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Graham Buchan: PEFR Consultant

February 23, 2011 by  
Filed under 5 KURIOUS Kiwi Questions

“Graham Buchan already had a BSc Land Economics from the University of Paisley, Scotland before deciding in 2005 to give up his day job as Head of Asset and Portfolio Risk with Westpac Global Property Solutions, Sydney. He went on to complete a second BSc in Environmental Forensics at UTS. At his 2009 graduation, he […]

Leisle Grant: Women In Film & TV

February 21, 2011 by  
Filed under 5 KURIOUS Kiwi Questions

Leisle Grant began her TV career in front of the camera as co-host of the successful Channel 31 (C31) Sydney show Chaos TV. She moved on to produce and present weekly comedy segments for Chaos as well as a weekly C31 show, ‘Community Focus’ highlighting people doing inspiring things in their local communities.

Sugata Mitra: New Experiments in self-teaching

February 20, 2011 by  
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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education, the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionise how we think about […]

Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of Immersion

February 19, 2011 by  
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We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she’s met in her work in ‘patient capital’, people who have immersed themselves in a Cause, a Community, a passion for justice. These human stories carry powerful moments of inspiration.

Keith Newman: Journalist

February 18, 2011 by  
Filed under 5 KURIOUS Kiwi Questions

Keith Newman is the author of ‘Ratana Revisited’, ‘Connecting the Clouds: The Internet in New Zealand’, ‘Ratana: The Prophet’ and ‘Bible & Treaty’. He has established himself over the past 20 years as one of New Zealand’s foremost Technology Journalists writing for mainstream media about telecommunications, computing and the Internet.

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