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The Kiwi Way?
Today, John Key gave the most important speech in his career to
date - the rags-to-riches kid was setting his vision. The Kiwi Way,
he calls it, a fair go for all, hope over despair, equality over an
ever increasing underclass. Is this apple pie politics? It's hard
to dislike something so wholesome. No-one can argue with the
sentiments, but is his vision like some of those pies - more
pastry than filling? John Key talks to Mark Sainsbury.
Sandspit Fight
Just north of Whangarei lies an 80-hectare sand dune that
captures the very essence of arguments over New Zealand coastal
property ownership. For 40 years, the Ngunguru Sandspit has been
privately owned and has remained completely undeveloped, but now
its relatively new owners want to build a small town on it. Landco
is proposing a 350-house development on 36 hectares of the spit.
The rest of the spit - more than half - will be set aside as a
reserve. The land isn't zoned for that kind of development and
locals are adamant it should remain that way. Sofia Wenborn gets to
the heart of the battle.
Closet Crooner
Twenty-two years ago, some advertising gurus found a relatively
unknown Dutch born Aussie and made him the face of Beaurepaire
Tyres. No-one, it seems, has since escaped Vince Martin. So much
so, he's arguably the most well-known face in this country but what
a weird existence because that fame is confined to just here in New
Zealand. In his other life, in New York, Vince Martin is a crooner.
Yes, a professional lounge singer leading a totally anonymous
existence. With that in mind we found out what he really knows
about rubber.
Windows Vista Update
Criticism has been flying around the world about Microsoft's new
operating system and one person leading the charge is New
Zealander, and computer science researcher from Auckland
University, Peter Gutmann. He's written a paper on Microsoft Vista
slamming it for the extensive reworking of its operating
system to provide content protection for "premium content". What
does that mean? Well, Gutmann says Microsoft will be able to do the
same as Apple does with iPod music. Effectively a brand monopoly,
and if they control dishing out the premium content it will cost
you more in the long run as well as the frustration factor. Click
HERE
to read Peter Gutmann's paper.
