Technology

Scientists celebrate prestigious publishing honour

Scion is toasting the success of two leading researchers after they've earned the equivalent of an Olympic gold medal in the world of science. Drs Marie... Read More

Smishing scams cost New Zealanders $4.2m

Fraudsters stole just over $4.2 million from New Zealanders between April and June, with text message scams on the rise. New Zealand's Computer Emergency... Read More

Tauranga to celebrate STEM Festival

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM for short, is happening all around us, all the time, without most people ever realising. Young... Read More

A Māori cultural guide to our region

A new app designed in partnership by Tauranga City Council and Tourism Bay of Plenty has launched this week during Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with an aim to promote... Read More

Young Innovator Awards celebrate BOP youth

A Pāpāmoa College student who came up with the idea for a daily wellbeing check-in app has taken out the Intermediate People's Choice Award at Priority One's... Read More

Shane Barr: cobbler and TikTok star

They look like a medieval torture instrument, but a pair of humble bunion pliers have helped turn a Tauranga cobbler into a social media star (and given his... Read More

Calls for AI strategy before election

Technology experts are urging Labour and National to announce an Artificial Intelligence strategy before October's election. New Zealanders have used... Read More

Illegal material scam re-emerges

Police are aware that an email scam has re-emerged, that references Police and other justice sector partners. The email claims authorities have done a search... Read More

New life for police body armour

Police and Massey University design students have teamed-up to put old Kevlar to good use. Redundant armour plates from old out-of-warranty stab-resistant... Read More

Tasting the real world via Yia!

Giving students a real taste of the real world - and what it's really like to be an adult - is what the Young Innovators Awards hands to students across the... Read More

Survey: Parents, children, schoolwork and AI

Over half of NZ parents won't allow children to use AI for schoolwork. A new survey from Norton, a Cyber Safety brand of Gen, has found that Kiwi parents,... Read More

How will AI impact outdoor adventure education?

Educators working in the dynamic Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning (AEOL) field are trained to assess risks and respond. But are they ready for the fast-emerging... Read More