Latest Techlink Content en-nz Copyright 2003-2010 IPENZ Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:28:34 +1300 Waikato-based clothing designer Aroha Wikotu has carved out a niche in the New Zealand fashion industry with a unique business model that emphasises core cultural values from her Maori and New Zealand European upbringing. /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Soft-Materials/Shikoba/ /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Soft-Materials/Shikoba/ EasiYo Products began producing a unique yoghurt-making system in 1992, a product so successful that that the company began selling overseas the following year. Over the years, other products have been added to the yoghurt line and the company now exports 75% of what it manufactures. /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/EasiYo /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Food-and-Biological/EasiYo Crowds at the Rugby World Cup were amazed and delighted by the appearance of Junior - a five-metre tall marionette who was the All Black's 'biggest fan'. /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Materials/Junior /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Materials/Junior Weighing just over 10kg, the YikeBike the world's lightest, smallest, folding electric bike. Designed and developed in New Zealand, it is also arguably the most unconventional. Quite simply, it's an electric penny-farthing. /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Electronics/Re-inventing-the-wheel /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Electronics/Re-inventing-the-wheel Soulo is a convenient, single serve wine sold in unbreakable PET plastic glasses, a packaged product developed by Auckland-based entrepreneur Kerry Johnston in January 2010. /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Materials/Soulo/index.cfm /Case-studies/Technological-practice/Materials/Soulo/index.cfm