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Inspiration is something that happens to you, rather than something you do — and trying to chase it is exhausting. Although hitting roadblocks is a normal part of creative thinking, the process can demotivate you and make you feel like you’ll never find new ideas. · While you can’t force inspiration to strike, you can foster creativity and put yourself in situations that encourage ideas, build enthusiasm, and help you think outside the box. ·…

In 2012 the Summer Olympic Games were held for a third time in London, the city where New Zealand's Olympic story began in 1908. Kiwi athletes have produced plenty of memorable moments over the years, but the Games have also been marred by boycotts, controversy and tragedy. · Today's Olympics are a far cry from the London Games in 1908, when our first three Olympians competed as part of an ‘Australasian’ team. Harry Kerr from Taranaki won New…

Rent Faster, Rent Smarter with Harcourts Reforma Property Management · Here's the Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Choose Us... · Top Performing Office · Proudly awarded the Top Performing Harcourts Property Management office for the Northern Region in 2021, 2022, and 2024 (including all offices from Kaitaia to Pukekohe). · Exceptional Rent Payment Compliance · - 99% of our tenants pay rent on time every week. · - We maintain a “Zero Tolerance”…

The water bottle is no longer just a water bottle. It is a status symbol. It is an extension of oneself. It is the source of good skin. It can hold 2.2 litres of water and keep it cool for 11 hours. It can be personalised, stylised and bastardised. It is Gen Z’s version of a purse dog, only heavier and less likely to destroy your handbag. · Everyone has a reusable water bottle: 79 per cent of Gen Z carry one. Jordan Pickford used one as a cheat…

For more than a decade, China has funnelled part of the benefits of its economic boom into enormous global infrastructure projects from Sri Lanka to the Solomon Islands. · With the economy slowing because of COVID-19 lockdowns and 30-year record-low foreign investment, the time for these major investments to bear fruit is now. · Key to this has been the expansive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013 as the cornerstone of its global…

This month, Australia reached a milestone in its growing infatuation with cryptocurrency, and it might not be long before the same happens in NZ. · Van Eck, one of the world’s largest fund managers, overseeing more than $USD100 billion in assets globally, became the first to list a Bitcoin Spot Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). · This is a signal to investors that crypto is here to stay. There have been…

War, famine, and poverty are on the rise. Hearing about it every single day at home, online and on your phone is enough to make you want to hide. · And many have. · The rate of people actively avoiding the news at least part of the time is skyrocketing. A report by the Reuters institute found around 36 percent of people believed that interacting with the news lowered their mood. Cost of living, dangerous diets, a climate crisis, generational…

New Zealand – a Racist Nation ! · At least that is what the Maori Party and a few of the so-called tribal elite of the Iwi would have us believe. · Guess What? · They are right; we have over the last fifty some years developed into a racist nation and that has occurred mostly at the urging of those same people from the so-called tribal elite and the Maori Party, ably supported by the Waitangi Tribunal. · It is just over forty years (1980 to be…

An open-secret American spy plane has broken cover after the US Air Force released photos of its Unmanned Long-endurance Tactical Reconnaissance Aircraft (ULTRA). Built by DZYNE, the semi-classified drone is now confirmed as deployed and active. · The recent unrest in the Middle East, and especially in the Red Sea have been a proving ground for Western military technology, tactics, and policy. The MQ-9 Reapers used for long-range reconnaissance…

An amphibian has lived up to its name, swapping out its usual green coloring for bright blue, in the first-ever record of a magnificent tree frog with this appearance. It's stunned scientists, who know they're unlikely to see this again. · “Very occasionally, a green frog is missing yellow pigment in its skin, and it results in an entirely or mostly blue frog,” said Jodi Rowley, Curator of Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Biology at the…