Has New Zealand been voted the world’s best country yet again because we care for our country more than others do or just because, geographically, the country looks great, is isolated and not many people live here? According to a Telegraph Travel newspaper readers’ annual poll, New Zealand has once more
Editor’s picks
Hot topics of interest selected by the Make Lemonade editor.
Rising NZ start-up delivers major app for Dubai courier
Christchurch - April 12, 2016 A rising New Zealand app developer spent a week driving around the streets of Amman in the Middle East to find out what technology couriers really needed. Christchurch LWA Solutions chief executive Atta Elayyan wanted to know what Jordan’s courier drivers required to be hi-tech equipped before pitching
Forget flags – get into cool new Kiwi technology
Christchurch - March 29, 2016 If anyone is unsure about New Zealand’s identity - be it the fern flag or the current one with the Union Jack – listen to this Bloomberg Business clip: http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-hello-world-new-zealand/ It talks about the indomitable Kiwi No.8 fencing wire spirit as being one of the most far
Hang in there Cantabs – your resilience is not just a facade
By Make Lemonade Digital Media Specialist, Janelle Blythe Christchurch people have gained a reputation for resilience since the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes but is this resilience just a facade ready to crumble during the next big shake? Cantabrians are generally very proud and humble people so of course they want to be
Young Cantabrians must be encouraged to ask for help
Christchurch, February 16, 2016 By Make Lemonade digital communications specialist Janelle Blythe Young Cantabrians have a range of services at hand to help them if they are suffering stress, anxiety or depression despite whatever mental health funding is available. Next Monday is the fifth anniversary of the fatal February 22, 2011 earthquake. Christchurch
The last straw for concrete homes?
Auckland - February 12, 2016 An international conference at Methven in Canterbury next month will add fuel to straw-earth buildings being the way of the future for New Zealand homes. Many New Zealand houses are made of natural earth and straw materials which are hugely popular in Europe as supplies of cement
NZPI planning for big conference attracting more than 500 NZ planners
Auckland - February 2, 2016 The New Zealand Planning Institute (NZPI) is preparing for its big national conference in Dunedin on April 12 to 15 which will help shape the future of the country. Speakers include Building, Housing and Environment minister Nick Smith, former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Commissioner for the Environment
