The 2012 International Sports Event Management Awards today announced Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) as a finalist for the prestigious Sport City Award. The ISEM Awards are the only international Awards to recognise excellence in the global sports event management industry. Conducted annually and now in its sixth year, the Awards honour sports event management industry leaders through …

Most New Zealanders must be very confused about what they are seeing in the US Presidential race.  Aside from those who take the time to seek some balancing of the media views on US politics by tuning into Fox, or reading the Wall Street Journal, there is an incessant anti-Republican bias to most of the news feeds being taken here.  …

Up to $1.3 trillion additional revenue available to New Zealand over next four decades – New Zealand has the potential to capture $1.3 trillion more in agricultural exports between now and 2050 if targeted actions are taken, according to a new report released by ANZ today. ‘Greener pastures: The Global Soft Commodity Opportunity for Australia and New Zealand’ quantifies the size …