2013-05-07 08:22:09 // Idealog
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Auckland marketing agency Below the Line is the only independent New Zealand agency to make the cut at this year's APMA Star Awards, which are a celebration of smart-thinking in the world of promotional and experiential marketing.
2013-04-30 11:46:52 // Hazel Phillips
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Angel Delivery owner and entrepreneur Rebecca Cass caught the attention of a US operator – via Twitter.
2013-04-04 10:09:09 // Idealog
Kiwi energy-efficient bulb manufacturer Energy Mad has sewn up $1 million in funding in the US, and cutting retail prices on its products there as a result.
2013-04-03 10:30:11 // Idealog
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In case you missed it: last week Radio Live interviewed business innovation consultant Matt Yallop about his recent time in Iceland, a country that's made a remarkable economic comeback in the past few years. Perhaps we could use our own Ministry of Ideas.
2013-03-26 09:41:30 // Esther Goh
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You may not have heard the name 3i innovation before, but the company is doing big business abroad.
2013-03-25 11:14:59 // Idealog
Panasonic NZ and SolarCity partnered up over a year ago to collaborate on projects throughout the South Pacific region, and have won a tender to power a new desalination plant on the Pacific island of Nauru.
2013-03-22 10:07:52 // Esther Goh
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Auckland has been named the fifth most innovative Asia Pacific city by business consultancy Solidiance, which has just released the results of a project surveying 16 major cities from Tokyo to Taipei.
2013-03-18 13:45:15 // Bette Flagler
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Urban strategist Charles Landry has developed research and creative initiatives for some of the world’s greatest cities including Chicago, Sydney, Seattle, Vancouver and Glasgow. In early March, he spent a week's residency in Palmerston North, indexing it against other cities of its size.
2013-03-12 12:32:00 // Design Daily team
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WoJo, an innovative fabric born out of a collaboration between Wellington company The Formary and Starbucks, is off to an exhibition at Somerset House London this week.
2013-03-08 09:31:27 // Esther Goh
New kid on the flavoured water block, Water Buddies, is about to launch into more than 2000 outlets across Australia next month, marking the first step in its global strategy – and its shift into the multi-million dollar tier despite being just six months old.
2013-03-06 11:19:27 // Lynelle Tuffery-Huria
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Madrid Protocol became part of the New Zealand intellectual property landscape on December 10. So, has it made an impact?
2013-03-06 09:34:10 // Idealog
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All Good Organics enjoyed a stonking big win today as the first (and only) New Zealand company to be named one of the world's most ethical companies by New York's Ethisphere Institute.
2013-03-01 15:56:07 // Design Daily team
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Alt Group's latest accolade is a German Design Award, in honour of its work for architectural practice Warren and Mahoney.
2013-02-28 10:01:19 // Idealog
Trilogy skincare is set to soar to new heights thanks to major new distribution deals in Australia and the UK, which will see its products sold at John Lewis department stores across England, Scotland and Wales, and in Australian pharmacies owned by Sigma Group.
2013-02-18 13:36:03 // Skye Wishart
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People-watching in a hotel lobby led to a lightbulb moment for Chris Mardon – literally. Seven years later, his energy-saving invention the Ecobulb is gracing the shelves of the world’s biggest drug retailer.
2013-02-14 11:08:19 // Graeme Fielder
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Companies who fail in China try to cut corners, hire and overpay an unqualified local to run their China operations at arm's reach.
2013-02-12 16:42:51 // Esther Goh
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For the past five years, Down Under Bakery (DUB) Pies has been serving up Kiwi style pies and flat whites in the Big Apple from its Brooklyn cafe, and the next step is, of course, its very own food truck.
2013-02-11 10:33:59 // Idealog
Bronwen Horton, founder of the New Zealand Business Women’s Network in the UK, was named the 2013 UK New Zealander of the Year on Friday.
2013-02-08 09:26:56 // Idealog
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Chef-turned-businessman Sean Armstrong’s business Loaf is expanding to Australia in a multi-million dollar deal that will see its range of gourmet slices stocked in Coles supermarkets.
2013-02-07 11:41:27 // Design Daily Team
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Most design competitions come with a number of restrictions. Not the A’ Design Award and Competition. The competition aims to highlight the best designs, concepts and prototypes, and design-oriented products and services across 80 disciplines from product, furniture and packaging design, to transportation, lighting and digital device design.
2013-02-07 11:27:59 // Design Daily Team
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Electrolux Design Lab 2013 is open for business, with a brand new theme, Inspired Urban Living.
2013-02-07 09:21:37 // Idealog
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LanzaTech has made it to number 48 in Forbes Top 100 list of America’s most promising privately held companies, the only cleantech/bioscience firm in the top 50.
2013-02-05 09:35:38 // Idealog
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Weta Workshop and Pukeko Pictures have landed a plum of a job: new Thunderbirds series for ITV in the UK, 50 years on from its original TV debut.
2013-02-04 13:19:32 // Pat Maguire
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Often when I’m asked about our company’s process and approach to innovation, I draw on the analogy of the ‘stairway’.
2013-02-04 12:55:21 // Idealog
Local company eBUS, which offers a cloud-based TV ad delivery system, is the latest in a string to be bought up by an overseas firm.
2013-02-04 08:40:18 // Esther Goh
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Cookie Time celebrates its 30th birthday this year and hopes to mark the milestone with the opening of the first Cookie Time cookie bars overseas.
2013-02-04 08:30:31 // Idealog
Jade Software's latest contract will see its operating system Master Terminal installed at several cargo ports in the south-eastern US.
2013-02-01 10:06:03 // Idealog
The latest update to The Economist's Big Mac Index (a light-hearted guide to purchasing power around the world based on the local price of a Big Mac) has found that the New Zealand dollar is almost perfectly valued against the US dollar.
2013-02-01 09:39:13 // Sim Ahmed
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The folk at Resn have reason to feel smug at the moment, with a haul of five Favourite Website Awards last month.
2013-01-29 09:43:36 // Deirdre Coleman
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Inspired by the golden era of European pro-cycling, Solo founder Paul Mason has created a New Zealand-based cycle gear brand that's sparked a retro renaissance. Even Lance Armstrong agrees.
2013-01-29 09:22:11 // Idealog
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A new organisation, the New Zealand Africa Business Council, has been established to foster trade between Kiwis and Africans, promising to work closely with government agencies like NZTE and MFAT to raise the profile of Africa in the New Zealand business community.
2013-01-24 10:03:38 // Idealog
Global natural health and beauty product company Comvita has bought a 200 acre organic olive estate in Queensland and plans to increase its production of of olive leaf extracts by 130 percent over the next five years.
2013-01-24 09:39:16 // Idealog
About a million patients in the US state of New Mexico will have their records shifted to a platform by Orion Health, enabling medical professionals to manage health information online and make use of analytics, disease management tools, and public health reporting capabilities.
2013-01-23 10:48:12 // Idealog
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New Zealand has been ranked 21st in Ernst & Young's 60-country globalisation index, beating out both Australia and the US.
2013-01-23 10:12:42 // Esther Goh
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More than ever, we're seeking to work for organisations that align with our values. And who doesn't want to work for a forward-thinking company?
2013-01-21 09:48:18 // StopPress Team
Colenso BBDO has come out tops in the latest The Big Won report, which calculates global agency rankings based on awards performances, making it the first time a New Zealand or Australian agency has ever won the title.
2013-01-17 15:10:04 // Idealog
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According to the findings of the Doing Business project (backed by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation), barriers to commerce are coming down across the 185 economies it tracks.
2013-01-17 09:15:06 // Esther Goh
Almost a year ago, Dunedin company Escea released what might be a world-first hybrid – part fireplace, part central heater – and it's now set on exporting to the world, starting with the signing of a distributor in Norway that marks a new milestone for the business.
2013-01-14 09:37:18 // Vincent Heeringa
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From subterranean offices in Dunedin, two architects are designing the headquarters of a Chinese fashion house. The result: a spectacular sculpture that people can work in.
2012-12-20 12:38:09 // Idealog
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Last week Colenso brought home a haul of awards from Caples and Campaign Asia-Pacific, and that winning streak is continuing with the news of it claiming the title of YoungGuns International 2012 Advertising Agency of the Year.
2012-12-18 12:12:25 // Idealog
Urban redevelopment, seismicity (now there's an awkward word), sustainability and productivity will be the key themes of the 2013 Green Property Summit showcasing the latest in green building practices from international and national industry leaders.
2012-12-17 15:46:05 // Idealog
Living Cell Technologies will work with Japan's Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory to co-develop its NTCELL product for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease and other neurological disorders.
2012-12-17 11:56:45 // Jamie Joseph
The signing of a memorandum of understanding during Prime Minister John Key’s visit to Jakarta in April has begun to actualise for Geothermal New Zealand.
2012-12-17 09:48:01 // Idealog
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Air New Zealand’s next Social Media Breakfast will be headlined by Teddy Goff, the digital director of President Barack Obama’s 2012 election campaign.
2012-12-13 12:02:07 // Esther Goh
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The GE ecomagination challenge is well underway and a suite of green-tinged ideas are flowing in from New Zealand and Australia.
2012-12-13 11:04:11 // Idealog
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Where would New Zealand tourism be if it weren't for Peter Jackson? Tourism New Zealand’s 100% Middle-earth, 100% Pure New Zealand campaign has been named World's Leading Destination Marketing Campaign in the World Travel Awards 2012.
2012-12-12 17:20:52 // StopPress Team
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Christmas has come early for Colenso BBDO, where pockets are positively jingling with prize metal this week.
2012-12-12 16:51:48 // Idealog
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Yeah, yeah, big data. We all know information is the new currency, yadda yadda. Here's who's creating it all, and what we're doing with it.
2012-12-12 08:51:10 // Idealog
Kiwi programmer Paul Hunkin has nabbed US$25,000 in venture capital funding to create a travel booking platform for the east African tourism industry and been accepted into an accelerator programme to kickstart the idea.
2012-12-11 11:07:17 // Idealog
Telecom has made the first move to bring down data roaming charges with a game-changing flat daily rate of $6 or $10 depending on region, though the 'fair use' proviso could trip up some users.
2012-12-11 10:53:29 // Design Daily team
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A pair of promising Otago Polytechnic design students are about to embark on a trip to Italy in the new year, after winning international study scholarships to the prestigious Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Milan.
2012-12-07 12:18:24 // Sergio Formas
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Innovation is one of the main drivers of economic growth, but the OECD ranks New Zealand as a poor performer in this regard.
2012-12-07 09:42:23 // Idealog
Forty five of the fastest-growing Kiwi tech companies have made it into the annual Deloitte Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific index, topping last year's 37, with seven of those companies making it into the top 100.
2012-12-06 16:02:19 // Idealog
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Auckland digital display/customer engagement agency Ngage Media is pairing up with the Efficiency Group to launch Ngage Australia.
2012-12-06 14:15:58 // Design Daily team
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Tis the season for awards, and Kiwi agencies have put in a more than reasonable showing at the recent Australian Graphic Design Association (AGDA) Design Biennale Awards in Melbourne.
2012-12-06 10:19:39 // Idealog
US-based enterprise tech company Emulex has reached out to Endace with a cash bid and secured lock-up agreements with chairman and co-founder Dr Ian Graham and chief executive Mike Riley. The board has also expressed support for the deal and is recommending shareholders accept it.
2012-12-05 15:15:46 // Idealog
Tait Communications has chalked up a string of international deals this year, and the latest is a contract with Costa Rica’s largest electric utility company, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE).
2012-12-05 10:13:48 // Idealog
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As Professor Jacqueline Rowarth recently wrote in Primary, food security is rearing its head as a global issue, and New Zealand could play a leading role in addressing it. And Dr Daniel Franklin, executive editor of The Economist, shares that view.
2012-12-03 10:28:05 // Peter Kerr
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The ikeGPS has the world at its feet – so much so that it's going to have to decide which of many markets it should attack first.
2012-11-30 15:27:34 // Idealog
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Vista Entertainment Solutions is a true-blue Kiwi export success story, with 25 percent market share in the international cinema industry that it supplies. Chief executive Murray Holdaway talks to NZTE about that traditional Kiwi trait of always saying yes, then making things happen, and other advice for entrepreneurs.
2012-11-29 08:04:22 // Idealog
Stay Today, a price-drop app for booking same-day accommodation (see previous Idealog stories here and here) and data management provider Mohio have been awarded $150,000 and $100,000 respectively by the Global from Day One Fund, according to the Herald.
2012-11-28 15:58:28 // Idealog
BurgerFuel has opened its largest store yet in Riyadh, the capital city of Saudi Arabia, which can cater to (excessiveness alert) more than 250 customers.
2012-11-27 09:50:50 // Idealog
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A team of Massey University engineering students will represent New Zealand at the Engineers Without Borders Australian Challenge finals in Melbourne next week after winning the national chapter.
2012-11-27 09:41:39 // Idealog
Christchurch-headquartered Tait Communications' latest coup is a deal to upgrade the communications system used by Taiwan's largest electricity supplier and grid operator.
2012-11-26 13:09:10 // Josh Martin
Pioneering Marlborough winery Yealands Estate has added a world sustainability award to its mantel, being named ‘Sustainable Medium Business’ at the International Green Awards – a first for a New Zealand vineyard.
2012-11-22 10:09:59 // Idealog
Land Information New Zealand's data service has been named winner of both the Spatial Enablement category and the JK Barrie Award for Overall Excellence at the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.
2012-11-21 12:16:27 // Idealog
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Auckland-based company A-Ward Attachments has taken out the 2012 Swedish Steel Prize, holding its own against the likes of Volvo and John Deere.
2012-11-15 10:54:36 // Josh Martin
Public sector bureaucrats are often in the line of fire from politicking MPs on the campaign trail or late night callers to talkback radio – and now we can add Art Daniels to the list.
2012-11-15 08:34:16 // Gareth Renowden
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Wedded to an unrealistic view of the world, where climate change is just another policy setting that can be fiddled to the advantage of supporters or to suit ideology.
2012-11-14 09:34:48 // Idealog
Jucy Rentals has been voted best New Zealand car and campervan rental company for the fifth year in a row at the International Golden Backpack Awards in Sydney.
2012-11-08 12:34:36 // Design Daily team
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James McNab's Revival Vest has reached the end of the journey in the international James Dyson Awards, nabbing a more than respectable runner-up spot alongside The Beth Project, a self-adjusting limb concept from the US.
2012-11-07 15:45:51 // Idealog
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Kiwi IT company Datacom is a truly global business, and here chief executive Jonathan Ladd talks to NZTE about how it's taken its products and services to the world. His advice to others? Give people the wherewithal to make local decisions and when they need to seek approval, ensure the chain isn't unreasonably long.
2012-11-07 15:22:22 // Sam Mickell
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With a career spanning Australia, Europe, Asia and now New York, at only 40 New Zealand-born Jonty Kelt is already onto his fourth startup, Group Commerce.
2012-11-07 09:19:57 // Idealog
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It's the end of the road for Fisher & Paykel. Yesterday, Haier secured ownership of more than 90 percent of F&P Appliances' shares, which grants it the right to delist the company from the NZX.
2012-11-06 16:24:50
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Ten tech entrepreneurs are off to a week-long course at MIT in the US thanks to sponsorship from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE).
2012-11-05 16:31:55 // Idealog
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Organised by 500 Startups, Geeks on a Plane is an invite-only tour for startups, investors, and executives – and it's coming to New Zealand next month.
2012-11-02 12:54:43
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The Pentawards were held in Paris last month and among the 1200 entries from 46 countries were a few from Godzone. More importantly, four projects by specialist consumer branding and packaging agency Redcactus made the final cut and were announced as winners.
2012-11-02 10:42:05 // Idealog
Local game developer Ninja Kiwi (which we reckon just might have one of the best business names in the country) has bought a Scottish company with an almost equally awesome name – Digital Goldfish.
2012-10-31 16:55:26 // Jamie Joseph
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The energy crisis in Tokelau is over. This week the island was freed of its dependency on fossil fuels as Mount Maunganui company PowerSmart completed a world-first solar renewable energy project, officially making Tokelau 100 percent solar powered.
2012-10-25 14:57:06 // Design Daily team
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One Kiwi entry has made it through to the finals of the international James Dyson Awards, with the winner to be revealed next month.
2012-10-24 16:58:48 // Idealog
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A group of senior students from the University of Waikato, with a hand from homegrown success story MEA Mobile, has developed a phone-based photo printing app for the biggest pharmacy chain in the US, Walgreens.
2012-10-24 16:41:18 // Idealog
Representatives from Comvita, Zespri, Northpower, Orion Health, Jade Software and Tait Communications are among the 14 recipients of this year’s Prime Minister’s Business Scholarships.
2012-10-23 10:48:38 // Idealog
New Zealand Winegrowers will cement its presence in Asia by opening a regional office in Hong Kong this month – a first for the organisation.
2012-10-18 10:37:40 // Idealog
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Colenso BBDO grabbed the elusive Diamond Award for its Doggelganger adoption drive campaign at the 2012 International ECHO Awards this week, making 14 honours to date for the web app that matched homeless dogs with new owners, analysing users' faces and finding their canine equivalent.
2012-10-17 15:08:24 // Idealog
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Meet David Gawith, Hannah Griffin, Sofia Robinson, Sam Sharp, and Simon Tapp. The quintet make up the New Zealand Youth Delegation, a team of passionate young Kiwis selected to represent the country's youth at the UN Climate Change Negotiations (COP 18) in Doha.
2012-10-16 12:16:22 // Gabby Steyn
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It's time to dream big, promote our achievements and strategically use our creativity to become a major player on the world stage.
2012-10-10 09:05:43 // Idealog
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Even sans Steve Jobs, consumers' emotional connection to his brand remains stronger than ever: Apple has gained six rungs in the ranks of Interbrand's 13th annual Best Global Brands report to take second place behind reigning champion Coca-Cola.
2012-10-09 09:41:38 // Esther Goh
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Stay Today, the mobile-only same-day booking service, has inked a revenue and distribution deal with Fairfax Australia.
2012-10-04 11:59:57 // Idealog
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Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson reckons business needs a Plan B – laying the groundwork for his latest initiative, The B Team, which boasts Kiwi entrepreneur Derek Handley as CEO.
2012-10-01 13:29:50 // Idealog
BurgerFuel continues its Middle Eastern quest with a Kuwait rollout, announced today – the cult of fast food knows no boundaries.
2012-10-01 10:00:35 // Idealog
New Zealand – it's a great place to start a business (as many of us do) and the latest Grant Thornton Global Dynamism Index (GDI) confirms that this is the 11th best country in the world for supporting and enabling growing companies. Not quite Top 10 perhaps, but we'll take it.
2012-10-01 09:34:02 // Idealog
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Auckland intellectual property expert Paul Adams has snagged a major international award in Shanghai.
2012-10-01 09:15:57 // Design Daily Team
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A trio of "seriously talented" Kiwi students will do New Zealand proud in the Big Apple this month, with their winning works set to be the centrepiece of a digital exhibition on one of the biggest and most recognisable digital stages – Times Square New York.
2012-09-17 12:27:30 // Design Daily Team
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Calling all furniture designers! Would you like to see one of your designs commercialised, manufactured and sold?
2012-09-17 09:40:27 // Idealog
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As data visualisation artist Jer Thorpe says, it's easy to forget about the human elements that big data represents. And a new project, The Human Face of Big Data, is being touted as the biggest ever global census, as it aims to collect information from more than 20 countries via satellites, RFID tags and GPS-enabled cameras and smartphones.
2012-09-17 09:29:14 // Idealog
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A year ago Christchurch's Michael Green headed off to Start-Up Chile to grow his goal-setting social network, Day Zero Project – the first Kiwi to be accepted. Now Chile's burgeoning entrepreneurial scene is set to welcome Aucklander Pravin Daryani.
2012-09-07 09:20:37 // Idealog
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Agritech company CropLogic is the winner of the first IBM SmartCamp for Australia and New Zealand, part of the Global Entrepreneur Program for startup companies.
2012-09-06 10:47:48 // Esther Goh
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Over the past year, New Zealand has managed to turn its global competitiveness around and clawed back two places to rise to 23rd in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, improving on 2011s score of 4.93 to 5.09.
2012-09-03 10:32:38 // Idealog
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Carbon-refining company CarbonScape is a finalist in the international Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, and needs help from the public if it's going to have a shot at the grand title.
2012-08-29 10:12:40 // Idealog
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Our very own LanzaTech has been recognised by the World Economic Forum as a pioneer in technology this week – we'd add up the number of honours LanzaTech has garnered already this year alone, but we stopped counting some time ago.
2012-08-24 12:28:41 // Idealog
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Denmark, Finland, Israel, Singapore. All countries constantly extolled as examples for New Zealand to aspire to.
2012-08-24 09:14:37 // Idealog
The numbers of Kiwis fleeing to Australia aren't slowing down, but nonetheless, one Kiwi entrepreneur thinks New Zealand is outperforming other countries around the world.
2012-08-24 09:00:46 // Esther Goh
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Do you aspire to being a high-performing, world class entrepreneur? (Stupid question, really.)
2012-08-22 15:12:01 // Greg Williamson
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A handful of Kiwi exporters are leveraging 100% Pure for all it's worth – and the rest of us could learn a thing or two from them.
2012-08-22 10:09:42 // Idealog
SmallWorlds launched into the Brazilian market in mid-May, and three months on, has already racked up one million registered users.
2012-08-22 08:48:57 // Idealog
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It's cool to be green these days. GE is the latest corporate to join in the fun and games, pledging $10 million to find, fund and bring to market breakthrough New Zealand and Australian ideas for reducing our carbon footprint.
2012-08-21 13:27:13 // Peter Kerr
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There’s a certain ‘tell me more’ aspect to June Ranson’s description of her business as being a relationship broker.
2012-08-20 11:32:33 // Esther Goh
Traditionally, a red herring is something that misleads or distracts from an issue at hand. But it's also the name of a global media company behind a well-respected list that ranks top tech companies around the world, and this year six New Zealand businesses are in the running.
2012-08-20 09:00:57 // Idealog
Kiwi tech firm Rakon has its eye on quadrupling sales to China's Huawei over the next five years to US$56 million, and is signing a letter of intent today to that effect.
2012-08-15 17:28:12 // Idealog
New Zealand businesses will get better access to an estimated US$1.6 trillion worth of overseas government contracts, or 2.64 percent of the world’s GDP, by joining the World Trade Organisation’s Government Procurement Agreement (GPA).
2012-08-15 17:04:45 // Idealog
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'100% New Zealand' has served this country well, but the government has plans to augment it with a new, broader 'New Zealand story' as part of a new push behind overseas exports.
2012-08-15 16:38:48 // Esther Goh
JAFAs have a fresh reason to crow, with the latest Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Report confirming Auckland as one of the world’s top 10 most liveable cities.
2012-08-15 10:35:35 // Idealog
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A spot of trans-Tasman rivalry never gets old, and Kiwis have made a good showing at this year's Australia and New Zealand Internet Awards (the ANZIAs), making up a third of the finalists.
2012-08-14 10:11:39 // Idealog
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LanzaTech is practically synonymous with 'cleantech' in many circles, with numerous awards and commercial partnerships under its belt. And the Kiwi-founded company, now based in Illinois, has signed a joint development agreement with nylon producer Invista to develop technology that converts carbon monoxide into butadiene.
2012-08-13 12:04:37 // Design Daily Team
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Here at Idealog we believe in looking forward, not backwards. So we wholly approve of the Be Open Awards' theme: 'Create the future now'.
2012-08-13 09:43:52 // Vaughn Davis
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Vaughn Davis heads south to uncover one of NZ Inc's best-kept secrets: the company where 130 keen Kiwis are designing, building and exporting what its CEO calls the 'Toyota Hilux of planes'.
2012-08-10 10:07:14 // Idealog
Joining the ranks of Zeacom, Zespri and Buckley Systems, Vista Entertainment Solutions won the Supreme Award for trade with the United States last night at the 13th AmCham DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards.
2012-08-09 11:55:56 // Idealog
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Awards season is well and truly underway (and you've got a couple more days to get your entry on for the NZ Innovators Awards) but we'll also bring a new global award to your attention.
2012-08-08 14:59:07 // Idealog
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New Zealand business Orica was a winner in the Business and Technology category at this year's Australian International Design Awards thanks to its computerised CoDé System, created with design partner IntelliDesign.
2012-08-07 08:38:16 // Idealog
Digital forensics technology developed by New Zealand police is on track to go global after having seen interest from the UK and US.
2012-08-06 10:04:54 // Esther Goh
You may not have noticed the subtle changes going on at Eventfinder.co.nz of late, but they mark the Kiwi-grown event guide's commitment to going truly international.
2012-08-01 14:19:43 // Esther Goh
Pacific Fibre, our knights in cable armour, have called it quits, citing an inability to raise the $400m required to fund the cable build.
2012-08-01 10:26:06 // Esther Goh
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Wildfire, a social media marketing company started four years ago by Kiwi Victoria Ransom, has been bought by Google for a reported US$250 million.
2012-07-30 16:49:56 // Idealog
Tait Communications' latest overseas scoop is a deal to install and support a new radio communications network in the Texan county of Jim Wells.
2012-07-27 09:49:11 // Esther Goh
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We're on the cusp of Olympic kick-off. How many medals will New Zealand bring home? Ten? Twelve? Sixteen, as Sports Illustrated optimistically predicts?
2012-07-26 13:14:58 // Idealog
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Exporters are optimistic about the coming 12 months, according to the results of the ExportNZ 2012 survey, with more than half expecting profits to improve and over a third expecting to employ more staff.
2012-07-26 09:55:30 // Idealog
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VnC Cocktails, an Auckland company born in the wake of vodka brand 42 Below's sale to Bacardi, could soon be sold to New York's Panache Beverages.
2012-07-24 10:05:42 // James Robinson
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Carnival Labs, a mobile app development company, is taking flight. James Robinson checks in with co-founder Guy Horrocks.
2012-07-23 14:46:15 // Idealog
Wellington's Anagenix Ltd, a nutritional product development company, has just announced a major distribution deal with US-based Stratum Nutrition.
2012-07-23 10:13:44 // James Robinson
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Izon Science has grown to 17 times its previous size in the past three years. Now the nano company has opened a Massachusetts office to service the burgeoning American market. James Robinson charts its rise and peeks into its future.
2012-07-18 09:12:08 // Idealog
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Auckland startup Makelight Interactive is the only project from outside Europe to make the Wayra UK accelerator programme, scoring a €50,000 cash injection and six months use of the Wayra Academy in London's tech district, including office space, technology and mentors.
2012-07-13 12:48:52 // Bowen Pan
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We in the West tend to view China in black or white, right or wrong, left or right. In reality, China is an incredibly complex country with its own rich culture and history.
2012-07-13 12:33:05 // Idealog
The American Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand has announced the finalists for the 2012 AmCham-DHL Express Success and Innovation Awards.
2012-07-11 02:28:06 // Esther Goh
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They made it into the top six of the10th Microsoft Imagine Cup international finals in Sydney – beating out dozens of others around the world – but New Zealand's Team Mobile Eye couldn't quite pull off a definitive victory.
2012-07-10 10:15:30 // Esther Goh
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New Zealand has climbed two places to rank 13th in the world in the 2012 Global Innovation Index, in which Switzerland, Sweden and Hong Kong retained their top three spots respectively.
2012-07-09 11:33:28 // Josh Martin
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What 42 believes it could be the missing piece of the puzzle when it comes to Kiwi tech startups.
2012-07-04 15:21:41 // Anthony Doesburg
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The world needs more food. And some believe the best way for New Zealand to get a piece of that pie is to learn from Silicon Valley. Anthony Doesburg visits the Waikato Innovation Park to see the model in action.
2012-07-03 11:19:34 // Design Daily Team
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Alt Group is a reliable deliverer when it comes to the prestigious international red dot awards, which honour top design trendsetters from around the world, and this year it's picked up a total of five red dots, including a sought-after red dot: best of the best.
2012-07-02 14:42:19 // StopPress Team
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The APMA Star Awards, which celebrate the past year’s finest promotional efforts, took place last week in Oz, with New Zealand marketing agency Belowtheline the only Kiwi agency to take home a gold.
2012-06-28 12:32:43 // Vernon Rive
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The essential message from G77 countries: we know how to manage our natural resource but have no plans to be curtailing expansion of our economies for the sake of the environment any time soon.
2012-06-28 09:35:06 // StopPress Team
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Our very own Farmers Club and Subcard loyalty programme have snagged places in the finals of the retail category of the prestigious Colloquy Loyalty Awards, with .99 and New World for its wine sale eDM the only other finalist in that category. And Fly Buys and Air New Zealand’s co-branded card is a finalist in innovation in loyalty marketing.
2012-06-27 11:59:59 // Design Daily Team
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The Roxy and Cafe Hanoi snatch up spots in the finals of the international Restaurant and Bar Design Awards.
2012-06-27 09:14:54 // Jenene Crossan
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In a city that's home to the equivalent of the entire population of New Zealand, where do you even start?
2012-06-25 14:19:44 // StopPress Team
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New Zealand finished off its Cannes run with a few more nods over the weekend, with Special Group and Colenso BBDO adding two gongs each to bring the total local haul for the Festival of Creativity to 21.
2012-06-22 15:58:16 // StopPress Team
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Slowly but surely New Zealand’s Cannes tally continues to rise with the announcement of the Outdoor and Media category winners.
2012-06-22 09:18:14 // Idealog
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Wellington's PartsTrader Markets Ltd is entering the US, having won a contract with a major insurer to set up an online market for vehicle parts.
2012-06-21 21:13:09 // Idealog
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Asia is the future – you've heard it enough times. And if you're in the tourism biz, Auckland Airport's new Tourism Asia Marketing Fund could be just your ticket.
2012-06-21 10:02:31 // Vernon Rive
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It is now up to the politicians to engage in any further horse-trading, before what looks like an inevitable endorsement of the document towards the end of this week.
2012-06-19 14:26:08 // StopPress Team
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Beer is the flavour of the moment, with Colenso winning a gold, silver and bronze in the Promo & Activation category for Monteith’s and a bronze Direct Lion for its ‘The Wine That Sold Beer’ campaign for DB Breweries, while DDB scored bronze for Steinlager’s ‘We Believe’ in Promo & Activation.
2012-06-14 14:54:12 // Vernon Rive
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The divide between developed North and developing South has always been a feature of international geopolitics and this is now more true than ever.
2012-06-14 13:44:41 // Idealog
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Two Media Design School student short films are vying for victory at the YouTube Your Film Festival and they need your votes to get them from top 50 status to top 10.
2012-06-12 10:32:01 // Peter Kerr
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The Kiwi Landing Pad in San Francisco is sweetening the pot for startups looking to springboard into the States.
2012-06-12 10:21:53 // Idealog
Homegrown technology company Endace has opened its newest office in California, which will become its global product and marketing hub.
2012-06-11 10:40:00 // Idealog
Kiwi entrepreneur Bill Buckley, representing New Zealand at the global Ernst & Young World Entrepreneur Of The Year competition, missed out on the top spot to James Mwangi of Kenya's Equity Bank.
2012-06-07 09:36:33 // Idealog
The creators of the animated series The WotWots have inked a deal with an animation school in China and have some co-productions in the pipeline specifically for the Chinese market.
2012-06-07 09:30:31 // Idealog
New Zealand's own KlickEx was one of six companies named most likely to succeed this week at the seventh annual Launch: Silicon Valley.
2012-06-06 13:36:18 // Esther Goh
New Kiwi business Biopure Health is taking New Zealand dairy to the Chinese market and is on track to open its first two stores in Chengdu and Panzhihua next month.
2012-06-06 09:49:26 // Idealog
Orion Health has landed a seven-year contract worth £9 million ($18 million) to provide software to Northern Ireland's public health service.
2012-06-05 09:46:50 // Idealog
Canadian software firm Enghouse Systems Limited has acquired local tech company Zeacom Group Limited for US$30.6 million ($40.5 million).
2012-06-01 13:51:25 // Idealog
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New Zealand has slipped down the table in this year's World Competitiveness Yearbook (WCY), falling behind the likes of Ireland and the UAE.
2012-05-30 16:16:42 // Ben Fahy
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Auckland-based dairy producer The Collective has embraced social media as its major marketing channel in an effort to better connect with its ‘herd’ and, in many cases, get them to assist with product creation – a strategy vindicated by its recent naming as the first and only New Zealand brand to feature in The Social Brands 100 list – "the authoritative ranking of brands leading the way in the social age” – coming in at number 57 ahead of brands like Dell, Groupon and Intel.
2012-05-30 10:47:25 // Idealog
Christchurch-based Orion has been named the recipient of the international Apex Award for 2012 by the Utilities Telecommunications Council – the first time it has been granted outside of the United States.
2012-05-29 15:48:24 // Idealog
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A Manawatu scientist could well be the winner of this year's World Food Prize for his contribution – dubbed the Microsoft of agriculture – to expanding the global food supply.
2012-05-29 10:24:53
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A trio of Kiwi agencies have made the cut as APMA Star Award finalists, alongside 28 other shortlisted outfits.
2012-05-29 10:05:25 // Idealog
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Kiwi brand Manuka Doctor is well and truly staking out a place in the UK, winning Best New Brand at the annual Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) Beauty Awards there for its purified bee venom products.
2012-05-28 10:25:41 // Idealog
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The scientific community has plenty of cause for celebration now the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Organisation has finally announced the world's largest radio telescope will be shared between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
2012-05-28 10:08:57 // Idealog
Eco-lightbulb manufacturer Energy Mad has snagged a major deal supplying the world's largest drugstore chain, Walgreens.
2012-05-28 09:20:32 // Esther Goh & Josh Martin
Vend's road to world domination got a boost yesterday with the announcement of a partnership with Paypal in the US.
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.
