Simon Day

In praise of Ice Cold Kane

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Tonight the Black Caps will be led on to Lord’s for the World Cup Final by Kane Williamson, the most underestimated captain in world cricket, writes Toby Manhire. Were he not so confoundingly, unshakably, even irritatingly amiable, we’d call him something like Ice Cold Kane. Instead, the official epithet-hander-outers of New Zealand cricket, the Alternative … Read more

The Jacingularity: is the hologram prime minister the future of live events?

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The visibility of hologram technology was given a major boost in New Zealand when the prime minister used it to make a Techweek speech. So how might the technology be used in the future? If holograms are the future, what exactly are they the future of? Anyone who saw Jacinda Ardern striding out onto the … Read more