Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

30 Oct: 1411  |  The Rail & Maritime Transport Union welcomes the decision to keep KiwiRail’s electric locomotives running on the North Island Main Trunk.

The founder of one of New Zealand’s biggest biotech companies, Dr Sean Simpson, is back in New Zealand this week attending key board meetings for the next wave of Kiwi success stories, BiotechNZ executive director Zahra Champion says.

UniServices has followed Mercedes Benz’s investment into Soul Machines with its own commitment of US$2m to a US$15m+ funding round announced recently by the company.

Emirates is gearing up to launch the world’s first “biometric path” which will offer its customers a smooth and truly seamless airport journey at the airline’s hub in Dubai International airport.

30 Oct: 1050  |  The Treasury is suggesting a new institution to improve transparency around governmental taxing and spending.

30 Oct: 1038  |  Trucking group TIL Logistics has agreed to investigate hydrogen fuel options with Hiringa Energy Read full release . . >

A water-soluble, environmentally friendly fruit sticker that will reduce waste and encourage consumers to wash their fruit has made its creators award winners. For the past eight months, Woodford House students; Sarah Wixon, Maggie Peacock, Zoe Rookes and Rylie Bensemann have been hard at work in the science lab perfecting their product: Bayuble.

The November 2016 quakes put Wellington's container cranes out of action for 10 months. Now CentrePort is looking at investing to accept bigger container ships. But not everyone agrees, Thomas Coughlan  reports for Newsroom.

30 Oct: 0744  |  LGNZ has welcomed this afternoon’s announcement from Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones of $19 million in co-funding from the Provincial Growth Fund to enable extensive 3D elevation mapping of New Zealand’s regions. “Detailed elevation mapping of our regions is vital to unlocking the economic development of our regions. It will allow councils to more efficiently plan and develop housing, road and water infrastructure, as well as better prepare for hazards such as flooding, landslides and erosion,” says LGNZ Vice-President Stuart Crosby. Utilising technology known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), the data is collected by aircraft using airborne lasers to collect millions of height points, which are turned into 3D models of both the earth’s surface, including buildings and vegetation, as well as the underlying bare earth. Coordinated by Land Information New Zealand, LiDAR far surpasses traditional topographical maps and Google maps, creating highly accurate 3D models, giving planners greater certainty. “The funding announced today smashes the affordability problem that stopped smaller councils from investing in the topographical scans,” says Mr Crosby. “It means we will be able to extend LiDAR mapping beyond the main centres, making it cheaper for both the private and public sectors to access high quality elevation data to enable better decision making.” Of particular interest for regional councils is the ability of the data to provide better information for environmental management. “The data will be particularly useful for the primary sector, as it will allow for better understanding of impacts on our water catchments. It will also provide improved detail of soil mapping for better nutrient management, and comes with a much cheaper price tag than costly field surveys,” says Mr Crosby. “In short, it means regional and provincial New Zealand will be able to tap their natural capital in smarter, more sustainable ways, and is another example of how the Provincial Growth Fund is helping to unlock the nascent potential of our regions.”

The 2018 ExportNZ DHL Export Barometer released today shows that despite a rapidly changing global marketplace, Kiwi exporters still remain confident and are handling the pace of change.