South Sea’s Start-up

Stephen “Warehouse” Tindall, (Forbes: “the Sam [Walmart] Walton of the South Pacific”) backs NZ technology innovation in Red Herring. Citing do-it-yourself Kiwi advances in biotech, multimedia and software (the world’s leading agricultural bio-tech research and the success of Lord of the Rings) Tindall pushes New Zealand forward: “We need our country to be self-sustaining … I refuse to let our inventiveness go to waste – this is my home and I want to see it flourish.”


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Frances Shoemack’s Abel a Less-Is-More Scent

Frances Shoemack’s Abel a Less-Is-More Scent

When New Zealander Frances Shoemack started fragrance brand Abel, over a decade ago, she was convinced that the world didn’t need more “stuff”, she tells Forbes contributor Esha Chhabra. “We…