
The New Zealand Tech Alliance is a group of independent technology associations from across New Zealand that work together to ensure a strong voice for technology.
Visit Tech AllianceThe New Zealand Tech Alliance is a group of independent technology associations from across New Zealand that work together to ensure a strong voice for technology.
Visit Tech AllianceKia ora e te whānauAs signalled in last month’s newsletter, DINZ’s submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner’s consultation paper on Biometrics did proceed to plan, and we were grateful to receive OPC’s thanks and acknowledgement of the work put in by our spe
October 19, 2022
Last month we held the BlockchainNZ Annual Meeting, where myself, and our Council Chair, Bryan Ventura, presented on the progress we’ve made over the last 12 months, what our strategic vision and core activities will be in 2023, and introduced our new council members. A quick recap of o
October 18, 2022
The scientists behind Opteran spent 10 years mapping a bee’s brain. This research is now powering Opteran’s array of new capabilities using biomimicry dubbed ‘Natural Intelligence’, from enabling machines to navigate and learn autonomously as insects do in nature, to obviating the need for
October 18, 2022
Digital adoption needed to help fight climate change Last week the Government announced plans for Kiwi farmers to pay for emissions by 2025 in a world-first climate plan. In the rhetoric that followed, there was very little discussion about the need for Kiwi farmers to adopt technology to help r
October 17, 2022
Marc Krisjanous is a cyber security turned crypto auditor that been working with the C4 cryptocurrency consortium to develop the new cryptocurrency auditor certification course (CCSSA). Marc is presently undertaking the first ever audit of a business using the standard to asses their crypto sec
October 13, 2022
It was recently published by RNZ that Spark is holding customers’ geographic location data for seven years, far more than the average telco. The article investigated that although Spark holds their location data for seven years, Vodafone NZ stores their data for 14 months, 2 Degrees withheld
October 13, 2022
In this issue Insights from the Executive Director BioTechNZ newsWhat’s happening around the country and across the ditch? Insights from the Executive Director This year just keeps on giving the goods for biotech! I would like to congratulate Associate Professor Cather Simpson o
October 13, 2022
This month we're looking for your insights on the talent shortage and what storytelling tools you need to attract skilled talent and help your business grow. This month it was revealed that New Zealand's brand value has increased to US$248 billion, up 11% sinc
October 12, 2022
The Inclusive and Ethical Use of Digital Identity Working Group (IEUDI) have written a research and discussion paper report looking into inclusivity and ethics in digital identity. Purpose of this paper The purpose of this paper is to research existing mahi in the areas of inclusivity and eth
October 11, 2022