Stuff enters the business conversation with new platform
Stuff introduce a new business platform powered by ANZ, How:To, filled with guides, forums and more.
Stuff - search results
Stuff to use AI tech by Microsoft and Straker to increase te reo Māori articles
News site Stuff is partnering up with Microsoft and Straker to create an AI tool to increase the amount of te reo Māori content.
Stuff joins ChatGPT media boycott
As concerns grow from content creators about generative AI, Stuff blocks ChatGPT's parent company Open AI.
Foodstuffs partners with Zebra Technologies to improve shopping experiences
Foodstuffs is partnering up with Zebra Technologies to tackle issues such as lost sales, out-of-stock situations and streamline workflow and productivity.
Stuff kicks off Forever Fund with WildClean investment
Stuff commits $1 million to its new Stuff Forever Fund, to be used to invest in start-up businesses that have a positive impact on the environment.
Foodstuffs opening new distribution centre near Auckland Airport
<p>Foodstuffs North Island is opening a brand-new distribution <span data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="centre">centre</span> in <span data-scayt-lang="en_US" data-scayt-word="Mangere">Mangere</span>, Auckland. The new project will see closure of the current Rotorua branch.</p>
Why New Zealand’s strength lies in ‘the weird stuff’
<p>Almost 10 years ago, Sir Paul Callaghan challenged New Zealanders to think of their economy as more than just a farm. Progress has been made, but there's still more work to be done. Here, director of Te P?naha Matatini professor Shaun Hendy shares why laser scientists should be talking to dairy farmers and the fintech sector should be talking to mathematicians.</p>
Stuff fibre: desperate move, or the system working?
<p>As the old phrase goes, if you can’t beat ’em, sell ’em high-speed internet access. And that’s what Fairfax Media has decided to do, announcing the launch of a retail service provider called Stuff Fibre. So are the naysayers right when they say you can’t make money from broadband? Or does this move show that the system is working?</p>
ShopBots invade New Zealand: Is this the new way we buy stuff?
<p>Want to get the best deals at Noel Leeming's Massive Sellout but don't want to stand in line? Then use a ShopBot.</p>
Move fast, break stuff and listen: a look at the evolution of Facebook’s Canvas
Only 100 days after launching a major new product, you’d expect its creators to still be in celebratory mood, sipping on the leftover bottles of champagne that slipped by unopened during the launch party. But this was not the case when it came to Facebook’s Canvas. We chat to Canvas product manager Zack Hendlin about tweaking the platform whenever it's necessary.
We confuse “relationship with Asia” and “selling loads of stuff to Asia” at our peril
Asia New Zealand Foundation’s incoming executive director Simon Draper worries about our short-term, mercantilist view of our interactions with Asia.
Social online shopping: the new way Kiwis buy stuff on the Internet?
Former IdealogLive Pitch Circus winner, Curate, has just won the ‘established businesses’ category of the Equitise business development competition. Now the plucky start-up is looking to take its ‘social shopping’ platform to the mainstream.
Telescoping chandeliers, Louis Vuitton bag tables, light sculptures, and more: Eat-your-heart-out stuff coming from Italy and beyond
Vee Kessner travelled to Milan to check out the latest trends at the 54th annual furniture design extravaganza, the Salone del Mobile. Milano. These are some trends that struck her as she joined the more than 300,000 other visitors
Adventures of a start-up part 5: building muscles, salutary stuff-ups, and the power of collaboration
The latest ups and downs of our intrepid coconut yogurt entrepreneurs
Shock horror: Newest start-up accelerator eschews software developers; supports people actually making stuff (fluffy bunnies and high-tech hardware)
Start-ups are hard, and start-ups with physical products are even harder. Grow Wellington and Creative HQ aim to share some of their digital mojo for the touch-and-feel crowd.
Foodstuffs taps into anti-Aussie supermarket sentiment
Following moves by the two big Aussie supermarkets, Coles and Woolworths, to remove New Zealand-produced goods from their house brand labels, and Shane Jones' request for a Commerce Commission investigation into the way Progressive Enterprises treats its suppliers (plus the inevitable Facebook campa
Working smarter not harder: Four ways AI can support your business
Spencer Baily, Head of Meta New Zealand talks ways to leverage AI to support your businesses for the better.
Motorola launches new phones with te ao Māori capabilities
Motorola is launching their new phone with groundbreaking technology that allows fully localised user interface in the Māori language.
Stitching together Threads first 24 hours
In the first 24 hours Meta's new app, Threads - a direct competitor - to Twitter saw over 30 million sign-ups, so here is everything you missed.
The growing world of B Corps
In under a year the number of companies who have received their B Corp certification has doubled, we look into the surge of B Corps in Aotearoa.
The age of audio: Podcasts go mainstream
New Zealand is seeing more and more homegrown podcasts. We take a deep dive look into the uprise of the age of audio as they become the mainstream.
A Day in the Life: Pure SEO’s Richard Conway
<p>Richard Conway is the founder and CEO of searching engine optimisation company, Pure SEO. He is also on the board of The Well Foundation and the author of a book called <em>How to Get to the Top of Google Search: A Practical SEO Guide. </em>Here's how he gets through the day, how he organises his time and how he practices resilience. </p> <p></p>
Why the Women in Marketing event promises to be a day of inspiration, leadership and networking
<p>Women in marketing in New Zealand are curious, creative change makers. To celebrate their impact on the industry and dive deep into some lively discussions about what it's like to be a woman in the industry, the Marketing Association is hosting its Women In Marketing event next Tuesday, which is the first of its kind. Speakers on the line up include Anna Dean and Angela Meyer, co-founders of Double Denim, Cassie Roma, head of content marketing at The Warehouse Group, Caitlin Attenburrow, brand manager at Whittaker's, Julia Jack, chief marketing officer at Mercury and Idealog's own Elly Strang, who will be moderating a panel with some of the previously mentioned women. Read on for more details on where to find tickets. </p> <p></p>
A Day in the Life: Spacetime’s Alex Bartley Catt
<p>Alex Bartley Catt is the founder of artificial intelligence company, Spacetime. He has also previously founded multiple businesses, The Lucid Collective, a New Zealand made fashion label, What’s Good Blog, an online publishing platform for running events, Tips, a digital marketing company that focuses on websites, social media marketing and campaigns – and later, <a href="https://idealog.co.nz/design/2017/02/cafe-built-art-ollys-co-founder-how-caffeine-and-art-complement-each-other">Olly</a>, a part-time cafe, part time art studio placed in Mount Eden, set up alongside Chlöe Swarbrick and Bryan Anderson. Here's how he gets through the day, how he organises his time and how he handles the madness of business.</p> <p></p> <p></p>
The future is human: inside how a Master of Technological Futures can change people’s careers
<p>Tech Futures Lab is all about realising human potential for the digital age. See how its Master of Technological Futures has changed the careers and lives of people like you, including Seamus Barden from Fr@nk Innovation & Transformation and Ellen Yan, business development manager at Stuff. </p>
Is NZ dragging the blockchain?
<p>It's touted as the biggest thing since the internet, but is New Zealand already lagging behind when it comes to blockchain technology?</p>
From tech to touch, part one: Future of Sex founder Bryony Cole talks how Sextech is transforming human connection
<p>You would think that developments in tech that greater enhance people’s experience of their own sexuality would be welcomed openly. And yet, the stigma surrounding sex is so ingrained in society that the growing industry of Sextech is working hard to find its footing in our sex-obsessed, yet typically sex-negative, culture. In part one of the Sextech series, Courtney Devereux has a chat to the world’s leading authority on Sextech and Future of Sex podcast founder and host, New York-based Bryony Cole, about the untapped area of tech that many founders are afraid to touch: Sextech.</p>
Big ideas to tackle the New Zealand housing crisis
<p>Aotearoa is dealing with challenges when it comes to affordable housing, and while a host of solutions have been tried and tested to fix the problem, it is still occurring. But not all solutions are created equal. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ideas to tackle the housing crisis, from both locally and abroad – including co-living, fake wood and living with people old enough to be your grandparents.</p>
Companies celebrate their increasingly diverse workforces for IWD 2019
<p>Recognised since 1909, International Women's Day is a day of celebrating just how much women contribute to society, economy and communities. But it's also a rallying cry to recognise the work that is left to be done to achieve true gender equality. We take a look at how brands reacted to the annual celebration of womanhood.</p>