Now that Gisborne is out of the unexpected chaos and back to the usual Christmas mayhem, locals are reflecting on how it all started. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Changes taking place in Antarctica are significant another to influence those on the other side of the planet, new research co-authored by a Kiwi scientist has found.

The long delayed and much talked about AirPods are available just in time for Christmas.

Tinder has launched on Apple TV, letting users swipe through matches on the big screen.

Tinder is now on Apple TV. Source: Tinder

The blind man traveled around Austin, Texas unaccompanied in Google's driverless car.

Project AucklandAuckland is at the forefront of development in virtual and augmented reality, writes Graham Skellern.

The ultra-sleek, insanely powerful Omen by HP brings serious gaming performance in a sleek design. Thanks to HP, we've got one Omen

COMMENT: A new enterprising type of script kiddie has evolved that sets up cyber crime businesses online.

Pioneering New Zealand rocket company Rocket Lab has moved a step closer to launching a rocket into space with the successful completion of booster tests south of Auckland. Joining Tristram Clayton is NZ Herald aviation reporter Grant Bradley to explain what Rocket Lab have managed to do in these tests.

COMMENT: It is up to privacy scholars to come up with solutions that allow technological progress to take place, but not at the expense of our humanity.

Police have reached the site where a light plane has crashed near Gisborne today.

The history of the mobile phone and a look at the future for these ubiquitous devices

Today's kids prefer to watch each other doing real life things rather than child actors playing television roles.

The smartphone revolution is killing the camera, with new figures showing how dedicated DSLRs are heading the way of the dodo.

Among the top picks are some weird and wonderful apps.

Snapchat users are just one of the groups expected to be targeted next year, experts warn.

COMMENT: Fitness trackers are growing at smartwatches' expense.

Hollywood has long been fascinated with the idea of communicating with space aliens. But is it even possible? Or wise?

COMMENT: Like in politics, fake news can also be a problem in the world of science - proliferated by the net, repeated many times over.

The same question has been bothering Star Wars fans ever since the original film's release. There may finally be an answer.

A man who live streamed Joseph Parker's fights is planning to head overseas, and says Duco Events' attempts to limit the practice have been ineffective.

New 3D fly-through footage of the Kaikoura coastline is being used to assess key areas of damage.

A major expedition to the submarine Kaikoura Canyon is assessing whether the November 14 quake elevated tsunami risks to coastal settlements.

COMMENT: Google has refreshed its little Chromecast streaming video device.

Earth will be destroyed in a nightmarish inferno as the sun balloons to 100 times its normal size, scientists predict.

Video games are more addictive than ever. This is what happens when kids can't turn them off.

COMMENT: We've recently been supported by a Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund grant for a project called: What is the Southland accent?

Donald Trump was named Time magazine's "Person of the Year". So the internet did this.

It seems like an innocent request but it's not. Paedophiles are coming up with crafty ways to trick kids into satisfying their bizarre urges.