Stuff reports that Google has its eye on hiring New Zealanders to do software development roles for it, but the Kiwis have to be willing and able to move to Google’s Sydney office.
Apparently Google received 75,000 applications for the roles after they announced that they required over 6000 programmers to work for them.
Google has not (so far) said it will employ Kiwis locally, although there is a small amount of staff working for it in NZ.
Forget the feel-good love of home-made pressies, or the thought and effort behind picking a gift for a loved one, the Great Kiwi Christmas survey shows that 44 percent of recipients want cold hard cash for christmas, or vouchers. Only 12 percent want home-made gifts.
On a more environmentally friendly note, only 22 percent of those surveyed will buy a real tree, with the rest buying a fake one. Perhaps good news for the environment?
Also, keeping the faith alive, one in three New Zealand households will still be leaving milk and cookies out for Santa.
The full article is available here.
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