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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • Rugby research tracks player injuries

    2011-11-01 15:40:29 // // Idealog #36: workshop | 1 comment
    For AUT University’s Kelly Sheerin, the Rugby World Cup experience isn’t quite finished.
  • Hawke’s Bay rallies behind Black Sticks

    2011-09-30 13:58:51 // // The Idealog Blog
    An entire New Zealand community has joined together to sponsor a national sports team in its quest for Olympic glory in what it's calling a world first.
  • Baby bunnies to pound powder on fat Kiwi skis

    2010-06-22 21:53:11 // // Idealog #28: gear | 1 comment
    Why should grown-ups have all the fun? Boutique company Kingswood Skis is pioneering a range of fat kids' skis. No, not skis for fat kids, but fat skis for ordinary kids.
  • One-man brand

    2009-06-05 09:28:42 // // Idealog #21: features
    Kiwi golfer Michael Campbell has nurtured hopes of morphing into a global sports brand ever since he beat Tiger to win the 2005 US Open. It hasn’t happened yet. Andy Kenworthy spoke to Cambo about what could be the toughest challenge of his career. Plus Amazing Race host Phil Keoghan talks about his Enzed brand endeavours.
  • The pundit

    2009-05-15 12:37:52 // // Idealog #21: now | 3 comments
    Ten-year-old blogger Tanielu Tele’a and his fellow Pt England Primary colleagues achieve celebrity outside the classroom
  • Laser class

    2008-10-14 16:09:52 // // Idealog #17: now
    A new edge just may help win the America’s Cup
  • Little Kiwi battler

    2008-08-15 11:35:20 // // Idealog #16: features
    Kevin Roberts: is he God or just a good talker? Vincent Heeringa talks to the world’s most irrepressible optimist and New Zealand’s biggest booster about love and rugby, blue as the new green, snail porridge and the new simplicity. Plus the Eagle vs Shark quiz
  • Sticky business

    2008-03-31 09:11:11 // // Idealog #14: now
    The Velcro-like exercise wall is not for wallflowers
  • Air Everest

    2008-02-15 11:18:53 // // Idealog #13: now | 2 comments
    A Kiwi company builds the ultimate high-altitude rescue vehicle
  • Head-first design

    2007-12-02 05:59:36 // // Idealog #12: now
    Wonkavision now comes in colour—and it’s tuned to the rugby channel
  • Federation nation

    2007-10-30 05:00:00 // // Idealog #12: now
    With competition waiting at the end of every half-pipe, starting up a skatewear label is hardly a risk-free move. But it’s paying off for Nick and Jenny Clegg, who launched Federation Clothing out of their apartment seven years ago
  • Fast rubber

    2007-10-02 20:22:02 // // Idealog #11: now
    Apparently, not all our textile innovation went into the All Blacks’ World Cup jumper. Orca has designed the world’s first breathable wetsuit, which expels heat and moisture while keeping the ocean at bay. “We had a lot of triathletes coming to us asking, ‘Is there any way you can make cooler wetsuits’, so we tried to work out a way to make it happen,” say Simon Kenny of Orca