Auckland start-up is US-bound after international e-commerce contest win.

We need more skilled workers and more support for R&D, writes Phil O'Reilly.

As our information pool grows exponentially, new technology enables us to process big data to provide stunning insights in many fields, writes Alexander Speirs.

A national-scale data hub could create a 'completely new marketplace' in New Zealand.

Auckland needs to seize opportunities, says Brett O'Riley.

When first encountering a 3D printer, any sense of scepticism that an industrial revolution could be standing before you should be quickly forgiven, writes Alexander Speirs.

A healthcare firm has found a way to engage patients in managing their illness. Alexander Speirs reports.

The Icehouse CEO Andy Hamilton talks to Brierley Penn about the innovation challenge for entrepreneurs.

We all have to find new ways of doing business, says Tim Miles.

Can technology bring to the healthcare sector the disruptive change and efficiencies that have transformed other industries?

Innovation should be integral to business, writes Michael Barnett.

Giant corporation's local arm is offering a hand-up for young, tech-oriented businesses, writes Bill Bennett.

Air NZ is in one of its most exciting periods of consumer engagement for decades. writes Mike Tod.

Callaghan Innovation chief executive Mary Quin reckons more New Zealand companies should position themselves as global players from Day One.

The new business revolution is being driven both top-down from some of the world's and New Zealand's largest companies, and bottom-up - by entrepreneurial activists and social changemakers.

Chris and Andrew Rodley, the men behind SnapitHD, are quietly revolutionising camera technology from their hometown of Nelson.

Xero is well known to be growing rapidly, with more than 135,000 customers in its latest update, but also interesting is the amount of innovation occurring around Xero as a platform.

Nestled on the outskirts of downtown Auckland is the headquarters of Oktobor Animation - a local computer graphics animation studio driving industry-leading development and production.

We're focusing our attention on four well-documented ICT trends - cloud, social applications, mobility and big data - which are converging to both drive and enable innovation.

Imagine you have cancer. You are sitting at home with your laptop, connected simultaneously by video to your GP, radiologist, surgeon, oncologist and a cancer specialist from Boston, who will come up with your combined care plan.

Artist's impressions of the Lysaght Building, soon to be renovated as part of the Wynyard Precinct.

New Zealand has no problem generating innovation. Hardly a day goes past without a story in the media about some new technology or a smart idea being turned into a business by an entrepreneur.

Innovation has typically been a domain dominated by small-businesses and forward-thinking entrepreneurs. But it's important for New Zealand's success that big corporates create an environment in which innovation can be fostered and flourish.

Innovation from the edge instead requires you to build in order to learn, says Grant Frear.

Callaghan Innovation chairman Sue Suckling has bold plans for her "start-up", promising there will be times when "we really ruffle feathers".