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Stuff: Jackson Brings Another Bonanza

Wellington could reap millions from Peter Jackson's move into the rich video game market with Microsoft boss Bill Gates. Jackson has teamed up with the world's richest man to set up a video game company in Wellington called Wingnut Interactive. It will develop new video games, including another chapter in the sci-fi series Halo, and original games for Microsoft's Xbox.

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Stuff: Kiwi firm turns Jackass into video game

Jackass, the American TV series featuring young men doing dangerous, disgusting and bizarre stunts, is being made into a video game by a Wellington games studio.

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NZ Herald: Kiwi entrepreneur nets multi-million dollar Microsoft deal

She worked colossal hours without pay. The office equipment didn't work properly. She stayed in ratbag hotels. But now 31-year-old Wellingtonian Claudia Batten has sold her software company to Microsoft. For up to US$400 million (NZ$643 million).

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NZ Herald: NZ Gets Top Marks In World Bank Business Survey

New Zealand has received top marks in a World Bank survey on 'Doing Business in 2006'. New Zealand ranked number 1 in terms of ease of doing business, in the survey of 155 countries by the bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) division.

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Unlimited: Groovy baby, yeah

Real Groovy sells CDs, DVDs, books and clothing, yes? Well, yes. But you probably didn't know that the four-store music emporium also sells its own end-to-end website solution.

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Unlimited: Pick of the Crop

You can't contest that farming is the economic backbone of New Zealand. Just look at the figures: agricultural production amounted to $14.7 billion in 2004 and the primary sector accounts for 7.6% of GDP and contributes over half of New Zealand's total export earnings.

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NZ Herald: Auckland Stars In Survey Of Politeness

Small businesses in Auckland have come out tops in a global survey of politeness. The Reader's Digest global courtesy survey of 35 cities around the world showed a 100 per cent strike rate in a selection of small shops in Auckland that thanked customers for making their purchase.

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