Pipes and Possum Fur Top of List

I've been following the recent Entrepreneur's Summit, resulting in great news for the possum fur industry in New Zealand. It shows a strong recognition of the uniqueness and potential of the possum fur industry, but also of the need to sustain its viability on all fronts with a more cohesive direction economically and ecologically. Click on the link to read more . . .

Pipes and possums top of list | Stuff.co.nz

The revival of the once lucrative possum fur, meat and leather industry made it into the final five top ideas: (presented to Commerce Minister Simon Power)
Possum Economics: Transfer the funds being used to poison the country's 70 million possums (about $200 million a year) into trapping possums for economic benefit.

Tony Falkenstein left, and Tenby Powell at the New Zealand Entrepreneurial Summit in Auckland.

Piping alpine water to the parched Canterbury plains and turning the possum problem into a money-spinning opportunity were some of the ideas put to the Entrepreneurial Summit. Chaired by business leaders Tenby Powell and Tony Falkenstein in Auckland yesterday, the summit attracted more than 100 entrepreneurs and business people from around the country to discuss ideas on how to improve productivity. More than 170 ideas were pre-submitted. They had to be able to be implemented within 18 months, needed to contribute to national or regional growth and attract funding from the private sector.