Callaghan Innovation
New Zealand’s innovation agency
We activate innovation and help businesses grow faster for a better New Zealand.
We partner with ambitious businesses of all sizes, providing a range of innovation and research and development (R&D) services to suit each stage of growth.
Our people – including more than 200 of New Zealand's leading scientists and engineers – empower innovators by connecting people, opportunities and networks, and providing tailored technical solutions, skills and capability development programmes, and grants co-funding.
We also enhance the operation of New Zealand's innovation ecosystem, working closely with government partners, Crown Research Institutes, and other organisations that help increase business investment in R&D and innovation.
We operate across New Zealand from five urban offices and a regional partner network in a further 12 locations.
Callaghan Innovation - Latest News [Page 1]
Zincovery Takes Out $100,000 C-Prize For Environmental Innovation
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 12:36 pm | Callaghan Innovation
The environment stands to benefit from waste-recycling technology developed by Zincovery, which is this year’s winner of the Callaghan Innovation C-Prize challenge. Zincovery is a Christchurch-based business on a mission to create in Aotearoa the world’s ... More >>
Experience Grants To Bring In Skilled Students And Help Businesses With R&D
Monday, 17 August 2020, 10:59 am | Callaghan Innovation
Callaghan Innovation has today launched the 2020 intake for its popular R&D Experience Grants scheme. The R&D Experience Grant is for a full-time internship during the student summer break, providing students with valuable work experience ... More >>
NZ eco-innovation finalists announced
Friday, 20 December 2019, 2:40 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Insulation made from clothing off-cuts, mushroom-derived construction material, a robotic farming system, an AI-powered recycling bin and a game turning locals into citizen scientists, are among ten finalists announced today for New Zealand’s official ... More >>
Increased support for NZ deep tech startups
Monday, 16 December 2019, 12:02 pm | Callaghan Innovation
From next year budding New Zealand startups will have even stronger support to help turn technology and science into successful businesses. More >>
Environmental innovators urged to take on C-Prize challenge
Monday, 2 December 2019, 3:28 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Anyone with a bold concept for a product or service with the power to improve environmental outcomes is being urged to submit it for the 2019 C-Prize challenge , before entries close midnight Sunday 8 December. More >>
Challenging NZ innovators to tackle environmental problems
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 11:38 am | Callaghan Innovation
Devising a tech-based solution with the power to slow or reverse negative human impacts on climate is one of the challenges being set for New Zealand innovators in this year’s C-Prize competition . More >>
Showcase to boost technology uptake in manufacturing
Thursday, 17 October 2019, 10:09 am | Callaghan Innovation
Callaghan Innovation is creating a nationwide Industry 4.0 showcase network to help more Kiwi manufacturers embrace new technology and innovate to remain globally competitive. More >>
Still time to secure valuable student R&D talent
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 2:22 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Callaghan Innovation says innovative businesses have access to a wealth of technical and fresh-thinking talent thanks to Government-funded student internships. Applications are closing soon for Callaghan Innovation’s R&D Experience Grants, which fund ... More >>
Matariki X: Environmental innovation and iwi investment
Thursday, 1 August 2019, 2:10 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Environmental innovation and improving iwi investment a focus for Māori innovators and entrepreneurs at Matariki X More >>
Search underway for deep tech commercialisation
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 12:47 pm | Callaghan Innovation
An extensive search is underway for incubators with the right knowledge and connections to unlock the potential of deep tech commercialisation in New Zealand. More >>
Michael Murphy joins Callaghan Innovation as GM
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 3:14 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Murphy's previous experience includes GM roles with Hewlett-Packard, Intergen and Datacom. In recent roles he has set up and run several corporate innovation programmes. More >>
Māori innovation celebrated at New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards
Saturday, 25 May 2019, 11:59 am | Callaghan Innovation
Māori innovation celebrated at New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards: Robotics Plus tech solving global labour constraints for growers – Embargoed until Friday 24 May at 11pm – Four industry-changing companies and the Māori innovators behind them have been ... More >>
Hundreds of NZ companies eligible for R&D boost
Thursday, 9 May 2019, 11:12 am | Callaghan Innovation
Companies looking for a dose of fresh thinking and new skills are encouraged to apply for fully-funded R&D internships for students or recent graduates in science, engineering, technology, business and design. More >>
Introducing Scale-Up NZ: the gateway to innovation ecosystem
Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 3:08 pm | Callaghan Innovation
A free online platform connecting New Zealand businesses with funders, incubators, multinationals and other collaborators launches today. More >>
NZ ‘unicorns’ create more than $34 billion in value
Monday, 8 April 2019, 9:52 am | Callaghan Innovation
Fifteen years after one of NZ’s largest tech companies was sold to a US buyer for around $100 million, Kiwi entrepreneurs have created at least nine businesses worth more $1 billion each. More >>
Welcome boost in NZ business spend on R&D
Thursday, 28 February 2019, 4:14 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Callaghan Innovation welcomes the half-a-billion-dollar rise in New Zealand business research and development (R&D) spending revealed today in figures from NZ Statistics . More >>
Tech, science and Mātauranga Māori a powerful force
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 12:27 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Māori are enjoying a stellar year of innovation, with record numbers engaging in R&D, and making up nearly half the finalists in this year’s New Zealander of the Year Awards . More >>
Blockchain technologies poised to have significant benefits
Thursday, 13 December 2018, 12:43 pm | Callaghan Innovation
Blockchain technologies poised to have significant benefits for the New Zealand economy Distributed ledgers and blockchain are anticipated to provide a significant positive uplift to New Zealand’s economy, according to a new report published today. ... More >>
Wellington scientist tops off remarkable career with award
Monday, 10 December 2018, 9:35 am | Callaghan Innovation
On Thursday Wellington metrologist, Dr Chris Sutton, added to his remarkable career winning the Science and Technology award for the 2018 Wellingtonian of the Year awards. Chris is retiring from New Zealand’s Measurement Standards Laboratory (MSL) after ... More >>
Callaghan Innovation Introduces Game-Changing 3D Printing
Tuesday, 13 November 2018, 9:45 am | Callaghan Innovation
New Zealand’s Callaghan Innovation today unveiled Laminated Resin Printing (LRP) – a new type of 3D printing technology that enables rapid prototyping of high-resolution microscale structures. Its MicroMaker3D team is one of ten exhibitors selected for ... More >>
