New Zealand has become the first country in the English-speaking world to launch an online collaboration between its independent bookstores; called BookHub, it will be a game changer for local booklovers.
BookHub is a site where readers can browse and buy books from more than 70 bookstores around the motu – all in one place.
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The small township of Wānaka is to get a major boost to its globally renowned reputation with its new lakefront development winning an International Federation of Landscape Architects Award of Excellence.
The honour was presented in absentia to the project’s New Zealand-based landscape architects – Reset – at a Gala Awards Ceremony in Tokyo, Japan late last week.
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Two entrepreneurs – both just out of high school – are on a mission to get the young men of Aotearoa smelling good, with the launch of a new personal hygiene business called Funk.
Funk founders Toby Downs (18) and Floyd Langdon (18) have some heavy backers for their enterprise, with seed funding and continued backing from The Prince’s Trust and support from The Beauty Lab Collective. They are mentored by Dion Nash from Triumph and Disaster and business leader, board director and author David Downs.
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I was referred to AIG – the world’s largest insurance company – by a former colleague who headed up the company’s communications activity for the Asia/Pacific region. The brief was to provide strategic direction and counsel on an ongoing basis following the tragic Canterbury earthquakes.
The ecentre at Massey University has reaffirmed its place as a leading incubator hub for tech start-ups, winning a Callaghan Innovation service expansion contract, announced by the Science and Innovation Minister, Paul Goldsmith.
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Fast, easy, accessible satellite connectivity for all of us is one step closer, in a new deal between Wireless Nation – a wholly owned New Zealand internet provider – and leading global satellite company Gilat Satellite Networks.
ASG Education Programmes NZ reveals the true cost of education. hPR spreads the word, as seen on the front of the NZ Herald and The Christchurch Press.
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