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New Zealand punches above its weight in US patent registrations
New Zealand organisations claimed 0.47 percent of patents awarded by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2009, a total of around 800 claims.
This may not be a stellar figure, but it does appear to be growing and on a per capita basis shows New [...]

Media release – New Zealand Film Commission
NZFC CEO Graeme Mason is pleased to announce the appointment of James Thompson as NZ Film’s new Head of Sales and Marketing, based in Wellington, with immediate effect.
“I am extremely pleased that James has accepted this new position. Previously James was Business Affairs Executive at the NZFC, and worked [...]

Anyone prepared to delve even an inch beyond the pat little rationalisation contained in Robert Smith’s opinion piece on the justification for illegal downloading will know that it’s far from the truth.
Every illegal download of a movie deprives a filmmaker of payment for their work. And that has flow on effects to what is literally a [...]

Blair McKolskey is brimming with ideas for the future of furniture manufacturing in New Zealand - a future he says is coming under increasing threat from foreign competition.
McKolskey became the director of Finewood - an Auckland-based furniture manufacturer founded in the 1970s - around four years ago.
Finewood currently earns around 15 to 20 per cent of [...]

Richard Taylor has organised to take a unique collection of art, props and sculpture to Chengdu in China. This exhibition will also premiere a significant collection of fine art paintings from Greg Broadmore, the creator of Dr Grordbort’s – a property that Richard Taylor and partner Tania Rodger have developed with Broadmore in Wellington over [...]

Auckland software startup Ebus has cracked the booming TV advertising market in India and is looking to raise US$3 million (NZ$4m) to fund its expansion in Asia.
Ebus software lets advertisers, post-production firms and broadcasters collaborate on, and distribute, TV commercials instantaneously online, rather than posting or exchanging hard copies of the ads.
Trade Me founder Sam [...]

MUMBAI: New Zealand’s burgeoning film and television industry creates nearly 22,000 jobs and contributes an immense NZ$2.5 billion ($1.85 billion) to the New Zealand economy, a new report has found.
Prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, economic impact of the Film and Television Industry in New Zealand also finds that the sector contributes additional financial benefits to the country [...]

New Zealand’s film and television industry creates nearly 22,000 jobs and contributes $2.5 billion to the New Zealand economy.
A report from PricewaterhouseCoopers says the industry boosts tourism, heightens positive perceptions of New Zealand and enhances a sense of national identity.
It is likened to the wine industry, with both sectors growing rapidly over the past decade.
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Given he was being spoon fed by a former Italian supermodel the previous night, Anthony Boric was full of the joys of life at the All Blacks’ hotel on Thursday.
The photo was everywhere; Boric looking slightly bemused but hardly protesting as Natasha Stefanenko, host of the Italy’s Next Top Model television show, offered her assistance [...]

The All Blacks have been involved in filming a cooking segment for an episode of Italy’s Next Top Model at the Grani and Braci restaurant in Milan on Wednesday night (local time).
Five lucky All Blacks including Ma’a Nonu, Andy Ellis, Andrew Hore, Anthony Boric and Mils Muliaina got to cook with beautiful Italian women including [...]