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Technology Likely To Provide A Covid Silver Bullet
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:53 am | Make Lemonade
It is likely that technology will provide the silver bullet that New Zealand needs to manage covid-19, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The resurgent outbreak of covid in the community has served as a reminder that Kiwis will be having to manage ... More >>
Manufactured Rule Dishonoured The Cricket World Cup Final
Wednesday, 9 September 2020, 7:50 am | Make Lemonade
Last year’s electrifying Cricket World Cup final between England and New Zealand was destroyed by a manufactured rule which extinguished and dishonoured the whole event, former New Zealand cricket captain and coach Glenn Turner says. The status ... More >>
Ethically Sourced Disposable Gloves And Clothing A Major Covid Issue
Thursday, 3 September 2020, 8:08 am | Make Lemonade
The upsurge in demand for single-use gloves because of covid-19 has created widespread concerns of quality and labour exploitation at factories, a global leading Kiwi glove expert says. As covid cases continue to rise globally - and the northern hemisphere ... More >>
Travelling Back In Time: The South Island To Ourselves
Tuesday, 1 September 2020, 9:12 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand, until covid year, receives almost four million tourists a year. It is decades ago since New Zealand had one million visitors a year. But as far as driving goes, this story gets better and better. We leave Christchurch in a covid two window ... More >>
Proposed Commercial Rent Laws Not Passed: No Help For Tenants
Wednesday, 26 August 2020, 5:38 am | Make Lemonade
New government proposed rent laws have not been passed as law so there has been no help for commercial tenants since they were hit by the covid pandemic, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. Richard Beddie Some gyms and fitness facilities ... More >>
Huge Importance Now Of EMental Health Solutions In The Pandemic
Monday, 24 August 2020, 10:22 am | Make Lemonade
Even before the covid-19 pandemic, the increasing issues related to mental health and addiction being experienced by so many people living in New Zealand was cause for major concern, NZ Health IT (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says. This was ... More >>
Covid Airborne Transmission Is Being Underestimated, Expert Warns
Monday, 10 August 2020, 7:45 am | Make Lemonade
Director-general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says covid-19 community transmission is now inevitable and Kiwi families should start stocking up on their own personal supplies of masks. Pharmaceutical scientist and medical device expert Sir Ray Avery ... More >>
World-first For NZ Software Company
Monday, 3 August 2020, 7:22 am | Make Lemonade
In a world first, Rfider, a cutting-edge New Zealand software company, is powering a next generation digital supply chain for the Latin American coffee industry, Rfider chief executive John Pennington says. Mastercol, a Colombian specialty coffee company, ... More >>
Kiwibank Policy Doesn’t Pass Litmus Test
Friday, 24 July 2020, 10:18 am | Make Lemonade
Kiwibank’s new responsible banking policy includes a number of businesses that it would not do business with. This included places such as brothels and strip clubs which the bank put in the same category as fossil fuels, military and nuclear weapons ... More >>
A Law Degree Makes A Positive Difference To Helping NZ
Thursday, 16 July 2020, 11:31 am | Make Lemonade
Tens of thousands of New Zealand university students headed back to campus this week after a long break because of the covid pandemic lockdown. Massey University pro vice-chancellor Professor Chris Gallavin is offering advice to the thousands ... More >>
Water Crisis May Cause Infections; Urgent Action Required
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 3:51 pm | Make Lemonade
The Waikato River Authority is asking Local Government minister Nanaia Mahuta to launch an independent inquiry into how Auckland's water crisis has come about. Scientist Sir Ray Avery says the government should look into the operational and board management ... More >>
Great News For NZ Gyms, Exercise Facilities - Survey
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 9:44 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand gyms and exercise facilities have reached about 85 to 90 percent of pre-covid levels, an ExerciseNZ survey has found. The amazing bounce back efforts by exercise professionals, gyms and facilities includes numbers of people participating ... More >>
World Famous Game Reserve Suffers No Covid Poaching Casualties
Thursday, 25 June 2020, 10:49 am | Make Lemonade
One of the world’s most famous game reserves, Thula Thula in South Africa, has survived the covid pandemic without any loss of wild animal to poaching. Francoise Malby-Anthony, who runs the game reserve, told Make Lemonade in an exclusive interview ... More >>
No Covid Testing On Arrival: A Major Flaw
Wednesday, 24 June 2020, 10:46 am | Make Lemonade
The Minister of Health Dr David Clark and microbiologist Siouxsie Wiles have defended the government’s decision not to covid screen for all passengers arriving into New Zealand. Pharmaceutical scientist Sir Ray Avery says this decision is just plain ... More >>
DHBs – Dismal Health Boards?
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:31 am | Make Lemonade
Two years ago, Heather Simpson, former PM Helen Clark’s chief-of-staff, was tasked with leading a massive review into the New Zealand health and disability sector, with pretty much every aspect of it on the table. The report was released yesterday More >>
NZ Not Driving Hard Enough Toward Digital Health Transformation – NZHIT
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 9:49 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand’s leading digital health organisation, NZ Health IT (NZHIT), today pleaded to the government to urgent take action on recommendations in the Simpson report released yesterday. NZHIT chief executive Scott Arrol says he is pleased the ... More >>
New Kiwi Cloud Tool Movebot A Big Game-changer
Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 9:47 am | Make Lemonade
A new Christchurch tech company has designed a New Zealand-first game-changing cloud migration tool, Movebot, which can shift massive amounts of data, a bit like moving a house or an office, safely and quickly. Movebot was conceived during the covid-19 ... More >>
NZ Fitness Centres Back To 70 Percent Activity Levels
Friday, 5 June 2020, 7:29 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand gyms and facilities were back to 70 percent activity levels within two weeks of re-opening at covid level two according to the latest survey ExerciseNZ survey, chief executive Richard Beddie says. The nationwide study post-covid showed ... More >>
NZ Humidity Prevented Spread Of Covid-19 Pandemic
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 10:59 am | Make Lemonade
New research conducted by Professor Michael Ward, an epidemiologist in the Sydney School of Veterinary Science at the University of Sydney, and two researchers from the Fudan University School of Public Health in Shanghai showed that humidity is ... More >>
Profits From Signed Rugby Ball Go To Amazing Teenage Golfer
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 9:32 am | Make Lemonade
A rugby ball signed by All Blacks and other stars sold at auction last night for $724 which will go towards a teenage seven-handicap golfer who is preparing for the 2023 Special Olympics in Berlin. The money raised will help Mitchell Brown, 17, from ... More >>
