The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) is a network of public research organisations who collaborate to commercialise science to grow the New Zealand economy. Commercialising science can...

The Kiwi Innovation Network (KiwiNet) is a network of public research organisations who collaborate to commercialise science to grow the New Zealand economy. Commercialising science can...

The winners of the fourth annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards were announced at the end of June 2016. The awards recognise the commercial success of scientific...

In this article, you can read about the winners and finalists in each 2015 KiwiNet Awards category. What the finalists had to do On the day...

The second KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards were held in 2014, at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland. Jenny Mangan and Meredith Ross, Science Learning Hubs team...

The first KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards (KiwiNet Awards) were held in 2013. The awards celebrate the achievement of individuals, teams and organisations who are involved in...

A visitor to the seismic engineering laboratories and test centres at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, is likely to meet researchers and students of many nationalities....

In 2010 Plant & Food Research and Zespri responded to the Psa outbreak by using their established relationships to assure scientists were quickly deployed to fight...

Comvita, the Institute for Innovation in Biotechnology at the University of Auckland and Comvita Innovation Limited (CIL) took out the Rudd Watts Research and Business Partnership...

Professor Andy Buchanan from the University of Canterbury is a world-leading researcher in the use of timber in earthquake-resistant buildings. His research is leading new global...

Cawthron Institute’s lucrative deal to supply a range of purified marine toxins to international company Sigma-Aldrich saw them nominated for the PWC Commercial Deal Award at...

Fred Samandari and Graeme Woodward from the Wireless Research Centre (WRC) at the University of Canterbury explain their successful collaboration with Tait Communications, combining forces in...

Nanoscience involves the study of chemical and physical changes that happen at the nanoscale. Researchers and scientists are interested in the nanoscale, because when many materials...

Driven by a desire to create a safer trampoline for his own children, Professor Keith Alexander (Mechanical Engineering, University of Canterbury) came up with an innovative...

It has now been well established that gut hormones have a key role in controlling food intake and energy expenditure. The gut is the body’s largest...

Rising levels of obesity in developed countries like New Zealand are having a significant effect on the health of the population. The 2006/07 New Zealand Health...

Discovering how plant foods reduce appetite and keep people feeling fuller for longer is a new Plant & Food Research programme receiving investment from New Zealand...

Crown research institute ESR was nominated in the KiwiNet PWC Commercial Deal Award for software developed with Forensic Science South Australia. Their STRmix software, for forensic...

Base isolation is a technique developed to prevent or minimise damage to buildings during an earthquake. It has been used in New Zealand, as well as...

Plant & Food Research and US-based plant nursery company Northwest Plant have revolutionised plant variety commercialisation in their deal to market new raspberry cultivars in North...

The Biopolymer Network is a New Zealand-based research company focused on producing bio-based products such as sustainable packaging and ingredients for industry. The Biopolymer Network is...

We live in a fast-changing world. We often hear that innovation is what’s needed to address the global challenges and local issues that we’re facing, to...