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My wife and I met in a TV station. We've worked on several productions since then and a few years later we had our own production company, producing radio-TV shows, audiovisual presentations, commercials, concerts, trade expos, and many more. We're now on the final step to journey in digital storytelling here in NZ. We look at our new homeland as a blank canvas just waiting for our hands to paint the wonders of God's creation! There are so many stories just waiting to be told and discovered. For 2015, we will concentrate on showing and telling how Kiwi entrepreneurs started their businesses to inspire budding and aspiring entrepreneurs to also move forward towards their dream.
Personally, as an entrepreneur myself, the show would be truly uplifting and eye-opening to the challenges and potentials of doing business here. Studies have been made that NZ is a great place to start and conduct business. We have zero corruption and government red-tape is very minimal. Transparency is the key to making it here. I'm really excited about the coming year because I'll be able to do what I've done before, have experience in doing and above all I'll be able to help entrepreneurs.
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| An Auckland Zoo resident |
I posted earlier that I've moved the more active site to another blog. After careful thought over a Maori hangi in celebration of Christmas Day---here's a quick turnaround---I've decided to retain NZPlanet here. We've had some very good posts from this site in the past year. As they always say, why change something that's not broken? Great things are coming your way via this site. Watch this space for more exciting times ahead!
The Kiwi 3x3 Basketball Challenge is kicking off with the Founder's Cup on 31 May 2014 at the YMCA-Hamilton gym from 10am-2pm. The 3x3 style of playing basketball is a growing sport worldwide. In the beginning it was played mainly as a leisure game, with no specific rules, the players making the rules to play. It is also directly linked to urban culture which is very popular among younger players. I believe this sport is really great for younger players 9-15 years old. With this style of basketball, you get to hold the ball more often and that gives you more chances in trying to shoot the ball into the hoop.
Our primary purpose in coming up with this league is to nurture, promote and develop character building through 3x3 basketball. There are 4 categories this year: U11, U13, U15, and a girl's team. This is the start of a series of tournaments every month with the monthly winners going for the overall championship in December 2014. Trophies and valuable prizes are at stake.
According to the New Zealand Institute of Sport, basketball is one of the fastest growing sports in the country. And this will only increase in popularity from now on with the glowing performance of Steven Adams in the NBA and the forthcoming World Basketball Cup in Barcelona when the New Zealand Tall Blacks will play in the group with Team USA.
Good luck to all the players, coaches, managers, supporters, friends, and most of all the parents. Let the games begin!
I spent a very fruitful morning at the Hamilton EthnicA Conference! It was a very enlightening, productive and eye-opening session. The opening remarks by the Minister of Ethnic Affairs Hon Judith Collins, MP, was inspiring and insightful. My takeaway from her address was that we are living in a smaller world with bigger ideas because of technology.
This was the first in a series of conferences all over New Zealand. For me, it was not only a meeting of the minds but more so of the hearts of the different ethnicity present during the session. It was a day of finding what was the best way possible for all to live in harmony. It has been established already that all migrants have a common denominator---to have a better future for the next generation, their families. And time and again the speakers and participants have reiterated a second common denominator---to leave New Zealand in a better state than when one arrived in these shores.
Its interesting to note that our Maori brothers and sisters always trace their ancestry to the waka, the ancient boats that brought the first settlers to the shores of Aotearoa, the Land of the Long White Cloud. I too am proud to trace my path to New Zealand, the only thing though is that my waka was Thai Airways. For the others it may have been Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas, Air New Zealand and many more.
I came away from the conference blown away by the possibilities of what I can do to contribute to the well-being of my adopted country. I am one in spirit and deed with the first Maori king when he said if we are to live in harmony, we have to find a very special place in our hearts to live in harmony.
We're not actually brand-new. We've just re-branded ourselves and re-channeled our resources to reflect a more cohesive, dynamic and proactive blog site. You can still go to our old blog site KiwiTV.info for past posts.
Some of the more relevant ones will be reposted in this new blog site. We will endeavour to seek far and wide, information of great relevance to you. We're committed to this project and we're excited about the future! Please feel free to share this blog with your family and friends.
