Hear international judges share their perspectives on New Zealand’s innovation ahead of the NZ Hi-Tech Awards Gala Dinner on 20 May.
18 May 2016
McKinsey & Company reports that fast-growing technology companies have fewer reasons to go public than they did in the past. In recent years, an increasing number of tech companies have achieved ‘unicorn’ status, that is valuations over $1b in private markets. At the end of 2015, 146 private companies were valued at that level, more …
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13 May 2016
Education technology will be a $200 billion global market by 2017, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says.
10 May 2016
For the eighth year in a row New Zealand earned the right to call themselves World Champions at the VEX Robotics World Championships held in Louisville this weekend. Lynfield College achieved the ultimate accolade being crowned the winners of the High School Excellence Award. They join an elite group of teams who number only nine …
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26 April 2016
In 10 years, all of New Zealand’s road transport needs could be met by as few as 50,000 self-driving cars operating vastly more efficiently than the 4.7 million vehicles on the road today and the number of accidents could drop to under 1000 per year, a leading New Zealand tech expert says.
19 April 2016
Canterbury Software has repositioned to encompass the broader tech community with new name and brand Canterbury Tech
05 April 2016
This year, the CIO summit celebrates its 10th anniversary, gathering together hundreds of CIOs and senior IT executives from across Australasia to collaborate, connect, and inspire. The hot topic for discussion this year is the role of the CIO as a business innovator, enabling organisations to be disruptive and competitive within their industries. The transition …
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29 March 2016
Working together NZTech, ATEED and the HiTech Trust have built a week-long, curated programme of events that showcase New Zealand as a centre of innovation and technology. By bringing together a cluster of tech and innovation events we are able to provide a real focal point in the calendar for local, national and international audiences. …
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23 March 2016
The New Zealand government is passing legislation next month to enable the collection of GST from offshore providers of digital products and services to New Zealand customers. Are you an offshore business supplying digital content (such as movies, music, games, downloads,apps, e-books) or remote services (such as software, gambling, webinars, web design, e-publishing) to New …
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21 March 2016