Research commercialisation success stories
By powering research commercialisation, we’re unlocking the potential of New Zealand science to fuel economic growth, tackle global challenges, and benefit our communities. Explore these Kiwi innovation success stories and discover the real-world impact of Aotearoa’s publicly funded research.
Titanium Powder Metallurgy
The TiTeNZ collaboration has created a platform for high value manufacturing in NZ, resulting in the commercialisation of several exciting new technologies.
Alistair Jerrett
Alistair has a vision of a New Zealand seafood industry that has a national and international reputation for ethically harvested and high quality fish.
Species Selective Rodenticide
Landcare Research has developed a rodenticide that is targeted at rats, while proving relatively harmless to other rodents and mammals.
Filter technology delivers exceptional purity at industrial scale
Researchers have developed a smart polymer (MIPS) that can selectively remove molecules from solutions, opening up a range of industrial applications.
Kifunensine Serendipity
A rare sugar, developed by Glycosyn, is a crucial ingredient in the manufacture therapeutic for the treatment of a rare genetic disorder.
Rapid Point Cloud Viewer
ESR's Rapid Point Cloud Viewer is a user friendly piece of software than can make processing laser scan data a part of anyone's everyday workflow.
SpringFree™ Trampoline
Dr Keith Alexander redesigned how a recreational trampoline works to make it safe for his kids. This Kiwi invention became US product of the year.
High Performance Schottky Contacts
Researchers from the University of Canterbury are looking to commercialise the next generation of thin film transistors for flat panel displays.
Localised Water Heating
An exciting new platform technology is emerging from the University of Waikato – with the first commercial application being rapid water heating in domestic households.
New Bio Pesticide For Psa-V
Plant & Food Research is developing a new biopesticide to manage the kiwifruit disease Psa, to help with protecting kiwifruit export revenues for New Zealand.
Precision SeaFood Harvesting
Plant & Food Research is working in partnership with industry and government to transform the way New Zealand, and eventually the world, fishes.
C-DAX Pasture Meter
Massey University's New Zealand Centre for Precision Agriculture, in partnership with C-Dax, has filled a gap in the market for a more efficient means of pasture measurement.
Reliable Production Of Juvenile Hapūku
NIWA is seeking to develop a procedure for the reliable and cost-efficient production of hapūku juveniles, as a basis for a profitable hapūku farming industry to develop in New Zealand.
Minimising Bovine Tuberculosis
A collaboration between Landcare Research and TBfree New Zealand has led to a large-scale disease eradication initiative previously thought impossible.
DME Extraction Technology
Callaghan Innovation is looking to demonstrate the commercial suitability of their dimethyl ether (DME) processing technology, with the application of extracting carotenoids from natural products.
Massey University and Heilala Vanilla
United by a passion for the world's most sensual and exotic flavour producing products used by the food industry around the globe.
STRmix™ Resolve more DNA Mixtures
STRmix™ technology allows more complex DNA signatures to be interpreted, providing more reliable, robust and defensible evidence in court.
Wireless Network Partnership
Commercialisation of fundamental wireless research to create global export earnings
Augmented Reality
Mobile tech that blurs the line between reality and possibility attracts buyers