Kiwi Crowned World Champion at Body Painting Festival
New Zealand body artist Yolanda Bartram has swept the supreme award at the 2010 World Body Painting Festival, marking a triumphant end to her 15 year journey toward body art’s highest honours.
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Business Press Releases, New Zealand
Market leading SaaS product for business analysts
The BA Kit has officially been re-launched. A Software as a Service (SaaS) product designed specifically for business analysis teams, The BA Kit is a governance framework for managing tasks and assignments, based upon an organisation’s methodology and best practice. The BA Kit is aligned to international business analysis standards and complements an organisation’s existing project management methodology.
McDonalds Weight Watchers Meals a Success
Figures released by McDonalds show the Weight Watchers Approved Meals have been a success, with over 100,000 being sold nationwide within three months.
Expert Plumber and Gas Fitter at your Service – Euro Plumbing
Euro Plumbing has an expert Plumber and Gas Fitter team. We can take care of all your commercial/residential gas fitting and plumbing requirements at affordable prices.
New Business Offers Better Website Results
A new service called Personal-Web-Presenter providing video of presenters that ‘float’ over the top of existing website content has just been launched. This captures the attention of viewers and improves the conversion rate of website landing pages. A website does not need a graphic re-design in order to use a Personal-Web-Presenter video. Adding this type of video is simple, cost-effective, and quick. The file sizes are small so content loads quickly and plays seamlessly, even on ‘speed-challenged’ broadband connections.
Dunedin Recycled Art Competition
Recyclia, a children’s art competition using recycled materials is being hosted by Keep Dunedin Beautiful, Dunedin City Council, and the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival.
Telecom Micro-SIMs Launch
Telecom NZ is to launch its own Micro-SIM cards from August 2010; enabling XT customers to use the latest Smartphone and notebook devices.
Telecom NZ and 111 Service
Telecom NZ has spent several millions on improvements to process and systems of the 111 service, following issues earlier this year. Telecom NZ CIO states that New Zealanders should have faith in the 111 service, which has achieved close to 100% reliability over the past 50 years.
Kiwi Charities to Benefit from Online Shopping
A new online bargain site with a conscience has launched giving customers the chance to help local charities simply by shopping at its 24 hour online store.
Super Talent Introduces USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache™
Super Talent Technology, a leading manufacturer of Flash storage solutions and DRAM memory modules, today announced the new “USB 3.0 Express RAM Cache™ drive”. Available in 32 & 64GB capacities, this new drive implements a DRAM caching system to boost small block random performance by up to 110x over USB 2.0 speeds
SKY TV Record Me
On 6 July 2010 SKY TV will launch RECORD ME – a new feature which enables subscribers to book a programme for recording directly from a promotion.
SONY NEX Series at IMAGE NATION Conference
Sony will showcase its new NEX Series to photographers at the annual IMAGE NATION conference this weekend at UNITEC, Mt Albert.
Fujifilm Finepix Z700EXR – A Touch of Class Right at your Fingertips
Fujifilm’s new Z700EXR combines style, award-winning technology and a gorgeous LCD touch screen – features which prove that this smart camera is in a class of its own.
Statutory Management of Hubbards, Aorangi Securities and Charitable Trusts
The Government has placed Mr Allan Hubbard, Mrs Margaret Hubbard, Aorangi Securities and seven charitable trusts into statutory management, following a recommendation from the Securities Commission. A number of matters have been referred to the Serious Fraud Office.
Regulation of Mobile Termination Access Services Recommended
The Commerce Commission has recommended regulation of mobile termination access services (MTAS), and to not accept undertakings from Telecom and Vodafone. The Commerce Commission expects that regulation will ensure all mobile users benefit from increased competition, resulting in access to more competitive prices and services.
Refunds for Broadband Customers
As a result of a settlement between the Commerce Commission and Telecom New Zealand, 1300 customers will be refunded for potentially being misled by a broadband promotion Telecom NZ conducted in 2008.
Toyota Plug-in Hybrid Technology
Toyota is teaming with Massey University to trial its Plug-in Hybrid technology in New Zealand as part of a two-year global field trial of the Plug-in Hybrid Prius.
Give a Dog a Home this Winter with Pedigree
Each year as many as 11,000* dogs are abandoned in New Zealand – unloved, unwanted and unable to comprehend what they did to deserve such desolation. Luckily now you can do your bit – both for your pet and the abandoned pooches of New Zealand! Purchase any PEDIGREE® product between June and August 2010 and PEDIGREE® will donate a portion of each sale to The PEDIGREE® Adoption Drive Charitable Trust.
Torrents Go Live for New Zealand
After much planning, code writing and setting up, Torrents.co.nz torrent meta-search engine is now live!
Reel Dreams Productions Opens for Business
Based in the Queenstown Lakes district of New Zealand, Reel Dreams Productions is a stand-alone film production company, specializing in high-end production of television commercials. “Everyone has a story and Reel Dreams tells that story through the wonder of film. Based in the Queenstown Lakes district of New Zealand, Reel Dreams Productions is a stand-alone film production company, specializing in high-end production of television commercials.