Netsafe, NZTech and five of the world’s leading technology companies have collaboratedon a joint agreement that sets a benchmark for online safety in the Asia Pacific region.Today, Meta (Facebook and Instagram), Google (YouTube), TikTok, Twitchand Twitter have signed into existence the Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice forOnline Safety and Harms. The first-of-its-kind Code obligates … Continue reading "Netsafe, NZTech and global tech companies act to tackle digital harms"

It’s a big week for security, privacy, identity and trust!  

Discover NZTech’s origin story and its rise as a collective impact platform in The Evolution of NZTech report

As we shoot past the halfway point of 2022 and  take time for Matariki reflections, I’m excited for the sector growth opportunities ahead. I’m especially grateful for developing relationships in person. In the next few months we will see agritech visitors coming to New Zealand and agritech innovators heading overseas.  This is the time to form and cement new relationships.

More than 350 rangatahi from high schools across Tāmaki Makaurau discovered the exciting world of tech at last month’s #Tech22 Tour at Wynyard Innovation Precinct. The Year 11-13 students met face-to-face with tech employers including Microsoft, Datacom, Holmes Consulting and TradeMe, to discover the variety of roles available and different pathways into tech. “Be brave … Continue reading "Discovering tech careers first hand!"

This week I am in Auckland all week and my schedule is a mix of at home zoom meetings and coffee catch ups in person! 

Why is digital trust so important? We asked Digital Identity NZ’s executive director Colin Wallis for his perspective on an equitable digital future. Plus, we preview the top trends in digital identity.

LocationTech thanks the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for theopportunity to submit on the Advanced Manufacturing Draft Industry Transformation Plan. Thissubmission is in response Priority Two, increasing investment in advanced technologies and processesto lift productivity and wages, as well as Priority Five, creating a leading sustainable circular net-zeroemissions sector. LocationTech was not involved … Continue reading "Advanced Manufacturing Industry Transformation Plan"

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