Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Agritech kickstart - about time
The government’s plan to kickstart growth in the agritech sector is long overdue recognition that we are missing a golden opportunity to apply our primary sector expertise to the digitisation of agriculture.Launched on Tuesday after more than a year of development and consultatio...
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Are the Nats capable of an innovation-led covid recovery?
Many business people who listened to Judith Collins’ first interviews in her role as leader of the Opposition yesterday will have breathed a sigh of relief.
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: US-China rivalry is playing havoc with the tech world
A year ago this week I was in Beijing visiting tech companies and talking to scientists and entrepreneurs about the advances the country is making on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence research. Against the backdrop of US president Donald Trump’s escalating trade war wit...
Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: Facebook ad boycott - a turning point?
Earlier this week, I watched an argument play out over Twitter about Bill Foley, the American billionaire who has bought up a number of New Zealand’s best-loved vineyards in recent years. A San Francisco Chronicle reporter, looking through the US political donations register, not...