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Three waters IT system project could top $500m, warns National

National warns that the cost of merging local councils' water service IT systems for three waters reforms may exceed $500m.

By Russell Palmer • 6 min read • Mon, 18th Jul 2022

Public Sector

Country still divided on three waters reforms

Councils and opponents remain split as the Government's water overhaul promises public ownership but keeps co-governance in place.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Thu, 28th Apr 2022

Sustainability

Huge regional disparities in water wastage

Metered Auckland households use far less water than unmetered districts, where per-person consumption can reach 800 litres a day, the report says.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 25th Mar 2022

Sustainability

New Zealand infrastructure projects recognised at awards ceremony

Projects saving time, money and emissions were among eight winners at the 2021 IPWEA NZ Asset Management Excellence Awards.

By Staff Writer • 8 min read • Wed, 23rd Mar 2022

United Nations

What a plastics treaty means for our water

Plastic pollution in rivers, oceans and wastewater systems could finally face tougher global rules after nearly 200 countries backed a UN treaty.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Sun, 6th Mar 2022

Power / Energy

Water sector a key player in managing climate change

Poor sanitation and water management are emitting methane, while better policy could help cut climate pollution and expand clean energy.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Fri, 21st Jan 2022

Auckland Council

Next steps in three waters reform

The government’s plan could cut household costs, but councils fear losing control over water assets as a 30-year fix is pursued.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Wed, 27th Oct 2021

Supply Chain

Bold action needed to stop water infrastructure’s downward spiral

Household water bills could soar unless New Zealand overhauls ageing networks, with studies flagging up to NZD $185 billion of work needed.

By Staff Writer • 9 min read • Fri, 4th Jun 2021

Global Stories

Water stories

Data Analytics

Talend announces support for Amazon Redshift Serverless

Talend announces support for Amazon Redshift Serverless, enabling better analytics and validation of high-quality integrations and governance solutions.

By Mitchell Hageman • 3 min read • Mon, 8th Aug 2022

Partner Programmes

Vertiv recognises outstanding 2021 ANZ channel partners

Vertiv recognises exceptional contributions from Australia and New Zealand channel partners, expanding partner recognition to include new categories.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Jul 2022

Partner Programmes

Emerson expands Dragos global agreement, validates platform

Emerson has expanded its global agreement with Dragos, which includes validating Dragos Platform within its DeltaVTM distributed control system (DCS).

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Wed, 20th Jul 2022

Hyperscale

Huawei unveils next-generation sustainable data centers

Huawei says its next-generation data centers will be powered by PowerPOD 3.0, which reduces the footprint by 40% and cuts the energy consumption by 70%.

By Jessie Chiang • 3 min read • Tue, 31st May 2022

Hyperscale

NTT launches IoT Services for Sustainability offering

NTT has launched its IoT Services for Sustainability offering, a stack of solutions to help businesses reduce their carbon footprint using IoT connectivity.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 6th May 2022

Gaming

Hands-on Review: Jabra Elite 4 Active Wireless Earphones

It's been a little a while since I've tried a new pair of wireless earphones, mainly due to a couple of rough experiences with them in the past.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 4 min read • Wed, 16th Feb 2022

Agricultural Technology

NZ Govt backs new data-driven forecasting tool for agriculture sector

New Zealand Government invests $200k in new climate forecasting tool to help farmers prepare for dry conditions.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 7th Jan 2022

Malware

New lows for ransomware attacks, decline in critical infrastructure defences expected in 2022

New lows for ransomware attacks, an increase in nation state attacks, a decline in critical infrastructure defences, and 2022 becoming the year of the defender.

By Shannon Williams • 7 min read • Fri, 7th Jan 2022

Stories from Other Regions

Water stories

Space Technologies

South Australia state satellite makes significant progress

South Australia's first state satellite has successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR), moving it closer to providing tangible data solutions.

By Zach Thompson • 4 min read • Wed, 18th May 2022

DataCentre infrastructure

Digital Edge chooses Nortek's StatePoint for new data center

Digital Edge will use Nortek's StatePoint liquid cooling technology in its new data center, the first commercial colocation operator in Asia to do so.

By Zach Thompson • 3 min read • Tue, 17th May 2022