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 fantastic news with you! Please join us in welcoming our new co-Chairs, Jenna Whitman, Chief Information Security Officer at Callaghan Innovation, and Steven Dirven, Chief Technology Officer at … Continue reading "September News: The Geography of Pandemics"
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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, and Steven Dirven from Shape Technology. We’re thrilled to have you on board and look forward to working with you on some exciting initiatives this term. You … Continue reading "September News: The Geography of Pandemics"
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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 expertise and passion to the table, ready to drive the next wave of innovation and collaboration in Aotearoa’s IoT community. Jenna Whitman, Callaghan Innovation Jenna … Continue reading "September News: The Geography of Pandemics"
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Throughout history cartographers have created maps to help us travel to unknown places, to identify locations of interest, and where necessary, to navigate those that may cause us harm. But when that harm is invisible and highly transmittable things get complicated. Current events have shown how lo
September 16, 2021
Hope you have all been staying safe and well in your bubbles, and for those of you outside of Auckland are now enjoying a bit more freedom. This time around we have taken a slightly different approach for the newsletter and have compiled together some great news finds from our Executive Council.
September 8, 2021
It is well known that Kiwi’s punch above their weight, just ask Youness Baalla and Uladzislau Smiahlikau who lost to David Nyika on his way to becoming the heavyweight boxing bronze medalist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. New Zealand's record breaking performance at the games was a true disp
August 12, 2021
The Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) is about creating the right conditions for the tech sector to grow and excel. The ITP is currently being developed in partnership between industry and government, with NZTech being the lead industry partner. The draft of the ITP
July 28, 2021
June has been cold and wet but it hasn’t dampened New Zealand's enthusiasm for all things LocationTech. Current market conditions suggest that Location Technology practitioners are currently overrun with work and conversations with various LocationTech members confirm that they have never b
July 15, 2021
Earlier in the month the LocationTech committee met with representatives from Toitū Te Whenua LINZ. The focus was to hear more about Elevation Aotearoa - a partnership between LINZ and Regional Council’s to procure and then share a nationally consistent elevation dataset for all of New Zea
July 15, 2021
5G is here in New Zealand but what does it mean for us and New Zealand industries? The 5G mobile network may not be the only part of IoT development but it can be the building block to more advanced and fully functioning IoT systems. This simply means 5G connectivity allows IoT devices to commun
June 29, 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 everyone working in the IoT space needs to know about and we want to ensure our ecosystem is well represented. W
June 28, 2021
The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) is seeking tech companies from Australia and New Zealand who are considering the UK for international expansion. The selected group will join the official hybrid mission to London Tech Week in September 2021. LTW is Europe’s la
June 23, 2021