Alexander Donovan

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has delivered a blunt assessment of Air New Zealand’s latest financial performance, describing the national carrier’s result as “clearly a very poor performance”. But if the airline is expected to explain what went wrong and...

Smart glasses are moving rapidly from a niche technology towards wider commercial use, as major technology companies invest in new augmented reality (AR) devices and artificial intelligence features. For New Zealand businesses considering wearable technology, developments from Meta, Snap,...

Australia has banned the upcoming horror title Halloween: The Game, but the decision has little to do with its graphic violence. Instead, the country's classification authorities have refused the game a rating because marijuana use provides players with an...

Motorists in Manawatū now have an opportunity to experience hydrogen-powered motoring, with Toyota making three fuel cell electric vehicles available for rent from Palmerston North Airport. The vehicles are second-generation Toyota Mirai models, which operate much like conventional electric cars...

Scientists have successfully reconstructed the genome of the extinct Lānaʻi hookbill, resolving questions surrounding one of Hawaiʻi’s rarest museum specimens and demonstrating the growing scientific value of historic natural history collections. The bird, a member of Hawaiʻi’s distinctive honeycreeper group,...

NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has photographed a newly formed crater on the Moon after a SpaceX Falcon 9 upper stage struck the lunar surface. South Korea’s Danuri spacecraft also played a key role in locating the impact site. Falcon 9...

NASA has abandoned an attempt to save the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after technical problems affected the spacecraft sent to raise the ageing telescope’s orbit. The decision leaves Swift on course to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere, potentially by the end...

A striking green comet has been photographed sweeping across the dark skies of Namibia, offering an unusually detailed view of one of the solar system’s periodic visitors. Comet 220P/McNaught, which recently underwent dramatic increases in brightness, was captured by...

A Google artificial intelligence writing experiment conducted four years ago has resurfaced at the centre of a heated debate within the international literary community, highlighting how dramatically attitudes towards generative AI and copyright have shifted since 2022. Thirteen professional writers...

Air New Zealand and Air Chathams are expanding their single-ticket arrangement, giving travellers to the Chatham Islands more options to connect between regional and main-centre flights under one booking. The move is expected to make journeys easier for residents...