Month: September 2015

Major power failure or earthquake biggest risks to NZ – survey shows

by Kip Brook - 1961

  Wellington - September 24, 2015   A major power failure or an earthquake on the Alpine fault or in Wellington are two of the biggest risks New Zealand risk managers worry about, according to a Risk NZ survey.   Risk NZ, the peak sector and professional body in New Zealand bringing together people and

Information technology experts discussing a big future for NZ next month

by Kip Brook - 2204

Auckland - September 23, 2015 An exciting future for computer science careers, which represent nearly 10 percent of the current 100 best jobs listed in the United States, is the central focus at a major New Zealand IT and computer education conference in Queenstown next month. Many of the country’s

Accolades keep flowing for top NZ design company

by Kip Brook - 2681

Christchurch - September 17, 2015 A Christchurch company is producing a string of world first award-winning hi-tech products that are saving money and saving lives of New Zealanders. The company, inFact, is New Zealand’s largest product design company and is the innovator behind Fibre-gen, which was a finalist at the Champion Canterbury

Tauranga businesswoman launching dog waste removal service

by Kip Brook - 2655

Tauranga - September 3, 2015 An entrepreneurial Tauranga PhD business student will next week launch a dog waste removal business which she plans to expand and franchise around New Zealand. University of Canterbury commerce franchising specialist Faith Jeremiah will start her Pet Poo Crew remove animal waste business in the Bay of

World-first Kiwi technology can be a big boost to lucrative forestry industry

by Kip Brook - 2220

Christchurch - September 3, 2015 A Christchurch company believes it can add tens of millions of dollars to the multi-billion forest industry by cutting-edge hi-tech testing to find out which trees are suitable for the booming housing and building construction markets. Fibre-gen has produced a world-first harvester head mounted sonic tool, the