REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS

Connectivity is no longer a ‘nice to have’, it is an essential component of being able to fully participate in a digital world and resilient connectivity will only be possible if connectivity is seen as a lifeline and prioritised, and we employ a more “whole of New Zealand approach”. This will require more strategic alignment, … Continue reading "Commiting to connectivity as a core utility"

The latest edition of Digital Skills Aotearoa explores our digital skills landscape, examining challenges and supply opportunities. It issues an urgent call to equip Aotearoa New Zealand’s workforce with skills for the digital age. Report Toolkit Short form copy: The latest edition of Digital Skills Aotearoa explores our digital skills landscape, examining challenges and supply … Continue reading "Digital Skills for Tomorrow, Today"

NZTech is a not-for-profit collective impact association with a mission to support a values-led, nationally and internationally connected tech community that is collectively lifting equity, sustainability and prosperity for all in Aotearoa, by creating jobs, export growth and impact through tech for good. We support fact based decision making and every year we aggregate data … Continue reading "The New Zealand Tech Sector Key Metrics – 2022"

As the voice of the technology ecosystem, NZTech works to identify how important technology is for New Zealand. Without an answer there is serious risk that as a country we will miss opportunities for both economic growth and social improvement. While growth in tech exports will continue to be significant for New Zealand’s economy, the … Continue reading "The New Zealand Tech Sector Key Metrics – 2021"

Discover NZTech’s origin story and its rise as a collective impact platform in The Evolution of NZTech report. The potential impact of technology is so broad it touches all parts of New Zealand’s economy and society.  Technology underpins the safety, security, health, environmental and economic wellbeing of all citizens.  As a result, it is critical for the … Continue reading "Creating collective impact"

As the voice of the technology ecosystem, in 2016 NZTech set about finding out just how important technology is for New Zealand. Without an answer there is serious risk that as a country we will miss opportunities for both economic growth and social improvement. While growth in tech exports will continue to be significant for … Continue reading "The New Zealand Tech Sector Key Metrics – 2020"

In response to increasing shortages of digital skills and challenges with accessing these skills locally and via immigration, NZTech undertook a survey to identify current skills needs, work being done to access skills locally and the challenges of accessing digital skills via immigration. This report provides a summary of the survey results and recommendations for … Continue reading "Critical Workers Border Exemption Survey"

The New Zealand Tech and Innovation Story (Tech Story) is a marketing initiative designed to deliver a compelling, consistent way of promoting our tech and innovation capabilities. This will help our businesses grow internationally by attracting tech investment, tech talent and growing our tech exports.  The Discover and Define phases of the refreshed Tech Story … Continue reading "New Zealand Tech And Innovation Story Summary Insights Report"

The Industry Transformation Plan as a whole looks at what we need to do to scale up and transform our sector to lead New Zealand’s economic development. This work is being lead by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) alongside NZTech. The Skills Workstream assembled a Steering Group who oversaw the compilation of … Continue reading "Digital ITP Skills Workstream – Draft Report"