New Zealand

[Andy Rabagliati <andyr@wizzy.com>]

Folks,

  I am consulting for iTouch, who are expanding overseas now with
  their new owners, the media company that owns many of South Africa's
  newspapers, the Independent Newspaper Group.

  I anticipate it taking around a month.

  I am duplicating our South Africa operation in New Zealand, including
  the computer setup that handles our SMS and IVR, and hiring a
  technical team to maintain it. The mobile operator in New Zealand
  is Vodaphone, now the largest network operator worldwide, while
  Independent Newspapers owns the newspapers here - an identical setup
  to South Africa. The plan is also to roll out in Australia, however
  the network agreement has yet to be worked out.

  Auckland - home of all things woollen. The main drag with shops (all
  signage in Japanese as well) selling knitwear, boots (woollen), sheep
  souveniers. The shops in the central business district mostly close at
  5:00PM - something I thought I saw the last of in England ten years
  ago.

  However, the harbour has yachts. Big ones. At 3 hours from Australia
  by plane, there is a lot of ocean hereabouts.

Cheers,     Andy!