Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

From today, instead of receiving the usual 50 cent coin in your change, you may be lucky enough to receive a brand new Armistice Day coin of the same value.

Government Ministers and energy sector leaders from around the Asia Pacific will meet at a Summit in Wellington later this month.

Massey University’s Manawatū campus will soon have a state-of-the-art consumer and sensory science facility, to help determine what drives people in their food choice behaviour.

Growing fruit and vegetables commercially is not all about serious business and finances. A small New Zealand produce farm, called The Curious Croppers, mainly produce tomatoes on a small scale, but couple Angela and Anthony Tringham are on a ride that has given them plenty of fun and stories along the way report Fresh Plaza.

On Friday 5 October, Ports of Auckland will take delivery of three giant new container cranes. The cranes, which stand 82.3 metres tall and weigh 2,100 tonnes, will arrive by ship, creating a dramatic sight as they enter the Waitematā Harbour from approximately 7am until 8am.   The cranes can be viewed from anywhere on the harbour.

01 Oct: 0823 | As brand owners and trademark professionals face new opportunities and challenges in the Asia-Pacific region and elsewhere, the International Trademark Association (INTA) will be holding an educational conference in Sydney, Australia, from October 11 to 12, to explore timely issues that extend beyond those focused only on trademarks.

A Wellington-based start-up is poised to disrupt a $40 billion antibodies industry by creating a faster, cheaper and humane way of testing for substances reports Farah Hancock for Newsroom.

Eastland Group today began commissioning the firm’s 25 megawatt Te Ahi O Maui geothermal power plant at Kawerau . . .  read one>

Two wins for Plant & Food Research at the Kudos Awards - Dr Philip Elmer, a senior scientist in plant pathology and biological control, has been presented with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, while his team was awarded the Kudos Science Trust - Agriculture Science Award.

Trevor Edwards, Managing Director of Superheat Ltd has been elected as the President of The Manufacturers’ Network (formerly NZMEA) at the Association’s 139th AGM.