Tagged: Lance Wiggs

Climate battle at NBR: Rodney’s rubbish versus Wiggs wisdom - Hot Topic

Gareth Renowden • Apr 26, 2015 •

• Climate cranks,
• Climate politics,
• Climate Science,
• Lance Wiggs,
• NBR,
• Rodney Hide,
• warming

New Zealand’s leading business media outfit — the National Business Review — has long dallied with climate denial, providing a platform for former ACT party leader Rodney Hide (amongst others) to push climate tosh. Last week Rodney used his regular opinion column to attack the government’s emissions policies (behind paywall) — fair enough, given that […] … Read More

Punakaiki Fund now a solution in search of a problem? - Stick

Peter Kerr • Oct 08, 2013 •

• Angel investment,
• contract writer,
• entrepreneur,
• high tech,
• innovation,
• IT,
• Lance Wiggs,
• Market validation,
• private equity,
• Prototyping,
• Punakaiki Fund,
• Sciblogs,
• start-up,
• writer for hire

So, will the Punakaiki Fund get to ‘Go’? And, if so, how will it differ from the angel investment funds dotted around the country? Originally hoping to raise between $20m to $50m, when the original close date of October 2 … Continue reading → … Read More