Multinational tech and digital services firms may no longer have a free tax pass to operate in New Zealand. 

The additional coverage will roll out over the next four years as part of the Rural Broadband Initiative phase two/Mobile Black Spots Fund (RBI2/MBSF) programme expansion.

Intelligence warrants can include surveillance, private communications interception, searches of physical places and things, and the seizure of communications, information and things.

The Inspector-General has given the GCSB its compliance tick of approval for the fourth year in a row.

“With more and more aspects of our lives taking place online it’s critical the government takes a lead to ensure New Zealanders have control of how and who uses their identity information,” says Minister Woods.

“There has been no evidence of wrongdoing by Huawei presented and we strongly reject the notion that our business threatens New Zealand in any way."

“The number of EVs in the fleet grew by 3,656 in 2017 but the number of large vehicles, with engines greater than 3000 cc, grew by five times that amount."

The government’s new R&D Tax Incentive could be a breakthrough for the tourism sector’s ability to innovate, adapt and change.

Central Otago is going to become home to one of the first radars in the Southern Hemisphere to track small satellites and space debris.

Why do we need a government-appointed chief technology anyway?  Those sentiments have been echoing around New Zealand’s tech community after the scandal and failed recruitment of marketing techrepreneur Derek Handley.

"I want to make sure SMEs are well placed to maximise future opportunities and play their part in helping create a sustainable economy."

“This is about demonstrating the rapidly evolving technology that is making electric vehicles a practical option for a growing number of businesses."

“New Zealand business structures have different legal and financial obligations which can affect the ability of a business to evolve or grow."

“Clark has downplayed cybersecurity issues by saying he won’t deal in hypotheticals. There's nothing hypothetical about our DHBs being under attack."

Multi-award winning professor Olaf Diegel will start with Auckland University’s Faculty of Engineering in early 2019.

IBM has opened up its public cloud to all New Zealand Government agencies in an effort to support the Government’s cloud-first policy.

“There’s been strong interest in the Cyber Security Strategy refresh and we want to ensure we have a broad range of perspectives," says Clare Curran.

Muller says NZTech has ‘critical’ concerns that companies currently receiving the growth grant will get less support in future.

With every major cyber attack comes the question of who exactly was behind it - and if that attack was condoned or even sponsored by nation-states.

The roadshows will travel around the country and bring together the private sector with representatives from government agencies.

The Malware-Free Networks initiative was developed as part of the CORTEX initiative to build on malware detection capability provided by ISPs.

The Government’s Budget 2018 will inject an extra $3.9 million for New Zealand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) over the next four years.

The government is still on the hunt for the country’s first chief technology officer after the first round of recruitment proved unsuccessful.

The company has responded to a request from MBIE for feedback on the challenges and opportunities of a 5G rollout.