Media Releases, NZTech News

NZ needs to raise the tech bar

Auckland – A fast rising Maori tech leader says New Zealand needs to raise the bar and celebrate more of our successes as rapidly changing technology is now transforming the world. At 31, Robett Hollis is a Zuckerberg-type new NZTech board member who says just because New Zealand is a tiny countr

October 10, 2016

Media Releases

ARANZ Medical wins global technology award

Christchurch-based ARANZ Medical has won an international award in Brasilia this morning at the World Congress of Information Technology (WCIT). The conference is run by the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) which is the global organisation over-arching all world technology

October 5, 2016

Media Releases

Summit crucial for cyber security, new NZTech director says

NZTech’s new government and member relations director Andrea Hancox says New Zealand needs to protect its economy and livelihood as a nation by bringing cybersecurity to the forefront of leaders at top executive levels. Understanding the multi-dimensional nature of cyber threats and key issues tha

October 4, 2016

Media Releases

100s of driverless cars on NZ roads by end of next year, tech expert says

NZTech head Graeme Muller predicts hundreds of driverless cars will be seen on New Zealand’s roads by the end of next year. He was commenting on the historic announcement today of New Zealand’s first research trial of a driverless electric shuttle which will begin next year. HMI Technologies a

October 4, 2016

Industry News

NZ’s tech future resting on children of today

Rotorua – The future of New Zealand’s success rests largely on the importance of how school children manage technology today, one of New Zealand’s leading tech experts says. Graeme Muller, chief executive of NZTech, the voice of the tech sector in New Zealand, told the New Zealand ULearn educ

October 4, 2016

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Newsletters

NZTech Update - Skills shortages and teacher development

Hi Readers We are currently working on a project with ATEED and the Ministry of Education to develop and pilot models to assess the viability of providing pathways directly from high school into the tech sector. Interestingly, there is anecdotal evidence that the organic increase of high school st

October 3, 2016

Newsletters

NZTech Update: The evolution of everything and dairy-free milk!

Hi Everyone I have just returned from a relaxing week with no email and the chance to leisurely read a good book in the sun. My holiday reading was the thought provoking Evolution of Everything by Matt Ridley on ideas emerging bottom-up and how they effectively keep evolving. He argues that top dow

September 25, 2016

Newsletters

NZTech Update: Industry fragmentation, innovation and start-ups

Hi Members It has been incredibly exciting to see the technology sector become New Zealand’s 3rd largest exporter delivering unparalleled benefits in making our nation internationally competitive. There is more work to be done with fragmentation still visible across the tech industry in our smal

September 19, 2016

Media Releases

Canterbury tech growing again

Canterbury’s technology industry is growing again following the 2011 earthquake, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The Canterbury tech summit to be held in Christchurch on Thursday is already a sell-out which is not surprising considering the rapidly increasing interest and investment in

September 12, 2016