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May 22, 2012
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What’s to be done about the decline in foreign
investment into New Zealand? Well, we could start close to home: Kiwi
expats are an untapped source of potential investment, non-profit
organisation Kea New Zealand has found.
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Women in New Zealand are losing ground in the gender equality fight, according to the World Economic Forum’s latest findings. New Zealand dropped one place to sixth overall in the Global Gender Gap Report 2011, with Ireland muscling into the top five. Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden all retained their top rankings respectively, having closed more than 80 percent of their gender gaps.
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Founded back in 2004, Magritek owes a lot to the internationally renowned research skills of a team led by Professor Sir Paul Callaghan. A super high-tech business, it exports its products all over the
world, selling to a niche market – higher education, research, industry –
and bringing profits back home.
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For three years, Prime Minister John Key
has talked a good game on the importance of innovation policy, but it took an
election – and perhaps just a touch of Prime Ministerial frustration – to force
the pace on the long-stalled plans for Industrial Research Ltd, writes Pattrick Smellie.
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Genre-meshing always makes for interesting creative
outcomes, as Make Something demonstrated last year with its inaugural event
that saw the likes of designer Brogen Averill, product designer Jamie McLennan
and singer Julian Deans mashing up their skills into a tangible outcome. In
2011 the organisers are at it again, throwing a new bunch of participants together.
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If ever there was a guide to life, this book is probably the closest thing to it. Ever
wondered how to make the perfect cup of tea, take the perfect photo,
swim faster, wrap presents, make your cakes rise, win at
pool/cards/board games? Then How to Get a Sofa Around a Corner (and 30 other everyday examples of the appliance of science) is for you.
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The freebies don’t end there: here’s your chance to host your own Fatso Mini
Movie Marathon at home, a matching
tee, and a copy of this über-cool poster designed by Tane Williams.
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