BlockchainNZ to ask govt for a national strategy
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – BlockchainNZ will next week ask the government to research and prepare a blockchain strategy for New Zealand to get up to speed with other countries. BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pascall will present to parliament’s economic development, science and innovation select committee hearing in Wellington Thursday next week on how the economy […]
Read More →Battle for Cassino Railway Station Remembered
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 18 May 2019 Rotorua man Robert Gillies stands at the railway station in the small Italian town of Cassino and remembers. As the last remaining member of 28 (Māori) Battalion B Company, the 94-year-old remembers the comradeship, the loss and the fear of 75 years ago during the Battles of […]
Read More →Lower Hutt Woman Flies 28 Battalion Banner Once More at Cassino
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 18 May 2019 New Zealand Army Lieutenant Zarra Houpapa’s grandfather was on her mind as she proudly carried the 28 (Māori) Battalion banner at commemorations marking the 75th anniversary of the Battles of Cassino this week. Lieutenant Houpapa’s grandfather, Tako Henare Houpapa, lied about his age to get into the […]
Read More →Palmerston North Man Leads NZDF at Cassino Commemoration
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 17 May 2019 Palmerston North man Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Childs struggles to put into words just how honoured he was to lead the New Zealand Defence Force contingent at the 75th anniversary of the Battles of Cassino. Lieutenant Colonel Childs led the contingent this week in commemorative services at the Cassino […]
Read More →NZDF Transports Donated Goods to Fiji
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 17 May 2019 The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has transported 1.5 tonnes of donated clothes, toys, books and other goods destined for remote communities in Fiji. Air Commodore Tim Walshe, the Air Component Commander, said a Royal New Zealand Air Force Boeing 757 aircraft on a scheduled flight to […]
Read More →Veterans-Grandson-Led-Cultural-Group-At-Cassino
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 17th May 2019 Bay of Plenty man Tama Andrew’s grandfather named him, cherished him and taught him Te Reo Māori – but he never shared his experiences as a soldier during the Second World War. In fact, Warrant Officer Class 1 Andrew, a New Zealand Army Master Driver, said he […]
Read More →NZ companies to learn from world’s biggest biotech event
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand delegation of biotech companies will attend the world’s biggest biotech conference in Philadelphia in the USA next month. They will be among 16,000 attendees from around the globe at the Bio2019 event from June 3 to 6. The New Zealand biotech experts attending are from businesses representing all parts […]
Read More →NZ can learn from the Baltimore cyberattack
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand can take lessons from Baltimore in the United States which until a few days ago, was offline following a ransomware cyberattack for more than a week, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. What does New Zealand need to do to prevent one of its major cities being offline for […]
Read More →Techweek kicks off all around NZ
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Techweek, which kicks off in more than 30 cities and towns around New Zealand today, has grown 10 times in just three years, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. As the global thirst for digital knowledge rapidly accelerates, tech is growing exponentially all over New Zealand and, annually, Techweek is the […]
Read More →Air Force Band Helps Musician Live His Dream
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 16 May 2019 Lower Hutt-born Corporal Jeremy Richardson is living the musician’s dream, seeing the world with New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) musicians, as well as playing gigs in bars nationwide. Corporal Richardson is a member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) Band, which tours a different part […]
Read More →Strong Community Response to NZDFs Dental Mission in Samoa
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 15 May 2019 A 13-member dental team from the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has been seeing a constant stream of patients since they started providing treatment in Samoa late last week. The NZDF is conducting Exercise Tropic Twilight from 8-22 May, in collaboration with Samoa’s Ministry of Health, to […]
Read More →NZDF Chaplain Pays Respects to Fallen Counterpart
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 15 May 2019 Alan Charles Keith Harper lies in a grave in the Cassino War Cemetery, his headstone no different to the other 463 New Zealand headstones here. What sets him apart is that he was the only serving New Zealand chaplain to be killed in action in the Second […]
Read More →Bulls Man Happy to Help in NZDF’s Mission to Solomon Islands
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 13 May 2019 Flight Lieutenant Gareth Evans says his career proves that it’s never too late to chase your dreams. A pilot from the Royal New Zealand Air Force’s No.3 Squadron, Flight Lieutenant Evans worked as an aircraft technician for 12 years before deciding finally to chase his childhood dream. […]
Read More →Few NZ companies have adequate cyber protection
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Barely six percent of business and companies in New Zealand have adequate cyber protection which means they are not prepared for cyber-attacks, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. He says the impact of these attacks on the insurance sector would be greater than natural disasters. Brown made the comment today following reports […]
Read More →NZ IoT Alliance produces landmark paper for the future
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – The New Zealand IoT Alliance’s spectrum working group has produced a landmark paper highlighting the importance of IoT spectrum for New Zealand. Technology is advancing so fast, and IoT spectrum will create many new opportunities for businesses to use the technology, to drive more efficiencies and develop new products and services. Leading […]
Read More →NZ farmers can achieve methane emissions target
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and meet the targets set by the government’s new climate change bill by looking at new biotech solutions, Zest Biotech chief technical officer Nathan Balasingham says. New Zealand should consider the opportunity to earn carbon credits by implementing some or all of the recommendations of the […]
Read More →NZDF to Provide Dental Care in Samoa
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 8 May 2019 The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has sent a 13-member contingent to provide dental care in Samoa over the next two weeks. Major Philip Worthington, who is leading the NZDF contingent, said the programme, run in collaboration with Samoa’s Ministry of Health, would be held from 8-22 […]
Read More →Prime Minister ‘Sponsors’ New Navy Ship
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 8 May 2019 When the Royal New Zealand Navy’s new diving support and hydrographic survey vessel is formally commissioned early next month, it will be Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who will be announcing, “I name this ship Manawanui”. A bottle of wine will be broken on the bow and the […]
Read More →NZDF Supports Wilding Pine Survey in South Island
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 8 May 2019 The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has teamed up with Biosecurity New Zealand and Environment Canterbury to assess the extent of wilding pine infestations across about 400,000 hectares of central South Island high country. Government agencies including Biosecurity New Zealand, which is part of the Ministry for […]
Read More →NZDF Continues Search for Missing Kiribati Fishing Vessels
Source: New Zealand Defence Force 7 May 2019 The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) will continue searching for two vessels in Kiribati that had been overdue from separate fishing trips since last week. Air Component Commander Air Commodore Tim Walshe said a Royal New Zealand Air Force P-3K2 Orion aircraft sent from Auckland yesterday would […]
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