Technology

New Zealand sailor in London on 7 May 1945, when the war with Germany was declared over. Audio

Joystick ninja and GamePlanet editor Matt Maguire solves the riddles, beats the bad guys and saves the Earth countless times on a myriad of gaming platforms... rhythm games that use special plastic… Audio

Gaming magazines, from the 1980s to the nineties, were direct contributors to the development of 'gaming culture' - with Dr. Graeme Kirkpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of… Audio

New Technology commentator Sarah Putt discuss privacy in the age of drones, and trouble with the Yik Yak app which allows people to post anonymous messages. Audio

Tesla's home battery, power generation and solar panels, increased electricity demand for digital devices. Audio

Prof. Mark Apperley from University of Waikato spreads out the silicon chips to expose how computers switch us on - gamerfication (using game-like techniques in serious applications) and the virtual… Audio

Following up our story last Friday on new housing developments and apartments only being wired with fibre optic cabling, which makes it impossible to have a traditional phone line. The issue has also… Audio

The future of the country's only research observatory is at risk due to a critical lack of funding and staff shortages. All but one member of staff at the Mt John observatory near Lake Tekapo have… Audio

A marine electronics company has launched a radar developed in Auckland that it says is a game changer. Audio

Tiny teams all over the country are doing in two days what it takes far larger teams years to do - make a movie. The 48 Hours film competition is on! Simon Morris speaks to the New Zealand Manager for… Audio

This week Wellington was host to a plethora of comic talent - no not from the comedy festival. New Zealand illustrators and cartoonists met up to discuss their craft at ComicFest. At one such… Audio

Mary Wareham is Human Right Watch arms advocacy director and the global coordinator of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Last month she attended a United Nation's conference on autonomous weapons -… Audio

The Canadian documentary maker Brett Gaylor exposes the global economy surrounding internet tracking in his new doco series, Do Not Track. Audio

Steve West of charge.net.nz is trying to shake up New Zealand's electric car scene by building a nationwide network of rapid chargers. Audio

Internet users may have noticed that the network's been slow in the evenings recently. So what cound be to blame? With Peter Griffin and broadband performance expert John Butt of TrueNet. Audio

Tattoos might be getting in the way of a less permanent body accessory, the Apple Smart Watch. Audio

British educator wants to allow pupils to use the internet during exams, saying it's inevitable. Audio

John McDougall was on the first passenger flight out of Invercargill in 1944 - now more than 70 years later he's booked to fly on the first international flight out of the city. Audio

Electric vehicles have long been touted as the answer to many environmental problems from the potential to make a serious dent in emissions which harm human health and warm the planet - to reducing… Audio

Elderly and disabled pensioners in Wellington say they've been forced to sign up to and pay for ultrafast broadband when none of them even has a computer. Brian is a resident of a new council housing… Audio