Technology

Gamer gets Dotcom backing

A tense online gaming battle with Kim Dotcom is proving cost effective for one Tauranga teen who scooped a $1000 sponsorship deal with the internet mogul. Brookfield... Read More

E-referrals clicking success

Tauranga City GPs are endorsing a reduction in paperwork clutter as they swap pens for keyboards by referring patients for specialist care online - reducing how... Read More

Free Wi-Fi at Mount

Free Wi-Fi internet has been set up in Downtown Mount Maunganui through a partnership between Mount Mainstreet and local service provider EOL. The public can now... Read More

Bay police alter social media

Bay of Plenty Police is merging its two Facebook pages in a move to maintain the best possible communication with its audience. Next week the Rotorua and Eastern... Read More

Countdown for EBOP Police

The countdown is on for the Eastern Bay of Plenty Police, as they prepare to merge their Facebook Page and become one with the wider Bay of Plenty region. Both Rotorua... Read More

Vodafone brings 4G to Tauranga

Vodafone has continued the rollout of its 4G network, with the launch of 4G in parts of Tauranga this week. Tauranga joins other coastal destinations enjoying life... Read More

Tauranga hope for laid off workers

Laid off workers of multi-national engineering and technology company Metso are eyeing Tauranga as a potential employment post as its Matamata hub closes. Metso... Read More

Tweeting on the beat

Bay of Plenty Police are readying their thumbs for the second annual Tweet-a-thon tomorrow where they will pound the Twitter-sphere with the day's events. The day-long... Read More

Bay gift technology to islands

Pacific Island communities are set to benefit from laptops which have been upgraded and donated by Bay of Plenty residents. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner,... Read More

Syrian conflict hits Mount shop

The website of a recreational vehicle business in Mount Maunganui has been hacked by anti-war protestors as diplomats discuss the next steps in the Syria crisis. Staff... Read More

Broadband arrives in gorge

Around 200 households in the Karangahake area will receive rural broadband and mobile coverage as Vodafone switches to two newly built cell sites this week. The... Read More

New tower brings rural broadband

A newly built cellphone tower in Oropi is bringing mobile coverage and broadband access to the rural Western Bay of Plenty. The new 30metre monopole tower on Oropi... Read More