The full catalogue
140 New Zealand inventions, in one place.
Every invention documented in No.8 Re-Wired, organised into eight categories. The 20 most iconic have their own full feature page — the rest live, in full, on their category page.
A–Z
Every invention, alphabetically
All 140 entries. A ● marks an invention with its own full feature page.
- 8 hour work daySamuel Parnell●
- Acoustics systemsMark Poletti
- Agar LadyDr Lucy Moore
- Airtight tin lidJohn Eustace
- Allflex ear tagsBrian Murphy, John Burford
- Aquarium TunnelKelly Tarlton
- Baby cooling capPeter Gluckman
- Baeyertz TapeDr John Baeyertz
- Barmac Rock CrusherJames MacDonald & Brian Bartley
- Better Hair FoilsAmanda Buckingham
- BFM FittingBlair McPheat
- Bionic LegsRobert Irving and Richard Little●
- BiospifeZespri
- Blunt UmbrellaGreig Brebner
- Breast ProtectorCes Richie & Wynn Martin
- Britten MotorcycleJohn Britten●
- Bungy JumpingA.J. Hackett & Henry van Ash●
- Buzzy BeesMaurice Scheslinger
- CablecamThornton Bayliss
- Carbon NanotubesJohn Abrahamson
- Chicken switchRobert Ellis
- Childproof LidsClaudio Petronelli
- Continuous fermentation systemMorton Coutts
- CortexJake Evill
- CxBladderDavid Darling
- Daylight Saving TimeGeorge Hudson
- Death RayVictor Penny
- DemocracyKate Sheppard●
- Dental DrillJohn Walsh
- Designer EndophytesAgResearch
- Discovery of DNAMaurice Wilkins
- Disposable SyringeColin Murdoch●
- Domesticated DeerKen Drew & Les Porter
- Easi YoLen Light
- Edlin Stewart engineGeorge Edlin & H.H. ("Steam") Stewart
- Electric FenceBill Gallagher●
- Electronic Petrol PumpPEC
- ePTFE (aka Goretex)John W. Cropper
- Eve HypothesisDr Allan Wilson
- Evolution of galaxy / cosmologyBeatrice Tinsley
- Eze-Pull Fencing toolChris Johnson
- Farm bikeJohnny Callender
- FastmountGregg Kelly
- First aortic valve replacementSir Brian Barrett-Boyes
- Flower vending machineAndrew McAlpine
- Freezer vacuum pumpNorma McCullough
- Glowing pathsHamish Scott
- Godward EconomiserErnest Godward
- GudgeonPatrick Roskam
- Hamburger HolderRoland Mathews
- Hamilton JetboatWilliam Hamilton●
- Homebake
- Hot cakePaul Crowther
- Human FlightRichard Pearse
- HumidifierAlfred (Alf) Melville
- Instant CoffeeDavid Strang●
- JandalsMorris Yock or John Cowie●
- JoggingArthur Lydiard
- KaynemaileKayne Horsham
- Kerr MetricProf Roy Kerr
- Kindling crackerAyla Hutchinson
- KitemakerPeter Lynn
- KiwistarDr David Beach
- Knot TheoryDr Vaughan Jones●
- KODESteve Henry●
- LanzatechSean Simpson
- Live 3D Sports GraphicsIan Taylor
- MacDiarmid polymersAlan MacDiarmid
- Manuka HoneyProfessor Peter Molan●
- Marching Girls
- Martin JetpackGlenn Martin●
- Mesynthes
- Microclimate AgricultureEarly Māori
- Milk production meterJohn Hartstone
- Milking machinesJohn Blake
- Moniac hydraulic computerBill Phillips
- Montgomery Mooring SystemPeter Montgomery
- Mountain BuggyAllan Croad
- Needleless injectionIan Hunter
- New fishing techniquePrecision Seafood Harvesting
- NMRPaul Callaghan
- NZ Bred SheepGeoffrey Peren, Francis Dry and James Little
- One Beep
- PavlovaMrs McRae●
- Plastic milk bottleFonterra
- Plastic surgeryHarold Gillies & Archibald McIndoe
- Powdered Paint PigmentsRachel Lacy
- Power by proxiGreg Cross
- Punch cardsDr Leslie Comrie
- QuadskiAlan Gibbs
- Racing ToteGeorge Julius
- Referee's whistleWilliam Atack
- Refrigerated shippingThomas Brydone / William Davidson
- Resetting possum trapGood nature
- Reusable EnvelopeStephen Smythe
- Rocket LabPeter Beck●
- Romotow!Matt Wilkie & Stuart Winterbourn
- Rotary Milking Shed and Herringbone ShedRon Sharp / Merv Hicks
- Satellite in spaceWilliam Pickering
- SealanderTerry Roycroft
- SealegsMaurice Bryham
- Sector Navigation LightsNorm Rumsey
- SecurichainMurray Baber
- Seismic IsolatorsBill Robinson
- ShweebGeoff Barnett
- Side opening ratchetBarry Armour
- Ski PlaneHarry Wigley
- SkycouchAir New Zealand
- SmartinhalerGarth Sutherland
- Sonic ElectrospinningRevolution Fibres
- Split AtomErnest Rutherford●
- Spreadable butterDr David Illingworth
- Springfree trampolineKeith Alexander●
- Stamp vending machineJR Dickie . Ernest Moss
- Staplelock
- Stretch SensorsBen O'Brien
- STRMixJohn Buckleton and Jo-Anne Bright
- Superconductor TechnologyJeff Tallon, Bob Buckley
- Tallon SystemsPeter Marshall
- TantrixMike McManaway
- Telegraphic typewriterDonald Murray
- ThermetteJohn Hart
- TopdressingJohn Chaytor & Alan Pritchard
- Tranquilliser GunColin Murdoch●
- Trench warfare & Maori Pa
- TretechTim Cox
- Tullen SnipsJohn Hough
- Two Drawer DishwasherFisher & Paykel
- UnifootDavid Dell
- VacreatorH. Lamont Murray & Frank S. Board
- WASSPENL
- Wave Power generatorNWEI
- Wide-toothed shearing comb
- Willie AwaySir Wilson Whineray
- Wire StrainersJohn Reid / Ernest Hayes
- Woolspill thingWRONZ
- Yike BikeGrant Ryan
- Zammr HandleGrant Pearce
- Zinc treatment for facial eczma in cowsGladys Reid
- ZorbDavid and Andrew Akers●