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What the Trans Pacific Partnership means for New Zealand’s tech sector
Writing on his organisation’s TechBlog, IITP chief executive Paul Matthews says after a meeting with New Zealand TTP negotiators he feels more positive about what the trade agreement means for our...
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Globalisation: you’re standing in it
Exports took off 150 years ago when steamships, railways and refrigeration took sheep meat, wheat, minerals and butter to the other side of the world. The telegraph, radio, aeroplanes and container...
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Spark, Vodafone on different transformation paths
New Zealand telecommunications went from state-owned to a competitive market in a generation. Now the government is back in the telecoms business. Not as a direct player, but sponsoring and calling the...
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Spark, Vodafone, Chorus pay telephone tax
Spark, Vodafone and Chorus will pay almost NZ$44 million towards this year’s $50 million Telecommunications Development Levy. The Telecommunications Development Levy is an extra tax paid by...
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Delighted the data centre contract was awarded to a New Zealand company
At Computerworld James Henderson reports: Spark seals $60 million IRD contract as Revera overhauls tax system. The headline tells the story in 11 tight words. Nice work. Next comes what old school...
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Fixing Apple, Google, Facebook tax
Writing at the New Zealand Herald Matt Nippert says Top multinationals pay almost no tax in New Zealand. A major Herald investigation has found the 20 multinational companies most aggressive in...
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New Zealand wireless rural broadband hits key milestone
After a slow start New Zealand’s Rural Broadband Initiative has hit its stride. RBI is a government-subsidised scheme to give farmers and people living in rural areas a broadband network....
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Tech sector gives Education Minister not achieved
Xero managing director Anna Curzon writes in for Stuff: “It’s about time digital technology was recognised as an important topic of education because it’s crucial we prepare our next generation for...
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Tuanz calls for better consumer protections
Tuanz — Telecommunications Users Association New Zealand — wants better consumer protection when the government revisits the Telecommunications Act. Earlier this week Communications Minister Amy Adams...
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New Zealand companies didn’t win government tenders back in the day either
“Why don’t New Zealand companies win government tenders?” asks Ian Apperley at the IITP Techblog. He writes about the institutional bias government departments and agencies have when it comes to buying...
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Consider government open source, don’t mandate it
Act Party leader David Seymour wants the New Zealand government to consider open source software. In Act calls on government to support open source software at the NBR, he says the government needs to...
View ArticleFixing Apple, Google, Facebook tax
Writing at the New Zealand Herald Matt Nippert says Top multinationals pay almost no tax in New Zealand. A major Herald investigation has found the 20 multinational companies most aggressive in...
View ArticleWhy New Zealand needs a chief technology officer
Politicians are rarely good with technology. Nothing illustrates this better than the 2011 parliamentary debate over the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act. A lot of nonsense was spoken...
View ArticleTelecommunications Bill resets UFB price cap
The Telecommunications Bill going through Parliament sets the tone for New Zealand's fibre era. By 2022 around 87 percent of New Zealand's population will have access to fibre. Many homeowners and...
View ArticleHuawei ban: Arguments for and against
Communications Minister Kris Faafoi says New Zealand could ban Huawei from building 5G mobile networks. In New Zealand could bar Huawei Newsroom reports: Faafoi said that companies had approached him...
View ArticleDigital divide targeted in government inclusion blueprint
Getting more New Zealanders online is the government's goal with its Digital Inclusion Blueprint. The plan is to bridge the digital divide and make sure people don’t miss out as more and more vital...
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If tech giants paid NZ’s Telecommunications Development Levy
In the UK, the Labour Party plans to nationalise part of the telecommunications network if it wins this year’s election. To cover costs, a Labour government will tax multinational tech giants...
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Extending New Zealand’s fibre network
Last week engineers completed the first UFB stage. The so-called UFB1 fibre network reaches three quarters of the country. UFB2 will stretch that to around 87 percent. We can take fibre further, but...
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NZ chief science advisor 5G site not up to the job
Good on the Professor Juliet Gerrard, the Prime Minister’s chief science advisor, for setting up a web site to address 5G fears. It counters much of the disinformation in circulation. Sadly the...
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The case against online voting
Laurence Millar: I do all my banking, travel booking, shopping and communicating online. Surely in the 21st century, I should be able to vote online? If you are voting to elect the president of your...
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