Technology
Passive houses: warm, dry and sustainable, but why so rare?
Kathryn talks with Jason Quinn, building scientist and passive house designer, about delivering warm, dry houses that are cheap to run. There are just 24 houses in New Zealand which are fully… Audio, Gallery
Viagogo illegally sold Lions tickets, court told
The Commerce Commission has told the High Court ticket reselling website Viagogo broke the law by selling tickets to the 2017 British and Irish Lion's tour.
Norway considers excluding Huawei from 5G infrastructure
China says it is ridiculous for the Norwegian intelligence service to make a security assessment "with pure hypothetical language".
Bollard city
American photographer and performer Andrew Choate travels the world taking pictures of bollards and organising tours of his favourite ones. Audio
Are there laws on Mars?
What happens when the Elon Musks of the world start colonising Mars? Can they? These are the questions Dr Anna Marie Brennan is posing. Audio
Fintech set to flourish in banking sector shakeup
Greater use of technology to deliver financial advice and sell financial products is likely to be another consequence of the shake up of the Australian banking sector. Audio
Amsterdam to Sydney in an EV
Wiebe Wakker has spent the last three years driving an electric car from Holland to Australia. His project is called Plug Me In and aims to dispel myths about the reliability of EVs. He's nearing his… Audio
Amazon defends racial and gender bias claims about facial recognition tool
Amazon has defended its facial-recognition tool, Rekognition, against claims of racial and gender bias following a study published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Motorists face fee increases on upper North Island toll roads
Charges on the northern gateway toll road north of Auckland will increase by 10 cents next month.
Geeks' gathering goes under the media radar
A titan of tech was in New Zealand last week along with hundreds of the world’s “alpha geeks” to talk about huge digital-age issues affecting us all. But none of it got mentioned in our media. Did it… Audio
Trades and vocational training: a problem of perception
Monica Kershaw from the Manukau Institute of Technology joins the panellists to discuss whether there's unconscious social bias against trades as a viable career option for clever people. Audio
Huawei in NZ: 'We have nothing to hide'
The local branch of Huawei is in damage control as it vies to build a next-generation mobile phone network, while contending with daily headlines about the global company's allegedly nefarious…
Internet concerns: New Zealanders worried about data security
More than 90 percent of people say they are worried about the security of their personal data online.
Apple's profits sour and deep fakes get deeper
Technology commentator Bill Bennett looks at what's been a bad week for Apple; the world's first trillion dollar company has seen its profits drop just as a new security bug was discovered by a… Audio
Ardern on KiwiBuild: 'The pace isn't as quick as we would like'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern fronts media in her first post-Cabinet press conference of the year where discussions included the KiwiBuild target and recent report into life insurance companies. Video
Petition circulating for more transparency around Photoshop
A very powerful tool in this day and age , but with great power comes great responsibility ... We're talking about photos, often on the covers of glossy magazines, which are surreptitiously but… Audio
Should our appliances be easier to repair?
Some European environment ministers are lobbying for legislation which would compel manufacturers to make their products more hardy and easier to repair. Audio
Virtual reality game lets people explore Wellington
Wellington has been turned into a virtual reality game where players can dive with whales, play drums on Cuba Street, and admire the night sky at Matariki.
Apple rushes to fix FaceTime 'eavesdropping' bug
It's been revealed that FaceTime - the video calling app on iPhones - has a glitch that allows people to eavesdrop on the person they're calling - even if the recipient doesn't pick up. In some cases… Audio
Wellington streets turned into virtual reality game
Wellington has been turned into a virtual reality game - where players can dive with whales, play the drums on Cuba Street, and admire the night sky at Matariki. In what's believed to be a… Audio
