Kiwi Ingenuity | Business Studies

In today's business studies lesson, we were looking more at Kiwi Ingenuity. We had to answer the question, 'How does Kiwi ingenuity benefit New Zealand as a nation?' Now, this is my answer to this question.

Kiwi ingenuity helps us Kiwis or New Zealanders a lot. Also, there are several things which New Zealand is famous because of its ingenuity, like the bungy jumping, zorbing and also the referee whistle.

AJ Hackett invented the extreme activity of bungy jumping or bungee jumping. This activity had attracted thousands of people around the world because they want to experience the bungy and other more reasons.

Extreme Bungy Jumping with Cliff Jump Shenanigans! Play On in New Zealand! 4K!
Youtube - devinsupertramp - 23 Mar 2015

Another famous activity that was invented by New Zealander entrepreneur was zorbing. It is all thanks to two kiwi blokes, Andrew Akers and Dwane van der Sluis who invented ZORB in Rotorua in 1994. ZORB is a giant ball that spins hills up to 50kph.

ZORB Rotorua - Inflatable Ball
Credit: https://www.klook.com/en-NZ/activity/2353-zorb-inflatable-ball-adventure-rotorua/

Referee Whistle
Credit: https://www.nzedge.com/

The next invention is the referee whistle. New Zealand referee William Atack became the first sports referee in the world to use a whistle to stop a game in 1884. Before William's invention, referees had to raise their voice to control games. According to historian Arthur Swan, official historian for the New Zealand Rugby Football Union; "When both sides were appealing, the voice had to be exercised loudly and Atack found it exhausting. Thinking it over one day while refereeing a rugby game, his fingers strayed into a waistcoat pocket where they encountered a dog whistle. It was a great success and was adopted all over the country."


References:

• https://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/great-kiwi-inventions/

I hope you learnt something new and liked my post. Have a nice day!! Bye!!