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Stories about Kiwi technology startups and the engineers building the future from New Zealand.

Boring on Purpose: The NZ Founders Who Built Moats Out of Regulation
tech

Boring on Purpose: The NZ Founders Who Built Moats Out of Regulation

New Zealand celebrates consumer app heroes. Its most durable tech is built by founders who embed in regulated systems nobody notices.

Noteworthy StaffYesterday
Christchurch Founder Launches LDOO, the Tool That Lets You Ask Your Data a Question
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Christchurch Founder Launches LDOO, the Tool That Lets You Ask Your Data a Question

After twenty years in digital marketing, Gideon Banks has launched LDOO, a conversational analytics tool that answers plain-English questions about your data in seconds instead of building dashboards.

Noteworthy Staff2 days ago
Dawn Aurora: The Spaceplane Aiming to Make Suborbital Flight Repeatable
aerospace

Dawn Aurora: The Spaceplane Aiming to Make Suborbital Flight Repeatable

The Mk-II Aurora is Dawn Aerospace's uncrewed, rocket-powered spaceplane: built to take off from a runway, fly toward the edge of space and land again like an aircraft, ready to fly the same day.

Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
Kea Aerospace: The New Zealand Company Building Aircraft for the Stratosphere
aerospace

Kea Aerospace: The New Zealand Company Building Aircraft for the Stratosphere

There’s a gap in how we observe the Earth from above. Satellites are powerful but expensive, locked to their orbits and can’t linger over one spot..

Noteworthy Staff3 weeks ago
Dawn Aerospace: The New Zealand–Linked Space Company Building Aircraft-Like Access to Space
aerospace

Dawn Aerospace: The New Zealand–Linked Space Company Building Aircraft-Like Access to Space

Most space companies are judged by launches, the rocket, the countdown, the plume. Dawn Aerospace is trying to make that the wrong question. Its bet is.

Noteworthy Staff4 weeks ago
Conversational Analytics: The End of the Dashboard Era
tech

Conversational Analytics: The End of the Dashboard Era

The dashboard model is broken. Conversational analytics is not an improvement — it is a full replacement for how teams use data.

Gideon Banks12 Apr 2026
A New Zealand Safety Switch for Cancer Immunotherapy
tech

A New Zealand Safety Switch for Cancer Immunotherapy

An innovative safety switch designed at the Malaghan Institute could transform the safety of CAR T-cell therapy and cancer immunotherapy.

Noteworthy Staff1 Feb 2024
25 New Zealand Companies Making a Global Mark
business

25 New Zealand Companies Making a Global Mark

Discover 25 innovative New Zealand startups redefining global innovation — from space travel breakthroughs to cloud-based solutions.

Noteworthy Staff19 Jan 2024

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