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About the Tech Sector

Overview of the New Zealand technology sector

The New Zealand technology sector is a significant contributor to the New Zealand economy, creating many jobs, GDP and exports.

For more tech sector numbers read our latest sector update.

Economic Impact

New Zealand’s Tech Sector had

24,306

Companies in 2023

Source: Statistic NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech Sector employed

121,630

People in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech Sector grew by

873

New Firms in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

The number of companies in the Tech Sector grew

5.3%

In 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech sector
created

3,560

new jobs in NZ in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

Each new Tech Sector job creates

4.8

new jobs

Source: NZTech Digital Nation Report 2016

New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed

$22.6b

to GDP in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech Sector contributed

8%

of NZ’s GDP in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

Exports

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exported

$10.7b

worth of tech goods and services in 2023

Source: Statistic NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports grew

8.7%

between 2022 and 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

NZ’s Top 200 Tech Exporters overseas sales

$13b

*some of which stays offshore

Source: TIN Report 2023

NZ‘s Top 200 Tech Exporters had

17.1b

in revenues in 2023

Source: TIN Report 2023

New Zealand’s Tech Sector is the country’s

3rd

largest export sector after Dairy and Tourism in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand’s Tech Sector exports makes up

11%

of all NZ’s exports in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand
exported

$3.1b

of ICT software & services in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

New Zealand
exported

$7.6b

of Hi-tech Manufacturing in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

Māori in Tech

New Zealand
had

85

Significant Māori owned tech firms in 2023

Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024

New Zealand’s Māori owned
technology companies employed

1,300

people in 2023

Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024

Of the top 12 Māori
Tech firms

83%

are medium or large businesses in 2023

Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024

Of the Top 12 Māori firms
are

42%

are operating internationally

Source: Toi Hangarau Report, Pāua Interface, 2024

Investment


Startups received

$163m

of investment in 2023

Source: Startup Investment Autumn 2024, PWC 2024


There was a

22%

Decrease in the average amount raised by startups in 2023

Source: Startup Investment Autumn 2024, PWC 2024


In New Zealand

144

tech firms raised
funding in 2023

Source: Technology Investment Report 2024

The average amount raised by new startups was

$1.6m

in 2023

Source: Technology Investment Report 2024

R&D

In New Zealand,
over

$1b

was invested in computer R&D in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

Investment in computer R&D accounted for

29%

of R&D investment
in NZ in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

R&D investment by ICT companies grew

1%

in NZ
in 2023

Source: Statistics NZ 2024

2023 data updated in September 2024

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