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New Zealand job market bolstered by booming tech industry
IT Industry

New Zealand job market bolstered by booming tech industry

Employers in the IT industry dominate the latest figures, with a net 40.7% looking to increase or maintain permanent headcount across main cities.

By Catherine Knowles • 5 min read • Tue, 19th Jan 2016
Vodafone wants to help Kiwi start ups go global
Unified Communications

Vodafone wants to help Kiwi start ups go global

Vodafone NZ launches accelerator programme to help Kiwi start-ups go global. 10 companies to be chosen for first round.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 8th Dec 2015
Syngency: Cloud-based management software for talent agencies, as beautiful as the models themselves
Talent

Syngency: Cloud-based management software for talent agencies, as beautiful as the models themselves

Syngency, a cloud-based system for talent agencies, is set to raise investment in early 2016 after rapid growth this year.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Dec 2015
The StartUp Show comes to New Zealand
Startups

The StartUp Show comes to New Zealand

The StartUp Show is heading to Auckland and Wellington to showcase the best upcoming start-ups in each region.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 1st Dec 2015
Winners of Kiwi entrepreneurial comp announced
Entrepreneur

Winners of Kiwi entrepreneurial comp announced

Winners of the DigMyIdea challenge have been announced, with ideas range from financial education software to a socializing app.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 24th Nov 2015
Uncharted: Patient charts in the cloud
Health Technologies

Uncharted: Patient charts in the cloud

Doctor-turned-entrepreneur Jack Newberry has built a business in just 54 hours at Startup Weekend, solving a key problem in hospital patient care.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 23rd Nov 2015
iQualify: Disrupting tertiary education from the inside
EduTech

iQualify: Disrupting tertiary education from the inside

Open Polytechnic has launched iQualify, a platform that enables courseware designers to create online educational content.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 16th Nov 2015
University of Waikato launches new initiative for Kiwi students
Entrepreneur

University of Waikato launches new initiative for Kiwi students

The University of Waikato and Waikato Students' Union (WSU) have launched a new initiative with a focus on entrepreneurship and innovation.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 13th Nov 2015
Southeast Asian innovators head to NZ
Startups

Southeast Asian innovators head to NZ

The initiative is designed to strengthen links between businesspeople in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and those in New Zealand.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015
Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools
EduTech

Linewize: Cloud managed content filtering for schools

Managing Internet access at schools is a very hard job. Linewize's cloud-managed firewall which doesn't merely block all content that's nominally off-topic.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Tue, 27th Oct 2015
New peer-to-peer lender aims to shake up the market
Small Business

New peer-to-peer lender aims to shake up the market

Lending Crowd arrives to disrupt NZ's P2P lending, focusing on better rates and efficient loans for SMEs and borrowers.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Tue, 20th Oct 2015
HunchBuzz: Enterprise innovation management
SOTW

HunchBuzz: Enterprise innovation management

HunchBuzz, an Internet-enabled suggestion box, aims to help organisations unleash creativity and foster innovation.

By Dave Moskovitz • 2 min read • Mon, 19th Oct 2015

Global Stories

Startups stories

Timely: Appointment booking for service businesses
Marketing Technologies

Timely: Appointment booking for service businesses

Timely provides really simple cloud-based appointment booking aimed personal service businesses like hairdressers, massage therapists, and personal trainers.

By Dave Moskovitz • 4 min read • Mon, 21st Dec 2015
Ooooby: Hacking the food supply chain, Out Of Our Own Back Yards
Supply Chain

Ooooby: Hacking the food supply chain, Out Of Our Own Back Yards

Ooooby makes it easy to create local fresh food marketplaces that source food from local growers, and deliver to local consumers.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 14th Dec 2015
Digital marketplace opens up access to government ICT spend
Unified Communications

Digital marketplace opens up access to government ICT spend

Government tees up digital marketplace to enable more ICT suppliers to nab some of the $5b annual government ICT spend and a cyber security centre.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Dec 2015
NZ high tech companies hold their own against Asian counterparts
Deloitte

NZ high tech companies hold their own against Asian counterparts

New Zealand dominates Deloitte's Technology Fast 500 Asia Pacific Index, with a record 54 Kiwi companies making the list.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Tue, 8th Dec 2015
Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere
Data Analytics

Eight Wire: Migrate your data, from anything to anywhere

Eight Wire's Conductor product solves the headache of data migration between systems, supporting multiple formats and databases.

By Dave Moskovitz • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Nov 2015
Funding up for grabs for Dunedin startups
Unified Communications

Funding up for grabs for Dunedin startups

Dunedin startup companies relying on UFB are being urged to apply for funding made possible by the city's Gigatown win.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd Oct 2015