As budget anxiety spreads across the nation, we're spending this week looking back at the good news in the tech industry in the last couple of weeks.

We're joined by David Downs - NZ's own tech industry cheerleader, relentless optimist and genetically modified organism - to discuss the NZ Hi-Tech Awards, NZ Story's See Tomorrow First initiative, and the potential for NZ as a base for CAR T-cell cancer therapy development.

We also hear from 2024 Hi-Tech Award winners Novolabs, ENVICO, Joshua Parsons, and Elle Archer.

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As budget anxiety spreads across the nation, we're spending this week looking back at the good news in the tech industry in the last couple of weeks.
We're joined by David Downs - NZ's own tech industry cheerleader, relentless optimist and genetically modified organism - to discuss the NZ Hi-Tech Awards, NZ Story's See Tomorrow First initiative, and the potential for NZ as a base for CAR T-cell cancer therapy development.
We also hear from 2024 Hi-Tech Award winners Novolabs, ENVICO, Joshua Parsons, and Elle Archer.
<a href="https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/stories-of-nzs-tech-excellence-and-science-hopes">Reading list</a>

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Stories of NZ's tech excellence and science hopes

There are a lot of great things about NZ; our relatively small population is one of them. But if we want to be a major player in the global software industry, we need to be where the people are: the US.

That's according to Nick Lissette, founder and chief executive of NZX-listed Blackpearl Group, who features this week in an interview about thinking big and bringing the export dollars home.

Plus, Peter jetted over to Sydney to check out the latest line-up of Windows Surface laptops and find out what makes these Co-Pilot+ devices so special.

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There are a lot of great things about NZ; our relatively small population is one of them. But if we want to be a major player in the global software industry, we need to be where the people are: the US.
That's according to Nick Lissette, founder and chief executive of NZX-listed Blackpearl Group, who features this week in an interview about thinking big and bringing the export dollars home.
Plus, Peter jetted over to Sydney to check out the latest line-up of Windows Surface laptops and find out what makes these Co-Pilot+ devices so special.
<a href="https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/business-of-tech-nz-software-companies-should-start-in-the-us">Reading list</a>

NZ software companies should start in the US

News of the news media has been pretty grim throughout 2024, with cutbacks and closures dominating the headlines.

To many, this is a sign that the writing is on the wall for an industry that's been struggling since the heady paper-based days of the 1990s.

But Xavier English says those people are just looking in the wrong places.

English joins us to talk about five Kiwi companies he says are redefining what 'news media' means in 2024.

We also give our takes on Apple's big AI news and how it might change the game.

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News of the news media has been pretty grim throughout 2024, with cutbacks and closures dominating the headlines.
To many, this is a sign that the writing is on the wall for an industry that's been struggling since the heady paper-based days of the 1990s.
But Xavier English says those people are just looking in the wrong places.
English joins us to talk about five Kiwi companies he says are redefining what 'news media' means in 2024.
We also give our takes on Apple's big AI news and how it might change the game.
<a href="https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/business-of-tech-media-isnt-dying-its-catching-up">Reading list</a>

Media isn't dying, it's catching up / Apple AI is here(ish)

The ministry of foreign affairs and trade (Mfat) mishandled millions of dollars in an attempt to shift its IT systems to the cloud and roll out Microsoft Office.

BusinessDesk's Dileepa Fonseka, who broke the story, walks us through what he learned in his reporting.

Then, there's huge potential for digital twins in Aotearoa New Zealand but our approach has been siloed and slow.

We learn what it will take to get started from Keri Niven, the digital practice lead at Aurecon and leader of the Smart Cities Digital Twin Maturity Taskforce.

Reading list

The ministry of foreign affairs and trade (Mfat) mishandled millions of dollars in an attempt to shift its IT systems to the cloud and roll out Microsoft Office.
BusinessDesk's Dileepa Fonseka, who broke the story, walks us through what he learned in his reporting.
Then, there's huge potential for digital twins in Aotearoa New Zealand but our approach has been siloed and slow.
We learn what it will take to get started from Keri Niven, the digital practice lead at Aurecon and leader of the Smart Cities Digital Twin Maturity Taskforce.
<a href="https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/business-of-tech-podcast-mfat-bungles-it-project-building-nzs-digital-twin">Reading list</a>

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