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F5’s Multi-terabit VELOS Hardware Powers AI Workloads For Service Providers And Large Enterprises

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 1:26 pm | F 5

AI applications are highly distributed, with vast amounts of valuable data traveling in complex patterns. As organisations accelerate their use of AI, high-performance traffic management and advanced security are critical. More >>

Co-existence With Genetic Modification Possible In New Zealand: Review

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 12:49 pm | AgResearch

Genetic modification and gene editing have enabled major gains in the performance of crops globally, and opportunities to enhance pasture plant species are now being tested. More >>

Autodesk Offers New Features To Enhance Sustainable Building Practices

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 11:29 am | Autodesk

The new ReCap Mesh Revit plugin will support efforts to minimise environmental impact and reduce resource consumption. This plugin enables the integration of large quantities of reality capture data into Revit without affecting project performance. More >>

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Hub Launched To Empower Architects And Engineers To Build Above Code

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 8:18 am | Natural Hazards Commission

“Many people don’t know they can ask for more from their buildings. The point of Design.Resilience.NZ is to become is a one-stop-shop for anyone who is interested in building, buying or upgrading a home to above code minimum,” NHC’s Principal ... More >>

Aspiring Materials Critical Minerals Pilot Production Plant Opens In Christchurch

Thursday, 3 April 2025, 7:12 am | Aspiring Materials

Aspiring Materials’ world leading technology turns a low value waste resource into high value critical minerals and essential materials and will deliver both regional economic growth and jobs. More >>

Flooding From Underneath: New Tool Reveals Shallow Groundwater Elevations

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 12:44 pm | NIWA

Groundwater flooding is often overlooked as a threat, however it is a hazard that traditional flood defences such as stopbanks and seawalls cannot contain because the water comes up from underneath. More >>

ManageEngine Expands Its Integration Network With 100+ Prebuilt Integrations For Enterprise Identity Management

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 12:38 pm | ManageEngine

ManageEngine has announced that AD360, its identity and access management (IAM) platform, is further expanding its integration offerings, by adding over 100 new prebuilt integrations. More >>

Meerkat Mayhem: Phishing-As-A-Service Unleashed

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:55 am | Infoblox

The threat actor behind these campaigns, dubbed "Morphing Meerkat", creatively employs Domain Name System (DNS) mail exchange (MX) records to dynamically serve fake login pages, spoofing over 100 brands, and steal login credentials this way. More >>

Research Exposes Challenges In Flood Evacuation Planning

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:42 am | University of Canterbury

The research highlights the urgent need to integrate both water depth and velocity – together with the behavioural aspect of evacuees – into flood-evacuation planning to ensure safer routes and better-informed emergency responses. More >>

The Transformative Power Of Urban Food Forests

Tuesday, 1 April 2025, 11:31 am | University of Auckland

Five years ago, Kelly learned about syntropic agroforestry at a workshop at PermaDynamics in Northland. It’s a new technique for growing trees and food that is inspired by pre-modern farming in Europe and contemporary indigenous practices in Brazil. More >>

Study Reveals Bizarre Compounds Of Oxygen And Carbon With Explosive Potential

Monday, 31 March 2025, 9:03 pm | Skoltech

The team’s analysis uncovered an entire “molecular zoo” numbering some 224 oxocarbons, of which only 78 had been reported in earlier papers and still fewer had been investigated at that level of detail. More >>

Neural Network Learns To Hesitate For Accuracy In A New Skoltech Study

Monday, 31 March 2025, 9:00 pm | Skoltech

The new technology can be applied in critical areas where the reliability of artificial intelligence is important, including medical diagnostic systems, industrial automation, technical control systems, and autonomous solutions. More >>

Rocket Lab’s Neutron Rocket On-Ramped To U.S. Space Force’s $5.6b National Security Space Launch (NSSL) Program

Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:16 pm | Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab’s launch vehicle for the program will be Neutron, its 13-ton reusable carbon composite medium-lift launch vehicle being rapidly developed to meet the demand for high assurance national security missions, and for single and multi-satellite ... More >>

Estuaries Are Literally In Hot Water, Says Researcher

Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:51 am | University of Auckland

The researchers will spend three weeks studying two New Zealand estuaries – probably Whangateau Harbour on Auckland’s east coast, where a massive cockle die off occurred in 2009, and a west coast estuary with dark sediment. More >>

Invertebrates Consuming 1080 Poison Baits In New Zealand Forests

Sunday, 30 March 2025, 3:42 pm | Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa

What we need most, right now in this moment, is for the next generation of entomologists, ecologists and conservationists to take off the blinkers of their predecessors. We need them to study the facts without the stranglehold of industry and government ... More >>

Life X DNA Brings At-Home Genetic Testing To Melbourne And Brisbane

Friday, 28 March 2025, 2:21 pm | Life X DNA

Each kit examines over 20 million SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) and uses AI-powered analysis to produce personalised reports. More >>

Comcom revisits fibre rules as competition intensifies

Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:19 am | Bill Bennett

The Commerce Commission kicks off a review of fibre broadband regulations to keep pace with market changes, including growing competition from wireless and satellite. Meanwhile, mobile termination rates could be deregulated after 14 years, and Apple ... More >>

Download Weekly Extra: InternetNZ disrupted

Friday, 28 March 2025, 11:15 am | Bill Bennett

Free Speech Union moves threaten to derail InternetNZ’s planned constitution update. This has implications for the non-profit’s main role managing the .nz domain registry and its other work. More >>

Click, Click, Click... First Shark Sounds Recorded

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 5:32 pm | University of Auckland

Researchers at Leigh Marine Laboratory in Auckland have upended the notion sharks are silent. More >>

Apple iPad Air M3: best tablet for creators in 2025

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 2:09 pm | Bill Bennett

Sitting between the iPad and the iPad Pro, the iPad Air balances price and performance. It’s 2025’s best tablet if you want to do more than basic browsing, viewing and listening but don’t need high-end performance. This post examines the iPad Air ... More >>

New Deep Sea Mining Study Shows Ecosystem Recovery From Mining Could Take Centuries

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 1:23 pm | Greenpeace

The study warns that ecological recovery would likely take centuries or longer, adding to the multitude of existing warnings from scientists that deep sea mining could have severe and long-lasting impacts on the deep. More >>

Wasp Numbers Explode After Long, Hot Summer

Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:37 pm | University of Auckland

New Zealand has five species of these brightly coloured invaders from Europe and Asia - the German and common wasp, and three species of paper wasp. All have painful stings for humans and nasty effects on native species. More >>

Life X DNA Advances Home Genetic Testing For Personalised Health Insights

Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 1:13 pm | Life X DNA

Life X DNA employs Next-Gen DNA sequencing combined with AI-powered interpretation to generate highly personalised reports. These reports offer actionable recommendations covering diet, lifestyle modifications, and targeted supplementation . More >>

Marine Biosecurity Watch At Port Taranaki

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 5:49 pm | NIWA

The data that our surveys collect on species not only assists MPI’s marine biosecurity management, but also helps Taranaki Regional Council and other territorial authorities, Māori partners, industry, and the many stakeholders who benefit from a port free ... More >>

UC Research To Unlock Potential Of Elite Female Athletes

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 12:40 pm | University of Canterbury

A UC research team is exploring how hormones affect elite female athletes' performance, breaking new ground for women in sport. More >>

Neural Networks Will Recognize Production Processes By Video

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 11:49 am | Skoltech

The neural network is trained on a large array of unlabeled video recordings, independently identifying key features without the human contribution. Then it undergoes further training on a small marked-up sample and adapts to specific tasks. More >>

ComCom Moves Closer Towards Deregulating Mobile Termination

Tuesday, 25 March 2025, 8:59 am | Commerce Commission

Market shifts include the growth in popularity of alternative over-the-top (OTT) messaging services, such as Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp, which potentially negate the need for SMS regulation, and the move towards data services, which potentially negate the need for voice calling regulation. More >>

Zero-day Vulnerabilities: The Real Threat Behind Netflix’s “Zero Day”

Monday, 24 March 2025, 4:10 pm | Gen Digital

Zero-day vulnerabilities might sound like the stuff of Hollywood thrillers, but they’re a real and ongoing cybersecurity challenge. The good news? By staying informed, keeping your software up to date, and practicing smart online habits, you can greatly reduce ... More >>

MOTAT’s Te Puawānanga Science And Technology Centre Shortlisted For International Exhibition Of The Year

Monday, 24 March 2025, 4:05 pm | MOTAT

Now this year, Te Puawānanga Science and Technology Centre is in the running for International Exhibition of the Year, alongside five other museums including the Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and The Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle. More >>

Thai Students Experience AI-Focused Study Tour At Wintec

Monday, 24 March 2025, 11:15 am | Wintec

The Wintec ‘train the trainer’ programme equips teachers and instructors with valuable skills, knowledge, and strategies to help them effectively train other educators and learners. More >>

Digital Online Game Research Makes Space For Pacific Female Youth Voices

Monday, 24 March 2025, 9:50 am | University of Auckland

Young people are increasingly turning to digital spaces, rather than physical spaces, to socialise and build connections. Online gaming platforms can provide a safe and accessible environment for youth to interact, collaborate, and form meaningful relationships More >>

Gilbertson wants action on barriers to churn

Friday, 21 March 2025, 6:08 pm | Bill Bennett

The Commerce Commission thinks it can be too hard to switch between mobile or broadband companies and that means you may be paying too much. Also in today's newsletter... NZers love working from home and it is effective, but bosses are cracking down on ... More >>

What’s Next For COVID Vaccines In NZ? – Expert Q&A

Friday, 21 March 2025, 11:55 am | Science Media Centre

As we head into winter illness season, the SMC asked experts for the latest on our COVID vaccines. An updated vaccine targeting new COVID variants became available in January. Dr Lisa Connor, head of the Connor laboratory and programme leader of ... More >>

AI To Find New Chemical Reactions In Data Archives

Friday, 21 March 2025, 9:01 am | Skoltech

The search engine is capable of analyzing data from different fields of chemistry, leading to the discovery of new reactions, catalysts, and mechanisms. The use of existing data not only accelerates scientific progress, but also reduces experiment More >>

Protect Yourself From Cyberstalking Now; Anti-Stalking Bill Still A Work In Progress

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 7:28 pm | Gen Digital

Researchers from Avast recommend 5-Point Stalkerware Quick Check. Avast, a part of Gen, is also a proud member of the Coalition Against Stalkerware which provides a variety of resources for people who have been impacted. More >>

Antarctic Sea Ice Levels Have Been At Record Lows For The Last Three Years, A Global Report Shows

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 11:56 am | Science Media Centre

The World Meteorological Organisation's State of the Global Climate 2024 report highlights record glacier loss, extreme temperatures, unprecedented CO levels, and accelerating sea level rise. Experts react. More >>

Low-cost Diagnostic Tool Could Significantly Improve Crop Production In Developing Countries

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 11:17 am | Ministry For Primary Industries

The rapid test uses a combination of chemistries to identify plant disease and will allow growers to remove unhealthy plants in the field early in their growing season, enabling them to increase crop production of important food sources such as maize. More >>

New Zealanders Spending More Time Online Than Ever - InternetNZ

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:28 am | InternetNZ

Internet Insights is an annual survey of New Zealanders' habits, concerns and awareness of the online world, and has seen a steady increase in the amount of time we spend online. More >>

New Zealanders Highly Concerned About Online Misinformation, Harm, And Harassment

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:27 am | InternetNZ

Vivien Maidaborn thinks the survey results reflect an environment in which people have to be vigilant about unregulated online spaces where it’s easy for mistruths to spread. More >>

Concern About AI Remains High Amongst New Zealanders

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:24 am | InternetNZ

InternetNZ Chief Executive Vivien Maidaborn believes that widespread acceptance of AI is still yet to come, but acknowledges that New Zealanders are taking the initiative to understand AI and its implications. More >>

Desire For Flexibility Remains Amid Fall In Number Of Remote Workers

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:22 am | InternetNZ

Vivien Maidaborn, CEO of InternetNZ, believes that while employers are reconsidering work-from-home arrangements and are modifying their policies, the call from employees to work from home more is not going away. More >>

Women, Elderly, And Minority Groups More Concerned About Online Harm, Study Reveals

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:20 am | InternetNZ

A staggering 71% of New Zealanders surveyed said they are either extremely or very concerned about young children accessing inappropriate content - making it the top concern for the fifth year in a row. More >>

Many New Zealanders Confused About Where To Report Harmful Online Content, Survey

Thursday, 20 March 2025, 9:18 am | InternetNZ

InternetNZ Chief Executive, Vivien Maidaborn feels that creating clarity in the current systems would make it more obvious for people to know what to do in such situations. More >>

Citizen Science Seismometers Could Revolutionise Earthquake Monitoring, New Research Shows

Wednesday, 19 March 2025, 9:52 am | Natural Hazards Commission

Illsley-Kemp was also surprised to find the devices accurately located earthquakes, despite users’ exact locations being obscured for privacy reasons. More >>

Pacific Island Water Security Requires New Approach

Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 5:55 pm | Flinders University

“These atoll islands have the most threatened fresh groundwater on earth, and are relied upon by some of the most remote communities,” says Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner. More >>

Fish Of The Year Winner Announced

Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 6:17 am | Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust

Blobfish are found swimming off the coast of New Zealand, mainland Australia and Tasmania, where they grow slowly and could live up to 130 years. Female blobfish can lay 100,000 eggs in a single nest, usually in rocky areas on top of deep ocean ... More >>

Curious Kids: What Was The Biggest Dinosaur That Ever Lived?

Monday, 17 March 2025, 8:29 pm | The Conversation

Fossils tell us the titanosaurs were the biggest dinosaurs – but new discoveries could reveal new giants! More >>

Laser Technology On Subsea Cables Could Provide Earlier Tsunami Warning For The Pacific

Monday, 17 March 2025, 2:16 pm | Measurement Standards Laboratory

National Physical Laboratory Principal Scientist Giuseppe Marra said they are very excited to have started detecting earthquakes and ocean currents in the Tasman Sea. More >>

AI-driven Cyber Attacks, Ransomware Payments Rising In NZ

Saturday, 15 March 2025, 5:34 pm | Bill Bennett

Research from Kordia’s Business Cyber Security Report 2025 shows that nearly 60% of New Zealand businesses were hit by cyber-attacks in the past year, AI-powered threats and ransomware payments are top concerns. More >>

Download Weekly: ComCom Recommends Removing Rural Copper Regulations

Saturday, 15 March 2025, 5:31 pm | Bill Bennett

The Commerce Commission is in favour of deregulating copper networks outside of fibre areas. Government moving on more rural regulatory changes. 2degrees plans to offer satellite to mobile services next year. Spark cosies up to HP Enterprise. More >>

Science New Zealand 2025 Award Winners Announced

Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:28 pm | Science New Zealand

The theme of this year’s awards was ‘impacts for Aotearoa New Zealand’, recognising the research driving innovation and tangible outcomes that benefit New Zealanders. More >>

Grasslanz Technology Claims Top Science Honour

Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 6:22 pm | AgResearch

“This award is a real credit to the many people who have been a part of the enduring success of Grasslanz Technology,” says Grasslanz Technology chief executive Megan Skiffington. More >>

NZAS Supports Saving Biotechnology Capacity In Callaghan; Asks What Now For Applied Technology Group

Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 4:20 pm | New Zealand Association of Scientists

The Biotechnology group with Callaghan Innovation will transfer to the new Bioeconomy Public Research Organisation (PRO), which will be created from a merger of Scion, Plant and Food Research, Manaaki Whenua, and AgResearch as of 1 October 2025. More >>

Brains Of Rugby Players Aid Groundbreaking Research

Wednesday, 12 March 2025, 12:17 pm | University of Auckland

A breakthrough in understanding chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a disease linked to repeated head blows, has been made at the University of Auckland. More >>

Scientists Elucidate DNA Recognition By BREX System And Program Its Specificity

Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 8:25 am | Skoltech

Researchers from the Skoltech Laboratory for Metagenome Analysis, which is led by Assistant Professor Artem Isaev, and their colleagues from the United Kingdom have studied the BREX methyltransferase and determined the protein structure. More >>

NZ’s Glaciers Have Already Lost Nearly A Third Of Their Ice – As More Vanishes, Landscapes And Lives Change

Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 6:14 am | The Conversation

Snow and ice loss warms the land surface and air, setting off a feedback loop of further ice loss. This destabilises the landscape, with potentially hazardous impacts. More >>

ManageEngine Ushers In A New Era Of Customisable And Unified Security Analytics With Its Open API-Based Platform

Monday, 10 March 2025, 1:29 pm | ManageEngine

Company's SIEM Solution, Log360, Evolves Into a Unified Security Platform; Helps Simplify Security Operations and Future-Proofs Security Investments. Log360's evolution into a robust security platform began last year with key enhancements, laying the ... More >>

Mental Health Screening “Critical” For Chronic Pain Treatment – Expert Reaction

Monday, 10 March 2025, 11:24 am | Science Media Centre

The research team looked at 376 studies comprising almost 350,000 people with chronic pain around the world. Those most likely to have depression and anxiety are women, younger people, and people with a certain kind of chronic pain where there is no ... More >>

NZ Ovarian Cancer Sniffing Dogs Set To Receive Significant New Funding Boost

Monday, 10 March 2025, 8:54 am | Royal Canin

Pet health through nutrition company Royal Canin has supported K9MD since 2022, with the Foundation also funding other science and medical research programmes involving cancer sniffing dogs across the globe. More >>

Orange Roughy Leads The Pack As Fish Of The Year Heats Up

Sunday, 9 March 2025, 10:17 pm | Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust

Votes stream in as organisers prepare for a roughy and tumble week. More >>