Kia ora koutou Welcome to our final TINWire for this year. As we farewell 2021, it’s a good time to reflect on what has been a truly defining year, characterised by upheaval, uncertainty and unprecedented challenges in many quarters. But it was also a record-setting year for New Zealand tech as milestones were smashed, despite the disruption caused by COVID-19. …
Kia ora koutou This week’s arrival of the print edition of the 2021 TIN Report on desks around the country was heralded by another period of intense activity for New Zealand’s tech companies. The recent news that Sir Peter Jackson is to sell Weta Digital’s technology division to American 3D game-development platform Unity for around NZ$2.3 billion is the latest in a flurry of deals …
TIN Member CEO Chat: Scaling for success Our first TINShed event for the year took a deep dive into the topic of scaling for success. As New Zealand continues to experience heightened investor interest with more money coming into the country, we have to ask ourselves are our tech companies ready to deal with this influx? Growing from pre-revenue to …
Kia ora koutou New Zealand has always had an urban / rural divide, and last week some frustrated representatives from the rural part drove into some of New Zealand’s biggest cities on tractors and utes to make a point. Although that point may have been somewhat hijacked by resulting traffic woes and spray-painted slogans, the message that did get through …
Kia ora koutou We’ve had a fantastic response to our 2021 TIN survey with a record number of completed surveys received after just two weeks! As detailed in our last TINWire, we’ve made some subtle changes to the way we’re doing things this year which will deliver even better results, both for TIN and the companies we survey. This year’s annual tech …
Kia ora koutou It’s good to be back. That was definitely the vibe on Wednesday for the opening day of Fieldays 2021 where a beautiful blue Waikato sky provided a welcoming backdrop for the thousands of Fieldays visitors who were back on site at Mystery Creek after a COVID-19 absence last year. The site was buzzing, and there was a …
Kia ora koutou As businesses continue to face market uncertainties, skills shortages, and the new world beyond lockdown, TIN hosted a virtual ‘Slingshot’ event for our Membership community to discuss how to drive tech sector growth in a world battling COVID-19. TIN companies haven’t escaped the impact of the pandemic, but they are incredibly pragmatic and positive in their views …
