New Zealand Inventions Codexery

A source-cited reference to new zealand inventions

New Zealand inventions (16)

• Aerial topdressing — Aerial topdressing: a New Zealand innovation that took flight in the 1940s.
• Azura (wave power device) — A wave power device that floats and rotates to capture energy from both horizontal and vertical wave motion.
• Seismic base isolation — Protecting structures from earthquakes through decoupling.
• Callender-Hamilton bridge — A modular portable pre-fabricated truss bridge designed by New Zealand civil engineer A. M. Hamilton.
• Chipseal — A cost-effective pavement surface treatment using asphalt and aggregate.
• Dart gun — Remote drug-delivery device for sedation and medication.
• Electric fence — A barrier that uses electric shocks to deter crossing.
• Hampshire gate — A temporary wire gate for occasional farm access.
• Jetboat — A boat propelled by a pump-jet, not propellers.
• Jogging — A slow, steady run for fitness and longevity.
• Language nest — Immersion-based early childhood language revitalization model.
• Malloy Hoverbike — VTOL hoverbike developed by Chris Malloy, with early prototypes from 2011–2012 and public unveiling in 2014.
• Net gun — Non-lethal weapon firing nets to entangle targets.
• Otago pack saddle — Rideable pack saddle devised in 1863 to prevent animal injuries.
• Shweeb — Human-powered suspended monorail proposed for urban transit.
• Weasand clip — A plastic clip used in slaughterhouses to seal animal esophagi.

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