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NZTech Inform – Skills shortage, ethics and AI-DAY

Kia ora Readers, There is plenty happening across the Tech Alliance. Today, the Executive Directors of many of the Tech Alliance groups are meeting for a regular catch up, to share best practice and look for opportunities to collaborate. Tomorrow morning, I am attending the Spark Foundation

March 26, 2019

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NZTech Inform – #TheyAreUs

Kia ora Readers, Like most New Zealanders, I’m still shocked and reeling in disbelief at the events that occurred in Christchurch. My sincerest condolences to those who have lost family and friends in Friday’s attacks. Over the weekend, I’ve read analysis of the alleged kille

March 18, 2019

Industry News

NZ may become a global blockchain leader

Auckland – Kiwis could be future leaders in the billion-dollar global blockchain market across government and industry, BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pascall says. Blockchain is at its heart a decentralised distributed ledger – which is a way of replicating and sharing data

March 12, 2019

#Blockchain

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NZTech Inform – Attracting tech talent to New Zealand

Kia ora Readers, You may not realise it, but as a country, we are doing a pretty good job of attracting world class talent to New Zealand. In 2017, we were involved with LookSee Wellington, a campaign promoting tech jobs in Wellington. The campaign attracted 1.6 million website visits and 48,000

March 11, 2019

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NZTech Inform – Accessing Future Work Opportunities

Kia ora Readers, One evening last week, I watched my nine year old daughter complete a maths challenge in Mathletics (a great local EdTech success story), before switching to the Duolingo app for her daily Spanish lesson. While she was doing this, I was contemplating the numerous oppor

March 5, 2019

Industry News

Tech firms’ continued R&D growth driving economic growth

Auckland – New data from Statistics NZ highlights the continued growth of R&D (research and development) by tech firms, with computer services and scientific and tech services making up 35 percent of all R&D investment. Computer services companies alone invested $586 million

March 4, 2019

#Business & Economy

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NZ closing the gender gap but tech sector lagging behind

Wellington – New Zealand has risen two places to the seventh most gender equal country in the world to the latest World Economic Forum report on the issue. NZTech director Eva Sherwood says overall New Zealand has closed more than 80 percent of its gender gap for the first time

March 4, 2019

#Skills and talent #Women in Technology

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New Zealand urgently needs a biotech strategy

Auckland – New Zealand urgently needs a biotech strategy because it is critical to the future of the country’s economy, BiotechNZ executive director Zahra Champion says. The global biotechnology market is expected to reach more than $US727 billion within six years, according to a new re

February 27, 2019

#Biotech

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NZTech Inform - Collaboration That’s Good For The World!

There seems to be real momentum developing across New Zealand, as people and organisations collaborate, to help ensure our country is ready to make the most of the digital era. Across the Tech Alliance we are helping prepare future generations for the digital work force, helping startup

February 25, 2019