Technology

Ditching the home phone

While people around the world are learning to live without a home phone service, it seems New Zealanders are slow to follow their example, despite the large savings... Read More

Scammers target Bay businesses

A targeted email attack known as 'whaling” is causing significant financial losses to businesses, including those in the Western Bay of Plenty. Tauranga Police... Read More

The future is now at Thames Hospital

The digital future for rural health has arrived on the Coromandel with Thames Hospital carrying out its first ‘virtual ward round' recently. Several rehabilitation... Read More

Internet outage raises questions

A cascade of power failures left internet users across Tauranga without service for around three hours on Sunday afternoon. The fault, at Chorus' Cameron Road exchange,... Read More

Success for new design programme

The first of Tauranga's newest digital media designers are all set to graduate, and ACG Yoobee School of Design programme manager Kevin Sharp couldn't be more proud. It's... Read More

New App for AIMS Games

Parents who have children taking part in this year's AIMS Games can now see how their kids are doing at the touch of a button thanks to Deb Posa and her team at... Read More

Bay engineer named as finalist

The Tauranga engineer who designed and built a kiwifruit picking robot for his PhD thesis has been named as a finalist for the NZ Young Innovator of the year award. Robotics... Read More

First stop NZ for new iPhones

New Zealand is set to become one of the first countries in the world to take delivery of the new iPhone 6S and 6S Plus after the devices were unveiled in San Francisco. Apple... Read More

Police Skype scam warning

Police are warning the public about a new online scam involving the online video calling programme Skype. So far, six people have complained to Manukau police over... Read More

Fibre upgrade for more areas

Nearly four-and-a-half years after the first fibre trench was dug in Whangarei, the Government's Ultra-Fast Broadband initiative is more than 50 per cent complete. Communications... Read More

Coromandel towns make UFB long list

Thames, Whitianga, Coromandel Town, Whangamata and Tairua have made the Government's long list to potentially receive funding for ultra-fast broadband. Announced... Read More

House of Science scoops award

House of Science Tauranga scooped the Supreme Award at the 2015 Trustpower Tauranga Community Awards last night. The accolades were announced and presented at Tauranga... Read More