Waikato stories
New Zealand and Canada have launched a partnership to boost the commercialisation of Kiwi food innovations, addressing global market demands effectively.
Several New Zealand schools report improved literacy after using the AI-driven Writer's Toolbox, showing significant gains in student writing skills and confidence.
Real-time data is becoming essential for Kiwi builders as cost spikes, weather disruptions and green mandates squeeze already thin margins.
National average asking prices rose 60.3% in 10 years, but Auckland lagged as regional New Zealand drove most of the gains.
New Zealand’s housing market finished 2024 quietly, with sales, prices and listings all showing mixed shifts as inventory stayed elevated.
Falling interest rates and higher inventory are drawing more buyers back, with October sales up 20% nationally, REINZ says.
Rising listings and stronger open-home turnout suggest buyers and sellers are regaining confidence as interest rates ease.
Buyer demand picked up in July, with sales rising 14.5% year on year even as the national median house price slipped 2.2%.
WorkSafe has backed a half-million-dollar safety overhaul after a kiwifruit worker lost a leg in a forklift incident.
Spark secures resource consent for a new 40MW data centre in Auckland's North Shore, using innovative heat exchange and solar power to enhance sustainability.
Patronage is rising and subsidy dependence is easing, bolstering the case for keeping the Auckland-Hamilton service running beyond its trial.
A glut of listings and high borrowing costs are keeping prices flat, with Auckland edging lower and buyers enjoying more choice.
New Zealand’s housing recovery gathered pace last quarter, with national average prices up 2% and only Invercargill recording a fall.
Hourly Auckland-Hamilton rail could be built for the cost of one highway project, the commentator says, with freight also benefiting.
Worksafe has fined R&L Drainage NZD $275,000 after a worker was nearly buried alive in a Te Kuiti trench collapse.
Three-quarters of Aotearoa’s land is adding too much E. coli to waterways, with farms facing the biggest cuts to meet national targets.
Training for a first earthquake strengthening job next year will be funded by the company's USD $20,000 prize win.
The Paremoremo family home could cut emissions by 30% while showcasing 3D-printed concrete as a cheaper way to build complex designs.
Vacancy constraints and rising rents have kept industrial property firm, but higher rates and a cooling economy are now testing demand.
Record entries underline how new plant and global best practice are helping steel contractors deliver more complex buildings across New Zealand.
