Torquepoint

22/09/2025

TorquePoint Business Bites is coming to Blenheim on 9 October at the Scenic Hotel. Our micro-courses have been popular elsewhere so we're bring 'Business Bites' - our two hour micro-courses on and . We are running a Koha payment system. Pay us what you think the course is work. Come to one or all of the sessions.
Bookings are essential - please email [email protected] with enquiries for more information and registrations.

03/09/2025

"AI for the Terrified" and "AI for the Curious" - micro-courses:
We've been running micro-courses in governance, strategy, BCP and AI recently. Our audiences are usually from the business community, but as we've told more people about our Artificial Intelligence offerings we've had requests to do something on AI for those who really are not sure where to start. So, on Saturday 13 Sept we are running two new micro-classes for anyone interested. "AI for the Terrified" is for those - well it's self-explanatory! "AI for the Curious" is for those who have tinkered but would like to know how to use AI better and more effectively. Our first two micro-courses are being held in Marlborough - Why? Because that's where our office is so we're offering it to our local community first, but happy to talk to anyone elsewhere who might be interested.

03/09/2024

Posties are not censors - they shouldn't determine whether what is or isn't delivered to our mail boxes. But in Wellington last week some posties decided to deliver social responsibility rather than the mail....

06/08/2024

Recent attacks by opposition MPs on ACT party MPs Karen Chhour and David Seymour about not being "Māori enough" and the like reveal more about the attackers racial, ethnic and political obsessions than anything else.

Recent attacks by opposition MPs on ACT party MPs Karen Chhour and David Seymour about not being “Māori enough” and the like reveal more about the attackers racial, ethnic and political…

09/07/2024

This case of Country Kindy in the Manawatu being shut down by the Ministry of Education for unclear reasons isn't an isolated case. Parents and their children are the losers when community support is behind the Kindergarten and it's owner. Transparency and the ability to appeal are secondary losers....

This case of Country Kindy in the Manawatu being shut down by the Ministry of Education for unclear reasons isn’t an isolated case. Parents and their children are the losers when community su…

17/06/2024

Volunteering and our NZDF Reserves could be a powerful combination if a Voluntary National Service concept was embraced. Read about how this scholarship scheme could work to help fill workforce schortages and build our Reserve Force capability.

Volunteering and our NZDF Reserves could be a powerful combination if a Voluntary National Service concept was embraced. Reservists are members of society who offer up some time to support the wide…

17/04/2024

The focus on job losses, distressing as they are for individuals, masks New Zealand's real problem - poor productivity. We work harder and produce less than countries we compare ourselves with. To fix housing, education, health, cost of living crisis we need to be wealthier as a country. To me wealthier we need to be more productive....

The focus on job losses, distressing as they are for individuals, masks New Zealand’s real problem – poor productivity. We work harder and produce less than countries we compare ourselv…

11/04/2024

Ettie Rout, remembered at last for her work in WWI caring for NZ soldiers and her health work in preventing venereal diseases. Thanks to the NZ Remembrance Army and biographre Jane Tolerton Ettie will not be forgotten.

Ettie Rout was a woman ahead of her time. She is best known for her care of NZ soldiers during WWI and her preventative work in the control of veneral diseases. Not socially acceptable at the time …

20/03/2024

There is a void in the current NZ political spectrum. A party that advocates for a pragmatic blend of sustainability and economic innovation could champion green technology and sustainble economic growth.

There is a void in the current NZ political spectrum. A party that advocates for a pragmatic blend of sustainability and economic innovation could champion green technology and sustainble economic …

22/02/2024

Be careful what laws you wish for - they aren't the answer to encouraging the right sort of behaviours.

We have laws to protect our rights and feedoms while fostering a safe, fair and prosperous society. But that doesn’t mean introducing new laws is the best way to control the right sort of beh…

23/01/2024

Welliington's water woes continue with restrictions looming. Government, councils, Wellington Water are all attracting blame but the solutions also lie with water metering and everyone conserving the precious commodity of water....

Welliington’s water woes continue with restrictions looming. Government, councils, Wellington Water are all attracting blame but the solutions also lie with water metering and everyone conser…