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Grow Wellington welcomes new trans-Tasman flights
Tuesday, 9 September 2014, 4:26 pm | Grow Wellington
Regional economic development agency Grow Wellington is welcoming the new Jetstar service from Wellington to Australia announced today. The airline announced it would start flying three times a week from Wellington to the Gold Coast from December this ... More >>
Summer of Tech programme expands to include manufacturers
Monday, 21 July 2014, 4:44 pm | Grow Wellington
The success of the Summer of Tech student internship programme has seen it extended to Wellington manufacturing businesses this year. More >>
Wellington international student numbers continue to rise
Friday, 20 June 2014, 12:58 pm | Grow Wellington
The numbers of international students in Wellington continue to rise with particularly strong growth for schools and in the institutes of technology and polytechnics (ITP) sector. Education New Zealand 2013 report show the region’s school sector grew ... More >>
ICT grad school much-needed for Wellington
Thursday, 5 June 2014, 2:59 pm | Grow Wellington
ICT grad school much-needed for Wellington The Government’s announcement that it will invest in an ICT graduate school in Wellington is excellent news and a much-needed initiative, says regional economic development agency Grow Wellington. The Government ... More >>
Call for immediate relief from LVR for some regions
Thursday, 29 May 2014, 1:58 pm | Grow Wellington
The chair of the Wellington region's economic development agency, Grow Wellington, has called for the immediate removal of the Reserve Bank's Loan-to-Value Ratio limits from some regions, and reconsideration of other economic interventions from a regional ... More >>
NZ a world hot spot for education technology - US investor
Monday, 19 May 2014, 11:35 am | Grow Wellington
New Zealand is an entrepreneurial hotspot for the rocketing sector of education technology, says Jennifer Carolan, Head of NewSchools Seed Fund in California, who is coming to Wellington to speak at the national EdTech for Export 2014 (eT4e) conference shortly. More >>
Grow Wellington and Xero seeking IT talent in UK
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:53 pm | Grow Wellington
Grow Wellington and Xero seeking IT talent in UK Grow Wellington has teamed up with tech firm Xero and Wellington IT recruiter 920 Career Agents to attract skilled IT staff from the UK, an area where Wellington has a shortage of workers. The regional ... More >>
Wellington craft beer on tap at Melbourne’s GABS festival
Friday, 16 May 2014, 1:52 pm | Grow Wellington
op Wellington craft brewers will be dominating the New Zealand stand at Australia’s premier beer festival in Melbourne next week. The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) runs from May 23 – 25 in Melbourne and six top Wellington craft brewers ... More >>
Wellington education delegation to Japan and China
Wednesday, 14 May 2014, 1:29 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington education providers will be making their presence felt in Japan and China next week to attract international students to the region. Grow Wellington’s International Education Manager and 13 education providers from all over the Wellington region, ... More >>
High tech capital promoted at top tech event in Sydney
Friday, 2 May 2014, 12:39 pm | Grow Wellington
Grow Wellington is heading across the ditch next week to spearhead a Wellington presence at Sydney’s CeBit Technology Event, the number one business technology event in the Asia Pacific region. More >>
Melbourne game developers relocate to Wellington
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 10:22 am | Grow Wellington
A group of independent game developers has relocated to Wellington from Melbourne and hope to be part of the rapidly-developing industry in the high tech capital. The co-founders of Camshaft Software – Andrew Lamb and Caswal (Caz) Parker – ... More >>
Wellington film sector goes from strength to strength
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 3:14 pm | Grow Wellington
Official figures released today show Wellington continues to lead the country’s film industry, with businesses in the region earning $700 million from films in 2013 – 81 percent of all film revenue in New Zealand. Statistics New Zealand’s 2012/2013 ... More >>
Grow Wellington welcomes Powerhouse Ventures to the region
Thursday, 10 April 2014, 11:39 am | Grow Wellington
Early stage technology investment firm Powerhouse Ventures is teaming up with Kerasi Limited in Wellington this month to continue helping turn science-based research in the region into commercial reality. Powerhouse, which was established in Christchurch ... More >>
Hi-Tech Awards finalists show Wellington is the tech capital
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 12:14 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington has the highest number of companies per capita in this year’s Hi-Tech Awards, again confirming that Wellington is the high tech capital of New Zealand. More >>
Ed Tech conference keeps NZ in touch with $86bn industry
Wednesday, 19 March 2014, 4:31 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington is gearing up to play host to New Zealand and international education technology sector experts at the Ed Tech for Export 2014 (eT4e) conference in June. More >>
Grow Wellington looking for high tech talent in Texas
Friday, 7 March 2014, 9:58 am | Grow Wellington
Grow Wellington is pitching the region as the land of opportunity for tech talent and investors at the South by Southwest (SXSW) trade show in Texas this week. More >>
City welcomes international students
Friday, 21 February 2014, 10:39 am | Grow Wellington
Wellington city is rolling out the red carpet next week for hundreds of international students starting class in the region. More >>
Writer of The King’s Speech in Wellington for AnimfxNZ
Tuesday, 4 February 2014, 4:39 pm | Grow Wellington
British-American playwright and film and television writer David Seidler will join some of the biggest and brightest names in the global digital entertainment industry in Wellington for the annual AnimfxNZ conference next week. More >>
Boot Camp to fast-track ICT workforce launches in Wellington
Monday, 2 December 2013, 4:56 pm | Grow Wellington
An innovative solution by way of an up-skilling boot camp to meet the growing demand for smart ICT workers in the Wellington region has been launched. More >>
Wellington leads country for high-tech growth in TIN100
Wednesday, 20 November 2013, 5:13 pm | Grow Wellington
Wellington’s high-technology companies in the TIN100 have grown three times faster than any other region in the country according to the latest report which measures the performance of New Zealand’s largest export-focused technology companies. More >>
