NZTech News

Celebrating location and sharing our story

Since our last newsletter, there have been a couple of prominent elections.   While there is little comparison between ours, here in New Zealand and the United States of America, both heralded change. The location technology industry bids  haere rā to Eugenie Sage and says haer

November 12, 2020

Media Releases

Biotech improving everyday life in NZ – new report

Biotech is improving everyday life without most Kiwis realising, a new BioTechNZ research report says. The landmark BioTechNZ study analysed the state of biotechnology and its impact and benefits for the New Zealand economy and society. BioTechNZ is a member of the NZTech Alliance, which brin

November 10, 2020

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Inform – create valuable connections

Today, I am attending BioTechNZ’s Medicinal Cannabis Summit, which signals the launch of New Zealand’s regulated medicinal cannabis market.  This is New Zealand’s first conference on this high growth sector, combining medicine, science and technology.  Tomorrow, I am facilitati

November 9, 2020

Industry News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (28)

By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Members of Pasifika communities in Aotearoa who work in the digital space gave us the same message last week that we’ve heard from many others: you’re not uncovering anything we don’t already know — we’ve been say

November 6, 2020

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NZTech News

Would you like to be the next NZTech Board appointed intern?

NZTech is currently accepting Board Internship applications.  If you would like to gain governance experience, engage in industry and build networks, then this is an opportunity not to be missed. We are looking for an intern in the senior management team of a fast-growing, New Zealand

November 3, 2020

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NZTech Inform – preview insights from our skills survey

It’s exactly eight weeks until Christmas and there’s still so much to get done this year! The write up of our digital skills survey is well underway.  Fortunately, we had almost 200 responses to the survey, including most of the largest employers.  In addition, we have analysed 9

November 2, 2020

Industry News

Insights on Immigration and Border Issues

The challenges of the border closure and immigration are having a significant impact on the economy. BusinessNZ is seeking your feedback on the impacts on your business of the border closure, border exemption process and criteria, and immigration settings. The survey findings will be used to

November 2, 2020

Industry News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (27)

By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Members of the Digital Council’s research team and secretariat participated in a wānanga with Māori Data Sovereignty experts last week. The roopū gave us their views on the Digital Council’s exploration of trust

October 30, 2020

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Industry News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (26)

By Mitchell Pham, Chair of the Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand. Last week we started an intense period of analysing the findings from our workshops on trust in automated decision making. People from across Aotearoa have shared their experiences, hopes and challenges around automate

October 22, 2020

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