by NZRise Chair | Jul 15, 2019 | News
NZRise board members Victoria MacLennan and Don Christie were named alongside fellow industry leaders Paul Matthews of ITP and Craig Young of TUANZ as the 20th most powerful people in the NZ Technology scene by the NZ Herald. The article “The 40 most powerful...
by NZRise Chair | Jul 8, 2019 | News
The opportunities for Kiwi software businesses have been deteriorating rapidly as DIA’s “all of Government” arrangements with multinationals begin to bite. This was described in our Trojan Horse posting in April, and opportunities have been further reduced by the...
by NZRise Chair | Jun 21, 2019 | News
Don Christie stepped down as Co-chair of NZRise, an organisation he co-founded 9 years ago, last week. In his final Co-Chair AGM address Don told us the story of NZRise’s origins and some of the fantastic work he and others have led over the years. Here is a...
by [email protected] | Jun 18, 2019 | News
NZRise welcomes new Co-Chair, Breccan McLeod-Lundy following the Annual General Meeting on June 11, 2019. Breccan McLeod-Lundy is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Ackama, a software development company with offices in Wellington, Auckland and...
by [email protected] | May 8, 2019 | News
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...
by NZRise Chair | May 1, 2019 | News
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...