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Can Technology Transform a Community? Yes!

Good things happen when a community comes together with the right opportunities. Can a technology implementation transform an entire community? I believe it’s possible, because I am starting to see it happen. Good things happen when a community comes together to support students and students bui

October 15, 2015

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Spotlight on Hamilton; Meet Brad Vines, Wintec IT Director

With a prospering tech sector, affordable housing market and mountains, trails and beaches within easy reach, it’s no wonder we think Waikato is an awesome place to live. Innovation, growth and a great work/life balance is exactly what you’ll find in Hamilton, just a short drive south of New Zea

October 11, 2015

Industry News

N4L helps OMGTech! support teachers through Pond

N4L is excited to announce that OMGTech!, a charitable education initiative getting more Kiwi kids interested in STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering & maths), will be using online learning hub Pond to make its educational resources accessible to all New Zealand schools. Pond will

October 2, 2015

#Digital Skills #Edtech

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The Instillery goes Purple with smarter WiFi for Kiwi businesses

The Instillery Group has today confirmed an exciting new partnership with Purple WiFi to become New Zealand’s first Cloud Managed Service Provider for the global social WiFi company. The partnership with Purple WiFi enables the Instillery to better assist businesses across New Zealand and Austr

October 2, 2015

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My Letter to Parents - Frances Valintine

I imagine a future for our children where New Zealand plays a leading part in the global digital sector. But right now this goal is a significant stretch beyond our current capability and output. To define where we could be I want to start by talking to you about Estonia. An Eastern European coun

October 2, 2015

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Applications Open for New Zealand’s First ‘Female-Founder’ Accelerator Programme

Applications are officially open for Lightning Lab XX, New Zealand’s first ever female-founder business accelerator, which will kick off on International Women’s Day (March 8th 2016). Lightning Lab is New Zealand’s premier business accelerator, with its programmes to date helping 45 venture

October 2, 2015

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The Idealog 2015 guide to crowdfunding

Ask any wannabe entrepreneur: in 2015, crowdfunding is where it’s at. The seeming golden ticket for a million would-be start-ups, crowdfunding seems to promise a no-catch ‘crowd in the cloud’ solution for those looking for an easy way to finance their next big project. And crowdfunding is b

September 27, 2015

NZTech News

Building strong tech relations with India

The Hon Amy Adams, Minister of Communications, was in Bengaluru this Monday, 21st September, meeting with the GTech, the industry body that represents tech companies in the Indian state of Kerala.  She was accompanied by Grahame Morton, High Commissioner of New Zealand in India, Clayton Kimpton, Re

September 22, 2015

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N4L and Vector work together to expand Managed Network

Businesses pitching in to help schools get awesome internet services. More than 50 Auckland schools will be able to start using N4L’s Managed Network sooner, thanks to an agreement that sees the Crown company using Vector’s fibre network as part of its national rollout. Today’s agreement w

September 15, 2015