Digital Skills stories
Missed skills and implementation gaps could leave New Zealand's first digital strategy in nearly 20 years unable to lift growth or productivity.
Limited funding means New Zealand risks missing out on AI benefits unless ministers set a coordinated plan for research, safety and growth.
Rising retirements and digital skills gaps could push up infrastructure costs and slow delivery unless firms train workers in data and robotics.
Only 60 per cent of staff trust employers to provide skills training, widening fears that COVID-19 will intensify job insecurity.
Sector growth is set to lift jobs and exports as smaller Kiwi tech firms tap climate, finance and 4IR demand over the next decade.
Jobseekers could cut training time from days to minutes as a new virtual reality tool is piloted to fill construction skills gaps in New Zealand.
A shortage of local AI talent risks leaving New Zealand a downstream consumer of overseas research unless ministers set a coordinated strategy soon.
Tech is already New Zealand’s third-biggest sector, with demand for software programmers rising 11 per cent a year.
Demand for digital skills is set to outpace graduates in New Zealand, with smarter homes and medical drone trials also set to affect daily life.
Auckland’s biggest global tech summit will draw more than 450 delegates as New Zealand pushes a national digital roadmap.
The summit is expected to draw more than 300 delegates, giving New Zealand firms and officials direct access to global digital leaders.
Clear training and transparent tracking can ease staff fears and improve uptake of lone worker devices, reducing safety risks at work.
A lack of awareness is slowing investment, even though just nine IoT uses could add NZD $2.2 billion to New Zealand’s economy over 10 years.
Slow adoption is holding back New Zealand firms, with a tech leader warning apathy and risk aversion are stunting export growth.
Sent to MPs and officials, the manifesto urges faster action on digital skills, broadband and cyber security to keep New Zealand competitive.
New Zealand risks missing AI’s economic upside unless businesses and ministers prepare now for disruption to jobs, regulation and welfare.
Unfilled cyber jobs are set to surge, prompting schools to steer pupils towards a fast-growing sector vital to New Zealand's economy.
New Zealand is among countries across the world committing to work together to do more to seize the potential of the digital economy.
Microsoft NZ's IT Academy boosts Kiwi students' digital skills, earning them special recognition at Parliament from Education Minister Hekia Parata.
A boost in funding for the Computers in Homes digital literacy programme has been announced by the government.
