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A recent report from the PEW Charitable Trusts finds that the exploitation of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) to catch tuna is on the rise, with FAD development more than doubled since 2006 in the Pacific Ocean alone. From 2011 to 2013, the estimated ...

A 2025 smokefree New Zealand is unrealistic unless a series of recommendations from the Māori Affairs Select Committee are implemented to target Māori smokers, says New Zealand First. “In the five years since the Committee outlined its 42 recommendations ...

The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today strongly condemned the raid early this morning (Wednesday) on the MV Portland in the Australian home port for which it is named. Up to 30 security guards were reportedly used to eject ...

ECO today challenged the Government to think again on its flawed marine protection proposals which fail to cover the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and will weaken protections.

Analyst firm IDC says worldwide PC sales for the last quarter of 2015 were 10.6 percent lower than the same quarter a year earlier. Rival analyst Gartner puts the drop at 8.3 percent. Overall sales for the whole year dropped below 300 million units. The last time sales were below 300 million was 2008. Apple […]

New Zealand First says the muted reaction to President Obama’s promotion of the TPPA in his final State of the Union raises big questions over what New Zealand is signing up to.

Tim Hughes comments on Geekzone‘s story about Skinny’s 4G broadband service. He suggests $200 is a lot of money to pay upfront for a modem. Maybe. The Skinny 4G service costs $55 a month for 60GB of data. From reading the Skinny site it seems the modem is not optional. If you stick with Skinny for a […]

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Stuff reports: US President Barack Obama hopes to visit New Zealand this year – just the third time in history a United States president has been here. The visit could have been as early at February 4, for the signing of the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. But Cabinet minister Simon Bridges is pouring cold […]

This is the second and final post discussing some broad ideas for building a better city. The first post discussed the dynamic nature of cities and argued that a focus on appropriate pricing and incentive mechanisms was important to managing urban ills without stifling beneficial change. This part discusses how we might identify policy areas [...]

Press Release – MetService Northwesterly winds are expected to strengthen across many parts of the South Island and lower North Island tonight ahead of a cold front approaching from the south. Fine weather and warm temperatures in the east of the South Island will come to an …MetService News Release 14 January 2016 Northwesterly winds […]

Press Release – Campaign for Eco-Safe Tuna A recent report from the PEW Charitable Trusts finds that the exploitation of drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs) to catch tuna is on the rise, with FAD development more than doubled since 2006 in the Pacific Ocean alone. From 2011 to 2013, the estimated …What’s the Catch? How […]

Recreational fishing parks should not be included in the primary legislation for protecting New Zealand’s marine environment, Forest & Bird says.

Recreational Fishing a Low Priority for Government New Zealand First says the government’s proposals for recreational fishing parks in Marlborough and the Hauraki Gulf should be treated with caution. “The concept of recreational parks is good but given fisheries ...

This is the view from our room at the Club del Mar in Jaco.  Right next to the beach. We spent three nights there. Our room – very spacious. Sunset at Jaco. We did a half day trek through the jungle on horseback. I’d never rode a horse  before, so was quite pleased that the horses were not […]

There’s an objective side to reviewing technology products and services. There’s also an emotional side. I’m often interested in exploring how I feel about integrating technology into my work and life. It’s not something I write about often because it is so personal. One size does not fit all. However, I’m aware that my emotional response […]

The Australian and New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR) has released new resuscitation guidelines that are endorsed by both the Australian and New Zealand Resuscitation Councils. Of some 75 existing guidelines, 47 are replaced by ANZCOR ...

The WordPress.com OS X app is beautiful and almost pointless. WordPress has wrapped its app around the most recent browser version of the WordPress.com software. That’s it. It runs well enough, but it doesn’t do anything that can’t be done in the browser. Moreover, there are some things it doesn’t do, so you are sent […]

The Herald reports: The Environment Court has refused an Auckland man’s application to remove a huge tree from his heritage property Valhalla because of a legal technicality – despite it presenting an “undeniable presence of risk to human life”, according to a judge. The tree has caused thousands of dollars of damage, including branches spearing […]

Moa Diet Fits The Bill Medical scanners, and the same software used to assess building strength after the Canterbury earthquakes, have revealed new information about the diet and dining preferences of the now extinct New Zealand moa.

Higher Education Institutions Must Grow the Strategic Role of IT to Differentiate Themselves in the Market

How did soft drinks that contain inexpensive ingredients, become the basis of multi-billion dollar industries and international brand icons, while also having a devastating impact on our health?

This is the first half of a two-part series of posts. It summarises a few ideas that have been banging around the back of my head for a while – basically, an attempt to answer the question: “What can economics do for cities?” In this part, I discuss a couple of important concepts: agglomeration economies, [...]

Private equity firm Anchorage Capital Partners bought Dick Smith Electronics for A$94 million in 2012. A year later it floated the business in an A$534 million public listing. Those numbers rang alarm bells at the time. At the NZ Herald, Hamish Fletcher quotes Matt Ryan of Forager Funds who says Anchorage pulled off “the greatest […]

Stuff reports: New Zealand will be among the bigger gainers from the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement, boosting exports by around 10 per cent by 2030. A study by the World Bank on the controversial trade agreement claims that while New Zealand will see a much smaller boost to economic output than the likes of Vietnam […]