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Pitch an innovative idea to Airbus!

Airbus invites New Zealand academia, research and industry to register interest in their call for innovation proposals. Pitch your relevant research and technology developments related to Airbus’ New Space technologies and their potential application to the future space operating environment a

February 3, 2021

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Burgeoning NZ tech sector struggling to get enough staff

New Zealand’s tech sector is struggling to get enough skilled staff despite strong job growth and thousands of new tech jobs being created every year, a new survey says. The Kiwi economy is being seriously restricted by a digital skills mismatch during difficult covid times, it says. Digita

January 28, 2021

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NZTech Inform - Introducing Digital Skills Aotearoa

Last night, we proudly launched our research report, Digital Skills Aotearoa – Digital Skills for our Digital Future.The research found system wide challenges requiring urgent national attention - a lack of coordinated effort, dramatic skills challenges driving a heavy reliance on immigratio

January 28, 2021

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NZ at serious risk of ruining its digital future, new survey says

New Zealand is at serious risk of ruining its digital future which will impact on education, businesses and the national economy, a major new national digital skills survey says. The substantial national survey, paints a picture of lost opportunity, highlighting that New Zealand is facing a conc

January 27, 2021

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NZ digital skills efforts, a picture of lost opportunity: survey

A major new national digital skills survey being released tomorrow, paints a picture of lost opportunity highlighting New Zealand is experiencing a digital skills mismatch which is impacting on the growth of the economy during difficult covid times. Digital technology businesses say they have pr

January 26, 2021

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NZ facing rampant cybercrime threats in 2021

New Zealand organisations and businesses are facing increasing and rampant cybercrime threats and the situation is getting worse, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Almost a million New Zealanders are falling victim to cybercrime every year, he says. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand ju

January 25, 2021

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Game developers’ growth just part of rampant Kiwi tech sector

New Zealand game developers’ $323.9 million earnings in the last financial year is a perfect example of just what is happening across the rampant tech sector, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. It is fantastic to see the continued growth of New Zealand’s interactive media and game de

December 16, 2020

Industry News

Digital Council for Aotearoa New Zealand #weeknotes (33)

Over the past few weeks we’ve been building our own website and experiencing what it takes to embed equity and meet the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. We’ve had to dig code deep to get it right. As a small, information based website, we don’t have the complexities of larg

December 16, 2020

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NZTech Inform - Meri Kirihimete

Here we are, a week away from Christmas and this is the last NZTech update for 2020.   During the past year NZTech and our Tech Alliance have been super busy.  If I wrote down everything, it would be a very long read, but I am incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved in such a

December 14, 2020