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AI Forum NZ Helping Climate Change And Environment Issues
Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 5:49 am | Make Lemonade
It is no longer enough to leave the impacts climate change and declining biodiversity to chance, AI Forum NZ executive director Madeline Newman says. The cost of inaction is rising exponentially and AI can help uncover hidden patterns that may help us ... More >>
Intense Workouts Better Than Walking 10,000 Steps A Day
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 10:24 am | Make Lemonade
Intense workouts can improve a person's fitness more, compared to milder forms of exercise like walking 10,000 steps a day, according to a brand new report by Boston University School of Medicine researchers. ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie ... More >>
NZ Needs Genetic Modification In The World Of Climate Change
Tuesday, 26 April 2022, 9:38 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand needs to finally accept genetic modification (GM) products in a world of climate change and desperate global food needs, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. While New Zealand is lagging behind the rest of the world ... More >>
Cyber Security Literacy Needed To Reduce Security Issues
Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 10:01 am | Make Lemonade
Tāmaki Makaurau - Most cyber security issues are closer to home than Kiwis realise. In the first quarter of this year, CERT NZ received 568 reports about scams and fraud with an associated direct financial loss of $5.9 million, an increase of 269 percent ... More >>
Financial Tech Becoming Increasingly Important For NZ
Thursday, 7 April 2022, 5:48 am | Make Lemonade
April 6, 2022 Following recent research released by FinTechNZ showing how open finance and fintech could improve digital equity and financial wellbeing for Kiwis, a new piece of research reinforces the economic opportunity for New Zealand as the fintech ... More >>
UN Asks NZ’s Rod Carr To Join Major Global Group
Friday, 1 April 2022, 7:55 am | Make Lemonade
April 1, 2022 The UN’s secretary general António Guterres has asked New Zealand’s Dr Rod Carr to join an elite world group to look into climate change issues. Guterres today launched his expert world group to develop stronger and clearer standards for ... More >>
Exercise Holds Health Benefits For Stressed Kiwis
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 7:36 am | Make Lemonade
A new scientific study has confirmed the brain’s role in deriving cardiovascular benefits from physical activity. Which shows exercise holds even more heart health benefits for people with stress-related conditions. The research underscores the ... More >>
Open Finance To Benefit NZ Consumers – New Report
Monday, 28 March 2022, 8:54 am | Make Lemonade
Open finance is tipped to become the standard for consumers' financial welfare and empowerment, according to a new Aotearoa fintech research report. FinTechNZ executive director Jason Roberts says the huge opportunities for Kiwi businesses and consumers ... More >>
Kiwis Keen On Structured Exercise, Excited About Covid Change
Thursday, 24 March 2022, 9:51 am | Make Lemonade
The half a million Kiwis who regularly use the New Zealand exercise industry will welcome the removal on mandates, and they are looking forward to everyone returning to gyms and facilities around the country, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie ... More >>
No Surprise A Million Kiwi Workers Need More Digital Skills
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 9:45 am | Make Lemonade
It’s not that surprising to see New Zealand needs to upskill a million Kiwi workers with better digital skills, as covid has accelerated the drive to digital for most businesses in New Zealand and around the world, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller ... More >>
NZTech Backs New FTA With The UK For Tech Sector Benefit
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 8:06 am | Make Lemonade
NZTech says it is excellent to see digital trade and the tech sector playing a substantial part in the new free trade agreement (FTA) with the UK. UK is to eliminate all tariffs on New Zealand exports, with duties removed on 99.5 percent of current trade from ... More >>
Ukraines In NZ Struggling To Hear News From Home
Friday, 25 February 2022, 3:31 pm | Make Lemonade
There are about 1300 Ukrainians in New Zealand and one of them is distraught over the events happening back in her homeland. One of them, Dunedin events advisor Olha Viazenko, came to New Zealand four years ago from Kiev, along with her husband Oleksii ... More >>
600 Border Exceptions Now Available For Tech Workers
Friday, 18 February 2022, 12:09 pm | Make Lemonade
The process to apply for 600 border exceptions for tech workers is now underway and businesses can apply for an industry nomination through NZTech or IT Professionals NZ, the leading tech industry groups. New Zealand is desperate for top experienced ... More >>
Massive Opportunities From Accelerating Digital Growth - NZTech
Friday, 11 February 2022, 2:51 pm | Make Lemonade
The release today of a draft digital technologies industry transformation plan (ITP) is the result of a year-long collaboration between Government and the tech sector which has reinforced the massive opportunity available from accelerating growth for ... More >>
Exercise Very Effective Against Covid – Landmark Study
Friday, 28 January 2022, 10:21 am | Make Lemonade
Regular physical activity cuts the risk of dying from infectious diseases such as covid by 37 percent and reduces the chance of catching the virus by 31 per cent, according to new global research. The findings have already gone to the Scottish ... More >>
Consistency Needed From DHBs Regarding Close Contacts
Friday, 28 January 2022, 9:43 am | Make Lemonade
Some district health boards are classing close contacts in gym settings while others are not following the covid rules as set by the Ministry of Health, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. The inconsistency of the DHBs is a real concern and ... More >>
NZ Exercise Facilities Fully Prepared For Red Setting
Sunday, 23 January 2022, 8:21 pm | Make Lemonade
New Zealand’s facilities are prepared and ready to operate from 11.59pm tonight in the new covid omicron red setting, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. “Auckland has done this before and the rest of the gyms in Aotearoa have had detailed ... More >>
Eagle Protect, With Offices In NZ And The US, Has Been Named A Winner Of The Annual Global Real Leaders Impact Awards
Thursday, 13 January 2022, 6:36 am | Make Lemonade
The annual awards recognise the world’s top impact companies who are leading the way in business as a force for good. The judges selected 200 companies globally based on issues such as impact and business growth. Eagle Protect came in at 100, in their ... More >>
Cyber Security Professionals In High Demand
Wednesday, 12 January 2022, 3:10 pm | Make Lemonade
Cyber security professionals are in high demand globally and New Zealand companies are struggling to find people with the right skills. NZTech wants to reduce the cybersecurity workforce gap through training, upskilling and bringing in overseas experts through ... More >>
Metaverse, The Next Big Digital Thing
Friday, 17 December 2021, 8:42 am | Make Lemonade
The Metaverse is a bit of a mystery at the moment. But if the internet is two-dimensional, text and images on flat screens, then think of the metaverse as three-dimensional and multi-sensory, including touch. Most agree the Metaverse represents a shared ... More >>
