Australian Stories

Aussie Govt needs more online interaction, survey finds

Australians prefer dealing with the government by phone or in person, but younger citizens are more open to online engagement, according to a survey by Unisys.

By Shannon Williams • 4 min read • Wed, 30th Mar 2016

Global Stories

eLearning

Govt needs to look at online learning for skills shortage, says expert

At SXSW, ALISON founder Mike Feerick urges governments to embrace online learning to tackle global inequality and the skills gap with three key policies.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Tue, 5th Apr 2016

Government

WINZ IT system has serious issues, says Labour

Labour Party calls for urgent fix to the WINZ IT system, saying it is preventing access to support for superannuitants and beneficiaries.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 11th Mar 2016

Digital Transformation

Governments are digitally immature, Gartner finds

Government digital transformation hindered by skills shortage and organisational culture, says Gartner survey.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Mon, 7th Mar 2016

Unified Communications

Vodafone brings Telecommunications-as-a-Service to Govt

Careers New Zealand has entered into a partnership agreement with Vodafone, becoming one of the first government agencies to adopt TaaS.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Mon, 7th Mar 2016

Cybersecurity

A victory for privacy and Apple?

Amidst the debate and panic around FBI demands that Apple help unlock the iPhone of the San Bernadino shooter, Apple just won a small victory.

By Patrick Pilcher • 2 min read • Wed, 2nd Mar 2016

Government

Ramping up NZ's response to serious cyber threat

Significant New Zealand organisations are being subjected to serious cyber-attacks on a daily basis - our national response is about to be ramped up.

By Ashton Young • 2 min read • Mon, 29th Feb 2016

Data Protection

Is Apple creating an unhackable smartphone?

Various sources attest to the fact that Apple is working on creating a phone that is unhackable by government bodies or even Apple itself.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016

Robotics

Governments need to recognise the disruptive power of robots, IDC finds

The potential for machines to heighten safety, precision and efficiency within government services is huge, according to a new IDC report.

By Catherine Knowles • 4 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016

Hyperscale

CenturyLink govt offering promises fresh approach to infrastructure

CenturyLink has launched CenturyLink Government Cloud, an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offering for US federal government agencies.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Feb 2016

Unified Communications

NZers 'chomping at the bit' for faster broadband

Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) connections are up 135% around the country, according to latest figures regarding the Government's UFB programme.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Mon, 15th Feb 2016

Stories from Other Regions

Government

Online baby registrations proves a hit for Internal Affairs

The 50,000th online birth registration has been recorded by the Department on Internal Affairs since online registration went live a year ago.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Thu, 31st Mar 2016

Government

Driverless pizza delivery? It's a thing.

NZ could lead the way in trialling Domino's driverless pizza delivery unit, the Transport Minister announces, as the nation embraces innovative tech.

By Shannon Williams • 2 min read • Fri, 18th Mar 2016

Government

By next year, 70% of Kiwis will primarily deal with the Government online

By 2017, 70% of New Zealanders will handle government transactions online, with digital uptake already hitting 52.9% in late 2015, says Minister Dunne.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Wed, 16th Mar 2016

Cloud Services

Govt launches one stop product recall shop

New Zealand Government launches web tool to streamline product recalls, reducing risk and cost. [110 characters].

By Shannon Williams • 1 min read • Wed, 9th Mar 2016

Open source

Treasury looks to improve the lives of NZers with open source data

New Zealand Treasury partners with Catalyst to deliver data to the public through Catalyst's Social Investment Insights platform.

By Catherine Knowles • 2 min read • Fri, 26th Feb 2016

Cartech

Driverless car testing in NZ 'would be a major breakthrough'

New Zealand is poised for a major breakthrough in autonomous vehicle tech as Intelligent Transport Systems NZ endorses new Ministry of Transport guidelines.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 24th Feb 2016