The Government is planning to invest $49 million over seven years in up to four strategic data science research programmes.
The Privacy Commissioner believes the private sector in New Zealand appears to be less focussed on privacy accountability than the public sector.
Minister of finance Grant Robertson has asked the Productivity Commission to examine and report on technological change, disruption and the future of work.
Spark has named New Zealand’s largest freight and logistics company, Mainfreight, as the first customer for Spark Asset Tracking.
The New Zealand Army has awarded Harris Defence Australia a $40 million contract for a new tactical communications network.
Chorus has reported net profit after tax for the six months to 31 December of $30 million, down from $47 million in the same period last year.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison have pledged to strengthen collaboration and co-operation across a wide range of digital tech issues.
Spark has completed roll-out of Cat-M1 for IoT across its cellular network saying it now reaches 98 per cent of the population across New Zealand.
Vector has teamed up with start-up VIA to use machine learning to predict faults in the transformers, and other components, in electricity distribution networks.
Federated Farmers has dismissed the Government's pledge to create regional digital hubs in rural areas as merely "a drop in the required connectivity bucket".
2degrees​ has advertised for a robotic process automation engineer to lead digitisation of its service operation and automate activities and processes.
Burwood Hospital in Christchurch will be the first hospital in NZ and only the second globally to trial an AI assisted smart speaker to relay patient requests to nurses.
The New Zealand Government is seeking comment on a proposed set of new rules for government procurement for Kiwi businesses.
The NZ IoT Alliance and MBIE launch a joint pilot to demonstrate how IoT can make Kiwi agriculture more productive and competitive.
The cyber threat defence capabilities of the Government Communications Security Bureau reduced harm to Kiwi businesses by $27 million during 2018.
