New Zealand announces plans to boost local defence sector

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -The New Zealand government said on Friday it was changing defence procurement rules and introducing a new military technology fund in an effort to boost the local defence sector as government spending is set...

Stark wealth inequality in New Zealand

Statistics released late last month show that New Zealand’s richest households have expanded their wealth significantly, even as the country’s economy has gone into reverse and the majority of workers are experiencing a major decline in their real...

Hitachi Vantara Appoints Dave Wardrop as Australia and New Zealand CTO and Director of Solution Consulting

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT: Hitachi Vantara, the data storage, infrastructure and hybrid cloud management subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), today announced the appointment of Dave Wardrop as its new Chief Technology Officer and Director of...

Kia announces New Zealand prices, specs and availability for EV4 sedan

Really like the Kia EV3 small all-electric SUV, but wish it was a bit more sedan-y? Well, you are in luck, because Kia New Zealand has just launched the new EV4 ‘Fastback’ electric sedan, officially revealing pricing yesterday. The EV4 launches in...

BETA Technologies, an electric aircraft manufacturer, plans to hold an IPO in the United States

AK&M 30 September 2025 15:20 The American manufacturer of electric airplanes BETA Technologies Inc. plans to hold an IPO in the USA. This is reported in the BETA press release. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs are the leading underwriters of the...

Six Winners Announced for the 2025 Women in Engineering: Rising Star Awards

SAE Media Group announced the winners of its Rising Star Awards: Women in Engineering program today during a live online event attended by participants across the globe. This prestigious program honors exceptional women engineers who are not only...

Auckland’s pink glow-up for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

The Civic is one of the well-known Auckland landmarks set to glow pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. Photos supplied Auckland is set to turn pink this October, sending a message of support and hope during Breast Cancer Awareness...

New Zealand vs Australia, 2nd T20I - Who will win today NZ vs AUS match?

NZ vs AUS, 2nd T20I,Cricket Tips:Tim Robinson slammed a hard-fought century in the first game but couldn#39;t see his team winning the first T20I. It was because of the sheer domination of the Australian batting unit led by captain Mitchell Marsh,...

Research assessment: a round-up for early-career researchers

Some research-assessment frameworks rank individual departments or staff members.Credit: GettySteve Goodman had just completed a three-page referee’s letter for an academic colleague who was going for promotion in a law department, when he...

New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals collapses

New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals has discovered it is insolvent and advised members it has no alternative but to enter liquidation. The Institute (ITP) wrote to members on Thursday and posted a document titled “Important Update on ITP’s...

Full Report: New Zealand's Cruel Genetic Engineering Animal Field Trials Reach An End.

The GE Animal experimental field trials have ended in failure. The disastrous trials have come at the cost of years of cruelty to the animals. The trials involving hundreds of animals over two decades have been largely kept under the radar from...

New Zealand could have mobile driver’s licenses by end of 2025

Neighboring Australia has hogged the digital headlines of late, largely through its incoming age restrictions on social media platforms. But New Zealand has been no less busy on the digitization front, recently issuing a Biometric Processing...

Air New Zealand flight aborts take-off in Apia after cockpit alert

About 30 seconds after NZ993 began its take-off roll along the runway at Samoa’s main airport, the brakes were applied and the flaps extended, slowing the 787 before it could become airborne. The captain could then be heard over the tannoy saying,...

Hitachi Vantara names Dave Wardrop CTO for Australia & New Zealand

Hitachi Vantara has appointed Dave Wardrop as Chief Technology Officer and Director of Solution Consulting for Australia and New Zealand. Wardrop, who will be based in Canberra, will assume responsibility for directing Hitachi Vantara's technical...

Donorbees launches to simplify payroll giving for New Zealanders

A new payroll giving platform called Donorbees has launched in New Zealand, aiming to streamline the process of charitable donations through employers and make giving easier for individuals, companies, and charities. Platform features Donorbees...

Donorbees Launches To Super-charge Payroll Giving In New Zealand

Press Release – Donorbees A handful of seasoned finance and technology founders have joined forces to launch Donorbees, a payroll giving platform designed to take the pain out of giving and unlock the generosity of thousands of New Zealanders....

Improved fertility diagnostics could boost bird conservation breeding programs, say scientists

A new analytical method is revealing how conservationists can further boost breeding programs dedicated to saving some of the world's most threatened species, according to new research led by the University of Sheffield and ZSL. Conservation zoos,...

IT Professionals New Zealand to enter liquidation after 65 years

Peter Griffin, who has reported on technology for 25 years and was responsible for editing ITPNZ’s tech blog from August 2021 to September 2025, said the body “shaped the professional identity of New Zealand’s tech community”. “For over six...

New Zealand Adds New Information Privacy Principle

On September 23, 2025, New Zealand passed a targeted update to the Privacy Act 2020 that strengthens transparency around third‑party data collection and fine‑tunes several privacy processes. The headline change is a new Information Privacy...

Game-based Learning Market Research 2025-2033, Competitive Analysis of Badgeville, Bunchball, Classcraft Studios, Six Waves, Recurrence, Gametize, Kuato, BreakAway, Filament Games, LearningWare – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “Game-based Learning Market Report by Component, Platform Type, Deployment Mode, Game Type, End-User, Countries and Companies Analysis 2025-2033” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The world...