11 February 2025
Happy New Year! As we step into 2025 I wish everyone a great start with a renewed sense of purpose. The year of the Wood Snake is all about transformation, … Continue reading "Open innovation, investment and accolades"
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06 December 2024
What a year for IoT in Aotearoa! As we wind down for the holiday season, and enjoy some well-deserved time with our whānau and friends, we’re excited to share some … Continue reading "Open innovation, investment and accolades"
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23 October 2024
Kia ora, The NZ IoT Alliance is gearing up for another year of collaboration, and I’m pleased to welcome our new Executive Council members: Jenna Whitman from Callaghan Innovation, Edwin Lim from HGM Legal, … Continue reading "Open innovation, investment and accolades"
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22 October 2024
Spring has brought fresh beginnings for IoT Alliance New Zealand, and we’re thrilled to introduce the newly elected members of our Executive Council. Each of these industry leaders brings unique … Continue reading "Open innovation, investment and accolades"
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I'm guessing you are also feeling that 2021 is moving along rapidly. The last week has seen the clocks go back, Easter is over and the autumn season is setting in. I hope your plans made during the summer holiday are well underway! Spark have been busy and have opened their 5G Innovation La
April 8, 2021
I don’t know about you but this summer felt longer than normal. As New Zealand moved into its traditional summer holiday period and a large percentage of kiwis downed tools to flock to beaches for rest and recreation, it was gratifying to see IoT in action providing real-time quality information
March 18, 2021
If, like me, you live in Auckland, then you will have just experienced another Alert Level 3 lockdown. Regardless of region, these unwelcome times impact us all and it is with a sense of frustration that we announce the Locate21 conference will no longer take place in person in Wellington.&nb
March 11, 2021
The Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) is a collaboration between industry and Government to help grow the digital technologies sector. It is something every location professional needs to know about and we want to ensure LocationTech is well represented. What is
March 10, 2021
Thankfully, with 2020 behind us the LocationTech team is looking to the future. Projects that were delayed last year are moving forward and opportunities abound. We know 2021 is going to be an exciting year! LocationTech is particularly enthused about the Digital Technologies In
February 12, 2021
As we closed out 2020 we talked about our focus of supporting greater collaboration and developing partnerships so that as a country we can effectively leverage the Internet of Things across industry, Government, education institutions and startups to create a potential $2.2 billion in net economic
February 5, 2021
Well, what a year! Who would have predicted a global pandemic and the havoc it wreaked in 2020? Terms like ‘pivot’, ‘new normal’, ‘be kind’ and of course ‘unprecedented’ have been used with, well, an unprecedented frequency. However, through adversity we have also
December 9, 2020
Event highlights: FOSS4G State of the Map Last month, on behalf of LocationTech, I attended my first ever Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G) State of the Map event at Devonport Navy Base in Auckland. As a lifelong user of Esri technology, this was a great opportunity
December 9, 2020
During 2020, location technology’s profile was boosted, largely due to the global impact of COVID-19. It quickly became clear how location technology is crucial to the management of the pandemic; mapping of cases, contact tracing, regional lockdown management and dashboards. Earlier this
December 3, 2020