He waka eke noa
Get in: The Dig My Idea Māori Innovation Challenge is back
The Dig My Idea Māori Innovation Challenge is coming back. The question now is what innovative ideas it’ll help bring to fruition – and just how much they’ll change the world.
Come together
Springload and Touchtech are merging
Wellington-based digital agencies Springload and Touchtech have announced a merger and will now trade under the Springload brand. The merged entity will mean that Springload is now Wellington’s largest independently owned experience design company, housing almost 70 staff.
Climate Week, brought to you by Kiwibank
Can we fix it? Climate Change
Throughout history, blockades have been overcome by new ways of thinking and experimentation – try, try and try again, as the saying goes. This faith in the human ability to find solutions has led to everything from penicillin to electricity to flying machines. So, in a regular section in print called Can We Fix It? and in a series of online pop-up sections throughout the year – Idealog and Kiwibank will explore some of the world’s biggest – and, in some cases, most intractable – problems and then showcase some of the clever people trying to tackle them. First up, the existential threat that is Climate Change.
The times are changing
The fashion vs malls showdown: The challenges of the changing tenant mix
Malls appear to be refocusing their tenant mix around hospitality, entertainment, and services, says John Lenihan.
Accelerate my life
Behold: Lightning Lab GovTech
Lightning Lab GovTech is now a thing - and it's poised to help innovative folks create digital solutions for “better, faster and stronger” government.
Cash in cows
Cents in sheep? Syndex's new diversified fund banks on big money in New Zealand agriculture
A new investment fund focused on New Zealand's agricultural sector is promising access to hundreds of millions in assets - and the folks behind it say it shows ag in Aotearoa offers plenty of financial opportunities. Will investors bite?
Island innovation
Taking traditional Māori medicine to the masses: Inside the story of Aotea
Tama Toki’s unusual upbringing on Great Barrier Island led him to found a company that creates products inspired by his grandmother’s traditional Māori medicine. Called Aotea, it makes wellness tonics, honey and skincare, with a social good aspect involved, as jobs are being created to help alleviate people out of poverty on the island.
Deals! Deals! Deals!
Done Deal: Recent fundings secured, contracts inked and deals done, all for the tl;dr crowd
A roundup of recent deals done and/or did.
Equality
Equal slice of the pie: Pomegranate Kitchen's Rebecca Stewart discusses SheEO, social enterprise, women and venture capital funding, and more
Wellington-based social enterprise Pomegranate Kitchen has been named as one of five top female-led Kiwi businesses by SheEO. So what comes next, and how do we help close the massive inequality gap when it comes to women-led businesses and venture capital funding?
