Peoples Times

A boot designed by a Massey graduate to reduce the incidence of wakeboarding injuries has won this year's coveted James Dyson Award.

A new website named VolunteerNet has been launched to help connect volunteers with event-based volunteering opportunities, while at the same time providing a free online volunteer recruitment and management tool for event organisers.

Viclink, the commercialisation partner of Victoria University of Wellington, has announced an exciting clean technology project called Wetox. Wetox is an innovation that uses science to address one of today's biggest pollution problems; it has the potential to keep New Zealand's rivers and waterways clean by treating the run-off from our dairy farms, wineries and meat works.

Mātāhauariki is an internet initiative for all Ngāpuhi to create a vision for their iwi post-Settlement. Mātāhauariki features famous - and not so famous - Ngāpuhi telling of their dreams for their iwi.

In five years time one million New Zealanders will have internationally recognised qualifications that prove their proficiency in core computer skills, if Auckland businesswoman Pam Martin has her way.

A willingness to embrace new technology has led to production gains for the Brier family, the winners of the Massey University Discovery Award at the Waikato Ballance Farm Environment Awards.

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Cabinet has signed off plans for the rollout of high speed broadband in rural areas - signifying what the Government has labelled a "major step change" in rural broadband.

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Wellington company Harmonic will launch technology next week designed to help farmers fight effluent runoff – a major headache for the dairy industry.

Southland District Council customers are now able to make a request for service online, thanks to an initiative launched in December.