Technology

Trustpower buys Oz power

Tauranga-based Trustpower is expanding into the Australian market buying five New South Wales state-owned renewable energy generators for $A72.2 million. Trustpower... Read More

Hidden $1.3m IT deal surfaces

A confidential $1.34 million city council computer deal has surfaced in the committee records months after the event. Council agreed on October 7 last year to spend... Read More

2014 Most Trusted in NZ

Tauranga resident and Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy is one of the top 50 most trusted people in New Zealand. The Readers Digest Most Trusted people... Read More

Tauranga to get ‘Giganet’

From next month Tauranga residents will be part of the next step in the changing ultrafast broadband landscape with one local fibre company preparing to usher in... Read More

Digital vision for city

Tauranga City Council is being asked to consider taking a further step into the digital age by advocating the need for a city and region-wide digital strategy. At... Read More

Learning in the fast lane

Students at Mercury Bay Area School are joining the fast lane on the information superhighway.This month the school joined about 200 other schools in New Zealand... Read More

Free tech expo at Baycourt

Bay of Plenty business people will have the opportunity to discover the latest innovative technology at the 2014 Technology for Smarter Business Expo this week. On... Read More

Sake traded on sister city visit

First benefits of the recent Tauranga City Council-sponsored trade delegation to the sister cities of Hitachi and Yantai can be sampled at Takara Japanese Restaurant... Read More

2014 Budget: Family focus

The Government has announced its 2014 Budget focusing on supporting families and returning to surplus. Finance Minister Bill English announced a forecast $372m surplus... Read More

College 2nd at robotics worlds

Otumoetai College's robotics team is showing Kiwi ingenuity is world class after placing second at the VEX Robotics World Championship in Los Angeles. The high school... Read More

Project to boost science interest

A renewable energy project aimed at increasing and sustaining student interest in science and mathematics is being launched at Mount Maunganui College. A recent... Read More

New Scion innovation centre

A new innovation centre will be built at Scion's Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park after BOP Regional Council signed an agreement with the Crown research institute. The... Read More