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New president to focus on diversity
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Engineering New Zealand's new President Ben Holland says diversity and inclusion will be a strong theme of his tenure, stating he is determined to make the engineering profession more welcoming and accepting of all people.
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A very real achievement in virtual reality
Wednesday, 08 May 2019
Professor Mark Billinghurst of the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), has received global recognition for his lifetime contribution to human-computer interaction for augmented and virtual reality.
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High quality training of engineers is needed
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
Industry stakeholders are calling for better project design and management to help avoid disputes in the construction sector and when these fail – there is scope for resolution processes to be utilised more effectively, according to ‘How to
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Fewer apprentices taken on due to reforms
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
More than half of employers say they will hire fewer apprentices if a Government proposal to merge polytechs into one national body is implemented according to new research.
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Fewer apprentices taken on due to reforms
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
More than half of employers say they will hire fewer apprentices if a Government proposal to merge polytechs into one national body is implemented according to new research.
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Service Centre Opening
Wednesday, 10 April 2019
New Zealand’s leading supplier of Geared Motors has yet again expanded its services and product range. 
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Diary of a budding engineer
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Over summer I moved to Tauranga to work at Aurecon as an undergraduate process engineer. Aurecon is an engineering and infrastructure advisory company and is where I completed my sub-professional work experience hours.
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Quake-testing the whole building, on one of the world’s largest shake tables
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
New Zealanders can be more confident that new buildings built in New Zealand can stand up to earthquakes of a greater intensity than those that recently hit Christchurch and Kaikoura, say University of Auckland engineers.
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Major counterfeiting raids net tens of thousands of dollars of fake products
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
The biggest anti-counterfeiting operation in Hypertherm history took place in Changzhou Province late last year.
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Automation in APAC: trends for 2019
Wednesday, 20 February 2019
From the most recent smartphone to the latest fashion, keeping up-to-date with trends can be tiring.
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Zero-emissions hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft
Thursday, 08 November 2018
After 12 years developing hydrogen propulsion systems for small unmanned aircraft, HES Energy Systems has unveiled plans for Element One, the world’s first regional hydrogen-electric passenger aircraft. 
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Diary of a budding engineer
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
This semester has been very chemical processing-focused for third year Chemical and Materials Engineering...
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Revised ISO 19011 standard released
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
The recently updated ISO 19011:2018, which contains guidance on managing audit programs, sets forth key guidelines internal and external auditors should use when examining companies striving for ISO 9001:2015 re-certification.
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Excess profits for energy generators over seven years
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
Power generators pocketed an extra NZ$5.4 billion...
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PARENTS URGED to take trades seriously
Wednesday, 03 October 2018
MAINTENANCE ENGINEER Tautalafua Mata’afa went to university when he left school, but it was a costly mistake.  
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Ban on plastic packaging would be a step too far
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
PACKAGING NEW ZEALAND says that it understands the Government’s reason for its ban on single-use plastic bags, but it would be alarmed if this was extended to plastic packaging.
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Water treatment plant takes contractors’ top award
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
A MAJOR upgrade to Auckland’s main water treatment plant in Mangere took top honours at the Civil Contractors New Zealand’s (CCNZ) national awards last month.
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Enterprises lagging behind global counterparts
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Enterprises lagging behind global counterparts on digital transformation journey
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A bridge too far?
Wednesday, 05 September 2018
In the past two years, 13 bridges around the world have collapsed
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Double award for NZ nanofibre producer
Wednesday, 05 September 2018
Turning hoki skins into a natural skin care product has won New Zealand nanofibre producer Revolution Fibres a top honour at the Seafood Stars Awards.
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