On April 16, NZRise hosted the Chief Censor, David Shanks to discuss the fallout from the Christchurch terrorist attack, and the ongoing challenges with a digital world including addressing the process he went through in considering how to approach the terrorists manifesto. This fireside talk was kindly hosted by Catalyst, with Miki Szikszai as […]
The recent NZRise submission into the Consultation on proposed Government Procurement Rules 4th Edition held a strong theme of seeking Transparency at all levels of the procurement process. We have taken these recommendations one step further and proposed an initial set of transparency improvements MBIE could introduce. The following reporting should be asked of every […]
NZRise submitted extensive feedback on behalf of members into the Proposed Government Procurement Rules 4th Edition and eagerly await updates from MBIE on their review of the consultation feedback. The NZRise submission can be Read Here. Unanswered Questions In reviewing the proposed rules we identified a number of gaps and unanswered questions in both scope and […]
NZRise holds the view that the procurement process MBIE and DIA followed to establish a Common Capability for all-of-government Human Resource (HR) systems is fundamentally flawed. We are further concerned the only option presented to agencies is a single supplier – SAP. NZRise strongly promote transparency in government procurement. To this end we propose a […]
Last week the Digital Skills Forum hosted a 1 day Hui in Wellington. The 300 delegates focused on 3 of the recommendations highlighted in the Digital Skills for a Digital Nation report: Developing a more inclusive and diverse digital technology industry Preparing Aotearoa for the Future of Work Bridging the Gap between Education & Employment […]
Has the cost of doing business with the government changed since 2016? In 2016 we conducted a survey to find out the cost of doing business with the government via its tender process, and 3 years later, we’d love to know if that has changed. View the 2016 results here. With the recent consultation on […]
Auckland Council’s ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) department recently presented their ICT Strategy to the Supplier Community. In doing so they have set a new benchmark for openness and the way in which they shared their challenges with the audience. It was great to learn in detail what Council are working on and planning to […]
Don Christie, on behalf of NZRise, has been working with the National Library “Increasingly Digital” project over the past 18 months in a governance role. The purpose of the Increasingly Digital project was to explore how students and teachers discover, access, use, create, and share resources to support learning in current and future learning environments. […]
This morning the government has announced it’s revised Research & Development Tax incentive policy, NZRise submitted extensive feedback on the proposed system and are pleased to see many positive changes as a result of consultation. You can read the new policy detail here. The key features include: A credit rate of 15 per cent, a […]
For a morning on September 12, we invited both industry and government to work together towards growing the NZ tech sector. Thank you to all those who participated in our procurement workshop, we really appreciate the collaboration, the collective discussions, the presentations and listening to the buzz the report backs generated in the room. This […]