AgriTech New Zealand (AgriTechNZ) has grown significantly since our launch in May 2018. As a membership-based organisation, AgriTechNZ is run by an elected Executive Council and this year there are vacancies for four positions. AgriTechNZ connects innovators, investors, regulators, researchers and interested public. AgriTechNZ advances the ecosystem through advocacy, collaboration, innovation, talent and economic growth … Continue reading "AgriTechNZ Annual Meeting and Executive Council Elections 2023"

This week, I’m looking forward to checking out the latest tech at the Tomorrow Expo including mixed and virtual reality, apps, AI-powered games, metaverse experiences, demos and more. It’s not too late to join me at the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland. It’s free entry, but you’ll need to register to attend. There’s also a great programme of keynote … Continue reading "NZTech Inform – Discover the latest tech"

It’s great to be enjoying so many in person activities again. Across the NZTech Group we run a number of events to provide our members with opportunities to connect, learn, share and advance policy discussions. At this time of the year it begins to get busy but it’s lots of fun to catch up with so many people.

Kia ora, It’s been great to return to purposeful work and thankfully my recovery is progressing well. This week, my key focus is working with the executive directors for the associations in the NZTech Group. We’re developing budgets and plans for the coming financial year. It is impressive to reflect on the last year’s work by … Continue reading "NZTech Inform – keeping Aotearoa safe"

Kia ora, Two weeks ago, I completed the iconic Tarawera Ultramarathon (TUM102) in 13 hours. For the last six months I have enjoyed working with my training team as I prepared for this epic 102 km adventure. The TUM102 is one of the most scenic ultramarathons in the world, featuring trails, forestry roads, native bush, conifer forest, farmland, parkland and … Continue reading "NZTech Inform – marathon efforts!"

Sorel Carr is the Head of FinTech Business at BNZ (Bank of New Zealand). Sorel comes from a decade in corporate banking and has been down the blockchain rabit hole looking to inject new emerging tech such as defi into the more traditional banking world. In this conversation we discuss the centralised networks banks are … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E13 with Sorel Carr on FinTech"

We’re already moving at pace with a full calendar of agritech activities scheduled for the first half of 2023, so get ready for a collective push to advance the industry in 2023.

NZTech, NetSafe and tech company Signatories to the self-regulatory Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harm Reduction (the ‘Code’), have announced today the appointment of an interim-Director and have published their first compliance reports, in line with their Code commitments.

"There are not enough trees in the world to sequester the carbon we produce - and there never will be" Take a listen: