How IoT is helping NZ’s largest industry
January 29, 2019
A pioneering farming tech trial is expected to make a quantum leap to help boost New Zealand’s primary export revenue.New Zealand supposedly has a low understanding of how the internet of things (IoT) can assist with farm management and sustainability and adoption of preci...
NZ finalist in IoT World Cup for river pollution monitoring being tested on the Waikato
January 17, 2019
KotahiNet has been named as one of 20 finalists for the 10th Innovation World Cup® Series. It is the only finalist outside of Europe and North America. The finalists were chosen from almost 500 submissions from all over the world.The IOT/WT Innovati...
Six-metre waka sculpture gifted at Hamilton's Ferrybank Reserve
November 23, 2018
As the black fabric shrouding Hamilton's latest public artwork fell to the ground, the verdict from onlookers was swift. "It's stunning," said Juliann Smith, one of the first to step inside Tōia Mai, an interactive waka sculpture unveiled on the banks of the Ferrybank Reser...
AI and IoT changing the face of NZ dairying
July 2, 2018
A fledgling New Zealand agritech company run by a rising Kiwi entrepreneur who has worked for Rocket Lab has raised $8 million, from Silicon Valley venture capital firm Data Collective, which is likely to result in massive changes to the nation’s burgeoning dairy industry....
Saving honey bees - there's an app for that
June 13, 2018
A group of Paeroa College students are doing their bit to save honey bees.Four students, Ariihia Morehu, Hamish Buchanan, Jeramiah Coffey and Timoti Wiperi, are designing a smartphone application (app) to help beekeepers monitor the health and w...
Cross-country data networks enabling a new technological age
April 10, 2018
Remote areas can now be monitored in real-time, as a recently-developed network can send and receive data 30 kilometres.Vikram Kumar, the Wellington-based founder of KotahiNet, says the networks bring about a new technological age – the "Internet of Things".Find out more...
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