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Wellington students shine at Summer of Tech event

Wellington engineering students impress at Summer of Tech Hardware Hackfest, showcasing innovative home automation devices.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Fri, 4th Sep 2015

Government

Govt encourages Maori to get involved in IT

The New Zealand Government has launched a Maori Technology Scholarship to encourage more Maori into the Information Technology sector.

By Catherine Knowles • 1 min read • Mon, 31st Aug 2015

Cybersecurity

NZ's second annual Cyber Security Challenge targets students

The University of Waikato is organising the second New Zealand Cyber Security Challenge, which will be a two day event taking place in September.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 14th Jul 2015

Health Technologies

New jobs in tech on the decline, teachers wanted

New Zealand faces a tech job slowdown as education sees a surge, with SEEK data showing a 31% rise in teacher roles amid a 4% drop in IT jobs.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 13th Jul 2015

Trade Me

TradeMe prepares Kiwi students for the working world

Trade Me supports students in New Zealand, promoting different career paths and success beyond traditional education.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 23rd Jun 2015

Recruitment

Kiwi recruitment firm to solve NZ digital skill shortage woes

Start-up FutureYou has launched in New Zealand to address the digital industry's need for specialist recruitment.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 16th Jun 2015

Cartech

NZ spending on credit, debit cards rises in March on food, liquor gain

New Zealanders increased their spending on credit and debit cards for a second month in March, led by an increase in consumables such as food and liqu.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Mon, 13th Apr 2015

Global Stories

Job Market stories

Data Analytics

Growing demand for IT specialists in NZ

The digital revolution is leading to the creation of new roles and greater demand for specialised skills in New Zealand's IT industry.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 6th Aug 2015

Fintech

Qualcomm to cut spending by billions, staff by thousands

Qualcomm plans to cut approximately $1.4 billion in spending to 'aggressively right-size cost structure', cut staff, and split its business into two.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 23rd Jul 2015

Marketing Technologies

Zomato's cashless payment service comes to NZ

Zomato's cashless payment services will soon be available in New Zealand, enabling Kiwi restaurant goers to pay at restaurants through the Zomato app.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Fri, 10th Jul 2015

Trade Me

Meet the Kiwi startup moving from strength to strength

The past six months have been non-stop for Weirdly, and this Auckland-based start up shows no signs of slowing down.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Wed, 8th Jul 2015

Microsoft

Fresh blood at Microsoft NZ with new managing director hire

Microsoft has announced that Barrie Sheers will take over as managing director of New Zealand from current MD Paul Muckleston.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 3rd Jul 2015

Unified Communications

Chris Quin hands over Spark CEO position to Jason Paris

As of today Jason Paris is the acting CEO of Spark Home, Mobile and Business (HMB). Former CEO Chris Quin's last day was June 30.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 1st Jul 2015

Digital Transformation

Strategic focus and plenty of good news for IT in Budget

Budget applauded as 'a welcome focus on strategic investment' with no shortage of good news of IT - but hold on to your tech staff.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 13th May 2015

Cisco

Cisco: Out with John Chambers, in with Chuck Robbins

Cisco's Board of Directors names Chuck Robbins as CEO, effective July 26; John Chambers will take on role of executive chairman.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 8th May 2015

Unified Communications

Jabra has a new ANZ managing director

Jabra has hired a new managing director with a 'proven track record' for the Australia and New Zealand region.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 7th May 2015

Microsoft

Young Kiwi snapped up for Microsoft APAC role

Marianne Ma, a 25 year old Microsoft New Zealand employee, has taken on the leadership role of Microsoft APAC business manager.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Tue, 5th May 2015

Akamai

Akamai strengthens its team in the Asia Pacific region

Akamai Technologies, the Content Delivery Network (CDN) services provider, has made significant additions to its team in APJ with senior appointments.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Apr 2015