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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

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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

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NZTech Update - Techweek Is Here!

We’ve made it!  Techweek’18 is on now and all this week.  The official count is 538 tech and innovation events throughout New Zealand, so please connect, learn and enjoy. A special thanks to the Prime Minister for joining us in the spirit of Techweek and allowing us to turn her into a hologra

May 21, 2018

Industry News

Challenges and urgent solutions needed for NZ agritech

New Zealand’s agri sector is facing challenges that require urgent solutions, the inaugural executive director of the new Agritech New Zealand organisation Peter Wren-Hilton says. AgritechNZ, as a major part of the NZTech alliance, will launch during Techweek this week. Wren-Hilton is founder of

May 20, 2018

#Agritech

Media Releases

Launch of NZ tech and innovation story UpStarters

The New Zealand Tech and Innovation Story, the UpStarters, launched this morning by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at Techweek ’18, is a key milestone in supporting our tech and innovation companies to promote themselves on the world stage. See a video of the PM attending the Techweek opening as

May 20, 2018

Media Releases

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be world’s first female PM to appear as hologram at Techweek opening

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will set a world first opening Techweek on Monday as she will attend as a hologram. The prime minister will be the world’s first national leader to undertake an official engagement as a hologram, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said today. Techweek is a major

May 17, 2018