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Kiwi Stories

Water stories

Action for healthy waterways

New rules will impose tougher farm controls and swimming standards, but scientists warn implementation will determine whether waterways actually improve.

By Staff Writer • 6 min read • Fri, 29th May 2020

Māori

The fundamental problem with New Zealand’s water regulation

Without user charges, the new drinking water regulator could still leave New Zealand councils struggling to fund overdue upgrades and growth.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 25th Oct 2019

National Standards

Water regulation a major step forward

Thousands of New Zealanders could be spared waterborne illness as a new regulator extends oversight to all suppliers and tighter standards.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 1st Aug 2019

Robotics

AI for Good: DataRobot launches new programme to empower non-profits

AI for Good: Powered by DataRobot will see DataRobot collaborate with up to 10 organisations in 2019 to develop automated machine learning applications.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Jul 2019

Global Stories

Water stories

Distributed Denial of Service

DNS recursive resolvers vulnerability can launch DDoS attacks against any victim

A newly discovered vulnerability in DNS resolvers, dubbed NXNSAttack, enables cybercriminals to launch highly amplified DDoS attacks, warns Radware.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Fri, 5th Jun 2020

Hyperscale

Microsoft to launch data centre region in New Zealand

Microsoft is calling the announcement a 'major milestone' towards delivering enterprise-grade cloud services locally.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 6th May 2020

Supply Chain

University of Auckland takes top spot in sustainability rankings

The University of Auckland tops the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings for sustainability, excelling in key UN Sustainable Development Goals.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 29th Apr 2020

Unified Communications

Four NZ projects named as finalist in IDC's Asia Pacific Smart Cities Awards

Four New Zealand projects, including two from Christchurch City Council, have been named finalists in IDC's prestigious Asia Pacific Smart Cities Awards.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Mar 2020

Unified Communications

Asia shines at Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards

Award recipients have consistently demonstrated outstanding achievement and superior performance amidst the changing business landscape.

By Shannon Williams • 5 min read • Wed, 20th Nov 2019

Internet of Things

Massey Uni students win big at global IoT challenge

Massey Uni students bagged USD $25,000 cash and equipment at Keysight's global IoT challenge in NYC with their innovative air quality sensors.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Tue, 8th Oct 2019

Unified Communications

Veritec celebrates opening of Canberra HQ

Veritec's new ACT headquarters is now open for business in North Canberra, bringing a new collaborative workplace to the company's expanding team.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Oct 2019

Smart Cities

Committee for Sydney announces Smart City Awards winners

The awards provide an opportunity for organisations to profile how they have been contributing to a more data-driven and responsive Greater Sydney.

By Ben Moore • 4 min read • Mon, 23rd Sep 2019

Drones

Saildrone completes first unmanned trip around Antarctica

Saildrone's autonomous vehicle SD 20 has made history by completing the first unmanned circumnavigation of Antarctica, surviving 196 days of extreme conditions.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Tue, 6th Aug 2019