On the day that we are going to print with this issue, there was a new report released that has found that New Zealand’s space sector contributed $1.69 billion to the economy in the last financial year and employs 12,000 people. This was, of course, timely given who is on our cover. The Minister for…...
Georgia May Jagger may have got a leg up on fame via her Rockstar dad, but she can wow a crowd on her own terms, as is the case at the recent MontBlanc (Red) Launch event at the Boutique Champs-Elysees in Paris. “I think when your parents are as rebellious as mine were, it’s difficult…...
Get ready for the final final showdown between the Resistance and the First Order in the most ancient of match ups. Their weapons are the generations of knowledge that have led up to this moment and the skills they’ve picked up in their journey across the stars. We’re also left with the hint that maybe…...
The world’s most talked about space corporation, SpaceX, have consistently stayed in the public eye after they announced their plans to shoot rockets to Mars. To be honest, when the news dropped, there was a mixture of belief and speculation that Elon might’ve been smoking the stuff him and Joe Rogan shared on Rogan’s infamous…...
Ever since skating became the cool thing to do in the late 40’s, skateboarding has been a much loved pastime for young folk alike. The trusty design has ebbed and flowed to meet the needs of the riders with bigger noses and kicktails, deck upturns, and concaves. Industrial Taiwenese designer, Chia-Wei Chen wanted to take…...
Deep State By Chris Hauty As if we didn’t have enough fiction in the news, Deep State takes all the conspiracies and makes them a reality. When the White House Chief of Staff is found dead, it kicks off a chain of events where no one can be trusted. The Deep State is real and…...
What are the top three things on your bucket list? I dream of taking the family back to my roots and visiting the islands of Samoa & Niue, where my parents were born. Learning more about my mother tongue, the language(s) of our origins. Engaging with my children in our mother tongue would be such…...
What are the top three things on your bucket list? Travel through Russia in style with a personal guide taking us to places that most travellers don’t get the opportunity to see. Take my whole extended family, including brother, sister, cousins, parents, nieces, nephews, in-laws etc. to the Maldives to share a holiday together. We…...
What’s your morning routine? Meditation for 15 minutes as I wake up. Then I check my emails, news alerts, etc. Then head over to the gym for a quick workout. What advice would you give your 20 year-old self? It doesn’t matter where you’ve started. What matters is where you finish. Take a good look…...
Opening an article with a quote is a pretty cliché of way of introing a piece, but when I was pondering about what it means to be a ‘Man of the Year’, I kept coming back to Theodore Roosevelt’s famous, ‘Man in the Arena’ quote. The full quote is pretty damn powerful and worth a…...
Photographers, both pro and amateur, from 156 countries around the world have come together to share their best work at the 2019 Siena International Photo Awards. With over 48,000 images to sort through, judges have a tough time weeding the wheat from the chaff. Last year we focused on the human angle, in all its…...
Luxury Japanese car brand, Lexus, have been sending out top-quality cars since its establishment 30 years ago. Now they’ve released their first Lexus-branded 650-metre yacht which is set to sail into the market at a cheeky little USD$3.74 million. Making its public debut at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, the Japanese car maker has…...
Unveiled in September, Mercedes-Benz showed off their redefined Simplex car which was the talk of the town in the early 1900’s. The Simplex had a front engine, rear drive layout and radiator with very simple driving mechanics. The newly designed 1901 Mercedes 35PS has been conceptualised with a rose gold finish and a large 3D…...
The order you do something in is critical to you getting the result you desire. When you start out on a trip, it is a good strategy to know where you want to go, otherwise you can’t know when you have arrived. Equally, to be continually trying to solve the problems you face in your…...
Being an entrepreneur can be very lonely, unless you surround yourself with successful, like-minded people. My personal ‘tribe’ is my Entrepreneurs Organisation (EO) forum. A small group of Kiwi entrepreneurs with whom I meet on a monthly basis and discuss the top and bottom 5% of what has happened over the past month. The format…...
One of the most daunting tasks that you may experience during your career is asking for a pay rise. It is often the employee’s responsibility to bring up the pay rise topic and communicate this clearly to their manager. We recently conducted a workplace survey and found that 45% of respondents believe that they risk…...
Age is that demon that no one can run away from. We are born, we live and unfortunately, we die. Be it our ever growing population, or our aging labour force, it seems like we’re trying to squeeze as much as we can from this life before we all drop. According to a Radio NZ…...
December. Yep, another year almost over. And before we settle into some well-deserved R&R over the Christmas break, it’s time to reflect. Moving forward by learning from the past – what have we achieved? What haven’t we achieved? How can this help fuel what’s next? Looking internally is crucial to good business. While it’s great…...
Crank Gaming Handheld gaming took a hit from Smartphones, but that hasn’t stopped the developers of Firewatch from getting extremely experimental with the format and releasing Play Date. What will immediately stand out to you about this device is the fact it literally has a crank on the side. It isn’t used for powering the…...
