PM will be world’s first leader to appear as hologram at Techweek opening

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Headline: PM will be world’s first leader to appear as hologram at Techweek opening

Auckland – Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will set a world first opening Techweek on Monday as she will attend as a hologram. The prime minister will be the world’s first national leader to undertake an official engagement as a hologram, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said today. Techweek is a major nationwide annual tech festival of…

NZ can do better in the world of agritech

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Headline: NZ can do better in the world of agritech

Tauranga – New Zealand can do better in the world of agritech because it has such great potential for its agriculture industry and monetising big tech investment offshore, a San Diego-based Kiwi from Wellington says. Arama Kakutai is a partner in American investment company Finistere which has built and backed companies worth more than $US5 billion….

NZ’s big tech stars heading to Wellington

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Headline: NZ’s big tech stars heading to Wellington

Wellington – An increasing number of ground-breaking New Zealand tech designers are collaborating with the wider business world to produce one of the fastest growing segments of tech. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says the country’s best developers, designers and tech geniuses will attend an all-day conference about creative realities in Wellington on May 24 as…

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Techweek to showcase NZ’s world-leading inventions

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Headline: Techweek to showcase NZ’s world-leading inventions

Auckland – New Zealanders will hear and learn all about the country’s most amazing world-leading innovation, projects and breakthroughs during Techweek in May, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Techweek will include more than 400 events in over 30 towns and cities all over New Zealand from Northland to Otago, including tech and innovation ecosystem events,…

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NZ seen as the world’s living tech lab

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Headline: NZ seen as the world’s living tech lab

Auckland – The announcement of the world’s first self-driving electric air taxi being piloted in Christchurch is just one of the examples of New Zealand becoming a living tech laboratory, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller said today. The Zephyr Airworks aircraft, financed by Google co-founder Larry Page, is a great testimony to responding to a global…

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How can NZ agritech feed the world even more?

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Headline: How can NZ agritech feed the world even more?

Tauranga – How New Zealand can meet the challenge of feeding some of the predicted global population of 10 billion by 2050, will be a major focus at a Techweek event in Tauranga in May. World-leading meat, dairy and horticultural industries have established New Zealand’s reputation as a producer of food. But NZTech chief executive Graeme…

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AI provides window to get women into tech

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Headline: AI provides window to get women into tech

Auckland – Artificial intelligence, or AI, is the next wave of technology and New Zealand must present a fresh window to help encourage women into tech roles. Big corporations across every industry, from retail to agriculture, are trying to integrate machine learning into their products and the global thirst for AI is fuelling a heated…

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