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10 Years Since The Ground Ruptured Right Under Christchurch

Monday, 15 February 2021, 6:51 am | Make Lemonade

On February 22, 2011, a magnitude 6.3 shallow earthquake ruptured with devastating results, right under Christchurch. Next Monday is the 10th anniversary of the human devastation when 185 people died and 6659 people suffered major injuries – just ... More >>

Globally Award-winning Les Mills Offering Free Access To Kiwis

Friday, 12 February 2021, 1:08 pm | Make Lemonade

Internationally-award winning Kiwi exercise company Les Mills is offering free access to the world’s best group fitness workouts to New Zealanders next month, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. From March 1, TVNZ OnDemand will offer five ... More >>

Only Small Number Of Kiwi Students Progress To Tertiary Tech Education

Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 6:03 am | Make Lemonade

Technology is New Zealand’s fastest growing and second biggest export sector, but a new national survey has found only a small number of students progress from secondary to tertiary technology education. There has been a disappointing decline ... More >>

Digital Apprenticeships And More Internships Needed For NZ Tech Sector

Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 7:03 am | Make Lemonade

A major new national digital skills survey of New Zealand’s tech leaders back the creation of a nationwide digital apprenticeship programme. The scheme would benefit employers and workers and provide a clear pathway for those returning to work or ... More >>

Covid Accelerates Need For Entire NZ Population To Upskill – Report

Monday, 8 February 2021, 6:42 am | Make Lemonade

The covid pandemic has accelerated digitalisation globally and in New Zealand, necessitating a mass upskilling of digital skills by the entire population, a major new survey report says. More now than ever before, digital skills are essential for everyday ... More >>

ExerciseNZ Wants To Meet The PM Over Kids’ Activity And Mental Health

Thursday, 4 February 2021, 9:46 am | Make Lemonade

Schools are reopening after the summer break and ExerciseNZ wants to see greater efforts to address the serious fact of New Zealand having some of the least physically active children in the world, resulting in high levels of obesity and other health ... More >>

A Landmark Day In NZ’s Climate Change Commitment

Friday, 29 January 2021, 7:47 am | Make Lemonade

Sunday, January 31, must be seen as a red-letter day in New Zealand’s climate change history. Much is being speculated and anticipated about the work of the new Climate Change Commission. At 2pm on Sunday, He Pou A Rangi Climate Change Commission ... More >>

Burgeoning NZ Tech Sector Struggling To Get Enough Staff

Thursday, 28 January 2021, 7:14 am | Make Lemonade

New Zealand’s tech sector is struggling to get enough skilled staff despite strong job growth and thousands of new tech jobs being created every year, a new survey says. The Kiwi economy is being seriously restricted by a digital skills mismatch ... More >>

NZ At Serious Risk Of Ruining Its Digital Future, New Survey Says

Wednesday, 27 January 2021, 6:17 am | Make Lemonade

New Zealand is at serious risk of ruining its digital future which will impact on education, businesses and the national economy, a major new national digital skills survey says. The substantial national survey, paints a picture of lost opportunity, ... More >>

NZ Digital Skills Efforts, A Picture Of Lost Opportunity: Survey

Tuesday, 26 January 2021, 6:53 am | Make Lemonade

A major new national digital skills survey being released tomorrow, paints a picture of lost opportunity highlighting New Zealand is experiencing a digital skills mismatch which is impacting on the growth of the economy during difficult covid times. Digital ... More >>

NZ Facing Rampant Cybercrime Threats In 2021

Monday, 25 January 2021, 4:38 pm | Make Lemonade

New Zealand organisations and businesses are facing increasing and rampant cybercrime threats and the situation is getting worse, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Almost a million New Zealanders are falling victim to cybercrime every year, ... More >>

NZ Exercise Industry Appeals For Older Kiwis To Get Fitter, Before The Covid Vaccine

Thursday, 21 January 2021, 12:23 pm | Make Lemonade

New Zealand’s exercise industry is supporting the rollout of the covid-19 vaccine and protecting the people most vulnerable, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. He was commenting on the very latest Trinity College Dublin research which ... More >>

NZ Paying Soaring Glove Prices For Frontline Workers

Monday, 11 January 2021, 6:20 am | Make Lemonade

Photo: Steve Ardagh The world is facing a severe shortage of covid protective gloves and New Zealand is paying rising glove prices to help its front healthcare workers, a global leading Kiwi glove expert says. Californian-based New Zealander Steve Ardagh, ... More >>

Kiwis Leaping Into Exercise In 2021

Wednesday, 6 January 2021, 6:19 am | Make Lemonade

ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says people wanting to exercise again after the long holiday break should start gently with less intensity. This approach keeps activity manageable in terms of time available and allows people to build up ... More >>

The State Of The NZ Exercise Industry Post-Covid

Tuesday, 5 January 2021, 7:13 am | Make Lemonade

New Zealand has been helping other countries’ exercise industry organisations and registration bodies to open fully up post-covid lockdown and as nations start returning to business as normal, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. ... More >>

NZ Trends And Activity Advice For 2021

Monday, 4 January 2021, 7:26 am | Make Lemonade

Many Kiwis are suffering chronic stress because of the impact of the covid pandemic, a leading New Zealander exercise expert says. Covid and all that comes with it ,is still very much around and slowly wears people down, creating health issues as well ... More >>

Kiwi Tech Firms Helping Prevent Global Covid Infections

Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 12:29 pm | Make Lemonade

Kiwi tech companies Blue Mirror, Jupl and Serentia Healthcare have partnered to protect frontline New Zealand and global healthcare workers while treating covid infected patients. More than 1700 nurses have died of covid in the northern hemisphere ... More >>

Steady Exercising Does Count, ExerciseNZ Says

Tuesday, 15 December 2020, 8:25 am | Make Lemonade

Every Kiwi adult should throw out the idea that if they are not throwing themselves into a sweat-drenching workout for more than an hour it doesn’t count, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. New Zealanders must get more physically active. ... More >>

Game Developers’ Growth Just Part Of Rampant Kiwi Tech Sector

Sunday, 13 December 2020, 8:23 am | Make Lemonade

New Zealand game developers’ $323.9 million earnings in the last financial year is a perfect example of just what is happening across the rampant tech sector, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. It is fantastic to see the continued growth of ... More >>

First Exercise Day Of 2021 Just Weeks Away

Monday, 7 December 2020, 10:31 am | Make Lemonade

The first days of 2021 are just weeks away, raising the spectre of the annual tradition of resolutions, such as getting fitter. Healthier behaviours are valued more since covid arrived so 2021 promises to be a more active year for Kiwis, ExerciseNZ chief ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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