Kia ora readers, Good morning from Singapore! The New Zealand contingent for the Singapore FinTech Week has swelled to over 70 now and I’m proud to be here, working closely with NZTE, supporting these amazing people who are taking New Zealand fintech to the world. Over the past year, fintech was once again the fastest growing part of …
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11 November 2019
Another year goes by and another $1 billion is added to the revenues of the largest New Zealand tech exporters revenues.
04 November 2019
Recent Statistics New Zealand research showed that nearly a quarter of all New Zealanders experience poor mental wellbeing and struggle to access help as health services are reportedly stretched beyond capacity.
29 October 2019
What do you think we should be focusing on in the next year to help the digital technology sector grow?
21 October 2019
This week is New Zealand Cyber Smart Week and we’ve partnered with CERT to help raise awareness.
14 October 2019
As news broke last weekend that a criminal cyber attack breached the Tū Ora Compass Health Primary Health Organisation accessing almost one million patients data, I wondered whether this would be enough for New Zealand to take the cyber threat seriously? Probably not as the problem is very intangible to most people. The breach didn’t access any medical …
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07 October 2019
Last week, as Chair of the Auckland ICT Grad School it was great to see another 30 high quality Masters of IT students graduate.
30 September 2019
Kia ora readers, This morning, when I was speaking with Mike Hosking on his Newstalk ZB breakfast show we discussed the multitude of variables involved in live streaming sport. However, the collective media response has been overwhelming and I felt like saying “come on people, first world problems!” There’s no denying, that yes, it is frustrating when …
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23 September 2019
Last week, at the Canterbury Tech Summit, Facebook’s former CEO, Stephen Scheeler discussed building an innovative culture and trust in a digital world.
16 September 2019