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May 22, 2012
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Not content with merely helping consumers get the
best deal on electricity with Powerswitch, Consumer NZ has launched a
telecommunications comparison website to cut through the maze of
packages on offer. Telme.org.nz provides
price comparisons for telecommunications and ISPs and covers internet,
landline, mobile, TV and mobile broadband services. Chief executive Sue Chetwin said the site was developed in an effort to
provide more transparency for Kiwis as to the ongoing costs of services.
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What if we mapped our key city, Auckland, into its
own bioregions? Or Christchurch, or even Hamilton? What if we
identified the social capital and ecological resources available and
mapped them over existing infrastructure? Jasmax
sustainability manager Jerome Partington discusses lessons learned
while attending Living Future 2011 in Canada earlier this year – the
conference for deep green professionals.
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This week budding entrepreneur Gail Matthew connects with some mentors – and learns some surprising facts. Sure, the New Zealand market is tiny, but it might be even smaller than you think. Better now than later down the track, we say.
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It’s easy to dismiss Burning Man
as nothing more than a bizarre hippie love-fest that takes place deep
in the Nevada desert every year the week before Labor Day. But doing so
misses the fact that it’s an amazingly successful enterprise – and, as
such, has a thing or two to teach about how to inspire creative people
and create a great product, according to Fast Company.
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American inventors are being dragged into the 21st century with a shake-up of the country’s IP laws. In
June the US House of Representatives passed the America Invents Act,
which marks a change in the patent laws that is radical for the US but
standard for the rest of the world – which can only be a good thing for Kiwi innovators.
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