IT managers in businesses and governments are taking steps to ensure that the Summer Olympics do not bust networks or budgets. The opportunity for problems is there. The Olympics will be live streamed, and London's time difference means ...
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Textile design graduate Kristy Johnstone has gone the extra mile, traipsing around four merino sheep stations to gather the vegetation needed for the dyed wool and fabrics, which form part of an exhibition being staged in Wellington later ...
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Luxo Jr. is Pixar's lamp mascot that you can see hopping around before your movie starts, has been made into a real life object. A replica of the Pixar lamp called Pinokio and was created by three students at Victoria University of ...
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New Zealand's largest electricity producer,Meridian Energy has resumed talks with Rio Tinto Alcan,the majority owner of the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter over Rio's request for changes to 18 year contracts for power supply that kick in on ...
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Merino pioneer Icebreaker is appealing to a new generation of customers by launching a new fit and grading system for all its garments.Populations'body sizes have changed over time,so the New Zealand-based company hired global fit experts ...
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A key objective of Wools of New Zealand is to build the company,evolving within five years to be a fully commercial grower-owned sales and marketing business.Wools of New Zealand has spent considerable time meeting with all sectors of the ...
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Smith&Smith has sold its building glass company to focus on its core business of fixing car windows. Managing director Wayne Carter said Building Glass Limited had bought its building glass installation and repair business for an ...
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The Insurance Council of New Zealand (ICNZ) has appointed Tim Grafton as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective from November 2012. Grafton, currently serving as executive director at UMR Research, will succeed Chris Ryan, who ...
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Canada based financial services group Manulife Financial has acquired Benesure Canada, a third party administrator and distributor of life and disability creditor insurance services for mortgage brokers, in an undisclosed deal. Following ...
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Keep little ones happy over the next few months by ensuring they remain cosy outdoors with the new innovative range of winter coats from leading children’s online outfitters Wellies and Worms. This year’s selection sees ...
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Christie digital projection systems have been chosen for the premiere of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM), and New Line Cinema. To do justice to Academy Award-winning ...
Like fresh herbs?There's nothing better than picking your own herbs for cooking,and there is a product in development that is making it easier for the home gardener to have a fresh supply all year long.....without the dirt!Pod is ...
Discount retailer Lidl has expanded its Deluxe product range in the UK. Lidl said it has doubled the number of lines in the range in preparation for the Christmas season after sales of the range increased by 200%from 2011 to 2012.The ...
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Photo courtesy of ABC. Singapore Airlines and Virgin Australia are expanding their code-share agreement to cover further destinations in Australia,Asia,Europe and the United Kingdom. Code-sharing has been extended with immediate effect ...
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Canadian food processing company Maple Leaf Foods plans to establish a new distribution center in Puslinch Township, in the County of Wellington, Ontario, Canada. The center will act as the company's prepared meats distribution hub for ...
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