HERA is excited to announce that we have been successful in the 2022 round of the prestigious Endeavour Fund and awarded a grant of close to $10.3 million to support…
We’re excited to announce that Lydia is our new recipient of the HERA Whanake Scholarship! Ko Lydia Tōku Ingoa Nō Ōtautahi ahau Ko Ngā Puhi Tōko Iwi Ko Ngaitu Te…
HERA is beyond excited to advise that our new Zero Carbon Steel Program – Hōtaka Whakakore Puhanga Waro has launched! This is a great leap forward for the construction sector,…
Despite the distance Aotearoa New Zealand has from Europe, there are still business impacts to consider when it comes to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Undoubtedly, the last few years…
HERA has placed a submission for MBIE’s Te Ara Paerangi Future Pathways Green Paper which looks to transform the current RSI system. New Zealand’s research system was designed nearly 30…
A wero (challenge) that HERA has recently taken up, is to view our work through the lens of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). The output of this…
Steel is a hero of the circular economy: study estimates 85% of Aotearoa’s building and construction steel waste is recycled Earlier this year, HERA published a Steel Recycling Report, which…
Recently, I listened to a webinar organised by ACE New Zealand titled “A tikanga Māori approach to creating future-ready and resilient cities.” In this “webinar, speakers included Troy Brockbank ((Te…
Industry 4.0 is driving an unprecedented transformation across global industry, as new technologies promise to save time, boost productivity, reduce waste, expand business models, and be more responsive to fast-changing…
HERA has identified a need for greater uptake of Industry 4.0 technologies to improve productivity in the construction industry. At the same time, we are also building our own capabilities…
We’d like to advise industry that a Heavy Engineering Research Levy Act Amendment Order 2021 was signed by the Governer-General on 5 July and published 8 July. This has been…
Recent media has really increased the need for the sustainability credentials of steel to be shared more widely. This comes following inklings of a wood first policy, as well as…