Two Auckland students have designed a bottle specifically for New Zealand craft brewers hoping to crack the Asian market.

"Over time" and "over budget" are two phrases well known in construction, so a couple of industry veterans have created a solution they believe has global potential.

A Bay of Plenty doctor is designing software for a smartwatch he says will replace conventional medical alert alarms.

A key result from EY's recent global job creation survey indicates that 65 per cent of those aged between 18 and 25 plan to run their own business at some point: 27 per cent immediately and 38 per cent after working for someone else.

The man at the helm of the country's largest angel investor network says an overwhelming response to the organisation's annual intern take led him to wonder if there was a better way of nurturing the....

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.

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.

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

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

Business management software company Roll has completed the latest accelerator programme through Lightning Lab and is looking to raise $750,000 as it turns its focus to the UK market.

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.

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.

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.

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.