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May 22, 2012
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It’s a tall order, making Auckland’s the ‘world’s most liveable city’ by
2040, but we’ll never know if we don’t try. Mayor Len Brown today
launched the draft Auckland Plan, accompanied by plans for the region’s economic development, the city centre and the waterfront, which outline initiatives for urban design and business growth to secure its future as a “globally competitive city”.
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At 18, Daniel Gross was the youngest ever graduate from US
incubator YCombinator. Now, along with co-founder Robby Walker, he’s the 19-year-old head
of Greplin, a user-authorised search engine that can reach parts of your online
life that Google can’t.
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A maturing startup scene and the recent success of
several Kiwi software businesses are paving the way for local tech
companies to go global, the head of Massey University’s
business innovation centre says. “I am convinced that New Zealand software
companies will succeed in the next decade,” Steve Corbett said.
“Over the past 10
years the support system for the industry has come a long
way and grown from crawling to walking – still with the
occasional totter – but is now gaining momentum.”
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Kiwi users have historically paid higher prices
for broadband than our Aussie counterparts, and although costs continue
to decline, that gap looks unlikely to close anytime soon. While the price difference narrowed from 2010 to 2011 and the cost-per-gigabyte continues to fall in both countries, Kiwi users are
generally offered lower data allowances for any given plan than Australians.
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ASB had Goldstein. ANZ has The Mentalist. The National Bank has a
majestic black stallion. And now, thanks to Special Group and The Sweet
Shop, TSB
Bank has its own figurehead in the form of a hairy old alien. Its campaign
charts the journey of a man who has just fallen to Earth and does what
anyone who has just fallen to Earth would do: question the principles of
modern banking.
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Seldom
has the ETS garnered as much attention as it did when it first launched in July last year. But when the government
last week released the Emissions Trading Scheme Review Panel’s report, opinions
once again flooded from every direction. Luckily, we’ve compiled a roundup of key takes on the situation for you.
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