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New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) stories

Auckland tech expo aims to link founders & investors

A central challenge for New Zealand tech firms is finding the right investors and partners, organisers say, as 3,000 attend.

By Joseph Gabriel Lagonsin • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Jun 2026

Clean technologies

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIWI CLEANTECH VENTURES

A trio of New Zealand startups will be honoured in Paris as the mission seeks overseas backers for a sector forecast to top NZ$1 trillion by 2030.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 27th Nov 2024

Smart Cities

What recent moves in AI mean for infrastructure

Greater investment is needed if AI is to cut costs, speed delivery and ease labour shortages across infrastructure projects.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Wed, 11th Sep 2024

Data Protection

Coronavirus: What businesses need to know

Businesses facing coronavirus disruption can now find daily-updated government guidance on tax, travel, staffing and workplace safety.

By Michael Curreen • 5 min read • Sun, 1st Mar 2020

Callaghan Innovation

NZ's Maori innovators are on the rise

Māori innovators are making waves, with record participation in R&D and nearly half of the finalists in this year's New Zealander of the Year Awards.

By Jacques-Pierre (JP) Dumas • 3 min read • Tue, 19th Feb 2019

Xero

New Zealand Defence Force take top diversity award

Mandatory training on sexual ethics and respect has helped reshape the force’s culture and beat 93 other entries for the supreme prize.

By Michael Curreen • 3 min read • Wed, 5th Sep 2018

Digital Transformation

Survey to explore high-performing tech firms' marketing secrets

The ninth annual Market Measures survey aims to gain feedback from at least 300 New Zealand tech firms about how they market and sell their products.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Thu, 23rd Aug 2018

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

New hotel supply putting the brakes on NZ’s tourism boom

Auckland and Queenstown risk missing out on record visitor spending as hotel room shortages persist ahead of major events and rising demand.

By Michael Curreen • 2 min read • Tue, 24th Jul 2018

Agricultural Technology

Tech momentum having a huge impact

Technology is spreading beyond startups in New Zealand, lifting banking, farming and tourism while making tech the fastest-growing industry.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Tue, 26th Sep 2017

Wearables

Kiwi innovations take centre stage

Public voting is open as finalists for New Zealand’s innovation awards include solar-powered cow collars, quiet drones and Te Reo Maori smartphones.

By Staff Writer • 5 min read • Tue, 19th Sep 2017

Health Technologies

Kiwi businesses need to engage more with Asia opportunities - NZTech chair

Kiwi firms are keen to establish business ties with Vietnam and other Asian countries, according to Mitchell Pham, chairman of NZTech and FinTechNZ.

By Kai Ping Lew • 3 min read • Tue, 15th Aug 2017

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise

Kiwi company Milmeq wins innovation award after doubling export revenue in two years

Milmeq, which designs, engineers and manufactures systems for primary food processing, has doubled export revenue in the past two years.

By Pattrick Smellie • 5 min read • Thu, 26th Mar 2015

Oracle

Silicon Valley tech trip fast-tracks business growth

Successful trade mission to America for Kiwis as companies follow up potential breakthrough leads in the industry.

By Staff Writer • 4 min read • Tue, 30th Oct 2012

Global Stories

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) stories

Hyperscale

Datagrid takes their carbon neutral vision south

Internationally backed data company 'New Zealand Datagrid' plans to build a carbon-neutral $1bn data center in Makarewa near Invercargill.

By Sean Mitchell • 2 min read • Mon, 28th Feb 2022

Marketing Technologies

Report - Nine tips for tech companies to maximise growth

Kiwi high-growth companies have 40% more salespeople than non-high-growth firms, according to the 2018 Market Measures survey.

By Ben Moore • 3 min read • Mon, 19th Nov 2018

Microsoft

IT community asked to give a little - or a lot - in fundraising drive

The Kiwi IT sector has a chance to give back to a man who has given much to the sector, with a fundraising drive for cancer treatment for David Downs.

By Heather Wright • 3 min read • Wed, 8th Nov 2017

Gaming

A brief history of Claudia Batten & her contribution to tech in NZ

Batten believes that New Zealand must be part of the digital world to close the geographic divide, remain relevant, and increase its prosperity.

By Julia Gabel • 2 min read • Thu, 15th Jun 2017

Callaghan Innovation

There's no stopping this Kiwi startup

Wellington-born startup, AREA360, has received $5.5 million investment from a US technology venture group, and is expanding into the American market.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Sep 2015

VMob

Kiwi VMob expands into Japan and US markets

Co-investment from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) spread over three years will help VMob expand into these markets.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Dec 2014