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NZ Urgently Needs Skilled Overseas Tech Workers
Wednesday, 9 June 2021, 6:08 am | Make Lemonade
NZTech is eager to help encourage more highly skilled overseas tech workers to immigrate to New Zealand to fill the digital skills shortage. Graeme Muller, the NZTech chief executive, says some tech workers are exempt and can come into New Zealand during ... More >>
NZTech Wins Hi-Tech Award, Expanding Technology Throughout NZ
Sunday, 30 May 2021, 3:55 pm | Make Lemonade
NZTech has won a key New Zealand Hi-Tech award for its efforts in creating a socially and economically prosperous New Zealand underpinned by technology. The large not for profit organisation won the best contribution to the New Zealand tech sector ... More >>
Webb’s Selling Late All Black Andy Haden’s Wine Collection
Saturday, 29 May 2021, 1:02 pm | Make Lemonade
Tāmaki Makaurau - One of New Zealand’s biggest auction houses, Webbs in Auckland, has secured the rights to sell former All Black the late Andy Haden’s wine collection. Haden’s wine, with many bottles acquired during his All Black tours, has an estimate ... More >>
Most Players And Public Want The ABs To Be NZ-owned
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 6:46 am | Make Lemonade
Otautahi - Most players and the wider public have a real desire to keep the All Blacks entirely New Zealand-owned. The sum of New Zealand rugby will forever be 12.5 percent smaller if it sells that stake to US private equity firm Silver Lake. The ... More >>
Yoga NZ Links With Indian High Commission
Monday, 24 May 2021, 8:31 am | Make Lemonade
Tāmaki Makaurau - Yoga New Zealand and the High Commission of India in New Zealand have connected and are intent on developing a deeper relationship with international yoga day as the common ground. It is a special bond for YNZ and the High Commission ... More >>
Digital Health Gets Funding Injection It Needed
Monday, 24 May 2021, 5:50 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand’s leading digital health umbrella group says Aotearoa is getting the injection of funding it has been calling for to bring the public health system into the digital era. New Zealand Health IT (NZHIT) says most of the Budget’s $516 million ... More >>
Waikato DHB Cyber-attack Not Surprising
Monday, 24 May 2021, 5:48 am | Make Lemonade
FintechNZ says the cyber-attack on the Waikato District Health Board is not surprising considering only six percent of Kiwi companies have adequate protection. On average, companies take about 197 days to identify and 69 days to contain a breach according ... More >>
Biotech Research Helping Medical, Environmental Areas
Wednesday, 19 May 2021, 6:01 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand med-tech companies are using research in biotechnology to help developments in medicine, protective equipment and sensors, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. Auckland’s Scentian Bio has spent the last decade working out how ... More >>
Long Covid Fatigue Reduces With Exercise, New Research Shows
Tuesday, 18 May 2021, 1:36 pm | Make Lemonade
Long covid fatigue reduces with exercise, new research showsOtautahi - ExerciseNZ fully supports a UK study which has suggested regular exercise can improve the recovery of people with lasting symptoms of covid-19. Researchers in Leicester found a six-week ... More >>
Kawatiri: Drifting Slowly From The 19th Century To Today
Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:30 am | Make Lemonade
Hauauru - Some things never change over in Buller, on the West Coast. The people are great, an amphitheatre of breathtaking natural beauty from the mountains to the sea and its wild beaches; and now it is one of the best performed regions in Aotearoa. ... More >>
AI Could Be NZ’s Electronic Version Of Number 8 Wire
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 1:47 pm | Make Lemonade
AI could be New Zealand’s electronic version of number 8 wire where special digital tools can be developed tools using AI to solve economic and social challenges, AI experts say. The issue will be a key topic at the Aotearoa AI summit in Auckland ... More >>
Tiwai Will Create Cheaper Power For Kiwis; Or Will It?
Wednesday, 5 May 2021, 1:47 pm | Make Lemonade
Otautahi - The Manapōuri electricity supplied to the Tiwai Pt smelter near Bluff falls back into the hand of all New Zealanders to provide green and cheap power from 2024. Or will it? An Australian businessman is considering using the aluminium smelter ... More >>
Govt Has Critical Role In Funding Biotechnology Research
Monday, 3 May 2021, 9:55 am | Make Lemonade
Government has a critical role in funding biotechnology research for the benefit of all Kiwis, BiotechNZ executive director Dr Zahra Champion says. Governments worldwide should invest in gene editing research to ensure there is equitable access for farmers ... More >>
New Zealand Needs A National Strategy For AI
Monday, 3 May 2021, 9:52 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand has an opportunity to create AI that not only solves big problems at home, but that can also be seen as technology that is good for the world, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Commerce and consumer affairs m inister David ... More >>
Kiwis Need To Exercise Much More Than First Thought
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 2:16 pm | Make Lemonade
New research from the University of California San Francisco has found people need to exercise much more than first thought. The study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine examined physical activity and cardiovascular health. ExerciseNZ ... More >>
Female Fintech Leaders: Critical To A Thriving NZ Economy
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 1:54 pm | Make Lemonade
Over the past few years, a strong financial technology ecosystem has evolved in New Zealand with hundreds of new fintech companies. Fintech has also emerged as a high-tech sector where women are taking management positions, FintechNZ general manager ... More >>
Technology Shaping The Future Of NZ Productivity
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 9:31 am | Make Lemonade
Tāmaki Makaurau - Technology is shaping the future of agriculture which will help inject a massive impetus into the New Zealand economy, AgriTechNZ chief executive Brendan O’Connell says. It’s a double impact, with exports of agricultural technologies ... More >>
AI A Key Driver In Health, Wellbeing And The Kiwi Economy
Thursday, 29 April 2021, 6:12 am | Make Lemonade
The covid pandemic has shown all New Zealanders just how important AI is to health, wellbeing and the economy but there is a long way to go, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller This will be central to discussions ... More >>
Part-time Kiwi Launching World Female Ranger Day
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 6:18 am | Make Lemonade
Holly Budge with African female park rangers Otautahi - An international elephant saving organisation led by a part-time Kiwi is launching the first world female ranger day to help stop the annual poaching and killing of 35,000 African elephants. The ... More >>
Digital Devices Should Help New Drive Public Health System
Wednesday, 21 April 2021, 3:02 pm | Make Lemonade
The revamp of the public health service is an opportunity for Aotearoa industry to create and implement digital tools that will help the health system and reduce inequity for all Kiwis, NZ Health IT (NZHIT) chair Kate Reid says. The major health ... More >>
