05 February 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 benefit by 2027, as highlighted in our 2017 report … Continue reading "Smart Cities – Lessons from recent projects"
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02 December 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.
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02 October 2020
2020 has certainly brought its challenges. As New Zealand reopens, the world economy is emerging forever changed and there is a need for a safe and successful economic recovery for all.
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03 September 2020
Just when we all thought that COVID-19 was a distant memory for NZ during our 101 days of freedom at Level 1
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New Zealand IoT Alliance presents case studies of Smart City and Environment applications from Ulrich Greek, Adroit Matt Hector-Taylor, IoT Ventures Paul Oliver, IoT Taranaki hosted by John McDermott, IoT Auckland and Jannat Maqbool, Ecosystm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOCf4w54A-M&
August 11, 2020
Kia Ora, With Auckland’s drought and subsequent water restrictions at the most severe we have seen in nearly 30 years, water sustainability is top of mind for much of the country and governing bodies. Without a doubt, there are environmental factors at play, but factors contributing to water s
August 11, 2020
Since our last newsletter, New Zealand has moved from Level 2 lockdown restrictions back to a new normal of Level 1. We say a ‘new normal’ as many of our members are still working fully or partly from home. Part of this new normal includes wondering how the post COVID-19 world will loo
July 7, 2020
Globally, New Zealand is in the fortunate and enviable position of recently moving from Level 2 to a ‘new normal’ of Level 1 lockdown restrictions. I say ‘new normal’ as many of us are still working fully, or partly, from home. Reflecting on this new normal I wonder how the post COVID-19
July 2, 2020
Kia Ora, Since our last newsletter New Zealand has moved to alert level 2. For many of our members this means getting back to work under the new normal. In order to better understand what the impacts of COVID-19 have been on our membership and what the industry is now facing at alert level 2 the
June 4, 2020
As we come out of lockdown, our focus is now on rebuild and regrowth activity across our working, social, family and home lives. The NZIoTA is focused on identifying how we as a community can aid this response by leveraging IoT in these key areas. So over the coming months, we will be contacting
May 7, 2020
Kia Ora Wow! How things have changed. In last month’s newsletter we were talking about events including TechFest 2020, held in the Waikato with over 1000 attendees, and now the whole country is on lockdown. I reached out to some of our members and one commented “IoT becomes a conc
April 8, 2020
2020 is powering ahead and I hope your plans and activities are already bearing fruit for you. We are seeing more IoT action in the news and in particular Spark and Vector announcing CAT-M1 trials for smart metering is a recent highlight. This week the Waikato TechFest has been taking place
March 5, 2020
Welcome to a new year and a new decade in which we will see the rubber really hitting the road for IoT here in New Zealand. The Executive Council had our kick off meeting for the year and the key theme we discussed was around how we can continue to support and drive IoT here in NZ. At a
February 13, 2020