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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

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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

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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

Media Releases, NZTech News

NZTech & Precision Ag NZ helping New Zealand agriculture grow faster

New Zealand has an enormous opportunity to use technology as a means to support the economic growth of its agri sector and become a world leader in a fast growing agritech market, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. The country is achieving good agritech export growth rates relative to other

September 8, 2016

Media Releases

NZ not alone in grappling with tech skills shortages

Auckland – New Zealand is not alone in facing real challenges of growing shortages of people with the right skills to work in the tech sector and increasingly across other sectors, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Most countries are grappling with how to evolve their education systems t

September 5, 2016

Media Releases

NZ tech crusader advocating education reform

Hamilton – A leading company director says she is committed to advocating New Zealand education reform in technology. Rachel Kelly, the owner of tech business organiser Sparktank, wants to see more young girls presented with opportunities to enter the technology world, with their parents given th

August 30, 2016

Events

Diversity delivers a competitive advantage

This week, NZTech Women met in Auckland for breakfast.  BNZ's Head of Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), Lana West spoke about valuing diversity of identity and providing an inclusive workplace where people flourish. Lana recognised there are diverse ways of seeing the world and solving problems to

August 25, 2016

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Industry News

Fluctuating salaries for tech professions

Last month, Absolute IT released its bi-annual Remuneration Report, capturing remuneration data of nearly 40,000 employees via www.itsalaries.co.nz. There has been a slight dip in the national median base salary, now at $80,000.  Over the last two years, it has fluctuated between $80-82,500.  Mean

August 22, 2016