[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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Sunnyvale CA based automotive devices company PLX Devices has created the PLX Kiwi. A variation on their multifunction gauges, it has an embedded algorithm that calculates mileage and suggests how to drive to maximize fuel economy. The kiwi score keeps track of efficiently you drive.

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Kabul Hillside [via flickr]
Kabul is definitely not a place that springs to mind when we build a list of places that we need to see before we depart this world, but if not for the challenges the Afghanis face, it should be:
Kabul is situated on a mountain plain and can be stifling hot during the [...]

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Colin Murdoch, 79, the creator of the disposable syringe, the tranquilliser gun, the childproof bottle cap and the silent burglar alarm died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer.
He was a pharmaceutical and veterinary chemist as well as an inventor. Working late at night at the kitchen table or in his workshop, Murdoch became [...]

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Black Grace – a New Zealand slang term for courage and bravura – began 13 years ago as an all-male troupe with a South Pacific accent is taking North America (and Toronto in particular) by storm. The recipient of numerous acclaim from the likes of the Boston Globe and the New York Times they have [...]

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The Band Katchafire, all the way from Hamilton New Zealand, got their name from Bob Marley’s album “Catch a Fire”. Bob was the inspiration for this band even before it’s formation in mid 1997.

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