Chris Keall
Technology Editor/Senior Business Writer
Chris Keall is the technology editor and a senior business writer for the NZ Herald.
Chris has spent more than 20 years as a business and technology journalist. His past roles included editor of NZ PC World, editor of Internet Magazine, editor of home theatre and gadget title >>FFWD and technology editor for NBR. He has a BA from the University of Auckland and is the author of two books published by HarperCollins, including Download: The Internet Made Easy. His awards include the Magazine Publishers’ Association Business Magazine Editor of the Year. You can contact Chris at chris.keall@nzme.co.nz.
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Rural broadband: Chorus' $2.5b proposal for new telco minister Paul Goldsmith
The plan would extend ultra-fast broadband to 95 per cent of the population.
Chicken-free chicken maker Sunfed Meat shutting down, owner lets rip
An investor sees a pricing issue, the plant-based 'meat' sector faces pushback.
Tracking cow burps and leaky gas pipelines: NZ's first Govt-funded space mission
Backers defend $29m spend.
Poor rural broadband highlighted in briefing to new Communications Minister
Elon Musk's Starlink could be in for more costs and regulation, if MBIE gets its way.
Allbirds dives to new low as its quarterly loss widens to US$32m
The firm, co-founded by ex-All White Tim Brown, says its Christmas will be even tougher.
Former IBM man’s start-up, ClimateTracker, helps firms grapple with new climate reporting requirements
A big customer win locally, and a global hook-up with AWS.
Free Starlink for 40 rural schools
Network For Learning and 2degrees partner on Ministry of Education-funded programme.
Fresh off $85m raise, Halter launches ‘smart grass’
“Often you’ll hear dairy farmers say they’re actually grass farmers," says Halter CEO.
The 27-year-old Kiwi serial inventor onto his fourth startup sale
Serial inventor says Shear Edge offers new hope for strong wool.
Rural broadband: People are paying more for less, regulator says
Industry reacts to Commerce Commission’s Annual Telecommunications Monitoring Report.
Changes at Chorus as two veterans exit - and one takes more power
The broadband network operator is restructuring into three business units.
Chorus: $500m needed for better rural broadband
UFB network operator sets date to retire copper.
Quid pro quo for free spectrum: Telcos reveal 5G rural upgrade spend. A good deal?
More details revealed of a scheme that's seen telcos receive spectrum at no cost.
‘Predatory’ - rural ISPs on Starlink’s cut-price new deal for Kiwis
Competition lawyer weighs in.
Smart cow start-up Halter raises $85m, reveals early uptake
Rocket Lab link helps bolster the Auckland/Waikato start-up.
Woolchemy’s plan to transform strong wool gets venture capital backing
Startup takes on synthetics in $165 billion market.
No longer the ‘it’ shoe? Allbirds responds to WSJ slam
Firm responds to criticism over durability, repeat purchasing, and 'tech bro' sentiment.
Govt’s new $2000 broadband installation grant for rural homes - Starlink will be eligible
New $15m scheme will cover about 7500 remote households.
Kiwi lab-grown meat start-up breaks out of stealth mode
Beef + Lamb NZ reacts to product makers say is not a replacement for animal agriculture.
CSI wine: Kiwi firm raises $58m, launches proof-of-origin mark for wine
Tech pitched as the answer to a global counterfeiting crisis.
Smart collars for cows: Halter eyes fresh pastures abroad
Startup says its product is now on hundreds of farms, helping to address labour shortages.
Spark 5G trials super fast flavour of 5G in Canterbury, all mobile players raise questions about Starlink freeloading
PLUS: 'Is Elon Musk freeloading?', and other new spectrum auction questions.
'Brain milk'? Ārepa breaks into Woolies, fields Fonterra and Nestlé offers
$5m raise will help attack the US market.
$47m in Covid relief funds to boost wobbly rural broadband
Rural broadband a sore point even before the pandemic.
Threat to our farming? NZ-founded, vat-grown cheese startup raises US$25m
Startup sees lab-grown meat and dairy products as alternative to animal protein.
Ex-All White Tim Brown a $650m man as Allbirds shares double on Nasdaq debut
Thousands of Kiwi investors pile in as company smashes target.
The $300m man: Allbirds IPO to boost Tim Brown's wealth
Wider loss revealed; $300 million payday for ex-All White co-founder Tim Brown.
NZ maker of key vaccine ingredient buys Aussie rival
Maker of animal serums, which help with vaccines, expands.
Ex-All White Tim Brown's Allbirds files for multi-billion IPO
Filing reveals big ambitions but, for now, also big lossses.
A feast of urban broadband but rural internet a 'stale donut'
MBIE's latest official stats reveal a rollout of two halves.
Huge spike in EV sales as feebate kicks in
Chips shortages cause delivery delays, but 2021 sales break records regardless.
Supermarkets face 'their Telecom moment'
Food & Grocery Council welcomes report showing excessive profits among supermarkets.
Blenheim's Smart Machine creates 'world-first' viticulture robots
The answer to vinyards labour shortage: robots.
Rural ISPs attack 'utterly insane' Vodafone plan, 'foot-dragging' minister
Vodafone, Spark, Clark respond to slams from Wispa.
Pāua play: Bluff freezing works converted for aquaculture; thousands of jobs in offing
AUT and Bhatnagar-backed effort could help region hit by Rio Tinto's smelter closure.
Spark, Vodafone trade blows with new rural wireless broadband deals
Killer offers as Covid-19 relief measures wind down.
Continuous Disclosure: Market moves for Aroa Biosurgery, Fonterra and Abano
Keeping you in the know on the biggest market moves.
After sending $20m contract to India's HCL in February, Fonterra told to 'buy-local' for new tender
A previous $20 million contract went to India's HCL.
$15m for rural broadband not enough, user group says
Rural broadband advocate lays out his ambition.
Covid-19: Vodafone responds to disgruntled rural users
Telco suggests avoiding video and music streaming services, among other measures.
Graze anatomy: Smart-cow startup nears launch
Key appointment as startup begins its final countdown.
Oz harness racing ponies up for 'revolutionary' Kiwi tech
Kiwi technology attracts interest from across the Tasman.
Kiwi electric motorbike maker Ubco unveils new models, $5m raise
Tauranga startup buys out its US partner.
Tech sector to surpass dairy in 3-5 years: TIN boss
Report ranks our largest and fastest-growing technology companies.
Spark springs 5G surprise with rural wireless
Customers in Alexandra, Central Otago, will be able to access the network.
Chathams get free Rugby World Cup streaming
Remote island may have better RCW coverage than parts of rural NZ.
Cannabis infusions and other craft beer trends that could be heading for NZ
Portland expert on glitter beers, green beers and more.
Fonterra poised to ditch NZ tech provider for Indian outsourcer: insider
NZ IT providers have the chops, and Fonterra should buy local, lobby group says.
Chicken-free Chicken maker Sunfed invades Australia
Take that, James Cameron. Fake meat maker gets a real deal with a major supermarket chain.
RWC fibre jam: Chorus can only connect 50,000 before kickoff
"There's a real risk that rugby fans will miss out," Enable says.
Spark Sport boss pins blame for hockey stuff-up
Hockey fans miss out on the first quarter of the Anzac Day clash.
Some rural customers won't get Spark Sport - Spark Sport boss
Telco exec addresses 'pissed off' rural customer.
Kiwis creating mozzarella, no animals required
Kiwi startup anticipates a backlash from the dairy industry.
Chorus unbundled UFB pricing labelled 'cynical', 'uneconomic'
Horse-trading begins over unbundled UFB pricing. Vocus calls it 'ridiculous' and 'cynical'
Treaty claim looms as new stumbling block for Spark's 5G ambitions
Faafoi says claim has to be resolved before 5G spectrum auction details are fianlised.
Group hunts predators with new Internet of Things network
A new weapon in the war on possums, stoats, and rats.
Taxpayer chips in as chicken-free chicken maker raises $10m
The Auckland-based startup sells a chicken-substitute made from chickpeas.
Yamaha invests $12m in NZ's Robotics Plus
Robots could be the answer to the shortage of human Apple pickers.
ASB claims blockchain first with meat export deal
Pair say a transaction normally taking four days was wrapped up in an hour.
Deal values Kiwi Tim Brown's sneaker firm at $2b
Trendy merino shoe company raises US$50m at US$1.4b valuation.
Neighbours in court over claim trees blocking Wi-Fi
Expert says the case could lead to a flurry of legal action.