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NZTech Inform – our ongoing team effort

Last week’s NZTech Annual General Meeting provided an opportunity to pause and take stock of how much has happened in the past year.  You can learn more about what NZTech has been doing to support the New Zealand tech ecosystem in our 2021 Annual Report. We couldn’t have achieved so muc

August 16, 2021

Media Releases

NZ tech industry in pain and economy hurting without staff

Tāmaki Makaurau - NZTech members, including many of New Zealand’s biggest companies, say that their economic growth has stalled due to immigration issues. The tech sector has been trapped by the covid pandemic because of border closures and the struggle to bring skilled tech workers into

August 16, 2021

NZTech News

Celebrating Team NZTech!

“Over the last year, even under the pressure of COVID-19 lockdowns and border closures, the New Zealand tech ecosystem continued to grow and deliver positive impacts for our economy and society,” says Graeme Muller, CEO, NZTech. Our purpose is to help create a socially and economically prosp

August 12, 2021

Newsletters

August News: Citius, Altius, Fortius

It is well known that Kiwi’s punch above their weight, just ask Youness Baalla and Uladzislau Smiahlikau who lost to David Nyika on his way to becoming the heavyweight boxing bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. New Zealand's record breaking performance at the games was a true disp

August 12, 2021

Media Releases

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

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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

Media Releases

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

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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 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