Amelia Gain has launched accommodation booking start-up Preno and wants to see it used across the globe.

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.

Sir Owen Glenn has called on the Government to change the way philanthropic donations are taxed to encourage more people to "invest in their own country".

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.

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.

2015 saw the addition of nine digital start-ups to Lightning Lab's accelerator programme. Among them are Designer Wardrobe and Logicore.

An innovative company depends on a broad range of intangible people-centred qualities, says Michael Barnett.

Paul Viskovich started the North American business for Orion Health in 2002 and now heads the sales operation globally.

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

Derek Forbes believes Kiwi companies have to "Americanise" their businesses in order to compete in a local market saturated with brands.

Technology innovation is coming thick and fast in Auckland as more start-ups eye the lucrative international marketplace.

"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.

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