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Pia Andrews (recently married, you probably know her as Pia Waugh, @piawaugh)  is a deep thinker, a deliciously cohesive speaker and one of the most active and effective people we have ever met when it comes to making changes in how governments work.

Mike and Pia discuss her work in various parts of the Australian Government, the recent challenges therein, and how she is now (openly) working on Government As A Platform (GaaP) within the Lab+ team within DIA for us Kiwis. We also find out why she believes NZ is in a much better position for true change than many other countries.

We also touch on the 'why' she does all this amazing open civic-focussed work.

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
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Vaughan Rowsell (@rowsell) talks to Aliesha Staples who comes from a 13 year film industry and VR/AR content creation background. Aliesha is the founder of Staples VR, a production studio for the creative technologies sector, and Staples Rentals, an emerging technology equipment rental company.

Aliesha was the winner of the High Tech Awards Young Achiever of the year award for 2017 (Idealog story) and her company Staples VR is the finalist for both innovation and emerging business categories of the 2017 Westpac Business Awards. She has produced Virtual and Augmented experiences for the likes of Warner Brothers, Paramount, Disney and TVNZ.

Some great insights into the world of AR, VR, MR and 360 – and the differences between them all.  Aliesha also talk about sharing insights and knowledge as they learn their way through the industry, which helps grow the industry as a whole too.

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

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Natalia Albert (@nataliaalbert) is currently a Project Manager at Stats NZ after having tried her professional hand at many roles both inside and out of the public sector.

Moving to NZ from Mexico Natalia discovered how insular NZ can be when it comes to "experience gained elsewhere" and so, to prove she can do the work that makes her smile she set up events - there's nothing like showing someone you can do it!

Based on this experience Natalia, alongside her day job which she loves, is setting up an event in the new year that will provide experience for similar women - those that can do, but Kiwis don't believe it because they've not done it here.

ANd all through this Mike and Natalia talk diversity, feminism and how men can support by getting out of the way.

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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Miki Szikszai (@mikiszikszai, LinkedIn), CEO Snapper, talks to us about change, how things change and why we need to change. We learn how Snapper evolved quickly to create a solution that customers flocked to and now they are exporting the technology globally.

Miki has a background in technology innovation in New Zealand having led the development of new markets and capability for Telecom NZ that include it’s Fixed and Mobile Internet Content businesses, deployment of NZ’s first 3G Mobile network and the establishment of an in-house Innovation team.

Snapper also work with Summer of Tech to grow new talent in the industry, Miki talks us through how that works.

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

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This was our last system Error session for 2017 and we had an open invitation for anyone that wanted to come along.

Along with Mike and Raj, we had Lukas, Dave, Rochelle, Kay and off-course Mauricio.

The session covered:
* Intergen conference
* The countdown to Christmas (yay or Uhhh depending on your point of view)
* Gift giving – minimalism vs consumerism
* What happens when the internet (connectivity to the web) goes down?
* New smartphones and the dramas that come with them
* 2degrees are shutting down 2G without helping customers adjust, companies help users when this happens?
* Community interaction and education about technology (and where Tech companies fit in to that)
* The evolution of the local library
* The rate of change today, compared to the last generation
* Why cant people learn technology?
* The old battle between Mac, Windows and Google Chrome
* Will every child go to school with their own personal AI in the future?
* Why does Lukas’ Mac have only one port! #DongleLife
* Every Fitbit Mauricio has have a different charger

It a long but very entertaining chat with some amazing and funny people. If you want to come down next time look out for the Facebook invite or check out https://www.accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/2017/8/31/recording-system-error-with-mauricio-hwgz6

Also get to the #WellyTech Christmas party, get your free ticket here
https://www.accessgranted.nz/jibberjabber/2017/10/4/wellytech-2017-christmas-party-this-year-its-big

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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We talk to co-founder Rachel Hatch (@rachelnzvr) about the VR kiwi project that has been 8 years in the making and the journey to make an idea into a viable product ready to ship. 

VR kiwi provides the missing link, the freedom to be able to naturally and physically walk and run within virtual reality. This system includes both hardware and software allowing custom made experiences delivered – “plug and play”.

We also talk about what inspired and motivated Rachel to do what she does  ... Viewmaster ;)

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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“Making life better through technology is my thing” 
Lukasz Zawilski (@lukaszfromwelly) is the Chief Information Officer at New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

An internationally experienced executive and leader with a unique blend of skills and experience gained through working with some of the world's leading organisations. Relocated to New Zealand in 2002 and have been fortunate enough to work with some great organisations across New Zealand & Australia since then.

Our discussion leads us to the changing tech world (open data, chat bots, messaging apps, social platforms, cloud services, security etc) and the struggles people face during this change including the impacts on the education sector.

Lukas is an entertaining and informative person, it was so much fun talking to him and you can sometimes join him at our recordings of System Error.

Bonus: We also chat about the idea of having a Govt CTO.

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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Vic Crone, CEO of Callaghan Innovation joined NZ Rise members in Wellington to discuss their experiences with Callaghan Innovation and shared her views on where she believes Callaghan Innovation can play a role in supporting the local eco-system.

The interview was with Miki Szikszai, CEO of Snapper, and provided by NZ Rise
https://nzrise.org.nz/

The interview was hosted by Equinox IT
https://www.equinox.co.nz/

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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Alex is passionate about digital technology, and enjoy exploring ways to embrace its full potential. His academic background lies within the fields of media studies, ICT law and technology enterprise, while my professional background is in journalism.

Alex created PressPatron, which makes it easy to support media outlets online. In a few simple steps, supporters can make monthly and one-off contributions to their favourite online publishers – which Access Granted love and are part of.

We talk about many ways the media landscape is changing and how some media outlets are dragging their heals (like many industries in a state of flux).

After that we talk about Wireless headphones and Poo Animoji’s
“I’ve never seen a Poo so expressive before”

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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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Chris created Koha and has spent the last 17 years refining his creation. Chris has worked for a few companies but his core focus has been Koha throughout his career.

Koha is a fully featured, scalable library management system. Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies worldwide.

Chris is a "stealth Maori" and he explains how he uses his Maori culture around the world – funny story.

An amazing open source tale.


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We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!

Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

All our past shows are on our website
https://www.accessgranted.nz

Follow and Like us on:
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https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ
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Subscribe to the show however you want:
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