Business & Tech
New Instagram settings designed to protect younger users
All Instagram accounts for those aged under 16 are now private by default.
Checking your phone at work just makes you more bored, study finds
When you're bored at work, do you aimlessly scroll through your phone?
Restaurants stop service in protest of ongoing staff problems
About 2000 restaurants are switching the lights off and suspending service for two minutes today.
New Zealand is sending two satellites to Mars
New Zealand is going to Mars…
I started one of NZ’s first Discord drug servers at 18
The mastermind of one of NZ’s first illegal drug servers was an 18-year-old Wellington student.
Women are paid $60,000 less than men working as chartered accountants, a new survey finds
The survey of more than 4500 chartered accountants in New Zealand and Australia shows women are paid up to 40 to 50 percent less than their…
New Zealanders are working longer without a lot to show for it
We work real hard and it doesn’t really pay off, according to the New Zealand Productivity Commission’s report released today.
The report reveals that we work longer…
Facebook wants you to read articles before sharing them
Facebook is testing a feature where users who haven’t read news stories are asked to before sharing.
Kara Technologies is reimagining tech for deaf people
Meet Niki, a hyper-realistic avatar that can communicate sign language.
I got rejected from so many flats, I asked landlords what I was doing wrong
Advice from property managers and landlords on how to get that flat.
Intern Arwen meets an AI named Josie
Re: intern Arwen has a fascination with artificial intelligence. New Zealand businesses are catching on too with over half saying that AI is or will be…
Covid proved having no access to internet is dangerous in NZ
The internet is what made eight weeks in lockdown bearable for most of us. But for the estimated 20% of Kiwis who experience digital exclusion, not…
Behind the scenes as a small business opens up after lockdown
The folks at Electric Chicken show us what it's like to be a small business operator transitioning into a new, post-lockdown world.
Restaurants are begging us not to order through delivery companies
Delivery companies can take such a high cut that it's not worth it to open at all.
Small businesses tell us how we can support them during the pandemic
How they are adapting during lockdown and what we can do to support them.
A young person’s guide to money in the days of Covid-19
Young people might feel like Covid won’t hurt them. But Ministry of Health data shows people in their 20s have the highest rates of the virus,…
We asked an IT guy what to do if your tech breaks during lockdown
With all the tech repair places closed, many of us are living in fear of our laptops breaking. We wouldn’t be able to work, or even…
These apps are democratising mental health care
University can be a lonely place. For many students, going from high school to university is a big adjustment that can take a toll on our…
Fighting the catch-22 facing female tech workers
"When you don't see people that you recognise as something connected to your own reality, it's hard to dream about it," says Gabriela Agustini, a Red…
The uni student curing our shopping addiction with an app
If the entire world matched New Zealand’s consumption habits, we’d need two and a half planets to sustain us.
Otago University student Magdeline Huang has an idea…
The Good Shop disrupting predatory mobile lending on our streets
The world of mobile lending is full of predators that take advantage of some of Aotearoa’s most vulnerable. Enter The Good Shop, a mobile shopping truck…
Degree minors have major impact
Even if you're doing the same degree as someone, your experiences could be very different depending on the majors and minors you pick. AUT business students…
A Day in the Life of an Intern: The Warehouse
You need work experience to get a job, but you need a job to get work experience. It's the age-old conundrum that continues to stump uni…
A Day in the Life of an Intern: Burger King
53% of young bachelor grads go straight from study into work. Internships can help make that first career move a lot smoother. We spent the day…
Staying Safe Online
Online shopping scams are everywhere, just ask Jack - he was scammed when trying to buy a ticket to a gig. You can’t be too careful…
Student Side Hustles: Necta
After creating a brand for a marketing assignment at AUT, Noor and Jesse took their idea out of the classroom and into the real world. Necta…
Student Side Hustles: Phoric
Being highly caffeinated is a common state among university students, but Holly and Bradley took it one step further! Sick of the usual suspects in the…
Silence for Science
What's an electronically clean environment? It's a place with no light pollution, no atmospheric pollution and no radio transmissions. There is such a place in Antarctica,…
Discussing ethics and issues in the future of tech
The future of tech could be utopic... or it could be dystopic. We live streamed the Red Bull Basement University Launchpad event at AUT, with Alexa…
What was the last problem your phone helped you solve?
We are so attached to our phones that they might become permanently fused to our hands as we evolve (that's how science works right?). Canterbury Uni…