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NZTech Inform – Growing Innovation With Agritech

Last week, the Government announced a pivot to Industry Transformation Plans.  This is a new approach to industry policy, aimed at growing more innovative industries in New Zealand and lifting the productivity of our key sectors. According to MBIE, the plans will be industry led and Gover

July 8, 2019

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NZ needs to tackle predicted Libra onslaught

Wellington – The national blockchain group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government to adopt a more dynamic attitude or it could prove costly to the New Zealand economy, given blockchain tech’s likely global impact. BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pasca

July 3, 2019

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NZTech Inform – Adapting To New Cybersecurity Risks

Kia ora Readers Currently, there is quite a lot happening in the world of Government regarding to tech.  Tomorrow morning the revised 2019 New Zealand Cyber Security Strategy is launched by Minister Faafoi.  After a budget commitment of $2 million it will be interesting to se

July 1, 2019

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NZ on the verge of a cataclysmic financial service change

Facebook’s Libra currency will put New Zealand on the verge of a cataclysmic change in the way Kiwis think about financial services, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. But will the big banks in New Zealand be ready when the Libra currency launches next year, he says. “We want cha

June 26, 2019

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Kiwis’ digital privacy must be protected

June 25, 2019 Nearly 80 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell an international business conference in Singapore this week. Weaver has been invited to speak at the Seamless Asia summit

June 25, 2019

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Kiwis’ digital privacy must be protected

June 25, 2019 Nearly 80 percent of New Zealanders are concerned about how their identity is managed online, Digital Identity NZ executive director Andrew Weaver will tell an international business conference in Singapore this week. Weaver has been invited to speak at the Seamless Asia summit

June 25, 2019

#Cyber Security

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NZTech Inform – Emerging Tech Opportunities

Kia ora Readers, Last week, I spent quite a bit of time with different members of the Tech Alliance. Working with more than 20 tech associations and over 800 members constantly reinforces how wide ranging New Zealand’s capability and success is across tech.  I joined James Brown

June 24, 2019

Industry News

Graeme Muller: Tech companies should study UN sustainable goals

There are calls for New Zealand to be looking towards the United Nations' Sustainable Development goal when developing new technology. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller has just returned from major global tech conferences in the Netherlands and also met Dutch government leaders.

June 19, 2019

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Industry News

Brilliant new enviro-tech camp initiative for kids

A prominent Kiwi businessman has set up New Zealand’s first ever enviro-tech camp at Raglan, south of Auckland. Vaughan Fergusson, founder of New Zealand’s high-growth tech success story Vend and founder of OMGTech!, has rebooted an outdoor education camp to help steer kids into tech careers

June 18, 2019

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