2012-05-23 14:40:58 // Design Daily Team
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Just weeks after its showing at an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, art magazine White Fungus is all set for inclusion in another exhibition in New York.
2012-05-23 10:13:44 // Josh Martin
A design straight off the Marlborough vineyards has scooped two European viticulture awards and looks set to make an impact on some of the world's oldest wine markets.
2012-05-21 10:18:57 // Idealog
New Zealand tech firm Jade Software is opening an office in the Middle East to build on the success of its port management software Master Terminal.
2012-05-17 15:27:48 // Dita de Boni
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As a country trying to find common ground between globalisation and Not In My Back Yard (NIMBY) parochialism, the issues around land ownership—particularly farming—are getting a tad muddy. Dita De Boni investigates.
2012-05-14 15:03:37 // Josh Martin
Auckland’s links to China were reinforced on Saturday with the signing of a statement of co-operation between the Beijing Investment Promotion Board (BIPB) and Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED).
2012-05-10 15:25:30 // Design Daily Team
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Wellington jewellery designers, The Inspired Collection, are on track to create an exclusive collection for the Chinese market after being approached by major jewellery company, Hiersun, at the Hong Kong Jewellery Fair in September.
2012-05-09 10:39:52 // Esther Goh
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Tourism New Zealand is cosying up to Qantas with new marketing partnership worth a cool $4 million over two years.
2012-05-07 12:45:48 // Idealog
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Countries have made little progress in meeting their obligations to protect fragile marine ecosystems under the international Convention on Biological Diversity, new United Nations data shows.
2012-05-07 09:00:41 // Idealog
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Genesis Energy and US-based GreenWave Reality are pairing up to work on home energy management based on Greenwave's technology platforms.
2012-05-04 12:32:15 // Idealog
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Websites for boutique beer brand Moa and fashion designer Collette Dinnigan have been judged among the best in the world, helping Auckland digital creative agency Gladeye earn a total of five Communicator Awards.
2012-05-03 14:03:16 // Idealog
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Alt Group has taken away a silver from the 2012 Clio Awards in New York for its work on Fisher & Paykel's Social Kitchen at last year's Urbis Designday.
2012-05-03 09:58:04 // Esther Goh
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More than 20 chief executives from New Zealand primary sector organisations are heading to a bootcamp at Stanford University campus in Silicon Valley this August.
2012-05-03 09:43:55 // Idealog
More than 20 chief executives from New Zealand primary sector organisations are heading to a bootcamp at Stanford University campus in Silicon Valley this August.
2012-04-23 11:29:08 // Idealog
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Icebreaker's Jeremy Moon and Douglas Pharmaceuticals' Sir Graeme Douglas are among this year's winners of the World Class New Zealand Awards.
2012-04-23 10:03:39 // Idealog
NZ King Salmon is working with with two of Japan’s largest retail centralised buying organisations (CBOs) to expand its market reach to 80 supermarket chains comprising 2500 stores.
2012-04-20 09:38:10 // Idealog
Last October, Silver Fern Farms launched a range of branded retail prepacks into Tesco stores in the UK, and now it's on track to expand its British product offerings.
2012-04-18 16:03:34 // Esther Goh
Auckland company Precept Health has just inked a deal to put its medical software and equipment into 39 Thai hospitals, bringing its global total to 46.
2012-04-16 17:38:22 // Idealog
PopAR books, which use New Zealand-made software, have taken the grand prize at this year's American International Toy Fair.
2012-04-16 09:58:19 // Idealog
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The Nelson-based Cawthron Institute says it has cracked a new and lucrative export market with rare organic compounds derived from algae.
2012-04-16 09:42:09 // Idealog
TradeMe and global e-commerce platform ChannelAdvisor have cemented a new relationship that will let online retailers sell their wares directly through the auction site.
2012-04-16 09:32:04 // Idealog
New Zealand businesses with an eye to going global found the volatile dollar and lack of experience to be their main hurdles in 2011.
2012-04-12 16:19:17 // Idealog
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Fonterra’s second farm in China – Yutian Farm One – is officially open, and there are two more large-scale Chinese farms in the works.
2012-04-11 11:19:41 // Esther Goh
Kiwi company ArcActive Limited has unveiled its new green battery technology at the recent CleanEquity Monaco awards, where it picked up a prize for excellence in environmental technology research.
2012-04-10 14:33:18 // Idealog
Tait Communications has secured another international deal, this time with the state of Mississippi for the Christchurch company’s digital radios to be used on its network.
2012-04-10 10:02:49 // Idealog
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Wellington's MiniMonos, which is close to reaching one million players, has raised €1 million (NZ$1.6m) in a round led by the former head of EMI.
2012-04-04 16:31:45 // Ben Fahy
Resn's digital boffins/idiot savants work for one of the rare few Kiwi companies that can claim to be based in New Zealand and do work for big brands all around the world.
2012-04-04 16:24:32 // Idealog
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Yealands Estate has been named runner-up in the Sustainability Award of the Year category at the 2012 Drinks Business Green Awards.
2012-04-03 15:51:27 // Idealog
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Westpac’s Richie McCaw Chopper Challenge picked up Campaign of the Year last week at the Asia-Pacific PR Awards in Hong Kong, with the bank the only Kiwi organisation shortlisted.
2012-04-02 11:19:35 // Idealog
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Kiwi business Manuka Doctor has nabbed a finalists' spot in the annual Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) UK Beauty Awards for its purified bee venom products.
2012-03-30 15:57:42 // Esther Goh
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Looking to amp up the exporting side of your business? Think good and hard before moving forward.
2012-03-30 13:39:07 // Idealog
Fonterra is shaking up its strategy with a new plan to grow volumes and value by focusing more on emerging markets and products that meet growing consumer demand for dairy nutrition.
2012-03-26 23:30:38 // Esther Goh
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Exports make up about a third of our economy and they’re continuing to grow that slice of the pie. We’re moving up the value chain slowly, says NZTE chief executive Peter Chrisp – but overall, the picture is static, and that’s a huge concern.
2012-03-26 10:35:46 // Idealog
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Jade Software's newest international business – Wynyard Group – is out to help public agencies fight crime and corruption and threats.
2012-03-22 21:41:59 // Esther Goh
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Kiwi tech companies will be first in line to benefit from Facebook investor Peter Thiel and the NZVIF teaming up to form a $40 million New Zealand-based venture capital fund.
2012-03-21 22:00:51 // Idealog
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Orion Health – described by judges as an IT “megastar” – was the supreme winner at tonight's New Zealand International Business Awards.
2012-03-21 14:54:24 // Idealog
Baggage handling technology company and finalist in the New Zealand International Business awards, BCS Group, opened a new regional office in Malaysia’s MSC high tech corridor.
2012-03-20 19:15:45 // Cath Winks
DDB New Zealand was among the few to win gold at this year’s Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (ADFEST 2012) Lotus Awards thanks to its work on Steinlager ‘Believe’ - and it also brought home a Silver Press Lotus for Campaign for Best of Social Engagements for Coastguard New Zealand’s Mayday Appeal.
2012-03-20 17:15:37 // Lester Brown
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From the Middle East to Madagascar—and even closer to home—high prices are spawning land grabs and even toppling regimes. Welcome to the 21st-century food wars.
2012-03-20 17:11:17 // Dwight Whitney
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Dwight Whitney talks with New Zealand King Salmon's Grant Rosewarne about how an Icelandic volcano that grounded planes around the world allowed a local fish farm to soar.
2012-03-20 17:04:19 // Ben Fahy
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They’re good on pavlovas, or straight from the punnet. But research shows berries are also very good for the body. And, as Ben Fahy discovers, some savvy New Zealand growers are zeroing in on the increasingly lucrative ‘functional foods’ market.
2012-03-20 15:56:26 // Design Daily Team
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The Pompidou Centre in Paris has picked up three large works from David Trubridge's Icarus installation for its permanent collection – a major coup for one of our very own designers.
2012-03-19 09:44:56 // Idealog
LanzaTech is extending its relationship with New Zealand Steel with a new trans-Tasman agreement for a pilot project to convert waste gases to low carbon fuels and chemicals.
2012-03-15 16:39:16 // Esther Goh
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Renalldoors has just dropped $1.5 million on a state-of-the-art manufacturing gizmo, the first in New Zealand, and plans to tap into a growing market for timber, following trends in Europe, particularly as the Christchurch rebuild gains momentum.
2012-03-09 14:09:38 // Esther Goh
It's all go this month at Auckland-based Sonar6, where they're finalising a US$14 million deal with a Californian buyer.
2012-03-09 10:16:15 // Idealog
New Zealand business Traffic Systems Limited has won an international tender to supply pedestrian countdown timers to Transport for London.
2012-03-07 10:57:34 // Idealog
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Indian, Australasian and European market experts will be converging in Auckland next month for this year’s Go Global conference.
2012-03-07 10:57:04 // Idealog
Windflow Technologies will supply turbines to the Americas as part of a deal with Texas-based General Dynamics Satcom Technologies.
2012-03-06 13:54:02 // Esther Goh
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Corny, yes, but with New Zealand at the top of the list as the best country to start a business in, we'll take it.
2012-03-05 13:08:15 // James Kevany & Richard Watts
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Very little gets the internet community fired-up as much as the notion of online censorship.
2012-03-05 12:02:24 // Jonathan Shaw
Next week will mark the launch of a new superpower in PR, InfiniteLatitude – a behemoth bringing together more than 20 communications professionals from all corners of the globe, including Auckland-based Strata Communications as a founding partner.
2012-03-05 10:10:45 // Idealog
Mako Networks has announced a new international deal with Phoenix Managed Networks in the US to distribute and resell its technology in the US and UK.
2012-02-23 14:33:52 // Idealog
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Powershop last night picked up its prize as the top Kiwi contender in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific index.
2012-02-23 09:35:56 // Esther Goh
The third annual list of the world’s most innovative technology companies has been released and LanzaTech is proudly flying the Kiwi flag on there.
2012-02-13 10:51:56 // Idealog
BurgerFuel is well and truly on a Middle East roll – the fast food chain is set to roll out stores in Qatar in conjunction with the Al Siddiqi Group (SIG), which has interests in both the retail and hospitality sectors.
2012-02-13 10:27:20 // Siobhan Leathley
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The EU is on a drive to recruit talented scientists from around the world, and three Kiwis are already leading the way.
2012-02-13 09:24:09 // Idealog
Kent Gardner has been named the UK New Zealander of the Year 2012 at the New Zealand Society’s annual Waitangi Day Charity Dinner in London.
2012-02-10 13:59:42 // Idealog
ExportNZ is stepping up its focus on growing opportunities in Korea, teaming up with the Korea New Zealand Business Council (KNZBC).
2012-02-09 10:35:58 // Esther Goh
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Alan Gibbs has unveiled his latest amphibious vehicle in Washington DC, which he says has potential for military use as well as emergency and humanitarian responses.
2012-02-07 09:33:52 // Idealog
Tauranga-based Heilala Vanilla has its eye on stepping up exporting efforts after signing an investment deal with the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund and Enterprise Angels BOP.
2012-02-03 15:04:08 // Idealog
Focusing on the US is paying off for New Zealand software business Biomatters, which is reporting a 50 percent increase in sales revenue for 2011.
2012-02-02 10:42:41 // Idealog
Christchurch's Fabrum Solutions has scored a three-month, $350,000 contract to supply parts to US-based machinery manufacturer Vermeer for a drilling product designed in Timaru.
2012-01-31 13:23:22 // Idealog
Pacific Edge is looking to open its first US franchise to market bladder cancer detection test, Cxbladder(R), by the end of the year.
2012-01-31 09:30:48 // Idealog
New Zealand-headquartered Gentrack has signed a deal to provide one of the world's busiest airports with its aeronautical billing system.
2012-01-27 15:00:52 // Design Daily Team
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Nowhere captures the pace of global market change quite like China, where consumers and their expectations are a case study in rapid cultural shifts and their effect on design and brand communications.
2012-01-25 09:30:16 // Idealog
There are two weeks left for exporters to get in on the action and register for a trade mission to southeast Asia this March.
2012-01-24 16:30:35 // Idealog
After a decade of attempts to break into the US acne medication market, Douglas Pharmaceuticals has gained Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to sell its New Zealand-developed acne drug, isotretinoin.
2012-01-24 15:20:37 // Siobhan Leathley
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Award-winning architecture firm Patterson Associates is set to lead some a consortium of some of New Zealand’s most creative content developers in delivering New Zealand’s Pavilion at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair.
2012-01-24 10:36:24 // Idealog
LanzaTech, the Kiwi producer of low-carbon fuels and chemicals from waste gases and darling of the cleantech biz, has closed its Series C round with new investment totaling US$55.8 million ($68.8 million) led by the Malaysian Life Sciences Capital Fund.
2012-01-23 10:19:31 // Esther Goh
Optimizer HQ has become the company with the second-youngest chief executive to be listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange behind Puma’s Jochen Zeitz.
2012-01-20 15:40:14 // Siobhan Leathley
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New Zealand’s own Saint Clair and Brancott Estate labels have been awarded the title of Top White Wine in the "new world", sharing the spot with one South African wine.
2012-01-20 15:32:46 // Siobhan Leathley
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New Zealand’s own Stabicraft Marine has just delivered nine custom boats to Alaska, where they'll be used to monitor gillnetting by commercial fishermen and the number of fish and birds caught.
2012-01-19 17:11:05 // Siobhan Leathley
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Next month marks the opening of a fresh exhibition, Millennium Magazines, at the museum of Modern Art in New York – and a Kiwi magazine has been picked to feature in it.
2012-01-16 11:42:29 // Siobhan Leathley
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The 27 finalists in the New Zealand International Business Awards have been announced, and they run the gamut from health to software development to magnet manufacturing.
2012-01-12 14:36:27 // Idealog
Orion Health says it's well on track to becoming a billion-dollar software company, with Paris the latest city to enter the fold.
2012-01-10 15:07:03 // Siobhan Leathley
Icebreaker, the New Zealand company behind the merino wool movement, today revealed plans to open its second store in New York City.
2012-01-09 10:56:38 // Siobhan Leathley
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Arran Boote, director of accounting firm William Buck, has picked up a Success Story Award from the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) for his work in developing trade relations between New Zealand and Hong Kong.
2011-12-21 16:41:42 // Siobhan Leathley
The quintessential Kiwi snack is heading overseas, with the iconic Cookie Time company in talks to extend the brand overseas.
2011-12-21 12:39:01 // Siobhan Leathley
UK Trade and Investments (UKTI) has confirmed Icehouse chief executive Andrew Hamilton is joining the GO UK judging panel.
2011-12-19 13:25:02 // Siobhan Leathley
Auckland usually holds its own in global lifestyle surveys, but according to fDi magazine, New Zealand's biggest city also scores well when it comes to business.
2011-12-19 11:29:08 // Siobhan Leathley
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Tait Radio Communications has struck export success in South America after securing two big deals in Brazil.
2011-12-19 10:02:44 // Kate Beecroft
Manuka Health has announced its arrival as a serious biotech player with the potential for multi-million dollar exports.
2011-12-12 15:19:06 // Paul Davies
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Despite what naysayers might suggest, recent legislation that prepares the way for New Zealand to accede to the Madrid Protocol is good news.
2011-12-08 09:24:04 // Hazel Phillips
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Professional skier Hamish Acland has turned his hand from shredding on the slopes to sewing together a merino brand that's plugging the gaps others aren't.
2011-12-06 15:08:54 // Kate Beecroft
Jade Software, New Zealand’s largest software company, has partnered with Australian financial services company ClearView Wealth via its mobile platform company JOOB.
2011-12-02 09:24:12 // Idealog
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New Zealand businesses have proved they can hold their own internationally, with 37 Kiwi firms making the cut in the annual Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific index.
2011-11-30 16:36:36 // Esther Goh
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Wellington-based trade advisory firm Tuia International is helping the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville to develop a sustainable long term economic strategy.
2011-11-30 16:20:58 // Esther Goh
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Nine months after its inception, a joint venture between five New Zealand wineries has established its own US importing business and secured distribution into 14 states from New York to California.
2011-11-30 10:10:38 // Idealog
Tait Radio Communications has successfully implemented a new radio communications system for London Buses, completing a US$15 million ($19.7 million) contract.
2011-11-25 10:59:13 // Idealog
New Zealand is forging closer ties with one of the largest research organisations in the US with the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Texas A&M University System.
2011-11-25 10:17:55 // Idealog
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At last, what you've been waiting for: how to sell your ideas to the world without packing them up and shipping them off.
2011-11-17 14:46:54 // Idealog
New Zealand-owned IT firm Simpl has notched up a big win in the global health market, securing a multi-million dollar contract with the National Health Service in the UK.
2011-11-11 10:43:02 // Idealog
The largest privately owned port operator in the world has signed on with Kiwi tech firm Jade Software, marking its entry into the growing South American market.
2011-11-02 08:43:27 // Idealog
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Jucy is launching into the US with its $500,000 prize from the 2011 University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs’ Challenge.
2011-10-31 11:12:00 // Deirdre Robert
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Deirdre Robert takes a sneak peek inside Avanti’s techy hub and finds the brand on track for success.
2011-10-31 09:15:23 // Idealog
New Zealand's biggest tech exporters racked up more than $7 billion in revenue this year, despite a glum performance in 2010 and a gloomy worldwide economic outlook.
2011-10-28 11:44:29 // Sarah Robson
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Dash Tickets has just secured a six-figure capital investment from the founders of Ministry of Sound Australia.
2011-10-27 10:49:00 // Idealog
Auckland-based software company Endace is opening a new California office, to be led by Spencer Greene, former vice-president of product management at Juniper Networks.
2011-10-26 20:02:28 // Idealog
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Orion Health, New Zealand’s largest privately-owned software exporter, has scored two business wins in China less than a year after entering the market.
2011-10-26 17:04:28 // Esther Goh
Kiwi food and beverage exporters need to focus on adding value if the sector is to live up to its full growth potential, an industry report released today shows.
2011-10-26 12:29:36 // Esther Goh
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There's no shortage of great ideas emerging from New Zealand, but Kiwi companies need a stronger connection to the rest of the world, according to Alcatel-Lucent.
2011-10-26 09:39:19 // Sarah Robson
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Henry Kissinger's definitive account of US-China relations is fascinating, though bogged down in detail.
2011-10-25 12:49:08 // Idealog
Getting Kiwi apples onto Australian shelves was quite a coup, but so too is avocado grower Fressure Foods' deal with Aussie supermarket Coles, which will place its fresh guacamole products on more than 800 extra chilled store shelves.
2011-10-21 11:45:09 // Idealog
New Zealand tech company Augen Software Group has been named one of the most innovative companies in the Asia-Pacific region, receiving a prestigious Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award this week.
2011-10-19 10:42:59 // Sam Eichblatt
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Expat Andrew Meo is selling espresso to Italians after taking over Rocket’s coffee machines.
2011-10-19 10:08:13 // Esther Goh
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New Zealand businesses lack the skills to make the most of Asia’s rapid growth, according to a new report.
2011-10-18 09:27:55 // Esther Goh
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Specialty grocer Nosh has struck a deal with British heavyweight Waitrose, expanding its catalogue of international suppliers.
2011-10-17 17:27:04 // Idealog
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Businesses looking to get a foothold into the UK and Europe have a new avenue of support in the form of Go UK, a business plan competition open to New Zealand businesses.
2011-10-17 10:14:44 // Idealog
Orion Health has acquired Microsoft’s hospital information software (HIS) assets and has announced intentions to work together to co-market their products.
2011-10-07 09:53:02 // Esther Goh
Digicel Pacific and Auckland tech startup KlickEx have joined forces to offer international money transfers to a mobile wallet for the first time in the Pacific Islands.
2011-09-28 13:30:41 // Idealog
New Zealand business will benefit from five new agreements signed today that further cement the growing relationship between China and New Zealand, deputy prime minister Bill English says.
2011-09-28 10:18:52 // Esther Goh
New Zealand entrepreneur Michael Green is heading to Chile in November after his goal-setting social network, Day Zero Project, was selected to take part in a government-supported initiative intended to grow the country's startup ecosystem.
2011-09-26 16:17:36 // Esther Goh
Well-loved Kiwi toy Buzzy Bee is soon to be brought to screens around the world, while ushering in a new concept in children’s interactive entertainment at the same time.
2011-09-22 10:02:41 // Idealog
A Kiwi nanotech company has cut the ribbon at its new US headquarters, located in the growing science and tech hub of Massachusetts.
2011-09-16 16:16:43 // Idealog
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Food manufacturer Hansells Food Group has been busy notching up a number of firsts, unveiling a new innovation centre in Auckland today and announcing its intention to take on the Canadian market.
2011-09-15 17:25:30 // Esther Goh
It's been a turbulent year for Albany-based CleanFlow Systems; just after the opening of its new R&D facility, cofounder and chief technical officer Geoff Logan was killed in a plane crash off Orewa Beach in March. But now the high-tech firm has signed a multi-million dollar deal that will see it acquired by US-based RedZone Robotics.
2011-09-14 10:15:11 // Idealog
Having established a firm foothold locally, Eventfinder is taking its event marketing platform to the Australian market – and if its initial reception is anything to go by, promoters and organisers across the ditch are lapping it up.
2011-09-14 08:58:39 // Idealog
Tait Radio Communications is the first alternative P25 solutions provider officially approved to operate on the New South Wales Government Radio Network (GRN).
2011-09-13 10:26:47 // Esther Goh
Impending legislation that will enable organisations to register a trademark in multiple countries with a single application is a double edged sword for New Zealand companies, according to one patent law expert.
2011-09-13 10:11:16 // Idealog
New Zealand and the UK are forging new ground in the science and innovation sector with a new working group to be set up following the signing of an agreement yesterday.
2011-09-12 09:31:49 // Idealog
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The world’s top international agricultural biotechnology conference is heading to New Zealand in 2012, putting the spotlight on environmental, social, and economic change under the umbrella theme ‘Adapting to a Changing World’.
2011-09-08 14:16:24 // Vincent Heeringa
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Vincent Heeringa eats ... and eats ... and eats, all in search of design-led food and beverages
2011-09-08 10:27:49 // Esther Goh
New Zealand has been named the 25th most competitive economy out of 142 countries, conceding two places from last year's ranking after being leapfrogged by Israel and Malaysia.
2011-08-29 12:04:29 // Idealog
Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's second largest container shipping line, has announced plans to start an Oceania Express Service with the Port of Tauranga as its only New Zealand port call.
2011-08-24 10:51:32 // Ben Fahy
Direct and digital specialist Affinity ID has a proud history of boxing above its weight – both in its home market and internationally.
2011-08-24 10:15:08 // Idealog
GST on international business deals is hurting New Zealand's ability to compete on the global market, according to the government, which is seeking feedback on options for addressing the issue.
2011-08-23 11:35:05 // Esther Goh
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It was a dream prize for any tech startup, but ultimately there could only be one winner of BoosterSeat2011 – and that's IntuitionHQ, soon to be taking a free trip to San Francisco thanks to a group of Kiwi entrepreneurs paying it forward on the back of their own Silicon Valley success story.
2011-08-15 10:27:02 // Idealog
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New Zealand beverage company Ti Tonics is proving a hit across the Tasman, recording higher sales in Australia than at home – and is on the verge of expanding into Asia and the Americas.
2011-08-12 10:25:40 // Idealog
Thousands of cryogenics research projects around the world will soon be using Kiwi technology now that New Zealand's Jade Software has signed MMR Technologies as a partner.
2011-08-11 09:48:51 // Idealog
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade wants to hear from businesses that export services to India as progress is made toward a free trade agreement.
2011-08-10 17:13:58 // Esther Goh
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Just a year old, Kiwi startup Vend has raised a big chunk of capital from Europe and now has its sights set firmly on the US market.
2011-08-03 10:19:05 // Esther Goh
New Zealand has opened the tourism doors a little wider to Chinese visitors, opening a joint Immigration New Zealand and Tourism New Zealand office in Shanghai as well as further simplifying the visa application process.
2011-08-01 12:06:13 // Andy Kenworthy
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A combination of Kiwi practices, verdant land and cash from clued-up investors like Sam Morgan yields Leitíssimo three times the production it would generate in New Zealand. Is this the end of our dairy industry - or the next step for IP?
2011-08-01 10:52:04 // Esther Goh
Dr Dianne Gleeson has won the inaugural Women in Science Entrepreneurship Award, receiving $50,000 of venture development advice and access to an international advisory board with experience in science commercialisation.
2011-08-01 08:30:16 // Idealog
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A trade show is hoping to capitalise on the hordes of visitors set to descend on New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup and showcase local food suppliers to international importers.
2011-07-29 09:52:05 // Esther Goh
Farmers are welcoming news that the European Union has agreed to accept an annual quota of New Zealand grain-fed beef, which will quadruple our beef exports to the continent.
2011-07-27 08:44:50 // Idealog
A new method of producing wood-plastic pellets has been licensed by Crown research institute Scion to a company that will see it commercialised in Europe to the tune of $10 million in royalties.
2011-07-25 10:38:38 // Idealog
The majority of shareholders in Charlie's Group have moved to accept Japanese drink giant Asahi's takeover bid of 44 cents a share.
2011-07-21 09:28:40 // Esther Goh
Wellington-based software company Aptimize has been bought by Silicon Valley-based Riverbed Technology in a move which will see its 10 employees relocate to San Francisco.
2011-06-30 09:00:00 // Esther Goh
Litmos' American-centric business strategy has paid off, from setting up a Californian phone number to making its products look and feel as Americanised as possible. This month the The Devonport-based e-learning company was acquired by a large US software firm and will be moving to Silicon Valley—just “as soon as the visas come through”.
2011-03-28 12:32:29 // Design Daily Team
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The awards may be Australian, but there’s no love lost between our neighbours out west when it comes to eligibility in the upcoming 2011 Australian International Design Awards. Designers, manufacturers and distributors of professionally designed products and services available on the Australian market are eligible to enter the awards, but you’d better be quick with entries closing this Thursday 31 March. And if you've already entered, here are the scrutinous eyes under which your product will fall under.
