Around the world, women have found themselves severely under-represented in leadership positions in both the public and private sector. Even here in New Zealand, where we were the first to give women the vote, and are currently under the leadership of our third female Prime Minister, gender inequality in the workplace is still a genuine […]
From A. J. Hackett’s Bungy Jump to Ernest Godward’s Eggbeater, we Kiwis have used our “can-do attitude” and out-of-the-box thinking to invent stuff since way back. These 10 young, successful entrepreneurs are no exception. All aged 30 or under, our hand-picked selection of budding inventors and business people are just a few of the many […]
There’s a popular story about Jim Carrey who wrote himself a post-dated cheque for $10 million for “acting services rendered.” He carried it around in his wallet for the next 10 years. At the time he wrote himself that cheque in 1985, he was broke. In November 1995, about 10 years later, Carrey found out […]
