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. With the welcome shift in Alert Levels in Auckland and throughout the rest of the country, there’s a palpable sense of relief among business owners, tourism operators, events organisers, and educational institutions the length of the country. I continue to believe that as a society and economy, the future outlook for New Zealand remains strong, not because …
Kia ora koutou 2020 will go down in the history books as a year to remember, and quite possibly one that many would prefer to forget. Many of our country’s tech businesses have had to dig deep in order to find opportunities to grow and survive. Two of those companies –Serko and Pushpay – were profiled in a recent news …
Kia ora koutou The news on Monday that Cabinet is holding steady on the current Alert Level restrictions until next week serves as a sobering reminder that the virus remains an active part of our communities. But there’s movement on the horizon with the news late last week that the Government is loosening the criteria for overseas workers being allowed …
Our online panel discussion, Myth-busting for Scale-ups: Capital Planning and the Listing Process, was one of the key events on the Techweek2020 calendar this year, presenting us with another opportunity to host a virtual TINTalk for participants from around the country. Our experienced panel consisted of Sarah Minhinnick, who heads up issuer relationships at NZX; Tim Wixon, head of technology …
How to drive tech sector growth in a post COVID-19 environment was the theme of TIN’s first-ever virtual event for its Membership community, held recently.  The impact of COVID-19 has been felt in a range of different ways across TIN businesses. For some it has been a textbook crisis where strong and collaborative leadership, focus on customers and staff and …
Lockdown has forced us all to think a little differently, and for us at TIN this has meant hosting our very first virtual TINTalk. Our panel discussed the strengths and learning opportunities presented by the NZ healthtech sector and we revealed the findings of the inaugural HealthTech Insights Report. Roughly 200 people joined us online as we heard first-hand from …
The Prime Minister’s recent decision to take the country into Alert Level 3 from next week will bring welcome relief to a large slice of New Zealand’s workforce. Hundreds of thousands of workers can get back on the job and many small businesses can start trading again. Shoring up our economy remains key to long-term recovery. I believe that once …
