Mapp Retires

Hon Wayne Mapp is retiring from politics.  He deserves credit for his work in the Research, Science & Technology portfolio.  He has also made the difficult decision to leave while he is at the top of his game.  It will be important that the RS&T portfolio be held by another senior Minister - given its vital importance to New Zealand's future propsperity.

Mobile and Productive

The links between adoption of mobile technology and productivity have been further evidenced with new research being completed by McKinseys. Billions of dollars of value has been added to the US economy in recent years due to mobile devices - phones, PDAs and laptops. If productivity is the end game then we could do a lot worse than look for ways to ensure that kiwi companies and business operators have the information they need, wherever they are at whatever time they need it. This is the power of mobility.