NZ Tech Podcast

Tony Baird - CTO of Vodafone NZ, shares behind the scenes tech insights plus what's happening within New Zealand's mobile and broadband networks - especially what Vodafone NZ (soon to be One NZ) have planned.

JB Rousselot, CEO of Chorus NZ, joins Paul Spain to discuss New Zealand’s largest telecommunications infrastructure company. The successes, challenges - and more importantly - what comes next.

Paul Spain is joined by Ben Rose - Binance NZ, and Darcy Ungaro - Ungaro and Co. to discuss the current state of crypto and well as tech news of the week, including:

• Apple's plan to move production out of China
• Companies like Meta and Google, to pay for NZ news
• Blackpearl Group on NZ
• Hands on review of OpenAI’s ChatGPT - chat.openai.com
• San Francisco to vote on Lethal Police Robots

Paul Spain is joined by Nick Lissette - CEO of Blackpearl Group to discuss Blackpearl Group's launch on NZX and well as Tech news from the week including:

• US/UK China tech ban
• HP staff cuts
• WhatsApp user details leaked
• Biometrics in NZ supermarkets
• Mecedes-Benz speed subscription
• US army uses Russian software disguised as American

Paul Spain is joined by Justin Soong, Founder of Authsignal, to discuss how NZ startup Authsignal are helping developers, plus:

• NZ rural broadband
• Vodafone TV switch-off pushed back, as Sky box delay drags on
• Air NZ plans to replace boarding passes with biometrics
• iPhone's satellite Emergency service
• U.S. Banks including New York Fed start 12-week digital dollar pilot
• Google $600m fine
• Twitter, is Musk playing us?
• Australia to ‘stand up’ against cyber criminals

Paul Spain is joined by Paul Woodfield (AUT) to discuss the latest tech news from the week, Including:

• NZ’s Public Safety Network
• Twitter Blue suspended due to impersonations
• Amazon’s Sparrow robot
• In car Zoom calls
• DoorDash drone delivery
• FTX bankruptcy

Paul Spain is joined by Dosh Co-Founders James McEniery and Shane Marsh, to discuss Dosh New Zealand's first digital wallet, as well as tech news of the week, including:

• Air New Zealand bans Air Tag baggage trackers
• California legalizes Digital License plates
• Mondelez, Zurich settle $100m+ NotPetya insurance lawsuit
• Coles partner with Wing to offer grocery drone delivery
• Will the European Union ban 8K TVs
• Twitter, a big mess after half of the 7500 staff fired

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Paul Spain is joined by Vincent Heeringa, host of This Climate business, to discuss the latest in Tech news, including:

• Intel cutbacks
• Samsung’s ex-con leader
• Ford dumps driverless for driver-assist
• Does NZ need a cyber minister
• Apple update tax on App Store
• Rova podcast app privacy
• Elon and Twitter

Paul Spain is joined by motoring editor Damien O'Carroll to discuss technological advances in the Automotive sector, hands-on 2022 MG ZS EV and iPad price hikes, as well as:

• Government clean car rebate
• General Motors tech
• Ford technology advances
• Car Integration: Apple Car Play and Android Auto vs Tesla
• Autonomous Vehicles and Autopilot

Paul Spain is joined by Community Director of Kiwi Saas Brett Roberts to discuss how Kiwi SaaS is helping to accelerate the SaaS sector in New Zealand as well Tech news of the week including:

• US citizens at Chinese chip firms caught in the middle of US/China chip manufacturing clash
• Indian Village going offline daily to help stop screen addiction
• Elon musk's tweets and turnaround on Starlink and Ukraine
• Tesla update for NZ now allows car cameras to be live streamed to App
• Meta and Microsoft team up for Metaverse VR
• Product review of Amazon Fire TV Stick, 4K and HD for NZ market, and Huawei's FreeBuds