Auckland - New Zealand dementia organisations have just released an action plan to help New Zealand prepare for the expected increase in the numbers of people with dementia. This comes after yesterday’s release of the World Alzheimers Report which warns that countries like New Zealand are unprepared for a surge in
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NZTech, Precision Ag NZ helping agriculture grow faster
Auckland - New Zealand has an enormous opportunity to use technology as a means to support the economic growth of its agri sector and become a world leader in a fast growing agritech market, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The country is achieving good agritech export growth rates relative to
NZ not alone in grappling with tech skills shortages
Auckland - New Zealand is not alone in facing real challenges of growing shortages of people with the right skills to work in the tech sector and increasingly across other sectors, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Most countries are grappling with how to evolve their education systems to provide the
World-leading StretchSense to feature at major tech summit
Auckland - Sensor technologies that can stretch with human motion and help improve how people interact with technology are rapidly developing as a New Zealand company is taking this technology to the world. Auckland-based company StretchSense has more than 200 significant clients in 28 countries using their Kiwi designed soft sensors
World first driving trial could have lasting impact
Auckland - A world first trial delivering Bluetooth audio safety messages to rental car drivers between Christchurch and Queenstown is proving successful, GO Rentals says. Participating rental car drivers travelling on the popular tourist route have benefited from the trail launched by the Government last month. GO Rentals general manager James Dalglish says
NZ’s disability seating innovator receives award
Christchurch - Medifab, a New Zealand leader in providing specialised equipment for people with disabilities and medical difficulties, has won an international award for its new life-enhancing technology. Medifab was recognised for its world-leading disability product technology development at the biennial Australian Better Technology Awards event on the Gold Coast. The Better Technology
Ray White raises $16,000 for leukaemia
Auckland - Ray White real estate has raised more than $16,000 for the Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC) in the annual Auckland Sky Tower Stair Challenge. Nineteen Ray White employees took part in the challenge, several for the fourth year in a row. Ray White New Zealand chief executive Carey
Tech summit to help prepare for unprecedented changes
Christchurch - Canterbury Tech is holding an important summit next month to help prepare for emerging and rapidly changing technologies which are redefining how New Zealanders will work and live in future. New Zealand and the rest of the world is undergoing massive technology changes and Canterbury Tech chair Michael Trengrove