Kia ora, We’re delighted to announce the return of ShadowTech Day and we are now accepting registrations for both host organisations and schools.  Our ShadowTech Day programme offers girls in years 9-11 an opportunity to discover the world of tech, spark their curiosity and explore career pathways. We’re showcasing real roles, because we know there’s a tech job to suit everyone.  We’re inspiring girls to join Aotearoa’s fastest growing and highest paid sector. Check out the highlights from ShadowTech Day 2023. Learn more. Please help us promote ShadowTech Day directly to ..read more

A recently released study has further reinforced the challenges faced by women in tech roles. Our industry remains challenged in attracting more women into tech, ensuring supportive working environments and empowering them in management roles. For many years the NZTech TechWomen community has been leading the charge toward a more equitable sector. Hundreds of members of NZTech working together to help drive positive change. Progress is slow, but at the turn of the century it was estimated that only 20% of the tech workforce were female. By 2017 this improved to 27% of the w ..read more

TechWomen’s Mentoring Circles are dedicated to empowering individuals to achieve their career aspirations.  Mentors are a valuable source of encouragement, experience, feedback and perspective. We’re creating opportunities for meaningful dialogue and growth. Our Mentoring Circles are designed to bring people together to connect, grow and succeed. What to expect: Facilitated peer group mentoring: engage in group discussions focusing on non-technical aspects of career development, including collaboration, management dynamics, advocating for your career growth and asking for a promotion. Ca ..read more

Kia ora, This year, our members face challenges and opportunities regarding the progression of open banking and by inference opening up competition. New Zealand has generally adopted the ‘diplomat’ approach to financial services and open banking. For example, a market-driven, bottom-up, hands-on approach where the industry is providing the standards and process for voluntary adoption of open banking. As this is generally voluntary, it is prone to non-standardisation of the structure, the depth of opportunity and standardised API providers and their interfaces, access, and to some extent incent ..read more

The new financial year has started with the ‘pedal to the metal’. We talk about a few of the activities below, but by no means does it cover everything that’s happened! If you’ve been making waves in fintech ESG, sustainability or impact space, with ‘Sustainable FinTech news’ in the subject line and a link to your media release or blog, and we’ll include it in our newsletter. We were excited to attend the launch of the Climate Technology Roadmap – a significant milestone event attended by the Hon. Simon Watts, Minister for Climate Change and Acting Minister for Technology. The Minister acknowl ..read more

April already, a fool, a new moon and an eclipse! This smorgasbord of a month is bringing in all the good vibes encouraging for all you RegTech innovators, movers and shakers. Manifest that change. Carpe diem. RegTech snapshots – Janet Chenery From Europe, our friends in the North, aka Koen Vanderhoydonk, The Connector, brought this article to our attention this week: Harmoney, a Belgian solver for complex onboarding and compliance processes, have shared insights into the three main RegTech issues faced by their clients, have a read, see if they strike a chord with you. Published on 1 April, I ..read more

Kia ora, April brings change in many forms – not just shorter days and falling leaves from our deciduous trees. For business it’s not only a new trading quarter and for some a new financial year, but also the arrival of policy exposure drafts from Government agencies that sometimes stack three, four or five deep. This is hard enough for people or organisations, but for consensus-driven community/industry groups it is quite daunting. I’ve always found it strange that while agencies recognise the value of group responses, additional time for the process is not afforded to them by default. Howeve ..read more

Kia ora, It is another big week for blockchain as we watch the impact of the latest Bitcoin halving.  BlockchainNZ executive council member, Ben Rose, shared why the world should be paying attention in an NZ Herald article last week.  One of the biggest impacts is expected to be a change in the approach to bitcoin mining with the use of AI gaining prominence. While we marvel at the growth of Bitcoin, I can’t help thinking there are other equally important areas for the New Zealand Blockchain community to be considering. After the devastation in Bondi last week, wh ..read more

Kia ora, I’m delighted to share some highlights from the Techweek24 programme today — which is now live!  Techweek is New Zealand’s annual festival for tech and innovation, and the NZTech team has been running the nationwide platform since 2017. This year it runs from 20-26 May.  Each year, Techweek features hundreds of events nationwide, engaging thousands of Kiwi across the motu, driving a nation-wide conversation about the value and impact of emerging technology upon the lives of New Zealanders. The nationwide programme is developed and curated locally by our regional pa ..read more

Parents passionately believe in their child, there’s a world of potential waiting to be unlocked. ‘’So, we’re on a mission to support these parents and accelerate the lives of One Billion Children by putting life-changing neuroscience into their hands during the critical first 1,000 days of life.’’  says Tim Haynes, CEO and Co-Founder of Neurofrog. Connecting early childhood development with education and activities fosters healthier births and builds stronger cognitive and socio-emotional foundations. This, in turn, leads to improved life outcomes, learning experiences, and social mobili ..read more