The rapid progress of IoT and AI is reshaping various sectors and our daily lives. Healthcare is showing potential with wearable devices transforming both medical settings and everyday life.

During this online session, we explore how wearable devices are enhancing healthcare by making it more efficient, accessible and personalised.

Insights into the recommendations from the recently released report by the Finance and Expenditure Committee on the current and future nature, impact, and risks of cryptocurrencies. Key industry leaders and independent advisors on the report, Jeremy Muir and Alex Sims, share their insights into the recommendations presented in the report.

Alison facilitates a discussion with an esteemed panel of industry experts and thought leaders to dissect the fascinating interplay between IoT devices and multi-modal generative AI.

Blockchain Week Australia: Alison moderates a panel with industry experts to discuss best practices for blockchain compliance, regulation, and risk management within APAC region and globally.

EdTechNZ in partnership with the Ministry of Education, showcase the launch of the highly anticipated digital strategy refresh, Connected Ako: Digital and Data for Learning.

TechweekTV: Are NFTs creating a new art movement, or are they just pixels on a screen? Featuring two of my favourite people - Scott Lawrie and James Cochrane

TechweekTV: Unlock the potential of edtech at the EdTechNZ TechWeekTV session on ‘A New Digital Era of Education’ with Frances Valintine and Alison Mackie.

TechweekTV: Discover the future of climate change with the power of location technology!

NZTech launches Techweek23 at Google! We examined the current state of New Zealand’s digital transformation and explore challenges and opportunities for the future with special guest Minister Ginny Andersen.

BlockchainNZ presents its response to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s Future of Money: Private Innovation Issues Paper.

Alison Mackie moderates a panel discussion at the Blockchain Australia Security Summit.

Alison Mackie moderates a fireside chat with Jerome Faury (Immersve) and Sorel Carr (BNZ) at the FinTech Hui Taumata.

Hear the views of AI and education experts and be part of the discussion on how we can navigate this new era of education.

The NZ IoT Alliance and BlockchainNZ Working Group, 'The Ledger of Things' present their first volume on energy, water, and supply chain logistics.

NFT Fest 2022, Melbourne: The importance of community Building in the blockchain space.

#1: Alison Mackie on blockchain learning & unlearning, female leadership, arts degrees, and the realities of working in tech.

Matthew Steans, founder of Stigma Statistics, is determined to do something about the pain and suffering associated with mental health. He's decided the best way to do this is through data and technology.

Identity plays a big part in who we are in the workplace. Our age, our ethnicity, our life experiences and life events. What grit and grace does it take to keep hold of your workplace identity? Watch this TechWomen webinar on a range of identities in the technology workplace.

A chat with Sean Au and Alison Mackie about BlockchainNZ, what we do at NZTech, and the future of blockchain.

Speaking to the Justice Committee at Parliament on the Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Bill.

March 2025

In the wake of an inquiry into the future nature, impact and risks of cryptocurrencies by a select committee, industry body BlockchainNZ says New Zealand must seize the transformative opportunities blockchain technologies offer.

BlockchainNZ challenges the Reserve Bank of New Zealand’s (RBNZ) assertion that stablecoins are ‘oxymorons’, emphasising the transformative potential of blockchain technology for our economy,

My regulatory update in the Digital Asset Investor Magazine. This quarter we cover private innovation in money with stablecoins and the emergence of CBDCs.

Speaking on Breakfast about encouraging young girls and Maori to get into tech, the Digital ITP, and technologies role within our Government’s Budget.

Questions are being asked about the opportunities and the risks of using new digital technologies in our education system. But what is not being asked is why is it so hard for New Zealand technology companies to engage with the New Zealand education system?

May 2023

Te Whanganui-a-Tara - Aotearoa will cope more efficiently with torrential weather such as record rainfall if it embraces technology faster.

Speaking on Breakfast about how to trust our kids with technology.

February 2023

An unfortunate side-effect of a technology or a product becoming successful in today’s world are the cyberattacks that follow.

September 2022

Simple, uncomplicated pieces of technology, connected together via the internet is creating a vast Internet of Things across Aotearoa that will help Kiwis respond better to climate challenges and improve business productivity.

November 2022

Speaking with Tova on the Today show about What is TechWeek?

May 2022

Alison Mackie speaks with Jessica Morris about TechWeek22 on Breakfast.

May 2022

Experts are concerned ambiguous terms and conditions on digital platforms are being used to exploit consumers.

May 2022

Alison Mackie, Executive Director of LocationTechNZ, says new location-based technologies like digital twins will be key to helping New Zealand towns, big and small, deal with problems like traffic congestion, resource management, and air pollution.

May 2022

There's a narrative that blockchain is a cash grab. Mackie sees regulation and education around how these technologies work as essential to change this.

December 2021

Blockchain is fast growing into a mature technology that is touching many parts of the global economy, but still fresh to New Zealand.

October 2021

Founders Day, a two-day unconference hosted in Wellington on 4-5 August 2023, served as an invaluable setting for leaders in the EdTech sector.

Hosted by EdTechNZ and supported by Education New Zealand and AWS, the unconference provided a unique platform for EdTech founders to share invaluable insights, discuss shared challenges, and explore collaborative opportunities.

This report presents the findings of the 2023 EdTechNZ Annual Survey conducted among 60+ EdTech companies in Aotearoa.

The objective of the survey is to gauge the landscape of the EdTech industry, covering facets such as location, employee count, revenue streams, export statistics, and market focus.

Published by Web3NZ and supported by BlockchainNZ, this study explores debanking challenges in New Zealand’s business landscape.

EdTechNZ supports the NZTech Manifesto, which outlines specific areas the Government should focus on to enable and grow Aotearoa as a Digital Nation. These actions are aligned with the Digital Tech ITP.

The IoT Alliance supports the NZTech Manifesto, which outlines specific areas the Government should focus on to enable and grow Aotearoa as a Digital Nation. These actions are aligned with the Digital Tech ITP.

BlockchainNZ supports the NZTech Manifesto, which outlines specific areas the Government should focus on to enable and grow Aotearoa as a Digital Nation. These actions are aligned with the Digital Tech ITP.

In response to the Future of Money issues paper, BlockchainNZ are pleased that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand are considering and exploring new forms of money, the opportunities and risks, as well as regulatory responses required with private innovation with money.

Submitted April 2023

NZ IoT Alliance thanks the Finance and Expenditure Committee for the opportunity to submit on the Water Services Legislation Bill. This submission is in response to section 389 and the power for the Chief Executive to authorise persons to read water meters, and to bring forth consideration to emerging technology and the implementation of a data strategy.

Submitted, February 2023

Both NZ IoT Alliance and BlockchainNZ have come together to collaborate on a whitepaper series called 'The Ledger of Things' to help bring understanding of how these two technologies can work together in a range of use cases. This first volume showcases the real-use cases of energy, water, and supply chain logistics.

Published, October 2022

NZ IoT Alliance thanks the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for the opportunity to submit on the Advanced Manufacturing Draft Industry Transformation Plan. This submission is in response to increasing investment in advanced technologies and processes to lift productivity and wages, as well as creating a leading sustainable circular net-zero emissions sector.

Submitted, June 2022.

LocationTech thanks the Transport and Infrastructure Committee for the opportunity to submit on the proposed Civil Aviation Bill. This submission is in response to sections on regulations and policy changes for remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft, and airport regulations.

Submitted, December 2021.

BlockchainNZ thanks the Ministry of Justice for the opportunity to submit on its review of the AML/CFT Act consultation document. This submission is in response to sections relating to regulations and obligations of virtual asset service providers.

Submitted, December 2021.

BlockchainNZ presents this submission to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) in respect of the RBNZ's consultation on its issues paper on the Future of Money - Central Bank Digital Currency (issues paper).

Submitted, December 2021.