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Interesting statistics on 2011 tablet sales in Aus/NZ: iPad 2 capturing 71% c.f. Android's 27% of NZ market. WiFi-only tablets dominating.

I wonder how much the wifi is driven by the cost difference for 3g? Also, how many only really use at home and then how many people are disappointed that they can't get wifi when they are out?

NZ Unis Academic Audit Unit reports on all NZ unis.

"This is an initiative from the University of Otago, the University of Auckland, Wellington Institute of Technology, the University of Canterbury, and supported by Telecom NZ.  It is an open access national virtual world grid based on open source software.  It operates on NZ-based servers hosted at Otago, Auckland and Canterbury Universities, and leverages other national investments in IT infrastructure through deployment on the high-speed KAREN (Kiwi Advanced Research and Education Network). The grid has been set up with an academic focus and will be used for research and education, as well as for proof-of-concept application deployments and testing.  The objectives of the NZVWG initative are to: Undertake both experimental and routine use of virtual worlds in teaching and research;Develop engaging, interactive in-world content customised for NZ use; andDevelop new context-specific plugins enabling interaction between the virtual and real (non-virtual) worlds. "

Where NZ needs to go to shape its future. Includes mention of digital literacies and education.

Scenarios for developing federated access management in NZ.

"It was great to see New Zealand start-up Swiftpoint honoured at the CES show here in Vegas for the novel design of its pint-sized finger-controlled computer mouse."

A Ministry of Education resource described as "Digistore is a storehouse of digital content to support learning across the curriculum, from early childhood through to senior secondary." Unfortunately it seems that you have to create an account to log-in and then resources are only available to NZ educators. Doesn't seem to sit well with the Open Govt, Open Content being espoused elsewhere in the NZ govt.

data is from 2005 - 2009 and has some statistics specifically relating to NZ. Seems a long time to wait to publish the results...

"(NZ) pupils may soon be able to sit school assessments online when they are ready, rather than waiting for the traditional exam period."

Report on plagiarism in NZ unis. Suggests to me big differences in identifying and reporting.

How to legally (probably) access online video from the US that isn't available in NZ.

Latest World Internet Project statistics for NZ

Great post in the consultation about the current NZ 3 strikes law.

Interesting post on patents stifling innovation. 

NZ Govt framework for open licensing of govt docs.

Anything that has been bookmarked in Diigo with www.waikato.ac.nz in the URL

digital future NZ - making content available to all

Daily review of NZ tertiary education sector news.

The NZ Creative Commons site