REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS

NZTech is generally supportive of the Amendment Bill which has come from the Electricity PriceReview and seeks to enhance competition and service to consumers. We support theamendments that enhance an efficient market, increase the consumer voice, improveregulations from the consumer perspective, remove ambiguity, and clarify the Authority’spowers.

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"

FinTechNZ congratulates the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) for its leadership inproposing a Digital Strategy for Aoteaora and we thank you for the opportunity tocontribute feedback.

The AI Forum is working with the New Zealand Government on establishing an AI Strategy forAotearoa New Zealand within the Digital ITP. AI currently sits within the Mahi Ake (Growth)and should be extracted and sit as a foundation for the Strategy.

In this submission we provide the following information: Background on the Industry Groups party to this submission Provide key areas for consideration (the main body of our submission) Provide answers to the questions requested

NZTech supports the creation of a Digital Strategy for Aoteaora (the Strategy) and seeks to play an active role in its development and implementation.

Learn more about how NZTech connects, promotes and advances the New Zealand tech sector.  Report prepared by: NZTech – 12 August 2021 

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"