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A conversation with Lech Walesa (Comments Off)

6/09/11 •
Eastern Europe would be quite different without the legacy of Lech Walesa. As leader of Poland’s Solidarity Trade Union, Walesa negotiated his country’s bloodless transition of power from 40 years of Soviet-dominated totalitarian rule to democratic elections in 1989. At 67, the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner has lost none of his fire, as Tim Collins discovered.
The sound of money (Comments Off)

6/09/11 •
IN-Business publisher Tim Collins met with diplomats, businessmen, academics and students in Moscow to talk Russian economic growth, free trade with New Zealand and corruption.
Lies, Damned Lies and Economists (Comments Off)

10/03/10 •
The mass media may have improved our access to information, but knowledgeable debate remains an aspirational work in progress.
Busy Signals (Comments Off)

1/19/10 •
The huddled masses of pinstriped public servants are looking down the corridors of power in nervous anticipation. Last year the government gave them a high profile kick up the ass. Public sector recruitment specialist Brian Cowper outlines what’s in store for 2010.
IN Business Launches to National (1)

9/30/09 •
With New Zealand Trade and Enterprise’s magazine ‘bright‘ scuppered in June public service cuts, Wellington upstart IN-Business is set to become the largest circulating business magazine in New Zealand. An editorial partnership between NZTE and year-old publication IN-Business has been signed to ensure the continuation of the export focused content that made bright New Zealand’s [more »]
Growing Force (Comments Off)

7/20/09 •
Young people in this country have a huge amount of choice these days when it comes to earning a crust. Universities and Polytechs can teach most people most things, changing careers is no biggie, nor is holding down more than one job at a time. Despite all these leniencies, there is still a kind of [more »]
Friend to Many (Comments Off)

7/19/09 •
A few years ago, carbon neutrality was new and overwhelming. Then it became the ‘cool’ thing to do, and now the novelty is wearing off again for some. Wellington Combined Taxis doesn’t give a hoot whether it’s cool or not, they’ve been subscribers for years. Nadine Isler caught up with Ani De Graaf, to find out more about their progress.
Double Life (Comments Off)

7/10/09 •
From scientist to suit; it can be a sizeable leap. But Wellington has a thriving innovation industry working feverishly to guide academics from eureka moment to the unfamiliar territory of the commercial world.
Heard about the Recession? (Comments Off)

5/04/09 •
At Trilogy, a Wellington-based skincare company, that question would result in a $5 fine. Sisters Sarah Gibbs and Catherine de Groot, who run Trilogy, have banned the word from their office.
Beggars Belief (Comments Off)

4/06/09 •
Frank Yukich (Montana Wines Founder) quietly delivered a gem on Campbell Live the other evening, I bet you missed it, I nearly did and I was actually watching the program.