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Health & Safety
Cocaine tightens grip on NZ workplaces, positive tests up nearly 70%
Wednesday, 05 August 2026
Cocaine use is on the rise across New Zealand workplaces. That’s a key finding of the latest Imperans Report, a quarterly analysis of drug use in the workplace
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General
A different path to success earns national apprenticeship honour
Wednesday, 05 August 2026
Leaving school at just 16 to help support her family could easily have marked the end of Lexiga (Lexi) Pritchard's education.
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Electrical Technology
D-Link A/NZ launches new WiFi 7 Mesh Router unlocking 10-Gig WAN and 10-Gig LAN
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
With New Zealand users already on UFB Hyperfibre at speeds up to 8 Gbps, most home routers have become the bottleneck.
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Manufacturing
Why manufacturing supply chain leaders still can’t scale their warehouse technology
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Today’s manufacturing supply chain and warehouse leaders are seeing an all-too-familiar frustration right now.
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Energy Efficiency
Making the most of your energy :The benefits of waste heat recovery~
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
As manufacturing facilities look to reduce emissions, many focus on large-scale changes such as switching energy sources or installing new equipment.
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Manufacturing
How one manufacturer is growing its own future workforce
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Cambridge-based Treadlite collects thousands of end-of-life tyres once destined for landfill, transforming them into recycled rubber products used in New Zealand playgrounds, sports fields and hors
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Manufacturing
Enztec turns to real-time machine monitoring to drive factory efficiency
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Enztec, a Christchurch-based manufacturer of high-precision orthopaedic surgical instruments, has increased CNC uptime after deploying FourJaw Manufacturing Analytics across every CNC machine in it
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Maintenance Matters
Rethinking corrosion protection in process plants
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Corrosion protection plays a critical role in preserving industrial assets, particularly in process plants where equipment is routinely exposed to aggressive chemicals and demanding operati
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Manufacturing
CAD Visualisation as key to modern supplier communication
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Communication between OEMs and suppliers—such as mould and die manufacturers—is now a critical factor in ensuring fast development and procurement processes.
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Motors & Drives
Bonfiglioli Powers The Future of Clean Energy
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
The New Zealand Government’s Wood Energy Strategy and Action Plan is driving a significant shift in energy production, with coal plants being converted to allow for the burning of torrefied wood pe
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Automation
Why Smart Factories Need Smarter Safety Systems
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
In the world of modern manufacturing, machine safety is no longer limited to physical barriers and emergency stops.
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Manufacturing
The stocktake is in - and NZ manufacturers enter FY2027 with the leanest warehouses in three years
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
With new data revealing stock levels are down 57% year-on-year, New Zealand manufacturers are entering the new financial year leaner, under more margin pressure, and with less buffer for error than
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Automation
Tackling leakage in an era of “weather whiplash”
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
With drought and flooding increasingly arriving in quick succession, water companies need leakage strategies that can adapt just as quickly.
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Electrical Technology
Protecting built heritage from within
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Some of our most important connections to the past are not found in museums, but in the buildings that continue to stand at the heart of towns and cities.
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Industry 4.0 / IOT
The Last Mile of AI: Why Your Engineering and Manufacturing Supply Chain “Pilot” Never Makes It into Production
Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Across the engineering and manufacturing sector, AI has become the centerpiece of supply chain modernisation conversations.
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