Technology

Substation technical issues cause power outage

Technical issues at a Tauranga substation are being blamed for a large scale power outage. About 930 properties in the Tauranga Central Business District went... Read More

Doctors up for review on new website

People are being invited to compare, rate and review doctors and other healthcare providers on a new website. Whitecoat, backed by health insurer nib New Zealand,... Read More

Kahoots with Mars

Last night at the Tauranga Observatory, telescopes were focused on a rare array of planets. All the planets in our own solar system are now on the same side... Read More

Power outages and downed lines

Some residents in the Te Puke area are without power this afternoon. A total of 154 properties have been affected by the outage. According to the Powerco website,... Read More

Data spike after Fortnite update

Chorus' data spiked to its highest ever use last week after tens of thousands of people downloaded a popular game. Chorus network strategy manager Kurt Rodgers... Read More

Mount app helps ‘drop’ brand new car for charity

Mount Maunganui tech company DROPIT will embark on a New Zealand first this weekend when it drops the retail price of a brand new Suzuki Vitara Turbo to zero at... Read More

Commissioner reassured after Facebook meeting

The Privacy Commissioner is more confident Facebook will abide by New Zealand law after meeting with its executives. Commissioner John Edwards had a closed-door... Read More

BayTrust behind Coastguard’s safer boating app

Ingenuity and funding from Tauranga's BayTrust is behind a new smartphone app which Coastguard says will save Kiwi boaties' lives. The app is described... Read More

TradeMe rejects one in four police info requests

New Zealand's fifth biggest website - TradeMe - says it has turned down a quarter of police requests for information in the last year. The site received 1348... Read More

Recycling mobiles for cleaner beaches

  Lyon O’Neale Arnold is helping to save the planet, one mobile phone at a time.   The Tauranga law firm’s Willow Street office is a collection point... Read More

Scientists investigate submarine volcano

An international team of scientists with several New Zealand participants has returned from a two-month voyage in the Kermadec Arc bristling with new knowledge... Read More

A mixed bag of economic confidence in the Bay

If you're not feeling financially well-off at the moment you're not alone. A survey of household economic confidence in the Bay of Plenty shows that while we... Read More