NZ agritech the big hit at Melbourne’s EvokeAg event
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Melbourne – Almost 100 Kiwi agritech specialists, entrepreneurs, agribusiness leaders and support agencies have joined 1000 delegates at the international EvokeAg food & farm futures conference in Melbourne this week. Making up almost 10 percent of the attendees at this globally focused conference shows the significance for agritech for New Zealand and its future, […]
Read More →Supervised exercise produces better results, research finds
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – New research has found that people produce greater muscle strength and body tone when their exercise is supervised compared with unsupervised exercise. A combined Australian universities’ 16-week trial confirmed the biggest improvements to fitness came with supervised support, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. The landmark trial was carried out by Charles […]
Read More →Beddie invited by the WHO to help global exercise concerns
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – Richard Beddie, one of New Zealand leading’s exercise experts, is one of 20 specialists from all over the world to be invited to talk to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva on February 25 and 26. Beddie, who is recognised in the fitness industry as a global expert in exercise and […]
Read More →NZ tech firms should jump at business opportunities in Hong Kong
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Hong Kong is providing New Zealand with a doorstep of opportunity for Kiwi tech firms, NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says. Muller has just returned from a business trip to Hong Kong, building connections with their tech sector and investors to support a growing interest in the Hong Kong / China market […]
Read More →NZ facing unprecedented fintech changes this year
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealanders will experience more unprecedented changes in financial technology in 2019 like never before, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. Brown says Kiwis will see some amazing new developing trends this year, such as financial unbundling gaining momentum which will drive more competition and more transparency as New Zealand has […]
Read More →NZ to take ownership of a new global agritech initiative
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Tauranga – New Zealand is going to take ownership of a new global agritech initiative, AgritechNZ chief executive Peter Wren-Hilton says. Wren-Hilton has just returned from the US where he met a number of key AgritechNZ partners in Farm2050 which was set up to solve the global food challenge. By the year 2050, the […]
Read More →NZ leading the way with global biotech experts
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – The New Zealand biotech sector is poised to soar this year with world leading expertise across health, fuel and food research which can help feed the world, BiotechNZ executive director Zahra Champion says. Dr Champion made the comments today following the announcement that the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), which is the […]
Read More →World first IoT farming tech trial in NZ
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – A pioneering arable farming tech trial is expected to make a quantum leap to help boost New Zealand’s primary export revenue. New Zealand has a low understanding of how the internet of things (IoT) can assist with farm management and sustainability and adoption of precision agriculture techniques also remains low. New Zealand’s […]
Read More →NZ heading to become a cashless society
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Wearable technology will be the next major financial tech change for consumer to pay for goods and services, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says. New Zealanders need to look beyond the card or phone for just making simple transactions, such as iris eye recognition as a method of identifying people, he […]
Read More →Kiwis must grasp a far greater awareness of health
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – New Zealanders need to grasp a far greater awareness of health in 2019, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie said today. ExerciseNZ’s recent consumer research report found awareness of health is the number one reason people exercise, which is just under three quarters of all New Zealand exercisers. “This is quite consistent […]
Read More →Kiwi IoT companies placing NZ on world innovation stage
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Despite the recent concerns about Huawei and its role with the 5G roll-out, a technology that will boost the use and spread of the Internet of Things (IoT), New Zealand tech firms are getting on with developing the solutions that will run on multiple networks. The offerings that can be developed in […]
Read More →Artificial intelligence key for NZ’s future
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – New Zealand needs to seize new opportunities in 2019 and harness new AI technologies to deliver positive social and environmental outcomes, AI Forum New Zealand executive director Ben Reid says. Reid has just returned from a major international conference in Bangkok which was hosted by the United Nations Economic and Social […]
Read More →NZ fitness scoreboard for 2018: appalling
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Christchurch – Kiwi exercise attitudes and government focus seriously need to change in 2019, as New Zealand ends the year as one of the worst in the world for physical activity, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. Beddie gives New Zealanders a physical activity levels score of D for 2018. “We now rate as […]
Read More →International acquisitions sign of Kiwi tech success
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand tech firms have produced continued growth in offshore business throughout 2018, NZTech Graeme Muller says. Australia continues to offer plenty of opportunity for New Zealand businesses for growth through acquisition and Kiwis saw at least three tech acquisitions in the past year including global Kiwi fintech business, Transaction Services Group, […]
Read More →110,000 Kiwis in tech jobs; more expected in 2019
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – New Zealand, rated by the World Bank as the best country in the world to do business with, is still seeing massive and unprecedented growth in the high-paid tech sector. The number of tech sector jobs continues to grow rapidly, with 2830 new jobs created in 2017 and an estimated additional 3200 […]
Read More →Significant growth in Maori exercise leaders: ka pai !
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Otautahi – New Zealand is seeing a significant growth in Maori fitness and personal training leaders, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. The personal trainer of the year winner at the recent ExerciseNZ annual awards, Ngarama Milner-Olsen, is Maori and so too is the mind body teacher of the year, Jase Te Patu of […]
Read More →Kiwis starting to embrace digital identity
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – NZTech will launch New Zealand’s first formal digital identity organisation in Auckland on Monday. Digital Identity NZ, a group of organisations and government agencies, has been set up to connect everyone in New Zealand that cares about digital identity. NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says the organisation, which will be part […]
Read More →Wellington’s Milner-Olsen named NZ’s best trainer
Source: MakeLemonade.nz Auckland – Wellington’s Ngarama Milner-Olsen has been named New Zealand’s best personal trainer at the Exercise NZ awards in Auckland at the weekend. Judges said Milner-Olsen is incredibly professional, has outstanding communication and rapport with clients, is goal focused and confident. She has a strength and personal power that empowers her clients and she […]
Read More →NZ can lead the world in fintech, Xero’s Buisson says
Auckland – New Zealand can lead the world in financial technology, or fintech, which will totally transform the financial services industry economy, Xero small business director Nicole Buisson says. Buisson is a key speaker at a major fintech summit in Auckland on November 29 which will bring Kiwi fintech innovators together to strengthen the whole sector […]
Read More →Summit crucial for NZ’s fintech future
Auckland – The NZ fintech summit next week is crucial for the future of financial technology in New Zealand, virtual assistant company FaceMe chief executive Danny Tomsett says. The summit in Auckland on November 29 includes most of the country’s leading financial tech specialists. Tomsett, a key speaker at the event, says financial technology in New […]
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