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The best of AgriTech at Techweek2020

Techweek may be over for another year, but we’ve collated our pick of agritech viewing for you.

Join Agritech New Zealand at Techweek2020.

Next week, Techweek2020 kicks off and Agritech New Zealand has three great events lined up for the country’s agritech community. Tuesday 28 July – Techweek TV 2.00pm – 2.30pm Join…

The Agritech Industry Transformation Plan has finally launched!

The Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) was finally launched by Hon Phil Twyford at Zespri’s HQ in Tauranga yesterday. Phil was joined by Hon Damien O’Connor who took the opportunity…

July Newletter – Unleashing New Zealands Agritech Innovation

Welcome to perhaps the busiest month for New Zealand’s agritech sector this year! Get your diary ready to lock in July’s significant dates.

Introducing the Trans-Tasman Water Challenge

Building stronger trans-Tasman ties in the area of innovation and agri-technology provide a unique opportunity for some really big thinking. Connecting our respective research and entrepreneurial communities has the potential…

June Newsletter – a collaborative strategy for our future

I hope this newsletter finds you safe and well. Last month, we held our annual meeting and I would like to congratulate the newly elected members of our Executive Council

Agritech New Zealand AGM 2020. The election results.

On Thursday, Agritech New Zealand hosted its 2020 Annual General Meeting. In keeping with Level 2 restrictions, the AGM was hosted over ZOOM. Because of that and because the organisation’s…

May Newsletter – accelerating our purpose, funding support and offshore collaboration

As New Zealand’s agritech sector settles into life in Alert Level 2, I wanted to share news of our substantial progress. The contribution so many of you made during the Government’s Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) consultancy process was rewarded last week. The 2020 Budget announced $11.4M funding support for the Agritech Industry Transformation Plan.

Agritech New Zealand is delighted by the NZ Government’s Budget commitment of $11.4M to support the Agritech ITP

Today is a major milestone in Agritech New Zealand’s intense 12 month engagement with the NZ Government’s Agritech ITP taskforce. This afternoon’s announcement by Minister Twyford that $11.4M had been…

The NZ Ag Data "Insights & applications" Webinar Series

This series of four webinars was designed to enable people across the spectrum* to acquire factual insights on which to make informed management, technology and interoperability decisions, with an emphasis on real-world application.

The Agritech New Zealand Insights webinar series is now available online

We are delighted to publish the eight Agritech New Zealand Insights webinar sessions which were recorded over the past three weeks. 2,200+ registered attendees signed up to view the series…

The Agritech New Zealand Insights Sector Survey results are in. What next in a post COVID-19 world?

UPDATED: 11 May 2020: On Thursday this week, the Hon. Grant Robertson will announce the government’s 2020 Budget. It will be against the almost surreal economic background created by the…

April Newsletter – new initiatives to support our agritech ecosystem

We are on the home straight! That was the opening sentence in last month’s newsletter. Little did I know that we would soon be embarking on several weeks of COVID-19 lockdown. I hope your family, friends and neighbours are safe, and remain well.

Engage with Agritech New Zealand

It has been almost two years since Agritech New Zealand launched in May 2018. We are thrilled with what Agritech New Zealand has achieved since then.

March Newsletter – connecting local and global opportunities

We are on the home straight! Yesterday, David Downs and I delivered the final Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) workshop.

The Australia New Zealand agritech ecosystem just got a MASSIVE post-evokeAG boost

The key theme at last week’s evokeAG conference in Melbourne was the power of collaboration. In New Zealand, this has been a key driver for the past two years. Agritech…

The NZ agritech mission arrives in Melbourne

Over 60 Kiwi agriculture innovators and leaders are now in Melbourne to showcase their technologies at the high-profile evokeAG event, create export and partnership opportunities, and build on New Zealand’s…

The United States Study Centre recommends Australia's agritech sector develops mutually-beneficial initiatives with New Zealand

The United States Study Centre (USSC) at the University of Sydney has today released details of a joint project between researchers at USSC and LinkedIn that has found that Australia’s agricultural technology (agritech) networks are less dense and less connected to the United States than New Zealand’s.

February Newsletter – Driving Productivity, Profitability and Sustainability

Welcome to the first AgriTech New Zealand newsletter of 2020 and what a start to the year!

The NZ Agritech Industry Transformation Plan has been published. Find out how you can support its delivery

Yesterday, the Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment published the long-awaited Agritech Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) to its website.