11 August 2025
There is now an opportunity to put yourself forward or nominate someone else for a role on the IoT Alliance Executive Council.
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23 July 2025
Welcome to our July Newsletter! There’s been so much action in the IoT space over the past few weeks, we’re truly spoilt for things to celebrate.
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24 June 2025
I had the pleasure of attending Fieldays a couple of weeks ago, which showcased New Zealand’s agricultural technology and had a strong focus on IoT innovation.
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30 May 2025
It is interesting to see momentum and groundswell building around AI. Suddenly organisations big and small are focused on using data for better decision making and operational efficiencies. It certainly feels like an inflection point where AI and IoT are converging, as IoT feeds the data and real time information from the physical world to models and analysis that is driven by AI algorithms.
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29 May 2025
Chorus IoT solutions connect organisations’ physical and digital worlds to provide real-time information and insights, allowing them to become more productive, more profitable, and sustainable.
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29 April 2025
Welcome to Autumn! The clocks have recently turned back and the days have slowly become a bit shorter, but that doesn’t mean IoT has stopped accelerating.
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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 "What does the Digital Technologies ITP mean for Location?"
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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 "What does the Digital Technologies ITP mean for Location?"
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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 "What does the Digital Technologies ITP mean for Location?"
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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 "What does the Digital Technologies ITP mean for Location?"
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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
Although we’ve been through a challenging year, the awareness and value of IoT solutions across consumer and business markets has continued to grow in NZ as well as globally. We’ve seen sensor technologies and aligned data science initiatives have a huge impact across the world in assisting var
December 2, 2020
Since our last newsletter, there have been a couple of prominent elections. While there is little comparison between ours, here in New Zealand and the United States of America, both heralded change. The location technology industry bids haere rā to Eugenie Sage and says haer
November 12, 2020
Since our last newsletter, several countries have been experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 and have unfortunately been seeing a fresh spike in cases. Undoubtedly, COVID has significantly and negatively affected many industries and the worldwide economy. Recessions and economic impacts of COVID h
November 5, 2020