Tag: New Zealand

NZ to move bill banning under-16s from social media

Posted on   |  by Renju Jose and Alasdair Pal
New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday his party will introduce a bill in Parliament that seeks to ban children under 16 from using social media, proposing...

$7.7m remedy draws NZ biotech to Queensland

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
New Zealand biotech BioOra will expand production of its next-generation cell therapies to Australia after winning a $7.7 million grant through Queensland’s Sovereign Industry Development Fund. The Wellington-based company...

NZ introduces new laws to govern space infrastructure

Posted on   |  by Lucy Craymer
The New Zealand government passed legislation on Wednesday to regulate the use of ground-based space infrastructure following concerns about foreign actors using it to harm national security. Space minister...

NZ readies new regulations for space sector infrastructure

Posted on   |  by Lucy Craymer
New Zealand will have in place by July legislation regulating operators of ground-based space infrastructure, aimed at deterring foreign interference, the country’s Space minister Judith Collins said. The new...

$5.6m for Aust-NZ space projects

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Kiwi researchers will begin working with the Adelaide-based SmartSat Cooperative Research Centre on collaborative space projects following a AU$5.6 million commitment from the New Zealand government. The funding, which...

NZ fears game developer brain drain to Australia

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
The New Zealand Game Developers Association has expressed concerns that Kiwi talent will emigrate across the Tasman Sea as the expected commencement date of Australia’s Digital Games Tax Offset...

Our tech treaty with the Kiwis

Posted on   |  by James Riley
More than two weeks after the Australian and New Zealand governments unveiled a bilateral Science, Research and Innovation Cooperation Agreement, details of initiatives under the treaty have now emerged....