Auckland - August 26, 2015 New Zealand has an opportunity to significantly improve urban development according to leaders across the infrastructure sector. Stephen Selwood, chief executive of the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID), says we need to lift our vision to be internationally competitive in big city development projects. “We surveyed
Month: August 2015
Flashing blue Solar Bright road markers saving lives in icy conditions
Christchurch - August 13, 2015 Award-winning New Zealander company Solar Bright is lighting the way in providing health and safety markers to help reduce the winter road toll. Solar Bright has come up with world first icy-road warning technology with solar-powered blue road markers that flash blue when conditions are icy, to warn
NZ must focus on managing multi-million dollar projects more effectively
Wellington - August 11, 2015 New Zealand needs to focus on managing big multi-million dollar projects more effectively, leading national major infrastructure development head says. Stephen Selwood, chief executive of the New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Development (NZCID), says just as important as large investment is ageing growth in demand. “Councils that have
NZ professional wait staff: anywhere, anytime – a NZ-first
Auckland - August 9, 2015 A leading Christchurch postgraduate business student has come up with the answer to provide a New Zealand-first: perfect business or family entertainment events with professional wait staff anywhere in the country, anytime. University of Canterbury doctoral student Faith Jeremiah has set up Professional Wait Staff -
Maybe time to adopt new space law in New Zealand, expert says
Christchurch - August 6, 2015 New Zealand needs to develop its own domestic space law as more and more companies enter the realm of space for commercial purposes around the world, Christchurch legal space expert Dr Maria Pozza says. Dr Pozza, an international space law specialist and consultant lawyer on New Zealand
Charitable cricket foundation opening fourth centre in Sri Lanka
Christchurch - August 6, 2015 The leading New Zealand non-profit cricket foundation to help underprivileged children shortly plans to open its fourth cricket-education and life skills development centre in Sri Lanka. The Cricket Live Foundation opened its first base south of Colombo at Moratuwa nearly two years ago. The foundation, founded by Christchurch’s Alex Reese, has
Wellington, Whangarei and Auckland projects win engineering gold awards
Christchurch - August 1, 2015 The Lower Hatea River crossing in Whangarei, a new state of the art building at Middlemore hospital in Auckland and Wellington's Clyde Quay Wharf were the gold winners at the 50th annual NZ INNOVATE awards, organised by ACENZ – the Association of Consulting and Engineering Professionals