If you are interested in information on climate change, the role of Antarctica, impacts on Whangarei and what you can do about it, please see my June 2017 school presentation. Fig: Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, 2017) Larsen C shelf is breaking off in Antarctica. The 5,800 skm iceshelf is three times the size … More Global Warming – what can we do in Whangarei?
On 8. June Tony Collins, CEO from North Chamber, organised an excellent networking breakfast in Whangarei. From an engaging discussion on the future of Northland, the following two topics emerged: Smart City Smart Transport Rather than the rest of the country keep talking about cool & innovative topics, it was suggested that Northland leads the … More Onerahi-2-Bridge pre-election transport competition on 28. Aug 7:45am
What is a Smart City? A smart city is a city which provides high quality of living and offering great experiences without major negative impacts on the environment. A smart city addresses all senses: visual, audio, smell, touch and probably soon articifical intelligence (AI). AI, deep learning and IoT, internet of things, are huge buzz … More Whangarei – NZ first true Smart City
In May 2017 we took the Kiwi Innovator Gareth Cronin, an executive of NZ’s biggest IT export company Xero, to several schools in Whangarei. Gareth discussed the need for more IT talent to come from regions like Northland. He also stressed that we need many more girls getting into exciting technology careers. Information Technology or … More Girls into Tech
Instead of buying food from far away places, it makes much more sense to buy food, which is grown locally, sold by local farmers and consumed by locals. There are studies which calculate how many kilometers are traveled to produce and deliver foods to You, the consumer. Here some staggering numbers: yogurt – over 10,000km … More Local Kai
Here is a very interesting interview with my fellow oceanographer Professor Dr Martin Visbeck on the state of the ocean and what we should/ need to do to preserve it. Also see the “Deep Trouble in the ocean” and ‘how to improve the state of the ocean’ article in the Economist on the topic. With our … More Saving our oceans
On 6. June 2017 N3T, a subsidiary of NIC, has launched its first Maori Youth Scholarship . The Scholarship is in memory of G.H. Wilmes, a visionary woman dedicated to excellence and youth development. Our next intake for 2018 will be in Q4Y18. If you like to apply for the scholarship, please fill in the following form. Our … More G.H. Wilmes Maori Youth Scholarship
Since mid March 2017, New Zealand has got a new Unicorn. Do you know what a Unicorn is? A unicorn, in the world of business, is a company, usually a start-up that does not have an established performance record, with a stock market valuation or estimated valuation of more than $1 billion (Check out CB … More NZ’s newest Unicorn
When I came to Aotearoa from Europe in 1996, Kiwi’s talked a lot about the “tyranny of distance”. I needed to research what that meant. It meant when you export big, heavy products to the world, we were very disadvantaged. Fast forward to the Millenial world (people born in 80’s and 90’s) of 2017. NZ … More Daring to imagine, is daring to live
We are hosting our next monthly ADI at NorthTec’s Future Trades (19 Dyer St, Whangarei). Please book your mentoring session now – so you won’t miss out. So far we had some of the following ideas brought to us: natural ice cream, manure pots, back fitness tool, first nation tourism concept, an electric buggy and … More Monthly entrepreneurial support
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