Drones
Medical drones set to be tested in the Far North
Paua Interface will start trialling medicine drops by drone later this year to isolated rural patients. Company principal Robyn Kamira says this is a first for New Zealand and possibly the world and… Audio
Disposable drones to the rescue
The US Department of Defense is developing vanishing air vehicles that can make precise deliveries of critical supplies, then vaporise into thin air. Audio
A View from Above
Drones are increasingly being used in forestry, farming and orcharding. They're zeroing in on diseased trees in forestry plantations, are making sure kiwifruit growers haven't planted more gold… Audio
A View from Above
Drones are increasingly being used in forestry, farming and orcharding. They're zeroing in on diseased trees in forestry plantations, are making sure kiwifruit growers haven't planted more gold…
AudioWarnings over drone use by tourists at Franz Josef
There are warnings that helicopter trips to Franz Josef's Glacier are being put in danger by the careless use of drones by tourists.
Reading between the vines
Drones - or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - can get a bad rap, but they can now generate meaningful data for a range of different industries. Video, Audio
Reading between the vines
Drones - or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - can get a bad rap, but they can now generate meaningful data for a range of different industries.
Video, AudioProtestors spill blood outside GCSB
Several dozen protestors poured their own blood on the ground outside New Zealand's spy agency in protest of its five eyes involvement with the United States' drone assassination programme. Audio
Tech news: No fly drones and exoplanets
The problems of private drone use during an emergency; claims that half of the world's web traffic is encrypted; and gamers identify planets for scientists in a cool citizen science project. Audio
Rescue Drones
New Zealand researchers have teamed up with Japanese colleagues, to develop new drone technology, to be used for search and rescue. The UC DroneLab has been set-up to develop technology, with the aim… Audio
Before you put a drone in the Christmas stocking...
Considering buying a drone for Christmas? The head of the Nelson Airport company is warning there are strict rules on where they can be flown.
Drone repellent
An Australian tech company called DroneShield develops technology to identify drones and then take them down. No shots are actually fired, but its drone detection system uses high-powered microphones… Audio, Gallery
Digital mapping of Antarctica
Professor Barbara Bollard-Breen is an associate professor at AUT. She is about to feature in the new National Geographic series Contintent 7: Antarctica. Using drones she is working with a group to… Audio
Mapping natural disasters with digital technology
Patrick Meier uses a blend of publicly available data, eyewitness accounts. social media posts and drone technology to build up detailed pictures of places after earthquake, tsunami or other natural… Audio, Gallery
Drone crashes into Otago albatross colony
A drone has crashed into a protected albatross breeding site, sparking a warning from conservation officials.
Avoiding mid-air collisions: the Budgie Paradox
Professor Mandyam (Srini) Srinivasan from the University of Queensland has recruited a high-flying team of 10 budgies and is flying them down tunnels to try to make them bump into each other. He's… Audio
The takeaway from a low-fact flying fast food yarn
Was it really news that a pizza was dropped onto a picnic blanket by a drone in a field outside Auckland? Is an age of food-by-air for the needy and greedy really upon us? Mediawatch looks for the… Video, Audio
The takeaway from a low-fact flying fast food yarn
Was it really news that a pizza was dropped onto a picnic blanket by a drone in a field outside Auckland? Is an age of food-by-air for the needy and greedy really upon us? Mediawatch looks for the…
Video, AudioAuckland the first to try out pizza delivery by air
Domino's has partnered with a drone company to become the first in the world to launch a commercial drone delivery service. The service will begin later this year in Auckland. Audio
Queenstown drone forces plane to divert
An incident where a plane in Queenstown had to change course to avoid hitting a drone was extremely dangerous, the Civil Aviation Authority says.
