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May 22, 2012
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Hekia Parata and Paula Bennett have been bumped up
to the front bench in John Key’s new Cabinet lineup, while Steven Joyce claims a new portfolio for tertiary education, skills and employment
along with economic development, science and innovation, and associate
finance in the reshuffle. The revamp resulted in 10 portfolios or ministerial responsibilities being
disestablished or incorporated into other portfolios.
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Creating fibres naked to the human eye is at the
heart of what the Revolution Fibres team does. But add some secret sauce
to these fibres and suddenly there’s the potential to overturn the
cosmetics, health and electronics markets. And that’s just for starters.
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TelstraClear head Allan Freeth says telcos must
move toward providing tailored services – a consumer dream – as the data
explosion gains momentum. With the continued growth of mobile devices, he says data communication
will eventually replace video calling. And that means telecommunication
companies, including TelstraClear, will have to start billing consumers
based on their data usage rather then how many minutes they’ve used.
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Upstart mobile operator 2degrees has made a complaint to the
Commerce Commission following news that Telecom would be “sim-locking” the handsets of customers using its new Skinny brand. 2degrees
chief executive Eric Hertz called the practice a “cynical” move that
restricted choice and said users should have the right to move between providers.
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The government is being accused of burying a
report that shows overwhelming public support for alcohol reform,
including increasing prices and raising the purchase age. Last year the Ministry of Health asked the
government-owned Health Sponsorship Council to put a range of questions about attitudes to alcohol to 1,700 Kiwis as part of a
major study of New Zealanders. The results were not made public as associate health
minister Peter Dunne’s office decided the $10,000 for the report to be
finalised and peer-reviewed could be better spent elsewhere.
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A couple of century-old theatres scarred by fire
and left untouched for 50 years have been transformed into fashionable
restaurants in the heart of Auckland. The Roxy and Everybody’s
have been reimagined as a fine dining eatery and bistro in the Imperial
building directly above Imperial Lane, one of Auckland’s first public
shared spaces.
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Facebook has captured the
hearts (and time) of Kiwis – but MySpace has disappeared off our
radars completely. In 2009, 74 per cent of those
with a membership to a social networking site said they used Facebook the most
often. This figure has jumped to 96 per cent in 2011, the latest World Internet
Project New Zealand survey discovered.
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