The Digital Divide is disappearing in New Zealand, with social differences in Internet usage shrinking by the year.

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is expanding its traffic information service for drivers by increasing the number of webcams on State Highway 1 to give people more detailed information about highway conditions before they travel.

More aircraft, more flights, new lounges and new recruits - these are just some of the developments that Emirates, the international airline of the UAE, will share with the world's largest travel trade show this week in Berlin.

Wellington, March 5 NZPA - The bad experience of a Taranaki couple who went to New Dehli to follow the fortunes of the New Zealand hockey team has prompted a major British newspaper to warn about security hassles envisaged for the Commonwealth Games in October.

Family First NZ is calling on the government to tackle the issue of child sexualisation in our media and to tighten the regulations around advertising and broadcasting in order to better protect our children.

Telecom's woes just keep piling up and ordinary customers continue to pay the price.

This week the XT network had another meltdown. And then the 111 emergency call system malfunctioned in Auckland. On top of all this, the company's share price plummeted due to all this bad news.

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The Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Steven Joyce, says ensuring 111 calls made from mobile telephone networks get through is vital.

It seems four outages in ten weeks on Telecom's XT network isn't enough to get Communications Minister Steven Joyce concerned, Labour's Communications and IT spokesperson Clare Curran said today.

Police have released figures for offence notices issued since the introduction of the Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule 2009 which included a ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones while driving.

Auckland, New Zealand - Since the launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation on Thursday 21 January 2010, there have been more than 1.4 million downloads. The one million mark was reached just one week after the launch.