11 January 2019
Over the past 6 months, Agritech New Zealand has been building a series of building blocks and initiatives aimed at growing the country’s agritech sector. With its rapidly growing membership, we are now in a position to launch these opportunities through 2019.
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03 December 2018
On Friday, I joined 20 other NZ agritech stakeholders take part in a five hour NZ agritech story workshop.
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23 October 2018
Farm2050, the global collective of leading agritech venture funds and corporate agribusinesses, selected New Zealand as its first country partner...
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05 September 2018
Earlier this week, I returned from the 2018 Silicon Valley AgTech Immersion Program where I was joined by more than 30 other kiwi agritech innovators, researchers and investors.
Read More 24 hours ago, the UK Parliament rejected Theresa May’s Brexit ‘deal’ with the European Union. A few hours later, I sat down with Laura Clarke, the British High CommissionertoNew Zealand and her team at the British Consulate in Auckland. The business of business goes on. Whatever the final
January 17, 2019
Over the past 6 months, Agritech New Zealand has been driving a series of domestic & offshore initiatives aimed at growing the country’s agritech sector. With its rapidly growing membership, we are now in a position to launch these opportunities through 2019. We are not doing this alone.
January 11, 2019
I am writing from Ireland where I have just attended the 2019 Agtech Nexus Europe conference. I was joined by Vic Crone, CEO of Callaghan Innovation and Sprout Accelerator’s Dean Tilyard. We have been exploring opportunities for increased collaboration between our respective agritech sector
December 12, 2018
I am inspired, energised and if I am honest, a little bit knackered. I am spending three days meeting up with some great Irish agritech innovators, investors & ecosystem players. The week culminates in my attending and participating in the AgTech Nexus Europe conference which is being held a
December 7, 2018
On Friday, I joined 20 other NZ agritech stakeholders take part in a five hour NZ agritech story workshop. It was the first of many such meetings. Managed by NZ Story and NZTE, their purpose is to develop a coherent and compelling story that New Zealand’s agritech sector can share with the res
December 3, 2018
Last month, I had the opportunity to visit eight cities and meet over 500 people during our 2018 roadshow. Many thanks to all our hosts, members and readers who attended the events, it was an awesome three weeks! During the roadshow, I was able to provide insight on key initiatives that Agritec
November 13, 2018
New Zealand agritech companies are creating world-first technology to help feed the world and lead the way in their industry, AgritechNZ chief executive Peter Wren-Hilton says. Technology is making life easier, from eco-friendly cars to faster software and tech improvements are benefitting Kiwis
November 12, 2018
Agritech New Zealand has been working with AgriFutures Australia to develop the program for this major trans-Tasman agritech conference. Both Callaghan Innovation & NZTE are supporting the event. evokeAG takes place in Melbourne on 19-20 February 2019. You can find out more details at www.evok
November 1, 2018
On 31 August, Farm2050, the global collective of leading agritech venture funds and corporate agribusinesses, selected New Zealand as its first country partner as a first step towards creating an ecosystem that will allow Kiwi agritech companies to scale in a non-linear way. Since then, Agritech
October 23, 2018
