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Refresh smarter, spend smarter: Why flexible IT financing is on the rise

Australian businesses are shifting to flexible IT financing to stay agile, preserve cashflow, and keep technology current amidst rapid innovation and economic challenges.

By BPC Commercial • 4 min read • Thu, 26th Jun 2025

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Sustainability On-Site

Builders could cut landfill and save money as a new industry-led guide makes waste reduction simpler on New Zealand job sites.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 12th Aug 2025

Sustainability

Enhanced steel frame design for seismic resilience

Engineers in earthquake-prone New Zealand now have updated guidance aimed at reducing building damage and improving safety in major tremors.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Sat, 26th Jul 2025

Housing

Support for the home side. Hundreds of state homes around New Zealand will be fitted with wool carpet

The contract could bring warmer, healthier and more fire-resistant flooring to nearly 1,000 state housing projects a year across New Zealand.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 25th Jun 2025

Data Protection

The E-waste security crisis

Old computers and discarded phones are exposing organisations to data theft, with up to a fifth of cyber incursions occurring at disposal time.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Thu, 29th May 2025

Robotics

Manufacturing’s next ‘Henry Ford moment’

Only 30% of manufacturers have scaled Industry 4.0 beyond pilots, leaving billions in value on the table as AI and automation spread.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 20th May 2025

Internet of Things

Cover for harsh conditions

The new coating will help Philips outdoor luminaires last longer in harsh weather, cutting replacements and reducing manufacturing resources.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 9th Apr 2025

Digital Transformation

The way it is and the way it should be

A skilled labour crunch, weak investment and slow policy change are set to keep Aotearoa New Zealand’s construction sector under strain in 2025.

By Staff Writer • 12 min read • Wed, 12th Feb 2025

Building materials

Using building materials for carbon storage

Replacing conventional materials in new infrastructure could lock away 16.6 billion tonnes of CO2 a year, researchers say.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Tue, 11th Feb 2025

Clean technologies

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIWI CLEANTECH VENTURES

A trio of New Zealand startups will be honoured in Paris as the mission seeks overseas backers for a sector forecast to top NZ$1 trillion by 2030.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Nov 2024

Supply Chain

2025 World Battery & Energy Storage Industry Expo in China

The event is expected to draw overseas buyers and create more business opportunities across the battery supply chain.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Wed, 30th Oct 2024

Supply Chain

What it means to shift to a circular economy

Shifting to circular models could help New Zealand and Australia close emissions gaps, cut waste and create jobs in infrastructure and construction.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 17th Sep 2024

Agricultural Technology

Emissions Trading Scheme underperforming

New research says tighter oversight of five sectors could make New Zealand’s emissions scheme cut pollution faster without slowing growth.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 17th Apr 2024

Climate change

Waste-to-energy plant for Auckland's rubbish moves closer

Support is growing for a proposed GBP £570 million Kaipara incinerator that could burn Auckland and Northland rubbish and power 165,000 homes by 2028.

By Local Democracy Reporter • 4 min read • Sun, 10th Mar 2024