Drones wanted in fight to protect Māui dolphins
August 20, 2019
Two fishing companies and WWF want drones, new rules, and support for out-of-work fishers as part of a package to protect Māui dolphins.Read more...
NZ scientist to fly drone over rowdy PNG volcano
August 11, 2019
A Kiwi scientist is about to get an up-close-and-personal look at one of the world's angriest volcanoes, through a clever approach now also being used here.Rising to 1750m above the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville – or roughly the same height as Mt Hikurangi on New...
Groceries to be delivered by drone to Qld homes
July 31, 2019
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No… it’s a loaf of bread and carton of milk.That will soon be the reality for Queenslanders with Google set to launch its new drone delivery service this September.Logan has been revealed as the first city to receive the innovative deliv...
University of Canterbury researchers say drones could be a breakthrough solution in the long-standing conundrum of how to measure whale health.
An international team of scientists, led by the University's Associate Professor Travis Horton, have published results from a study...
Dangerous drones could be shot down under new law
July 11, 2019
A proposed law change would make it legal to shoot down drones in special circumstances.The Government is currently consulting on changes to the Civil Aviation Act. One proposal is to allow drones to be detained, seized and destroyed in extreme situations. Pil...
A council drone has been scanning the countryside for leaks.
The trial project led by Waipā District Council's water services team has been using a drone to locate leaks in a major water supply pipe.
The small, unmanned quadcopters were fi...
Barking drones used on farms instead of sheep dogs
March 7, 2019
Robots aren't just stealing human jobs, they're after man's best friend too - now there's a drone that can bark like a sheep dog.
The latest drone developments come as more farmers have started using the technology for work on the farm in recent years.
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Transpower is testing unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) technologies to cut the number of helicopter flights required for visual inspections of its assets.“We want to keep our teams and New Zealanders safe, reduce disruption to the public, and improve the quality of inf...
Drone Ranger can home in on yellow-eyed penguin nests quick smart
December 11, 2018
Rather than crawling around in the bush of a subantarctic island for hours searching for yellow-eyed penguin nests, Massey University PhD student Chris Muller can now do it all by drone.When looking at the population of yellow-eyed penguins on the subantarctic Auck...
Here come the drones
September 27, 2018
A Raglan-based high-performance drone company, Aeronavics, has created a special model of drone to help monitor wildlife parks for poachers in South Africa, and now they’re rolling out the technology for other conservation purposes. We talk with co-founder Linda Bulk about...
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