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09 Sep 2010 Producers Popping up in Sydney Soon Wellington food producers will be popping up in Sydney at WLG, a unique ‘pop up’ restaurant that will showcase the best of Wellington’s food scene for two weeks only

01 Sep 2010 Do you have a great Cleantech idea? The New Zealand Cleantech Challenge is a hunt for the most promising clean technology ideas anywhere in New Zealand.

01 Sep 2010 2011 World Class New Zealand Awards Nominations are open for one of the country’s most prestigious honours, the World Class New Zealand Awards that are presented by Kea and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.

24 Aug 2010 Support Wellington’s film community Wellington film maker, Jason Stutter's, film Predicament opens in cinemas August 26. This film shows off Wellington's talent in many ways; two of the film's leads are from Wellington: Jemaine Clement (from Flight of the Conchords) and newcomer Hayden Frost, who plays the main character.

23 Aug 2010 Opportunity knocks for our region’s manufacturers Grow Wellington is keen to hear from manufacturers who are looking for a cost effective way of getting a technology project off the ground. It wants to get the word out about the ‘Summer of Tech’ programme - a fantastic opportunity for the region’s manufacturers to fast track research and development projects.

19 Aug 2010 The Wellington region is a bright spot of innovation Thanks to you, the region’s innovative entrepreneurial people 1233 bright business ideas were submitted to the Bright Ideas Challenge.

19 Aug 2010 Ever dreamt of seeing the world – expenses paid? If you see yourself as an enterprising individual who would like to travel the world and help out in local communities, Your Big Year, could be just what you’re looking for.

10 Aug 2010 Better businesses aim of PM's Business Scholarships Prime Minister John Key has launched a pilot $1 million scholarship scheme to boost the capability of New Zealand businesses, particularly those with a focus on exporting.

09 Aug 2010 IPhone Delivers Dinner Deals Direct Diners will be able to find all of the deals available in the upcoming Wellington on a Plate festival in an iPhone application which is gunning to become the world's most convenient voucher book.

09 Aug 2010 Calling all Kiwi companies - market entry business competition UK Trade & Investment’s UK-Market Entry (UK-ME) business competition has been launched to find and assist companies ready to do business in the UK. UK-ME is supported by New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, HSBC and Oury Clark.

29 Jul 2010 Local company stars at Internet Industry Awards Wellington based company StarNow has taken out two of the top five New Zealand Internet Industry awards for 2010.

27 Jul 2010 Connecting Clever Companies with Smart Students Summer of Tech is a world-class internship programme that connects innovative Wellington companies with smart technology students.

18 Jul 2010 Telling the Wellington story The new gateway creates a central hub for promoting Wellington to visitors, business people, students and migrants.

09 Jun 2010 Lean mean manufacturing machine A ground-breaking graduate scheme aimed at boosting the capability of the Wellington region’s manufacturing sector is looking for companies for the first of their 2010 intakes.

09 Jun 2010 Solve My Problem and win $1000 With over 600 ideas already submitted to the Bright Ideas Challenge Wellington is living up to its reputation as the innovation capital. So much so we have introduced a new part of the challenge called Solve my Problem.

02 Jun 2010 Wellington on a Plate plans a feast from the region Serving up new and special experiences is one of the aims of this year’s Festival planned for August. Over a third of these new experiences will take place in the wider region.

02 Jun 2010 Cementing our place as a bright spot of innovation The number of entries in the Bright Ideas Challenge is over 500 and climbing, with still three weeks to go before the Challenge closes. The word is out there that if you have a bright idea, here’s your chance to get it to the next level with support and connections from Grow Wellington and the business community.

02 Jun 2010 Dash Tickets wins at LaunchPad Dash Tickets, a current resident of Grow Wellington's business incubator, CreativeHQ was named winner of Launchpad 2010.

20 May 2010 Grow Wellington congratulates finalists at 2010 Wellington Gold Awards Grow Wellington congratulates all finalists and winners at the 2010 Wellington Gold Awards and in particular, three companies which are current or past residents in its business incubator Creative HQ.

14 May 2010 Festival Menu Set to More Than Double The inaugural Wellington On a Plate festival cooked up a recipe for success that has seen applications for the 2010 festival more than double.

12 May 2010 Mentors sought for new clubhouse A Computer Clubhouse in Naenae has just been set up - its an after school drop in centre for 10-18 year olds which aims to provide a safe and creative community – based learning centre.

21 Apr 2010 Bright Ideas Challenge launched Do you have a brilliant business idea? Here is your chance to shine Enter the Bright Ideas Challenge and take your business to the next level. Be in to win up to $25,000 in seed capital, support to develop your business case and the opportunity to connect with business experts and investors.

14 Apr 2010 Pass It On - Expat power! Between now and the Rugby World Cup 2011, Pass It On will help you discover New Zealand's hidden treasures, share them with your friends and colleagues around the world, and give you the opportunity to win some great Kiwi prizes.

24 Mar 2010 Hong Kong’s First “Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition” Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited and Weta Workshop Limited are pleased to jointly present Hong Kong’s first Dr. Grordbort’s Exceptional Exhibition, which is now open to the public free of charge from now to May 2010 at The Arcade, Cyberport. Over 150 pieces of artworks will be showcased.

17 Mar 2010 WIFT mentoring programme 2010 – applications open Women In Film and Television is now accepting applications for its 2010 mentoring programme. Aimed at early-to-mid career women, the mentoring programme matches successful applicants with senior practitioners for twelve hours of paid mentoring to gain knowledge and skills, build confidence and self-critique work, progress projects, deal with professional issues and advance in their chosen field.

17 Mar 2010 FishHead Magazine launches! Nothing fishy; everything Wellington While multinational media companies slash staff, a young independent has arrived to shake things up. FishHead magazine hits shelves across the region this Thursday. Representing a return to the founding ideals of regional publications, FishHead features locals writing stories about locals, for locals.

17 Mar 2010 Time is running out!!! As a result of a review by the Ministry of Economic Development and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise, a number of changes are set to be introduced to this programme. As such, the current system of fully funded business training will NO LONGER be available after 30 June 2010.

16 Mar 2010 Win Win for Internship Programme The 2009 Summer of Code internship programme, came to an end in February as the 40 students placed completed their internships with 30 Wellington technology companies.

16 Mar 2010 Kickstarting a bicycle bonanza While the rest of the economy has been in the doldrums, bicycle sales have been on the up and up. More bikes mean more bike parts, and this is great news for Wellington company Kickstand.

16 Mar 2010 Centre of Excellence in Health Research and Education A groundbreaking venture is about to be launched in Wellington. It’s an exciting initiative that will be at the cutting edge of global health education and research.

16 Mar 2010 Actively Networking Activate held its second entrepreneurs networking event at the end of February,

03 Mar 2010 Train to Gain Have you had to turn business away or lost production because your staff didn’t have the right skills? Are you looking for solutions? WelTec is offering a number of FREE places in their Language, Literacy and Numeracy (LLN) training programme that will help increase your business’s efficiency and productivity.

22 Feb 2010 Cyberport’s Digital Entertainment Leadership Forum 2010 – Seeing 2020: The Next Wave of Digital Creativity With the theme of “Seeing 2020: The Next Wave of Digital Creativity”, DELF 2010 links up Hong Kong’s digital creativity with the global digital content industry.

19 Jan 2010 Six Dollar Fifty Man: qualifies for Oscar consideration Sticky Pictures’ short film The Six Dollar Fifty Man has taken out the top prize at Flickerfest 2010 19th International Short Film Festival in Australia which qualifies the film for consideration for the 2011 Academy® Awards.

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