P-Money explains how creative things happen in NZ.
Kiwi music legend and humorist Chris Knox has suffered a major stroke. We all hope he’s ok.
Thanks to Mathew and Bronwyn, the Creative Freedom Foundation is here: The Creative Freedom Foundation launches today in New Zealand to unite artists who are against the removal of New Zealander's…
One cannot predict what part these oils will play in the Colonies in the future. In any case, they make it certain that motor-power can still be produced from the heat of the sun, which is always…
As the dust settles, it is clear that the unrest is far from over. Wikipedia has detailed and thorough coverage which is currently the best starting point for exploring the issue, as grandstanding…
In a 1950 editorial the "New Zealand Design Review" identified the "horrible forces ranged against good design" as Indifference, Cheapness First, Unnecessary Novelty, Mass Production, De Luxe…
It's been a long long time since I've participated in hours and hours of such lively and (mostly) positive discussion. I have to echo Mike's view that Wellington is one of the only places where…
We're safe and sound in balmy Sydney,
Russian tycoon announces to the Guardian that he is plotting the overthrow of the Russian state. Kasparov is arrested, and the Putin government orders demonstrators off the streets, and sends riot…
We all suspected that Marty was an insane genius, seems the art world is starting to pay him some attention after the close of the Obsessive Drawing exhibition. Not that any of this publicity would…
It's 3am, after a night of boozing and rampaging in Whitianga and everything is closed except for a takeaway bar on one of the side streets. Rustic bogan dude steps out of the line at the counter,…
A new TV3/TNS poll puts the Labour party back in front... Projected number of seats in the House on the basis of the latest poll results: * Labour 57 National 45 NZ First 6 Green Party 8 Maori…
I can't believe they're still arguing about this... it's the year 2005, can we really take the idea of investment and competition in copper wires that seriously? As if theres going to be incentive…
So Te Ara is finally live, and I'm immensely proud of having been involved in the design process, primarily the development of the CSS/Javascript system, the lower level content pages and the…
INTERJECTION: "Mr Lange Sir, if I may address you as 'mate', perhaps. You talk about the quality of rationality. Now I've heard many reasons advanced for keeping American sailors out of ports…
I have decided that John Key has wholly entered into hyper-reality, becoming little more than a holographic-psychic protective shell created by the minds of stress affective New Zealand taxpayers.
I recently heard of a situation where a project was completed ahead of schedule, on time and under budget. Much of this was that the person running it didn't bother waiting for pointless meetings…
This is the full text of my submission to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the proposed free trade agreement with the United States. Much of this draws from the precedent set…
Recently, I've been talking a lot about freeing the internet in Wellington by spreading excess bandwidth from various 'net connections across a city-wide mesh. But this is a best case scenario compared…
Check out this footage of my old mate Bryce in the ring with Shane Cameron, shot not long before the brutal fight in Auckland where Cameron ended up ahead on points but had his forehead beaten to…
Despite the fact that we may be just shambling toward a messy repeat of last time, I would urge all you Wellington residents out there to get out and vote in the local body elections. So far,…
I was supposedly going to be in Auckland this weekend, but things changed. After a fascinating discussion with Callum Strong on the relativity of rates on Thursday, I spontaneously decided…
The Independent Financial Review (via Stuff) revealed today that Air New Zealand and Boeing have a secret working agreement with Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation to test a new type of biofuel for jet…
He's a personable fellow, George, greeting our Prime Minister with a cheery "Hey, here's Helen!" upon her arrival. But he's not the sharpest tack in the pack, it must be said. I noticed he had some…
I noticed that New Zealand is not included on the Prejudice Map. Due to the obvious weirdness of our location on many Euro or US-centric world map projections, it's always funny to see where we are…
Labour: wipe interest on all student loans. National: cut petrol tax. Vroom vroom... Let's treat the NZ public like a boisterous toddler. If they don't listen to us, we'll just stuff their…
Make a National billboard... a few people have taken this for a spin with the most obvious tax joke ever, looking after US interests, the Green Party, authority, and facism and socialism.
Brilliant: tardme.co.nz... complete with threats of legal action.
Since last week, the New Zealand Immigration Service website has been getting over 10,000 hits per day, and a stream of enquiries from Americans wanting to escape the BushCo…
"Freedom of the will" - that is the expression for the complex state of delight of the person exercising volition, who commands and at the same time identifies himself with the executor…
The result of the Smacking Referendum is really disappointing. I know of many people who refused to vote because they felt that the question misrepresented the actual law and the intent of the policy.
maetl.coretxt.net.nz is blacked out: Stand up against "Guilt Upon Accusation" for New Zealand Read more at creativefreedom.org.nz
How Do Committees Invent? is a 1968 paper by Melvin Conway, where he describes a social phenomenon later transliterated into the Conway's Law adage by Fred Brooks in the Mythical Man Month. The essence…
Finally... A Creative Commons License that is legally valid in Aotearoa New Zealand. There's a few links on a few sites I should start updating now. Well done to Alastair Pharo, Brian Opie, Karin…
The Dominion Post all but ignores the local body elections for months leading up to the final vote count, but then turns around and has absolutely no problem giving Owen Scott a soapbox for hand-wringing…
Wellington based startup Ponoko went public today, in conjunction with the TechCrunch event in San Francisco. Some of you may have seen bits and pieces at the Dowse recently, or even come across…
The two teams have just briefed, the rooms have been set up, the network is streaming, and we're gathering up all the final bits and pieces we're gonna need (post-it notes, and assorted bits of…
Finalists for the New Zealand FullCodePress team have been selected, and I'm one of them! Final selection is tomorrow. Good luck to everyone who has been nominated, especially the other two selected…
The state of science education in New Zealand, is in dire need of a massive creative rejuvenation, but it can only occur to it's fullest once there is widespread knowledge of an irreconcilable crisis…
I'm not usually one to jump onboard the blog meme wagon, but after seeing the recent proliferation of America in Ten Movies or Less, I started wondering which ten films would best sum up the New…
One of the worrying things about this National Party under Brash, is the noticeable lack of clearly planned policies and strategies. In terms of fiscal objectives, these well documented tax cuts are…
KiwiMP is an open source project aimed at opening up the information available about New Zealand's government and political processes: For all its faults and foibles, our democracy is a profound…
In Remote Tagging: A Richer Social Model, Stowe Boyd describes an addition to the RelTag microformat that allows shared tags themselves to be embedded in the link.…
It's been over a week - and still no Wellington election results... The local body elections are obviously not taken seriously by the majority of the population - witness a voter turnout…
Matapihi is a free collaborative service stretching across New Zealand's collective cultural archive (see also: PictureAustralia and Images Canada). The search tool provides access…