Industry
The best of two worlds
New Zealand has one of the world's biggest export-driven wine industries - that attraction is huge for people from overseas who arrive here exploring opportunities in the industry. In this episode… Audio
The best of two worlds
New Zealand has one of the world's biggest export-driven wine industries - that attraction is huge for people from overseas who arrive here exploring opportunities in the industry. In this episode…
AudioFilm & TV: Industry (s2), Trainwreck: Woodstock '99, The Resort
Film and TV correspondent Chris Schulz has been looking at season two of Industry (Neon), a documentary about the omnishambles that was Woodstock '99, and new comedy series The Resort. Audio
Shaking up earthquake engineering
Award-winning structural engineer and designer of low-cost technology to make buildings more resilient in earthquakes, Dr Ashkan Hashemi has developed a means of absorbing and dissipating seismic… Audio
Striking it right in Ōtāne - taking croquet to the world
The game of croquet is taking off around the world and a small factory in rural Hawke's Bay is reaping the benefits. Wood Mallets produces polo sticks and croquet mallets and exports them to 50… Audio
Striking it right in Ōtāne - taking croquet to the world
The game of croquet is taking off around the world and a small factory in rural Hawke's Bay is reaping the benefits. Wood Mallets produces polo sticks and croquet mallets and exports them to 50…
AudioChina looks to send message of control
The annual National People's Congress got underway in Beijing on Friday amid what state media are calling 'wartime measures'. China correspondent Nathan van der Klippe joins the show to discuss this… Audio
West Coast Coal in 2020
Coal has been deemed an essential service during the lockdown. Minerals West Coast's Patrick Phelps explains what coal is being used for in New Zealand today. Audio
Organised cybercrime is not your average mafia
Research from MSU has identified common attributes of cybercrime networks, revealing how these groups function and work together to cause an estimated $445-600 billion of harm globally per… Audio
Peter Cooke: New Zealand's pioneering engineers
Historian and author Peter Cooke's looked right back to the early days of Maori settlement to trace the pioneering engineering the country has been founded on. He speaks to Jim about the advantage our… Audio
Increasing pressure on dairy industry - analyst
Current dairy prices for farmers are unlikely to last, according to analysts.
Fight for Dunedin's first five-star hotel not over yet
Tekapo businessman Anthony Tosswill says he will appeal the decision to decline consent for the 17-storey building that's been dubbed the Electric Thistle. Video, Audio
'In need' regulator restructures in face of building boom
The country's building regulator admits it needs a major overhaul after years scrambling just to react to leaky homes and the Canterbury and Kaikōura earthquakes.
Holden - paying tribute to an Aussie classic
For decade upon decade the Holden name has helped shaped Australian and New Zealand culture. Yet in 2017 it will stop building cars in Australia. What is next for the quintessentially aussie motor… Audio, Gallery
NZ financial services company vulnerable to ethical lapses
New Zealand financial services companies are vulnerable to the same kind of ethical lapses in judgement as those that have led to major industry and corporate failures according to an industry study. Audio
Seabed mining plan draws 6000 opponents
Opponents of an application to mine the seabed in Taranaki have presented a petition with thousands of signatures to Parliament.
WORLD returns to New Zealand Fashion Week with New York Twang
Well-established and new names sit side-by-side in the line-up at New Zealand Fashion Week 2016, while more of the familiar designers plan to show during the public weekend shows, rather than the… Audio
Push for more focus on tourism training
Schools are treating hospitality and tourism as dummy subjects and discouraging students from pursuing them as careers, some teachers say.
Steel untested when built into highway
NZTA has admitted that weak steel began to be installed as piles for bridges on the Huntly Bypass before local test results had come back.
SkyCity centre steel jobs go to Thailand
Half of the work on the steel frames for the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland has gone to a foreign contractor, despite NZ factories having prepared for it.
