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| Give us a (tax) break! New Zealand tax cuts planned for 2008 |
| 2008-02-18 18:01:50 |
After keeping his cards very close to his chest, Finance Minister Michael Cullen has confirmed that there will be tax cuts announced in the 2008 budget.
Low surplus won’t hold tax cuts back
Despite a lower than expected Government surplus (for the six months leading up to December 2007, our NZ$815 million operating surplus was NZ$1.7 billion [...]...
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| Music classes go online for Kiwi kids |
| 2008-02-17 15:11:10 |
Internet technology is now bringing online music classes to students around New Zealand who otherwise would be without music tuition. Through online video conferencing, kids in remote New Zealand locations, such as the Chatham Islands and the West Coast, can now learn from tutors online.
Merryn Dunmill, project director at the Christchurch School of Music, said [...]...
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| Get some love into your life on Valentine’s Day! |
| 2008-02-13 15:14:44 |
A day to celebrate love and romance!
A chance to let your special person know they’re special. An excuse to send a Valentine to your secret crush. An opportunity to find the love of your life. However you celebrate Valentine’s Day, there’s plenty to organise. We can help. For Valentines Day conundrums and queries, take [...]...
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| Wireless Internet options open up new mobile Web world |
| 2008-02-13 14:58:06 |
If you’re one of the many who have been waiting impatiently for mobile Internet to take off, you’ll be excited by the news that (after much investment and talk) wireless broadband Internet services are finally coming of age.
Combining the Internet with mobile technology can now deliver a high speed - and high quality - wireless [...]...
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| Japanese whaling condemned by international community |
| 2008-02-10 21:43:31 |
In recent days, the publication of graphic whaling photos showing the reality of Japanese whale hunting has outraged the international community and added fuel to the anti-whaling campaign.
Video footage and photograph stills of two dead whales - claimed by some to be mother and calf - have circulated throughout the world. The images were captured [...]...
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| Flight of the Conchords win Grammy award… it’s business time! |
| 2008-02-10 20:42:55 |
Flight of the Conchords - two of our best known (and funniest) comic ambassadors - have won a prestigious Grammy award for their EP, The Distant Future.
For those not familiar with this quirky musical duo, Flight of the Conchords is the comedy-child of Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie. As well as being stand-up comedy musicians [...]...
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| Survival of the fittest: Coast to Coast results 2008 |
| 2008-02-10 15:00:56 |
The annual Coast to Coast race was first organised in 1983 by New Zealand athlete Robin Judkins. The inaugural race involved a respectable 79 competitors - a number dwarfed by the 800 participants in the 2008 Coast to Coast event.
Individuals and two-person teams can take part in the endurance multisport event, competing over one or [...]...
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| New Zealanders view partial solar eclipse spectacle |
| 2008-02-07 15:12:43 |
If you were excited about last year’s lunar eclipse, you would have been equally thrilled at the prospect of a rare partial solar eclipse yesterday.
A solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, causing our view of the Sun to be blocked. Yesterday’s spectacle was the first in three years [...]...
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| Haka world record attempt at Kaiapoi |
| 2008-02-06 15:00:20 |
As mentioned in an earlier post, the idea of world records is massively appealing.
It seems 2,174 people agree: that record-breaking number performed the haka at Kaiapoi yesterday, during Waitangi Day celebrations in North Canterbury. Despite many giving up in frustration at the long queue to join the haka performance, the number of participants broke the [...]...
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| Computer security and Internet spyware: who can you trust? |
| 2008-02-04 14:10:29 |
Online and computer security has been a hot topic of late, with online banking security and spyware the major issues.
The latest problem with spyware is not from hackers or malicious website, but from the people you know and possibly live with. Most notably, suspicious spouses who turn to spyware to monitor their partners every online [...]...
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| Microsoft makes takeover bid for Yahoo |
| 2008-02-03 15:20:48 |
An interesting battle is going on between the world’s major search engines…
You might have noticed that Google dominates online search, but Microsoft has a plan to knock Google from its top spot as Internet search leader. While analysts believe Yahoo will do everything in its power to remain independent, Microsoft is strongly encouraging Yahoo to [...]...
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| Celebrating Waitangi Day in New Zealand |
| 2008-01-31 19:27:18 |
What does Waitangi Day mean to New Zealanders?
Every year on 6 February, New Zealand celebrates its national day and the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. More than 150 years ago, a contingent from Britain signed our nation’s founding document with over 500 Maori chiefs, making New Zealand part of the British Empire [...]...
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| World Buskers Festival brings 10 days of laughter to Christchurch |
| 2008-01-15 20:06:50 |
The 15th World Buskers Festival kicks off today in Christchurch and continues until January 27th. Forty acts from ten countries, including New Zealand, will perform their various talents around the streets of the city.
When the busking festival started fifteen years ago, there were eight acts and two events which drew 8,000 people. Last year’s [...]...
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| The world of New Zealand scuba diving |
| 2008-01-14 14:12:32 |
New Zealand is a wonderful place to vacation, and scuba diving around our coastline is simply breath-taking. Our coastal waters offer some of the best scuba diving and snorkelling in the world.
There are many wonderful New Zealand dive spots including the world renowned Poor Knight Islands and the Rainbow Warrior Wreck, plus closer to Auckland, [...]...
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| We remember Sir Edmund Hillary, a great New Zealand hero |
| 2008-01-13 17:00:09 |
The death of Sir Edmund Hillary on January 11th is an event that has touched every New Zealander. As one of our greatest New Zealand heroes, Hillary was not only a Kiwi adventurer of the highest calibre, he was a compassionate and visionary person. In short, a truly admirable human being. Of himself, he said:
“In [...]...
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| What does the future hold? Predictions for the Internet in 2008 |
| 2008-01-10 17:57:12 |
Now that you’ve got your new year’s resolutions sorted out, it’s time to make your predictions for Internet trends, developments and happenings in 2008. Surf the Web and you’ll find countless predictions - from top analysts to beginner bloggers, and anyone interested in the online world. Just some of the developments may be in…
Social networking
One [...]...
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| Make 2008 the year: New Year’s resolutions that stick |
| 2008-01-07 17:00:46 |
Welcome to 2008!
The beginning of a new year often spurs us to set goals and challenges to achieve over the coming months. With human nature being what it is, many new year’s resolutions are steady favourites. This might be the year you plan to:
Find a new job - a change in career can provide new [...]...
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| Summer holiday wishes from the NZS.com team! |
| 2007-12-21 21:10:09 |
A final word from the team here at NZS.com before we head away for the summer holiday break…
The long, hot days of the summer holidays should be a time of relaxation for mind and body, spent with family and friends - and giving you time out from the schedule of regular life! Take a look [...]...
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| Gisborne earthquake shakes New Zealanders up |
| 2007-12-20 18:55:36 |
Significant events can have an impact on people everywhere in New Zealand…
The earthquake that shook Gisborne yesterday measured 6.6 on the Richter Scale and was felt in the lower North Island and upper South Island. The quake was centred fifty kilometres offshore and forty kilometres deep.
Fallen chimneys, weakened foundations and damaged buildings resulted from the [...]...
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| Camping holidays are on our minds… and in online search statistics |
| 2007-12-19 14:38:12 |
More interesting statistics from the world of online search, this time demonstrating clear online search trends as we approach the holiday season. A highlight of many a New Zealand summer is the Kiwi camping holiday - packing the car and heading to the beach, campsite or holiday park with kids, chilly bins and kayaks in [...]...
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| NZ summer sports: golf statistics and handicapping |
| 2007-12-18 14:52:03 |
Today I came across the official New Zealand Golf Network’s statistics website which calls itself DotGolf. This website runs software where you can look up any member of any golf club in New Zealand to see what their scores have been and what their handicap is, as well as tracking how your friends (or competitors) [...]...
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| New Zealand and Canada to strengthen connections |
| 2007-12-16 13:59:57 |
It was great to be flying the New Zealand flag in Vancouver last month.
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise invited Rocket Lab to participate in a Trade Mission to Canada, and we were on the November 2nd inaugural Air New Zealand direct flight from Auckland to Vancouver. Instead of having to change planes in the [...]...
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| Galaxy Zoo: ordering galaxies in space |
| 2007-12-13 14:57:37 |
In my perambulations around the Web the other day I discovered a very geeky site, that I have since used quite a bit, called Galaxy Zoo.
Astronomers have taken over a million pictures of galaxies in space - and now they need to categorise them. Currently, the only way that we can categorise galaxies is by [...]...
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| The NZS.com community are savvy Internet users… |
| 2007-12-10 13:36:21 |
Recently NZS.com enlisted the help of Nielsen//NetRatings to survey our fellow NZS.com community members and we’ve found (what we thought already) that we’re all a savvy bunch of Internet users!
There were a few interesting statistics that came out of the survey. One of these statistics that caught my interest was the metric that a higher [...]...
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| Christmas shopping, are you over the malls yet? |
| 2007-12-09 14:09:49 |
Are you over all the people and over all the queues? Well, I know I am. So, why not turn yourself to the world of online shopping?
There are some other benefits of shopping online too:
Because you’re at your computer, you have the ability to research a product using the Internet, giving you a good [...]...
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| Is Facebook worth US$15 billion? |
| 2007-12-06 15:54:14 |
Microsoft has paid US$240 million for a 1.6% stake in social networking site, Facebook, making the company instantly worth US$15 billion.
Does this statement ring true? My view on this is that it’s a ridiculous theory.
Sure, if you do the maths considering current equity positions, it might come to $15 billion, but is that really what [...]...
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| New Zealand Google search statistics 2007 |
| 2007-12-04 22:49:42 |
What are Kiwis searching for online?
Recently released 2007 search stats from Google show clear (and unsurprising) favourites in New Zealand search trends.
Top Google Searches:
Bebo
TradeMe
YouTube
Hotmail
Gmail
It’s great to have a New Zealand site in the top five searches - and what a phenomenon that NZ online auction site has become. As someone who’s navigated [...]...
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| Swicki’s out of Beta |
| 2007-12-04 21:10:12 |
Earlier this week Eurekster, a New Zealand company working on vertical search engines called ‘Swicki’s’, came out of Beta. Steve Marden (the Eurekster CEO) wrote a blog post on what it means to be out of Beta - it’s a great read on the achievements of a local New Zealand company who have been making [...]...
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| Online advertising shows continued growth |
| 2007-11-29 21:04:38 |
I read with interest that New Zealand Advertising">online advertising has grown by 23% in 3 months. Businesses and individuals had spent the best part of $41 million in Q3! That takes the total year to date spending to $98.6 million. Estimates are that the yearly figure will exceed $120 million.
When you think about it, though, [...]...
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| Moving To Mars by Dancefloorguru |
| 2007-11-29 18:15:59 |
This week I heard about the Dancefloorguru hip space tune ‘Moving To Mars.’ The music video is epic and the song rocks, so you absolutely have to check out the video below. The lads from Dancefloorguru are based in Dunedin and do gigs there and around Queenstown, but one day I [...]...
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| Counting down to your Christmas holiday? |
| 2007-11-27 19:42:37 |
Hark the Christmas angels sing!
It’s that time of year again. Almost. When trees are brought inside and decorated with shiny baubles and lights, when Christmas carols are played on repeat, when children leave cake out for Santa, and Christmas gift shopping pushes us to the edge. Oh, and the birth of Jesus the saviour is [...]...
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| Big Day Out 2008 brings big band lineup to Auckland |
| 2007-11-26 19:43:04 |
Once we’re over Christmas, another exciting event is on the horizon: the Big Day Out 2008.
Or should I say THE BIG DAY OUT. That’s how big it’ll be.
I, along with hundreds of others, am looking forward to it. Butterflies in the stomach kinda thrilled about it, actually. Don’t tell anyone, but this is my first [...]...
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| Qantas Television Awards : TV 3 is tops on New Zealand TV |
| 2007-11-25 14:03:12 |
Can we have a round of (canned) applause for TV 3? They took out the major awards in the 2007 Qantas Television Awards on the weekend.
Outrageous success for Outrageous Fortune
Robyn Malcolm (remember her in a sensible nurse’s uniform on Shortland Street?) won Best TV Drama Actress for her role in hilarious New Zealand comedy Outrageous [...]...
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| New Zealand Windows OS statistics from October 2007 |
| 2007-11-25 13:55:14 |
The new Windows operating system (OS for short), Windows Vista, was launched on the 30th of January 2007 in what Microsoft described as “the most significant product launch in Microsoft history.”
Since then, early adopters have been buying Windows Vista and most new PC’s on the shelves in New Zealand stores are pre-loaded with the operating [...]...
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| Are you a desk slug? Get active with online fitness training. |
| 2007-11-22 21:13:49 |
Apparently desk dining is a common phenomenon. I know I’m guilty as charged, but are you one of the many hardworking, office-air-breathing employees staying put during your lunch break and eating lunch in front of your computer?
I know I’m a fitness junkie outside office hours, so the odd slug-like lunch break doesn’t bother me. Fitness [...]...
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| NZS.com adds another performer to its ranks |
| 2007-11-20 14:45:41 |
Here we grow again, adding more members to the NZS.com team…
This week we welcome Dean Stirling to the role of Sales Executive. Our latest addition comes with over three years experience in B2B sales in Web and Internet marketing. Dean is passionate about the Internet and the part it has to play in [...]...
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| We’re the best at txt : New Zealand grabs world record for fastest txter |
| 2007-11-19 14:08:02 |
How fast are your thumbs? Not to harp back to the good old days, but it wasn’t so long ago that kids used thumbs mainly for grabbing things they weren’t allowed to touch, pinching other kids and picking up food with their hands at the dinner table.
Kids today are increasingly dexterous with their digits - [...]...
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