Firstly, a massive congratulations to Shanon O'Connor and Tōnui Collab for winning the Community Tech Champions Award at last week’s CIO Awards!
28 August 2024
If Tina had been in the Oceania Room at Te Papa Tongarewa last Tuesday, and for the two Digital Trust Hui Taumata that preceded it, like some of you were, I think this would have been her observation.
21 August 2024
Congratulations to our AI Hackathon 2024 regional winners! Our four day festival featured 48 hour hackathons across multiple locations.
21 August 2024
I recently provided the foreword for NZ IoT Alliance member Chorus’ report on 'Solving problems with fibre-enabled IoT’. In this, I stated that New Zealand is at an inflection point, with a future that connects data, devices, and people to unlock the next phase of economic growth.
21 August 2024
Here at TechWomen we are seeing a similar trend with record-breaking participation in two of our key programmes this year, Mentoring Circles and ShadowTech.
07 August 2024
This month I ticked off a priority bucket list item by being a part of organising a ministerial biotech agenda, and accompanying the Minister.
06 August 2024
Aotearoa New Zealand’s financial landscape is undergoing a change with the rise of digital banks, also known as challenger or neobanks. Over recent months, three local fintechs; Dosh, Emerge and Debut have announced plans to expand their offerings, moving towards offering digital only services (spend, save, and borrow). Essentially they are challenging many aspects of traditional banking.
25 July 2024
The Digital Identity Services Trust Framework (DISTF) Act took effect on the first day of the month, and included the establishment and implementation of the Regulator, the Trust Framework Authority. The launch was rather low-key, with the only discernible signal from the Department of Internal Affairs being updates to their digital government web pages to reflect this milestone.
24 July 2024
In addition to warmly welcoming our newest members, we would also like to acknowledge recent industry recognition. Congratulations to BizCover, Grappler, InsuredHQ, JAVLN and RedBook - all named in Insurance Business Magazine’s 5 Star Tech and Software Providers.
10 July 2024