New Zealand tech snapshots – Q1 2025
March 2025 ● February 2025 ● January 2025
- New Zealand population (2023): 5.2 million
- New Zealand online population: 5M / 97.5%
- New Zealand’s median age: 37.9 years
Indo-Pacific 5×5: Daily geopolitics newsletters & downloads
NZ Tech Snapshot: March 2025
- New Zealand: Startup Weekend Tairawhiti 2024 is set for April 26-28 on the North Island, a 54-hour sprint to go from idea to MVP / full item
- New Zealand: An overview of the growth, success, and economic impact of the GridAKL Innovation Hub in Auckland / full item
- Rocket Lab launched a Japanese firm’s synthetic aperture radar imaging satellite from its New Zealand facility, the first of 8 planned missions for iQPS / full item
Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Strategy Economic Strategy to 2040
New Zealand Tech: February 2025
- New Zealand: Researchers are soon to test a potential game-changer in space propulsion on the ISS, combining plasma thrusters and superconducting magnets / full item
- New Zealand: Agnition Ventures partners Singapore’s Agrifood Futures for ‘Land x Launch’ accelerator, offering a program for agri-tech startups to launch in New Zealand / full item
- New Zealand intro’s visitor visa rule changes, integrating digital nomad and remote worker provisions into the existing visa system / full item
- New Zealand: Polymath raises NZ$1.5M pre-Seed with app that gamifies maths for kids / full item
- New Zealand: Forest Bioeconomy 2025 Conference is set for 20-21 May in Rotorua, with the theme of ‘Pioneering Sustainable Innovations for Tomorrow’ / full item
- New Zealand Nat’l Cyber Security Centre report outlines increasingly complex security threats faced from both criminals and nations, with 7122 security incidents in the year to July 2024 / full item
- New Zealand: Icehouse Ventures VC firm closes 2nd growth fund with NZ$122M in commitments to back up to 20 later-stage scaleups / full item
Lowy Institute: Southeast Asia Aid Map
NZ Tech News snapshot: January 2025
- New Zealand: Kwetta raises $16M led by Blackbird VC with energy grid level optimisation focused on electric buses and trucks / full item
- New Zealand’s Road Ninja looks to launch driver employment platform and app into the Australian market, connecting pre-vetted, ready-to-work skilled drivers with businesses / full item
- PepsiCo opens applications for 3rd edition of AsiaPac-focused Greenhouse Accelerator Program / full item
