2 w. ago Canterbury aerospace centre in talks to build rocket launchpad

Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre at Kaitorete. Photo: Supplied By Phil Pennington Tāwhaki National Aerospace Centre is making a new bid to grow as a testbed for drones, as it deals with new interest in rocket launches.

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2 w. ago Mapping project reveals details of seafloor around Banks Peninsula

The team sets up to deploy a drop camera to take images of the seafloor. Photo: Supplied The seafloor around Banks Peninsula can now be explored after the launch of a “first of its kind” project.

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3 w. ago Mayor rejects Taxpayers’ Union claim over new council building costs

Glyn Lewers. PHOTO: ODT FILES Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Glyn Lewers is pouring cold water on a New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union claim the council is planning a "backdoor deal" with Ngāi Tahu Property Ltd (NTP) to build an office building for itself.

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3 w. ago New tech helping reduce risk of antibiotic resistance crisis

By Victor Waters of RNZ New technology has been designed as part of a project prompting doctors to prescribe more safely to help reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance, which one professor describes as: "a silent pandemic that is occurring globally."

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3 w. ago Revenue set to double for Chch company specialising in hydrogen fuel tech

Fabrum co-founders Hugh Reynolds, left, and Christopher Boyle at their Christchurch headquarters. PHOTO: TIM CRONSHAW A Christchurch company leading the way in zero-emission transition technologies is about to build hydrogen fuel stations - firstly in Invercargill and then in its home city.

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3 w. ago Myanmar quake: Signs of life in skyscraper, death toll tops 2000

Flattened buildings and one damaged following the quake on March 28 in Mandalay region, Myanmar.  Image: Myanmar Fire Services Department via Facebook/ via Reuters Signs of life have been detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok, as efforts intensified to find people trapped three days after a massive earthquake in Southeast Asia that killed at least 2000.

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3 w. ago Worms invade inpatient building site, threaten to upend project

A velvet worm, or ngāokeoke, has been spotted at the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building site. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN / ODT GRAPHIC A tiny subterranean worm has made its home underneath the site for the new Dunedin hospital, prompting concerns the hospital could be further delayed, or worse.

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3 w. ago Cook Strait ferries: What to expect from Winston Peters' Interislander announcement

Winston Peters was named the new Minister for Rail in December - a year to the day after the iRex ferry was scuppered. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ  The next steps for replacing the InterIslander ferries will be revealed by Winston Peters today, more than 15 months since the coalition scrapped its predecessor's iReX ferry project.

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