Opportunity abounds in NZ

New Zealand, a country roughly the same size as the UK but with a population of just four million, p...

New Zealand, a country roughly the same size as the UK but with a population of just four million, punches well above its weight in the global economy. It is active in a range of cutting-edge, knowledge-based areas, including creative, biotechnology and information communications technology, among others. In biotech, for instance, recent investment into New Zealand from Europe and the US is apparent in a range of innovative products ranging from organic weedkillers to the ice-cream cow, in which genes are matched to achieve a specific milk yield. There is also innovation in the developm...