NZTech News

What does the Digital Technologies ITP mean for Location?

The Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) is a collaboration between industry and Government to help grow the digital technologies sector. It is something every location professional needs to know about and we want to ensure LocationTech is well represented.  What is

March 10, 2021

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Inform - let’s all choose to challenge!

Today is International Women’s Day (IWD) and TechWomen are celebrating at events in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and online. This year’s IWD campaign theme is #ChooseToChallenge.  Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions, so we can all cho

March 8, 2021

NZTech News

Most Kiwi kids want to be a sportsperson; then a vet, police officer, teacher

By Kip Brook The results are fascinating. Primary and intermediate school children all around New Zealand were asked to draw pictures of what they want to be when they grow up. The 7200 Kiwi kids responded, identifying their career aspirations. By far the most popular career was being a (prof

March 2, 2021

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Inform - how do kids rank tech as a job?

NZTech and the Tech Alliance associations are not-for-profit organisations supported by membership fees from a collective of over 1,500 members.  With limited funding and a long list of important jobs, we also heavily rely on volunteers.  Across the Tech Alliance there are sever

March 1, 2021

NZTech News

Graeme Muller on Digital Skills

Graeme Muller, NZTech talks with Advocacy Update AdvocacyUpdate: How would you describe the tech sector in New Zealand? Graeme Muller: It has quite grey edges, so it's difficult to say what's in or out, but the way we look at it: it's organisations that are creating and selling tech, whether

March 1, 2021

Industry News

Hack Tāmaki - Q&A with Michelle Dickinson, aka Nanogirl

Q&A with Michelle Dickinson, aka Nanogirl, as she prepares to judge local tech challenges at Hack Tāmaki, 26-28 March 2021 in Glen Innes, Auckland How did you get into the world of tech? Mostly from being a curious child that was always using a screwdriver to open up electronics so I cou

February 26, 2021

Industry News

Share your diversity views and win!

We are helping Diversity Works New Zealand gain a deeper understanding of the diversity and inclusion issues that really matter to New Zealand organisations by asking our network to complete the 2021 New Zealand Workplace Diversity Survey.    This annual survey has now been running for

February 25, 2021

Media Releases

Hundreds of NZ businesses now losing money to cyber-criminals

Hundreds of New Zealand businesses are now losing money to cyber-criminals, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said at the New Zealand cyber-security summit in Wellington today. In the third quarter of last year, 281 Kiwis business reported cyber security breaches and many others are likely to

February 24, 2021

Media Releases

Covid: fertile ground to execute cyber scams and reap the riches

The covid pandemic has provided cyber criminals with a fertile ground to execute scams and reap the riches, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said at the New Zealand cyber-security summit in Wellington today. The summit is the largest gathering of cyber professionals in New Zealand, who are w

February 24, 2021