Technology

Emergency mobile alert tests this weekend

If you phone receives a strange alert on Sunday November 25, don't be alarmed. The Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management will be sending out alerts... Read More

Police warn of new phone scam targeting NZ

If you receive an angry call from someone seeking compensation for car damages, hang up. Police have identified a new telephone scam targeting New Zealanders.... Read More

Fraud on the rise: customers on track to lose $70m

New Zealand customers are losing almost 15 per cent more to scammers than they did last year. Provisional data from the country's banks suggests customers are... Read More

Tauranga photograph competition back for 2018

Downtown Tauranga has launched the Trustpower Photographic Competition and Exhibition for the third year in a row, and is now seeking entries with a prize pool... Read More

Tauranga City in one app

A new app is now available that allows you to see everything Tauranga has to offer, right in the palm of your hand. Launched by SunMedia today, the Tauranga City... Read More

Customers charged multiple times due to glitch

One in five Kiwibank card users have been impacted by a glitch where their cards were declined, then charged multiple times. Users with Visa debit cards who made... Read More

Power company tells customers to find new supplier

A power start-up that sells electricity at wholesale prices has told customers to find new suppliers because prices are too high. Powerdirect.co.nz, which started... Read More

Damaged cable causes Papamoa broadband outage

Papamoa residents are facing what has been described as a ‘large-scale' outage to their internet services. According to the UltraFast Fibre Network website,... Read More

Sustainable fishing for Tauranga fishers

Tauranga fishers will be able to experience New Zealand's only free recreational fishing app, Fish4All, at its showcase this weekend during the Tauranga Fishing... Read More

Schools face off in national robotics final

Whakatāne technology hub Robopā is gearing up to put 12 primary-intermediate school teams through the wringer to find the first National Robotics Scrimmage champions. A... Read More

National grid fault causes widespread outages

About 22,000 Powerco customers in Tauranga lost supply for 30 minutes this morning after a fault on the national grid. Network Operations manager Phil Marsh says... Read More

Robo-dialling scam targetting Kiwis

If you've been hung up on by a mystery international number, don't call back. New Zealand is "flavour of the month" for robo-dialling scam calls, which... Read More