It is the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 which is a popular time to take stock and think about what we might want to do differently in the coming year? When we are growing up we have ... More …
MadeFromNewZealand.com, the website behind the effort to build a giant sand sculpture of a silver fern on a Los Angeles beach, has gone live with a t-shirt fundraising campaign and a YouTube video guaranteed to tug at any expat ... More …
Auckland city now has its own farmer’s market, in the Britomart precinct Saturday mornings. It is quite small, but features an excellent selection of produce. I like the artisan breads and cheeses. It has become a part of my ... More …
Or so they say. Of course there are a few niches in the New Zealand market that will be worth pursuing if you want a high growth, scalable business. But niche is a relative term. One with 1,000 high ... More …
Jason Kemp makes some good points about Research and Development, fair enough, all good. But he used an expression in his posting that gives me the willies. Per Head of Population…The Kiwi Battle cry! "Yes, it might be a ... More …
A few tears have been shed about an (expected) unfortunate casualty of today’s launch of the iTunes Music Store here. How can Amplifier, the groundbreaking online music store that made Kiwi music available online and currently has over 1 ... More …
China is a land of factories and rip-off artists, right? Well, no. But if you need more convincing, this week the OECD reported that China is now the world’s second-largest spender on research and development, passing Japan. This year ... More …
It is a truism that people don’t trust companies—they trust individuals More …
New research from the UK suggests New Zealand has a rare opportunity to present a new image: the new New Zealand. This country is not Australia and it’s not the New Zealand of old. And ‘100% pure’ is at ... More …
The idea of being a scout has always seemed romantic to me, all Davey Crocket and Dan’l Boone (no doubt influenced by the corny black and white TV shows of my childhood). I guess in a way a great ... More …
