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May 22, 2012
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The country’s largest solar subdivision will soon be set up in Canterbury, where new homes at Christchurch’s Highfield
subdivision will have solar installations providing around a quarter of
their energy needs. The solar installations will
be standard for each new home, to be constructed by Maxim, and the system will also allow homes to feed generated power back into the grid.
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Christchurch’s Fabrum Solutions has scored a
three-month, $350,000 contract to supply parts to a US-based machinery
manufacturer for a drilling product designed in
Timaru. Fabrum has been developing
carbon and glass fibre composite rotors for a new underground
directional drilling product over the past year, designed by
Timaru-based Flexidrill. And thanks to a face-to-face meeting,
Fabrum owner Chris Boyle says Iowa-based Vermeer has contracted Fabrum to supply parts for the first 10 machines.
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Chrisco, which has been criticised for targeting vulnerable customers
and overcharging for goods, was fined $175,000 yesterday for misleading
and people over their rights to cancellation and charging fees of up to
$800. Following an investigation by the Commerce Commission, Chrisco pleaded guilty to
10 charges under the Fair Trading Act in the Manukau District Court.
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Two hotshot young creatives will be going to the
ADFEST Young Lotus Workshop in March for free, with CAANZ and The Sweet
Shop partnering up to sponsor this year’s New Zealand entry for the
second year. The team with the most work judged to be a finalist at this year’s AXIS Awards
will travel to Pattaya, Thailand for the 24-hour workshop from March
15-17, where they will complete an assignment with a 24-hour deadline.
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There’s a new site on the daily deal block, with Flossie.com rising from the ashes to help the hair and beauty industry fill in downtime. Nearly
two years in the planning, the site relaunched yesterday as what founder Jenene Crossan calls a vanity club, offering spas and salons a chance to fill quiet-time
appointments inspired by the wotif.com model.
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From grey
government town to colourful creative capital, Wellington’s not short of cool companies these days. First held in 1999, the Wellington Gold Awards recognise businesses large and small that keep our capital ticking along. And there’s
no shortage of categories, including awards for the film, media and
creative content industries, exporters, SMEs, tech companies, R&D
projects, service providers, and more.
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Hackers are hijacking QR codes for evil, not good,
as smartphone use proliferates – and using ever more sophisticated
means to break into computers. Web security specialist AVG says
the latest threats to cybersecurity are malicious QR codes and rootkits,
essentially dark versions of operating systems able to ‘hide’ from
antivirus software.
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Think innovation only takes place in research institutions? You’d be wrong, says John Fairweather. Think again – average Joes and Janes have serious potential to contribute to the economy at large.
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