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Up and away
New report reveals who the folks operating drones in New Zealand are - and what they're using them for
Airways’ latest Drone Tracker Survey is out - providing a detailed snapshot of where the drone industry in Aotearoa is at. So what are the implications for the future of the technology - and industry - in New Zealand? And what industries stand to benefit the most from more drones in the sky?
Adapt or die
Aurecon’s Carl Devereux on why the future of infrastructure depends on tech and diversity
The way we work is changing. Not exactly profound, is it? But change is happening faster than ever – and to industries we might not necessarily immediately associate with change. Aurecon New Zealand regional director Carl Devereux discusses how infrastructure is being disrupted.
Crystal ball-gazing
NZTech CEO Graeme Muller's prediction for New Zealand's future: Digital learning, smarter homes and medical drones
Digital learning skills, smarter homes and medical drone deliveries will be major tech developments that will significantly impact the lives of people living in the Land of the Long White Cloud this year – or so says NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller. Does he have a point?
Taking flight
Callaghan Innovation alumni first NZ business accepted into leading US tech accelerator
Dotterel, which was runner-up in Callaghan Innovation’s inaugural C-Prize Challenge for its work in suppressing the noise of drone propellers, is the first New Zealand company to be signed by leading US technology accelerator Techstars.
Droning on
Drone-maker DJI is opening its first store in New Zealand
DJI is setting up to open Auckland’s first retail drone store this Saturday - making it the first DJI authorised retail store in New Zealand.
Rise of the machines
Flirtey is making Domino's pizza delivery by drone available for regular folks
Forget last year's pizza delivery by drone gimmick: now the rest of us will be able to have a robot deliver our pepperoni and mushroom with stuffed crust by the end of the year.
Life saving, not ending
Chainsaw drones can kill, so UC is instead developing drones that save lives
Could swarms of drones be the next big breakthrough that saves lives? That's what a group of University of Canterbury researchers is betting on.
Buzz buzz buzz
Coming soon to Te Papa: Drone races
Tickets are selling fast for the world’s first drone race to be held at a national museum.
Cool conservation
Drones, floating water monitors and disease tracking apps: Three innovations that could change conservation
Three Kiwi innovations are getting $75,000 from the World Wildlife Fund to help out with conservation.
