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Chemical engineer Ivan Williams believes the worldwide ‘megatrend’ of electrification could mean big business for CarbonScape, the company he runs which is headquartered in Blenheim and which aims to supply a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries: graphite. Michael Botur found out more. A relatively new invention with impressive power, rechargeable lithium-ion batteries first came about […]

For many dog owners, a night or two away without their four-legged friend in tow requires a bit of pre planning, someone’s got to feed them their evening tucker. But what if it didn’t have to be an actual human that gave the dog a bone? It’s definitely food for thought, and as explained to […]

Tim Coulson was just eleven years old when he was given his first bee hive. Seven years later he has 50 hives located throughout the Manawatu, and his business, City Slicker Honey, is buzzing. Erin Harrison spoke to the young entrepreneur. There’s no doubt Tim has already achieved an incredible amount at a young age, […]

Christopher Staal’s startup EC8 has developed technology to supply pre-cut plasterboard to building sites, reducing the overall build time of a residential house by two days and decreasing waste by up to 30 per cent. With 34,000 houses built annually in New Zealand and more than one million built each year in the United States, […]

As the wine industry booms and humans are needed for winery management roles, a trio of inventors have created robotic vehicles to do labour-intensive tasks in vineyards – and the vehicles are made entirely in New Zealand. Mike Botur explains.    Smart Machine currently has just one product, and just four copies of it, but […]

Who: Mahitahi Colab  What: Learning & Mentoring, Coworking HQ: Nelson INTRODUCTION The Mahitahi Colab’s purpose is to build a more connected business and innovation community, by creating stronger links between clever business, investors, researchers, business development providers, Government and the education sector. We do this by offering flexible co working space, hosting business and community […]

One of NZ’s longest serving private technology companies is soon to celebrate 30 years in business – a milestone in any industry let alone in such a competitive and rapidly developing industry. We caught up with CodeHQ (previously Augen Software) cofounder Mitchell Pham and asked him about how his experiences as a child refugee from […]

New research reveals New Zealand employees are working longer hours and feeling more pressure to be ‘always on’. Given the option to work remotely, more than half would switch employers, and nearly three quarters would do the same for a better work-life balance. The report by Adobe, titled The Future of Time, surveyed 5,500 enterprise […]