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All Blacks: Why the Haka happens before the Game

November 29th, 2008 · No Comments


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New Zealand Most Desirable Country To Travel

November 11th, 2008 · No Comments

FutureBrand has release their annual Country Brand Index, and once again New Zealand scores big including the most desirable place to visit in the world.
CBI, now in its fourth year, is a comprehensive study of approximately 2,700 international business and leisure travelers from nine countries conducted by FutureBrand, a leading global brand consultancy, in conjunction [...]

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Tags: Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff · New Zealand · Travel · green things

Lotus Turns Prius into V8

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Lotus has developed an external sound system for hybrid and electric cars. The problem they are solving is that these cars at low speed are too quiet for the visually impaired who use sound to guide them where cars are coming and when they have passed. This makes a Toyota Prius sound like it has [...]

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Tags: Kiwi News · green things · hybrid · lotus

iPod 2.0 Goodness

July 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The upgrades to 2.0 for the iPhone and iPod Touch has arrived. If any one has tried to install upgrades and new applications in other smartphones then they will appreciate just how good iTunes + iPhone/iPod integration is.
I upgraded my iPod touch to 2.0 and added in Ebay app, AOL Radio (with NPR goodness on [...]

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Tags: Apple · IPhone · Kiwi News · iPod

iPhone Mania Hits Kiwiland

July 10th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on July 10, 2008 by SashaNZ]
IPhone 3G Mania struck New Zealand at 12am (NZ Time) this morning as red beanie (touke) wearing yanks desend on Auckland’s Vodaphone  shop on Queen St.Both ifixit.com and Engadget.com flew to New Zealand to get their mitts on lamburgers and Apple’s iPhone.

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Tags: Apple · IPhone · Kiwi News · Kiwi Stuff · New Zealand

Solar Powered Prius

July 7th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on March 5, 2007 by harpseal]
Toyota is rumored to announce that it will power the air conditioning using solar panels on the next Prius. According to Marketwatch:
The move will make Toyota the first major automaker to install a popular model with solar panels. The redesigned Prius will have solar panels on the roof, which [...]

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Tags: Autos · Kiwi News · green things · hybrid

Flywheel Hybrid Technology

July 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A very interesting vehicle electric technology out of the UK that has been developed for Formula One cars.

The companies that are working on this technology are Torotrak (UK Public), Xtrac (UK private) and the system integrator is Flybrid Systems.
technorati tags: flybrid, flywheel, hybrid, technology, green, xtrac, torotrak, power, green tech
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Apple Flash Holdout Flash In The Pan

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on August 31, 2007 by nobihaya]
The Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen spilled the beans over progress made on getting Flash working on the iphone yesterday:
MACMILLAN: And then just to follow-up was on the Apple iPhone 3G — any update on Flash support within that device? Thanks.

NARAYEN: With respect to the iPhone, we are working on [...]

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Tags: Apple · IPhone · Kiwi News · iPod

Lotus To Build More (British Racing) Green Cars

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

[Uploaded on November 28, 2006 by Fleur-Design]
Lotus Cars has won two green projects from the UK Government Technology Strategy Board.

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Tags: Jaguar · Kiwi News · green things

Thank God - JJ Bean Saves Lives

June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

[Uploaded on April 7, 2008 by Knitter Gal]
Universidad Autonoma de Madrid in Spain have conducted an extensive study into the health effects of coffee drinking and have concluded that there is no relationship between cancer and coffee drinking and in some circumstances lowered the risk of heart disease.

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Tags: Kiwi News · Starbucks · coffee