Media Releases, NZTech News

NZ will be less competitive with less government R&D support

Hundreds of fledgling New Zealand tech companies will feel the pinch if stimulating research and development grants are replaced with tax credits, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Muller says tax credits have a place but New Zealand needs to be as competitive as other countries if it want

June 11, 2018

Industry News

Digital principles set up to help NZ businesses evolve

The digital revolution that has begun will change, redefine and disrupt almost every sector across the country, New Zealand Techleaders chair David Kennedy says. Techleaders today released a set of digital principles to support New Zealand’s transformation into a more digitally competitive nation

June 11, 2018

#Digital Skills #Tech Leaders

NZTech News

Seeking NZTech Board Nominations

Our Annual General Meeting (AGM) is coming soon and that means election season is now upon us! NZTech is the voice of the organisations that are redefining the world we live in. NZTech’s vision is a prosperous New Zealand, underpinned by technology. Our purpose is to connect, promote and advance

June 6, 2018

Industry News

Teachers need to be better paid for the tech revolution

Teachers need to be better paid as they adjust to educating kids in the fastest growing sector in New Zealand, – technology, an award-winning Maori chief executive of a fast growing ed-tech company says. Kendall Flutey, who runs Christchurch company Banqer, says one of her main concerns facing

June 6, 2018

#Edtech #Fintech

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Update – Building A Digital Economy

Last Friday, submissions for feedback on the proposed R&D tax credits were due.  For several years NZTech has been encouraging the introduction of some form of R&D tax credit system.  However this is in the context of being an additional method of stimulating R&D and not as a complete

June 4, 2018

Industry News

Technology business leader Mitchell Pham to be celebrated with Kea World Class New Zealand Award

New Zealand’s most prestigious celebration of individual achievement, the Kea World Class New Zealand (WCNZ) Awards, has today announced six of its 2018 award recipients. In addition to Pham, this year’s winners include innovator and engineer, Peter Beck; AI trailblazer Mark Sagar; award-winnin

May 30, 2018

#Fintech

Newsletters, NZTech News

NZTech Update - UpStarters and Tech Wins!

How amazing was Techweek'18? I hope you were involved, either attending an event, watching TechweekTV or one of the many webcasts.  Last week, Techweek'18 hosted 538 tech and innovations events across 36 towns, connecting tens of thousands of Kiwis to the potential of our future.  Techweek connect

May 28, 2018

NZTech News

Using tech to overcome inequality

During Techweek'18, social entrepreneur Derek Handley delivered a powerful keynote address. Here's what he had to say about using technology to address social inequality.  Watch Derek's presentation here or read it below: "I watched a video the other day of a man demonstrating a machine unlike any

May 27, 2018

Industry News

ShadowTech tackles gender imbalance

"Right now there's a gender imbalance in the tech industry.  The sector employs more than 120,000 people, but only 23 percent are women.  I want that to change.  It needs to be much higher," said Minister Clare Curran at yesterday's Wellington launch of ShadowTech. Yesterday, 200 sec

May 22, 2018

#ShadowTech