PM’s tech rallying cry rings hollow

PM’s tech rallying cry rings hollow
Prime minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at the Hi-Tech Awards. (Image: NZ Hi-Tech Awards)
Peter Griffin
More than 1,000 people gathered in Wellington on Friday night for the New Zealand Hi-Tech Awards, the largest tech event since before covid arrived on the scene.The line-up of finalists and winners, a mix of industry veterans such as Orion Health founder Ian McCrae, who was made a Flying Kiwi, and startups like electric bike maker UBCO, which won the Hi-tech Emerging Company of the Year category, displayed the depth we now have in our tech sector.There’s so much to celebrate about what that sector has achieved in recent years, from Rocket...

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