Kickstarter to kick-start in the Tasman

And no, it's not one of those deals where the convict crowd (who live on the wrong side of the ditch) will get to try the product first simply because there's more of them. Kickstarter, the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects, has revealed it’s opening up to both Australia- and New Zealand-based projects from November 13. Announced via the company’s official blog site, big thinking Kiwis and Aussies will benefit from the crowd funding website in less than a month. “In August we announced that Kickstarter would soon open up to projects based in Australia and New Zealand for the first time,” wrote Michael McGregor, creator of Kickstarter. “Today we’re happy to announce that the day has finally come! Beginning today (like, right now!), people in Australia and New Zealand can start building their projects by clicking on the “Start a project” button on the Start page. Beginning Wednesday November 13, people in those countries will be able to launch their projects. We’ll send an email that day letting everyone know when they can click the launch button.” But until that exciting day, there will still be plenty of time for all our Kiwi and Aussie readers, no matter what side of the ditch they're on, to come up with a good project and make it worth everyone's hard-earned cash (and no, I will NOT pledge money towards a robot that bowls underarm or anything of that ilk).