A pre-fabricated housing business, which built four new multimillion dollar Auckland houses aims to build new places within only four weeks.

We like to think of ourselves as an innovative bunch with a history of solving difficult problems with No 8 fencing wire.

A suggestion from his wife led to a Kiwi inventor spending years automating one key 'manly' function.

A device that sends text messages to a farmer when a cow is about to give birth is now available in New Zealand.

Three Auckland University students say they are "unbelievably excited" to be going to Seattle next month to compete in the world finals of the 2015 Microsoft Imagine Cup, after winning the Asia Pacific heat.

Having a blend of brains and not just a bulk of them is what makes big cities like Auckland more likely to produce clever new inventions, Kiwi researchers have found.

Two Auckland men met about two years ago and in that short time they have discovered they have the same passion - cleaning up waterways.

New Zealand's largest agriculture expo kicks off tomorrow with the spotlight on innovation in the agritech sector.

The University of Auckland is about to take a plunge into uncharted waters: A series of never-before-seen initiatives aimed at creating a generation of more enterprising graduates.

Auckland company AskNicely has launched an immediate, email-based feedback system to help companies know whether their customers are driving away happy.

Calfsmart is the brainchild of Ben Neal, a 35-year-old mechanical engineer who grew up on a dairy farm in Dannevirke.

Westpac Group chief executive Brian Hartzer has embarked on a mission to transform the bank into a world-leading service company.

Uber, the controversial ride-sharing app founded in 2009 lets car owners act as taxi drivers.The next online economic revolution is well under way internationally and quickly infiltrating New Zealand shores - much to the ire of some traditionalists.

Businesses around the world are coming to realise that, to be relevant, innovation is not just about technology.

What we really need to think about is using digital in a very disruptive way to recreate our business models so we are fit for the future. - Rod Snodgrass

Alexander Speirs talked to NZ companies making significant headway in the United States after launching in LA.

Callaghan Innovation general manager Maori economy Hemi Rolleston says until now the Maori business sector has been largely conservative but that's changing.

"The Valley" has long been the world's number one hub of high-tech innovation.

For most of its history Microsoft was a software company. Make that the software company. A decade ago it was the world's largest company by market capitalisation.

Kiwi entrepreneurial companies will converge on LA in June for a high-powered innovation summit.

Xero's Rod Drury reckons it's time for New Zealand to rebrand itself and become a "digitally-connected" nation.

It's important to measure how NZ stacks up internationally and learn from those further along the innovation journey.

Greg Shanahan, MD of the Technology Investment Network (TIN) talks to Greg Hall about key trends impacting NZ companies.

Vodafone CEO Russell Stanners says our most exciting technology developments are taking place in rural New Zealand.

What does it take to turn a dream into a reality? The answer inevitably involves money, and usually quite a lot of it.

The man behind the wildly successful CicLAvia, Aaron Paley has become an icon to Angelenos as a city planner turned philanthropist.

Last year Spark announced it was moving the business beyond the brand overhaul.

Clean technology and green innovation is big business.