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Tech crucial to NZ’s future – manifesto

New Zealand’s leading tech organisations today released their manifesto of New Zealand’s Digital Future. The digital copy of the report has been sent to every member of parliament and to key government officials throughout multiple agencies as technology is far reaching – from health and ed

May 23, 2017

NZTech News

National AI group launching next month

Artificial Intelligence or AI is fast being used to make people more efficient and it will touch every element of New Zealanders’ lives from better healthcare and education to faster service and more personalised products, tech leader Stu Christie says. Like any emerging technology there is sti

May 23, 2017

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NZTech Update - Global relevance, innovation and creating connections

Hi Readers Techweek’17 is now over and I wish I could hit the replay button. I made it to just 22 events in four cities of the 287 events taking place across 24 centres around the country. This year, the most exciting part of Techweek for me was seeing event organisers and partners wearing t-shi

May 22, 2017

Media Releases

Rugby World Cup will open trade doors with Japan

The build up to the 2019 Rugby World Cup presents a huge opportunity for any New Zealand tech firms considering the Japanese market as the passion for the All Blacks is huge in Japan, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Muller has been in Japan this week on an economic and trade trip lead

May 21, 2017

Industry News

Techweek'17 in review with NZTech Chair Mitchell Pham

Techweek ’17 has wrapped up after nine days and nearly 300 individual events around the country, and our sights are already set on Techweek’18! With such a wide variety of events there was something engaging for everyone, from Blockchain and cryptocurrencies, to augmented and virtual reality,

May 21, 2017

Industry News

Celebrating FinTech success

Congratulations to Pushpay who won both the Innovative Company and Company of the Year titles and FinTechNZ member LatiPay who won the Best Hi-Tech Start Up Company of the Year title at the recent NZ Hi-Tech Awards at the conclusion of Techweek'17. "LatiPay's incredible win clearly illustrates ho

May 18, 2017

#Fintech

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Celebration of our tech future

After 287 events in 24 centres around the country, Techweek ’17 has delivered its promised “festival of technology” to New Zealand. Techweek ’17 has wrapped up after nine days and more than 250 individual events, and now sights are set on the Techweek ’18, although the team at NZTech migh

May 16, 2017

Industry News

Launch pad for next generation of female tech leaders

‘Women in tech’ is unfortunately not a phrase heard often enough. We are all aware of the gender divide between men and women in IT, but instead of asking ‘how can we fix it?’ we tend to get stuck in the negative mindset of the ‘that’s just the way it is’. If you are working in the New

May 14, 2017

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NZTech News

Trade trip to Japan great for NZ tech exporters

New Zealand tech exporters are likely to benefit from an accelerating market in Japan following this coming week’s economic and trade trip lead by Prime Minister Bill English, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Japan is a major trading partner with New Zealand with $6.4 billion traded b

May 14, 2017

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