I'm just discovering the Made From New Zealand website. Did any of you see that advert on TV recently where some Kiwis made a huge silver fern on a beach? I was interested in that ad, because I could feel the heart behind the message. And it was them: The Made From New Zealand team. What a discovery. These guys got together with Telecom and had a brainstorm session about how New Zealand business can navigate successfully through the next few years, and not only survive, but thrive. They set up a website inviting members of the business community - small, medium and large - to join up, for free, and so, every week, hundreds do. I'm quite excited to find this site, and this community, because the whole project shouts out HOPE. And 'hope' is one thing we most definitely need to hold onto here in Aotearoa so as to believe in happy future. This website invites blogs, press releases, general news about Kiwi business and far, far more. It reminds me of the power of the media, no, actually the huge responsibility of the media - as a means of quite simply sharing news - to help steer New Zealand towards a future we want. There has to be a forum for dreams and successes and ideas to be shared and this website is one such place.
