2018  -  The new Customs and Excise Act will enable Customs to adapt to a changing world and is good news for everyone in New Zealand, the Acting Comptroller of Customs, Christine Stevenson, said today.

Donald Trump says illegal immigrants should no longer be allowed to obtain work permits in the United States after reports suggested the numbers crossing the Mexican border are rising.

Silver Fern Farms returned to profit last year as a capital injection from China's Shanghai Maling trimmed the meat processor's finance costs and global beef prices rebounded, although its cooperative shareholder posted a loss from the new structure.

The reasons behind the geoglyphs are still unknown, despite a number of compelling theories.  In the arid coastal plains of southern Peru lies a mystery that has baffled scientists and archaeologists for almost a century. Etched out of the sand by ancient indigenous people for reasons which are still largely unknown, the purpose of the Nazca Lines has spawned countless theories since their discovery some 80 years ago.  Harry Stewart lays out the story behind Peru's mysterious Nazca Lines in this interesting article published  on The Omnivore.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The music blared from the lobby at the San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino — which was finally packed with tourists and not just emergency workers.

New airline battle lines have been drawn across the Tasman to fill the big gap left by the exit of Emirates' two A380s from Auckland to Australia writes Grant Bradley in the NZHerald.