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www.nzherald.co.nz, 11 February
WASHINGTON - Google plans to build a handful of experimental, ultra-fast internet networks around the US to ensure that tomorrow's systems can keep up with online video and other advanced applications that the search company will want to deliver.
www.nzherald.co.nz, 14 February
A TV commercial featuring actors dressed as All Blacks performing the haka alongside Japanese dancing girls is raising hackles within Maoridom and the New Zealand Rugby Union.
The Japanese commercial for Coke Zero, features popstar Namie Amuro alongside what advertising agency copy describes as "a troupe of studs from Kiwiland in the traditional Maori haka dance".
TVNZ Breakfast video, 23 February
Seven New Zealanders have paid nearly $300 each to become some of the first passengers to board a commercial flight into space with some of the group already preparing to start training for the flight.
Discussion starters:
• Proper / alternative function
• Environmental considerations
• Leisure technology
www.3news.co.nz video, 24 February
Today's children are growing up in an era of email and online games, but Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are no places for little kids. So Melissa Clark-Reynolds, mother and entrepreneur, decided she'd create something to fill that void. The result is MiniMonos, a virtual world where children create a monkey avatar then hang out and have fun.
Discussion starters:
• Values education – sustainability; ethical living.
www.nzherald.co.nz, 24 February
Fashion isn't always as attuned to the weather as the British public but - appropriately, given the current conditions - the autumn/winter shows at London Fashion Week have been firmly focused on coats - and no one does luxurious, practical outerwear better than the British label Burberry Prorsum.
Tearaway Digital magazine, February
Social networking seems to be here to stay whether we like it or not, but what are the larger effects on the way we interact, and why are opinions on this so divided? This issue was the basis of a survey, produced by Wellington East Girls College students, which found that college students are spending up to nine percent of their waking hours on social networking sites.
www.nzherald.co.nz, 1 March
MILAN - What happened to sex in the city - Milan, that is?
Far from the body-clinging styles that gave Italian designers their sexy reputation, the preview collections for the autumn/winter 2010-2011 are all about dressing like a lady.
www.nzherald.co.nz, 2 March
How much should a copyright owner pay for improperly telling a website to remove content?
Stephanie Lenz got into trouble with Universal Music Group in 2007 after she posted a YouTube video of her toddler dancing to the Prince song Let's Go Crazy.
www.3news.co.nz video, 2 March
A Nelson inventor has created a flying hovercraft from scratch – a machine which isn't classed as a plane so doesn't require a pilot's licence and which he believes could be commercially viable for transport around farms.
Discussion starters:
• Creative design
• Regulatory requirements
www.tvnz.co.nz video, 3 March
McDonald's have developed a series of approved meals equate to 6.5 Weight Watchers points, but is this a good dietary partnership?
Discussion starters:
• Food and nutrition
• Marketing
www.massey.ac.nz, 4 March
A solar power system specially designed for a revolutionary new portable building has featured in an exhibition of work by design students in Wellington. The exhibition represents the culmination of a year's work for postgraduate students from a variety of design disciplines including spatial, textile, digital, graphic, industrial, communications and performance design.
Discussion starters:
• Portable renewable energy systems
• Building design
www.nzherald.co.nz, 4 March
PARIS - From sirens of the apocalypse to sixties chic housewives, picture perfect on the arms of their 'Mad Men', Paris had something for everyone on day one of the City of Light's autumn-winter 2010/11 ready-to-wear displays yesterday.
TVNZ Breakfast video, 4 March
McDonald's have developed a series of approved meals equate to 6.5 Weight Watchers points, but is this a good dietary partnership? Breakfast anayses the diet.
Discussion starters:
• Food and nutrition
• Marketing
www.nzherald.co.nz, 5 March
PARIS - The Belgian design duo AF Vandevorst took fashion followers back to school yesterday with an autumn-winter 2010-11 ready-to-wear collection of layered pant suits and asymmetrical draped dresses that doubled as chalkboards.
computerworld.co.nz, 11 March
The Department of Internal Affairs' (DIA) internet filter is now operational and is being used by ISPs Maxnet and Watchdog.
Thomas Beagle, spokesperson for online freedom lobby Tech Liberty says he's "very disappointed that the filter is now running, it's a sad day for the New Zealand internet”.

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