Dumplings. Frozen baby food. Organic milk. ‘Buy one, give one’ home-delivered meals. These are the winners of the 2018 Auckland Good Food Boost competition.
The first real-world tests of 5G mobile technology in New Zealand have begun on the streets of Wellington. However, there are still a number of hurdles, both technological and bureaucratic, to overcome before consumer access becomes a reality.
The wire harness producers, based in Vaitele, are now manufacturing ute-lids for the New Zealand company, Pro-Form. The company specialises in automotive accessories which are delivered to automotive companies throughout the world.
Air New Zealand is charging premium New Zealand passengers up to double the price to fly to North and South America as their Australian counterparts. Research by MoneyHub, an independent site that reviews consumer products, found that travellers flying from Australia via Auckland on the airline will pay far less for the same flight if it was taken from New Zealand.
Women make up just over half of New Zealand's population, yet currently they comprise just 17 per cent of the nation's construction industry. Recently Jenny Parker, the President of the National Association of Women in Construction in New Zealand (NAWIC), visited the Ara Institute of Canterbury's Woolston campus to speak to women trades students and discuss this imbalance of women in trades.
Construction of Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture's Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia, which is expected to become the world's tallest building, is back on track after delays. According to local paper Times of Oman, the project had experienced delays, but construction is now progressing.
Sometimes, to move forward, you have to go back to the basics—sometimes way back. SpinLaunch, a startup spaceflight development company, raised $30 million to fund a catapult system—not a flaming ball to capture the castle catapult system, but rather technology to launch cargo into space more cost-effectively.
Complex disciplines, like mechanical engineering, are safe from robot workers, for now according to an article in the March 2018 edition of the Boss Magazine.
Developers are showing confidence in central Masterton, with the proposed development of its former post office building. A group of investors under the name Chapel St Investments has bought the building, and plan to upgrade it and turn it into offices.
Is dairying the worst offender when it comes to environment protection? Is dairying the worst offender when it comes to environment protection? Writes Alastair Frizzell, managing director of Frizzell Agricultural Electronics in an article on Dairy News.
Palace of the Alhambra, Spain
By: Charles Nathaniel Worsley (1862-1923)
From the collection of Sir Heaton Rhodes
Oil on canvas - 118cm x 162cm
Valued $12,000 - $18,000
Offers invited over $9,000
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242
Mount Egmont with Lake
By: John Philemon Backhouse (1845-1908)
Oil on Sea Shell - 13cm x 14cm
Valued $2,000-$3,000
Offers invited over $1,500
Contact: Henry Newrick – (+64 ) 27 471 2242