Micro algae, wood waste, bagasse and other green municipal waste is to be put to good use thanks to Kiwi company Aquaflow. The company has announced it is partnering with Energy Parks Australia to develop infrastructure for energy parks to ... More …
Christchurch Agency for Energy this week announced the letting of contracts for feasibility studies for New Zealand's first city heating and cooling District Energy Scheme, which distributes heating and cooling energy to city buildings using an underground network of ... More …
You might remember a while back we featured this rather sweet and very clever video about a guitar-wielding Apache. Created using animation, motion graphics and a touch of live action, the video was directed by 2D animator Ned Wenlock of ... More …
News that Australian company DesignCrowd had launched in New Zealand didn’t go down too well with our readers a few weeks back. But its presence in the Kiwi market and beyond has been given a booster by way of ... More …
In the short run, the New Zealand economy is likely to deteriorate, and another credit rating downgrade can't be ruled out. More …
Johanna Hertwich, 16, from rural Murchison in the South Island, has taken the Supreme Award at the inaugural Inspiring Stories Film Competition. More …
After the week from hell – the redesigned Google Reader, Gmail's makeover and a hastily pulled Gmail app for iOS, Google could sure use a winner. More …
Why do some startups fail and others explode (in a good way)? It's all about consistency More …
It’s probably safe to say Wellington Airport’s new international terminal, dubbed 'The Rock', has now picked up enough awards to give the big finger to its critics. Having in the past being likened to a pair of giant ... More …
The Occupy Wall Street movement, and the 'We are the 99%' spinoff it inspired, still remains a bit of an unknown quantity. Its popularity, however, continues to spread around the globe with protests popping up in more than 80 countries ... More …
Mmm, cookies. It doesn't get much more Kiwi than Cookie Time, and for the first time rural New Zealanders will be able to buy theirs online this year. More …
Local startup uSnap.us, which provides a mobile and web application for guest-sourcing wedding photos, has been crowned winner at Startup Weekend Wellington. More …
Urgent Couriers has been performing some impressive feats when it comes to sustainability. For one, it’s become the first major transport company to receive carbon neutral certification under Landcare Research’s carboNZero programme. Not bad for a company with ... More …
This year's entry numbers for the Wellington Architecture Awards may have been down, but the architecture which was "reassuringly high". All up 16 projects were bestowed with an award, among them the 1950s-designed Lower Hutt Civic Precinct and the ... More …
A bit of Monday morning inspiration for you by way of the late Ray Anderson, a self professed “recovering plunderer”. In this 2009 presentation, Anderson discusses how Paul Hawken’s book, The Ecology of Commerce, provided the sustainability wake up ... More …