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Callaghan Innovation, the government backed innovation hub, faced questions this week from opposition MPs about why it had funded companies that subse.

The New Zealand government posted a small operating surplus in the seven months through January as tax revenue beat expectations, while costs were sma.

News of the threat to contaminate New Zealand infant formula with 1080 poison has barely registered so far in Chinese media, says expatriate Beijing.

International trading partners first learnt of threats to contaminate New Zealand-manufactured infant milk formula with 1080 poison in February, more.

The Green Party demands an explanation from New Zealand Prime Minister John Key over illegal spying on citizens of Cook Islands and Niue.

New Zealand's economy is expected to grow at an annual pace close to three percent this year as increased building activity in its two biggest cities,.

European stocks climbed, while the euro dropped to the lowest level in more than 11 years, after the European Central Bank said it will start wider as.

AsureQuality, the state-owned food-testing company, posted a 5 percent drop in first-half profit, reflecting higher operating costs to develop future.

Fujitsu is set to launch a Government desktop-as-a-service offering built specifically for the NZ Government and aimed at securing BYOD workplaces.

Transpower, the state-owned operator of the national electricity grid, hiked its first-half dividend to the government as revenue gained.

Calls for more densification in Auckland's housing have been compared to Ebola by Finance Minister Bill English.

Stats NZ turns to iPad Minis, revamps centuries-old data gathering, heralding real-time shop pricing analysis for key inflation indexes.

New Zealand's annual net migration rose to another record in January as fewer locals departed for Australia, while Indian student numbers continued to.

New Zealand's government has taken a number of good steps to improve housing supply in Auckland, where prices have soared on a lack of new stock, but.

Two years of research, development and millions of dollars of investment, the Catalyst Cloud is NZ's first and only fully-automated cloud service.

Education Ministers Hekia Parata and Nikki Kaye have announced funding for Computers in Homes will be extended in 2015-16.

Another 1500 low income families will be provided with computers in 2015/16 through the Computers in Homes programme.

Three central North Island towns are now fully-fibred as momentum grows around the government’s ultra-fast broadband build.

Data warehousing and big data gurus WhereScape has today announced it has opened its Wellington office this week.

The government has declared drought conditions on the east coast of the South Island, triggering a range of support measures, and said the tax depa.