NZ Internet, Media, and Business. Rename the NZ Super Rugby teams. Perhaps next time we could actually ask local iwi what name they would like to choose.

Funding the next generation of food industry disruptors. New Crop Capital is a specialized private venture capital fund. We invest in talented, focused entrepreneurs whose products or services replace foods derived from conventional animal agriculture, which we view as an antiquated and inefficient food production system with serious vulnerabilities.

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