Media Release

The NZ tech sector soaring since covid

New Zealand desperately needs more digitisation to engage with the rest of the world’s rapidly growing digital economies, NZTech chair Mitchell Pham says in his report to the annual meeting in Auckland on Thursday. “It is difficult for most Kiwis to think about what the world was like before

August 10, 2021

NZTech News

NZTech Inform – securing our future

Another NZTech year finishes this week, with our Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Thursday. Twelve years ago, NZTech was launched by 40 leading tech firms. Today, we have multiple associations in the NZTech Group, with over 1600 members who employ more than 10 percent of the New Zealand wo

August 9, 2021

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Media Release

Govt ignoring NZ’s deepening tech skills crisis

The government is ignoring New Zealand’s deepening tech skills crisis, a leading Aotearoa tech expert says. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says the government has the solution to solve the problem by allowing essential tech workers into the country. But this is just not happening, whi

August 5, 2021

NZTech News

NZTech Inform – reskilling staff vs employing graduates!

Another NZTech year has almost passed. Next week, I am looking forward to reviewing the year and sharing our plans for the next 12 months. Following our Annual General Meeting (AGM) we are hosting an entertaining debate with teams of tech leaders and students, contending if it is better to reskill

August 2, 2021

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NZTech News

NZTech Inform – Make Aotearoa safer online

Every week, over 400 people seek help for online harassment, image-based abuse, hate speech, grooming, scams and school incidents.As the past 18 months have shown, online connection is important and because Netsafe is receiving increasingly more requests for help under the Harmful Digital Communica

July 26, 2021

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Industry News

Netsafety Week 2021

NZTech has signed up as a Netsafety Week 2021 supporter. This is the first time New Zealand has ever held itsown online safety week and we’re excited to join the cause to help Make Aotearoa Safer Online.26-30 July is a week to raise awareness of online safety issues, share the support available a

July 23, 2021

NZTech News

NZTech Inform - challenging the skills shortage

EROAD has announced it would acquire privately-owned rival Coretex (for between $158 and $188 million) to increase its scale and accelerate its growth.  Once complete, the combined organisation will become a significant global supplier of in-vehicle fleet management solutions and telematics in

July 19, 2021

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NZ's Tech Story

New Zealand Tech And Innovation Story Summary Insights Report

The New Zealand Tech and Innovation Story (Tech Story) is a marketing initiative designed to deliver a compelling, consistent way of promoting our tech and innovation capabilities. This will help our businesses grow internationally by attracting tech investment, tech talent and growing

July 13, 2021

NZTech News

NZTech Inform – innovating with currency

Due to the school holidays, this week is a bit quieter. While thousands of holidaymakers are jumping on planes, I am happily avoiding flying for a couple of weeks.I am very excited to announce that the amazing Jodi Ihaka has joined the NZTech team as our Government Relations Manager. Jodi is based

July 12, 2021

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