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The Transformation Issue | Idealog.co.nz
Idealog aims to be the voice of progressive
business in New Zealand. And our belief
is that more intelligent, progressive urban
development leads to more and happier
residents, which leads to more productive
businesses, which leads to a more productive,
attractive and prosperous country. Urban
is a regular section dedicated to promoting
the latest thinking and execution in urban
design and development. Head to idealog.
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for the bi-weekly EDM. And get in touch
if you have a tale worth telling. We’re
confident that the more discussions we
have, the better our cities will become.- my
favourite
places:
EZEL KOKCU
- BEFORE/AFTER:
Auckland harbour
bridge
- SOWING
POSITIVE FUTURES:
Urban farming in
Christchurch
- AN ELEVATED
TIDAL SHELF:
Making space
for human and
coastal ecologies
- AIRPORT REDESIGN:
Inside Auckland
Airport's new look
my favourite places:
EZEL KOKCU
Ezel Kokcu is a 25-year-old tech entrepreneur
who has three start-ups under her belt: STQRY,
a consumer-facing discover app that helps
visitors find and navigate content in museums
and cultural institutions that matches their
interest and has since gone on to sell to more
than 500 organisations in four countries under
the rebranded name, Area360, Non-Stop
Tix, and her current business, Passphere, an
event and ticketing analytics platform that has
recently merged with iTicket. Kokcu splits her
time between the capital, Wellington, and the
big smoke, Auckland, and shares some of her
favourite places.Auckland is one of my favourite
locations in the world and seeing
it grow into a multicultural
cosmopolitan city is so exciting.
Let me paint you a picture: my
week usually starts with Mondays
and Tuesdays in Wellington where
I technically live. In the early hours
of Wednesday morning, I start my
commute boarding a flying uber
(an Air New Zealand plane)
to Auckland where I live until
Sunday night.
This has been a constant for
me for the last six months and
now more than ever as we’ve just
merged with iTICKET and have an
office in Ponsonby. This is perfect
as it’s right on the door step of my
first favourite place, Ponsonby.