2011-03-10 13:54:21 // Vincent Heeringa
// Idealog #32: now
Rick Boven, executive director of the New Zealand Institute, took over from founding director David Skilling, who was not only very tall but had some large shoes to fill. So 18 months on, is Boven making his own mark? And what’s his big issue for 2011?
2011-01-06 12:53:29 // Stephen Jewell
// Idealog #31: now
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Peter Gordon and partner Michael McGrath have embarked on their most ambitious venture yet: teaming up with fellow expats Brandon Allen and Adam Wills, founders of UK-wide Gourmet Burger Kitchen, to open Kiwi-themed restaurant Kopapa in the heart of London’s ultra-competitive West End. How will they sell that? And didn’t Gordon get the memo about food miles?
2010-09-30 13:27:59 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #29: features
Waipara Valley winemakers are reclaiming some of the diverse native vegetation once lost to the thousands of hectares of grapes. By Amanda Cropp. Plus: battling the bugs at Mud House.
2010-09-03 15:05:26 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #29: export
Generally country of origin is just one of a number of factors people take into account when electing to buy or not to buy—but, okay, a ‘Made in North Korea’ tag may be an instant turnoff unless you love the Dear Leader.
2010-09-03 15:05:26 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #29: export
It’s marvellous that Harvey Keitel likes our beer and the world is gaga over Middle Earth, but are such accolades enough to shore up your particular exporting reputation?
2010-08-02 10:09:09 // Jacqui Gibson
// Idealog #28: now
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Meet the ex-scientist who’s taking our humble meat pie to the gourmand streets of San Francisco
2010-03-23 12:00:49 // Tony Laloli
// Idealog #26: workshop
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The World Expo should showcase Kiwi ideas—but Shanghai 2010 is a missed opportunity.
2010-02-09 23:31:00 // Vincent Heeringa
// The Idealog Blog
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After so many hints that a major overhaul of the Kiwi economy was to come, Prime Minister John Key's speech today records a blow for mediocrity.
2010-01-27 10:31:48 // David MacGregor
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In the notoriously competitive and difficult to differentiate airline business, Air New Zealand invests in design and experiential marketing
2009-11-13 09:57:54 // Matt Cooney
// The Idealog Blog :: The Idealist
Well, this was only a matter of time: Guardian columnist takes a quick look at our green credentials and doesn’t like what he sees. “My prize for the most shameless two fingers to the global community goes to New Zealand, a country that sells itself round the world as ‘clean and green’.”
2009-10-06 16:31:11 // Chris Tobias
// Idealog #23: celsias
John Key is doing his best to scythe sustainability from the government dictionary—and maybe he’s right. The S-word has baggage. It's about disagreement, good and bad science, frugality and fear. Chris Tobias suggests how to move beyond the arguments.
2009-09-25 08:57:33 // Mike Booker
// Idealog #23: celsias
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Johnny Rotten once mocked the Queen; today he saves his sneer for New Zealand butter. Our key export markets are increasingly in the grip of environmental and social activism, led by a virtuous circle of consumers and supermarkets. Some Kiwi exporters are on to this rapidly growing and mutating phenomenon. Others, Mike Booker discovers, haven’t a clue.
2009-07-31 11:40:36 // Vincent Heeringa
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Don Brash’ Productivity Commission is doomed for a simple reason: The Don. He's too divisive and wonkish to lead New Zild into the great productivity debate.
2009-06-24 14:57:34 // Amanda Cropp
// The Idealog Blog
Concerns about souvenir rip-offs have led to a Commerce Commission investigation of dietary supplements favoured by Chinese tourists. The possibility of legal action under the Fair Trading Act comes after Tourism New Zealand discovered visitors were paying up to four times the going price for some health products.
2009-05-21 23:39:44 // Vincent Heeringa
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How did 100 talented entrepreneurs pick an idea only Murray Hewitt would think is cool?
2009-04-24 09:40:36 // Amanda Cropp
// Idealog #20: features
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New Zealand pitches itself as a tourism hotspot—the world’s adventure playground, pure, clean and green. But when it comes time for our guests to leave, what do they have to remember us? By Amanda Cropp
