Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Inform - Meri Kirihimete

Here we are, a week away from Christmas and this is the last NZTech update for 2020.   During the past year NZTech and our Tech Alliance have been super busy.  If I wrote down everything, it would be a very long read, but I am incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved in such a

December 14, 2020

NZTech News

Help shape New Zealand’s Tech and Innovation Story - take the survey

New Zealand’s response to the global pandemic has positioned us as nimble and decisive - a country that thinks differently. Now is the perfect time to share our New Zealand Tech and Innovation Story with the world, support our ambitious tech businesses and help accelerate New Zealand’s economic

December 14, 2020

Media Releases

NZ Interactive Games Grew $120m during Covid-19

New Zealand’s video game developers have proven themselves resilient through Covid-19. Our interactive media sector earned $323.9 million in the year to 1 April 2020, an increase of $121 million in one year alone. The industry benefited both from being able to continue production during lockdo

December 11, 2020

NZTech News

Goodbye 2020!

Well, what a year!  Who would have predicted a global pandemic and the havoc it wreaked in 2020?  Terms like ‘pivot’, ‘new normal’, ‘be kind’ and of course ‘unprecedented’ have been used with, well, an unprecedented frequency.  However, through adversity we have also

December 9, 2020

NZTech News

What is a GeoPanda and why do I need one?

Event highlights: FOSS4G State of the Map Last month, on behalf of LocationTech, I attended my first ever Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G) State of the Map event at Devonport Navy Base in Auckland.  As a lifelong user of Esri technology, this was a great opportunity

December 9, 2020

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Inform - Showcasing tech careers to teachers

You may be familiar with our award winning ShadowTech programme, inspiring girls to consider the tech industry and career paths.   For 2021, we have expanded this programme and now introduce ShadowTech Teachers!   Teachers and career advisors play an influential role by guidi

December 7, 2020

Media Releases

Border exemptions needed for skilled tech people

A review of New Zealand’s immigration settings is imperative, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. There is a major covid bottleneck within Immigration NZ and he wants an immediate border exemption for key tech people, he says. “We have asked cabinet ministers to urgently consider a

December 7, 2020

NZTech News

Celebrating LocationTech’s launch

During 2020, location technology’s profile was boosted, largely due to the global impact of COVID-19. It quickly became clear how location technology is crucial to the management of the pandemic; mapping of cases, contact tracing, regional lockdown management and dashboards. Earlier this

December 3, 2020

Industry News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (32)

As the Digital Council, you would probably expect us to be promoting the rapid uptake of new innovations and inventions that help make things easier, quicker and, for some, possible. So you might be surprised to hear us endorsing some old fashioned phone calling, emailing and direct website booking

December 3, 2020

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