An independent Auckland school is providing students with a fully immersive ICT experience and has the metrics to prove the policy's educational value.
Made OF New Zealand, Made IN China
Although its name suggests serenity, there’s nothing calm about St Lukes Shopping Centre in Auckland. That concrete retail rotunda heaving with people lugging kids, groceries and chain-store bags jammed with stuff? Yeah, that’s the one.
MotorWeb seized the emerging e-government opportunity to create a company that's grown 100% year-on-year since 2001.
Breaking third world poverty, with first world money and smart ideas
It takes a Kiwi to think of something this nutty. Take left-over meat from New Zealand abattoirs, mix it with unwanted kiwifruit pulp, dry the result, package it into a sachet, and then sell it as super-food to the world’s poor and starving. Oh, and as a sideline, flog the sachets at a premium to Californian body builders.
Harder than getting blood out of a stone…
New Zealand venture capital desperately needs a hit - an investment that pays back, big time. Without it, our venture capitalists struggle to fund creative Kiwi companies. Mike Booker discovers why we're sadly used to hearing 'no'.
Give your people the potential to bloom, cut 'em loose
Some companies have a secret place, hidden from day-to-day business, where adventurous staff plan a radical makeover.
Getting smarter, one generation at a time
Of all the differences between people, one factor has a greater bearing on income than any other: intelligence. And IQ scores show that each generation is getting smarter. Jamie Cullinane examines the rise of the smartocracy
Direct from the horse's mouth
The ETS is being renegotiated, the biofuels obligation has been repealed, old-style light bulbs are back … the National-led government has undone a fair bit of environmental legislation in its first few months in charge. We asked Hon Dr Nick Smith, Minister for the Environment, what he plans to replace it with. By Nick Smith
A close working relationship between Havelock North girls' school Woodford House and its IT supplier Glenn Cook Technologies ensures state-of-the-art systems are available for teaching and administrative purposes.
