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NZTech Update - Digital Nations & Techweek'18

Hi Readers, I thought you may like a quick update on significant NZTech event projects that are currently in development: Mark your diary for 19-20 February for Digital Nations 2030. This Summit brings together leading digital governments and international thought leaders alongside local leaders t

October 9, 2017

NZTech News

My year as the NZTech Board Intern

Last year, when I was appointed to the NZTech Board, I knew it was going to be an exciting internship. As a young executive in the tech world I was looking forward to exposing the board to fresh thinking, but at the same time learning about board governance. Admittedly, I wasn't sure what exactly t

October 8, 2017

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NZTech Update - Creativity & collaboration in education

Hi Readers, With business as usual, I have been able to return some of my energy to the new Digital Technologies curricula due to be launched in 2018. This change, if well implemented, provides New Zealand’s education system with an opportunity to evolve. The World Economic Forum recently releas

October 2, 2017

Media Releases, NZTech News

Universities important but many skills can be learned on the job

If New Zealand raises its education outcomes over a period of 20 years to a level comparable with Finland, it can generate a 204 percent increase in GDP worth an additional $US258 billion, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Technology is driving changes in the way Kiwis work and the skills

September 27, 2017

Media Releases, NZTech News

First ever NZ Tech Leaders group launched

A new national group of New Zealand’s leading tech experts was formed in Auckland today, because the country is facing unprecedented growth and change in tech – which is now the nation’s fastest growing sector. Tech Leaders has been set up with the support of NZTech and is a group of passiona

September 27, 2017

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NZTech Update - Tech Leaders & Election 2017

Hi Readers, On Saturday evening I was in Tauranga at an election party watching, no doubt like you, to learn what the next three years may hold. Last week Sarah Putt did an excellent job of reviewing the various parties tech policies against the industry’s tech manifesto. While there weren’t hu

September 25, 2017

NZTech News

Tech’s momentum now a huge impact on the Kiwi economy

New Zealand is rapidly becoming a significant digital nation where technology is positively impacting on almost all traditional sectors such as banking, agriculture and tourism, the NZTech annual report says. Technology’s momentum is now pulling along organisations from right across the New Zeala

September 20, 2017

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NZTech Update - Digital readiness and autonomous vehicles

Hi Readers, Last week in Taipei, I listened to Alan Marcus, Head of Technology at the World Economic Forum as he provided an update on the Network Readiness Index as an important measure of digital readiness. According to their rankings, in 2016 New Zealand rated 17th in the world, quite good, but

September 18, 2017

Industry News, Media Releases

Return to IT pilot encourages Women into Tech

The Ministry of Business and Employment (MBIE) and the Ministry for Women today launched a pilot to attract more women back into the technology sector. Based in Wellington, Return to IT assists women with a digital technology backgrounds to return to work in the sector after taking a career break o

September 13, 2017

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