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 | | SOCIAL MEDIA Sports Sports is an integral part of the Kiwi culture, with almost half the population belonging to the New Zealand Sports Assembly (comprising of 150 national sporting associations). Its most popular sport is rubgy union -- no surprise as many Kiwis associate Rugby with their national identity. Other popular sports include cricket, soccer, netball, rowing and a variety of water sports, particularly sailing. |
Hence, numerous blogs, websites and Facebook groups are dedicated to voice out their deep interest in sports or as forms of fans clubs. It is wise for those who intend to get in touch with NZ bloggers to start off the interaction using sports as the basis of the conversation.
| Sports After Dark | http://sportsafterdark.net/ | “New Zealand’s top sports blog” Previews, reviews, views and analysis of any sports, from rugby to cricket, tennis to NFL. |
| Sports Freak | http://www.sportsfreak.co.nz/ | The site that provides the opportunity to discuss sport the way you have always wanted to. Interesting columns, a sports discussion forum, exclusive TV footage, today in history, a sports prediction competition and a good library of sporting links. |
| Sports Thought | http://sportsthought.com/ | Like the “average bloke, at the pub” who’s got “opinions on important things like sports” - namely rugby, league and cricket. |
Image credits: Getty Images, Facebook)
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 | SOCIAL MEDIA Technology New Zealand has a history of successful technological innovation which brought about economic prosperity - a result of the combination of dedicated individuals, research and development, support and encouragement from state institutions, input from NZ educated technologists, and of course, the famed "Kiwi ingenuity". |
The country also ranks 14th in EIU (Economist Intelligence Unit) and IBM's 2007 report of a country's e-readiness its infrastructure and the ability of their consumers, businesses and governments to use Information Communication Technology. Thus, it comes as little surprise that there are a number of popular technology blogs run by Kiwis who unquestionably know their material.
| The Techsplodger | http://www.geekzone.co.nz/juha | Juha Saarinen World-famous in Auckland for his technology stories, and for roaming the world wearing funny helmets. Hands-on happy, Juha (the Editorial Systems Consultant and Web Editor at Fairfax Digital) is loved by users and feared by vendors in equal measure. |
| Cool Kit | http://stuff.co.nz//blogs/category/coolkit | Reuben Schwarz Writes about technology, gadgets and other geeky things for Stuff.co.nz and The Dominion Post. His Cool Kit blog rounds up the neatest and weirdest gadgets, toys, websites and video oddstuff he can dig up on the Web. |
| Silicon Welly | http://www.siliconwelly.com/ | Silicon Welly A community of Wellington-based, and New Zealand owned technology and creative businesses individuals and organisations who together are making Wellington a high quality global hi-tech hub. |
| it.gen.nz | http://it.gen.nz/ | Colin Jackson An independent technology consultant and writer in Wellington, New Zealand with 20 years’ private and public sector experience as a technologist. Blogs about technology and communications needs. |
| Roy Drury | http://www.drury.net.nz/ | Rod Drury The founder and CEO of Xero, as well as recepient of the NZ Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year 2006, 2007 blogs about the latest technology, gadgets and business. |
| Geek Pulp | http://www.geekpulp.co.nz/ | A personal blog of two geeks (one of them Glen Young), things they find interesting including Xbox 360, Technology and a slice of the daily life, based out of Palmerston North, New Zealand.Podcast available |
(Sources: Techhistory.co.nz, GPM Group)
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