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Sam had only 30 minutes with us as he rushed from work for quick chat about the Wellington Gaming community at our latest lair, Hashigo Zake, before skootling up to a tournament.Listen as Mike asks what a game is.Wonder as Raj and Sam get nostalgic about games.Be intrigued as Sam explains how the esports community is growing.Wonder as they all hear about how much $ is in gaming.Question as Mike asks Sam, "Come on, esports isn't sport, it's gaming?"- https://www.rangaguyproductions.com/- Discord: That Ranga Guy#1214- https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-m-140185179/- https://twitter.com/That_Ranga_Guy- https://www.wellingtonesports.com/- https://discordapp.com/invite/Mf73YXx=========================== #WELLYTECH 2019 - tickets on sale ===========================FRIDAY 13TH DECEMBER, 3:30PM - 8PM | TSB ARENA (WELLINGTON)Join the end of year celebration for the entire Wellington tech tribeFrom startups to corporates, from the Minister up to those that actually make the computers do what they do. Let's get together, celebrate 2019 and look forward to 2020.The #WellyTech festival will feature music, live podcasts, awards, quiz, and more - as well as stalls and stands with activities to get amongst. It's a great opportunity to connect with others in the tech industry in a celebratory atmosphere.https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Ed Strafford is a thinker, a big thinker with an amazing brain that can see the future of education within New Zealand. He is also a person that connects those that do with the intention of bringing about deep and meaningful collaborations.We find out from Ed how he ended up in a tech role, what his current favourite project is, and where it's all leading with the future of Aotearoa education?Finding out what the last 10 years taught Ed about working in government is also a grand topic we delve into ... what do you think he's got views upon?- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/ed-strafford-b4293bb- https://twitter.com/EdNZ=========================== #WELLYTECH 2019 - tickets on sale ===========================FRIDAY 13TH DECEMBER, 3:30PM - 8PM | TSB ARENA (WELLINGTON)Join the end of year celebration for the entire Wellington tech tribeFrom startups to corporates, from the Minister up to those that actually make the computers do what they do. Let's get together, celebrate 2019 and look forward to 2020.The #WellyTech festival will feature music, live podcasts, awards, quiz, and more - as well as stalls and stands with activities to get amongst. It's a great opportunity to connect with others in the tech industry in a celebratory atmosphere.https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Meeting at the 2019 TechFugeesNZ hackathon Mike recognised two very clever, passionate, and dedicated wahine in Charlie and Samar ... and they got on like a house on fire.Samar is currently an Azure Digital Transformation Specialist at Microsoft but really she would say that she is all about, "Empowering organisations to digitally transform their business with Microsoft Azure". Charlie is the Product Manager of Search at Trade Me and Advisor Member of InternetNZ's .NZ Policy Panel.Both Charlie and Samar would say they are way more than titles and you need to listen to get to know the real them in this episode that ranges from "What even is tech?", through to, "How to support those that work in tech" Samar and Charlie have complimentary, but not always agreeing views, on how the New Zealand tech industry can "be better".Charlie:- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/charliegavey- https://twitter.com/charliegavey- http://charlie.nz/Samar:- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/samaralrayyes- https://twitter.com/samaralrayyes------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

A small and boutique collection for the Wellington System Error discussion - thanks to all that came and gave their views on the following 3 topics:- What are your views on the Hippocratic Licence?https://github.com/ContributorCovenant/hippocratic-license- What's the one thing (emotional, physical, etc) that the #WellyTech 2019 event can bring?- What do we think about the Christchurch Call and where it's at?If you have anything to add, do you disagree with what was said - get involved!Next session will be #WellyTech 2019 event - FRIDAY 13th DECEMBER, 3:30pm-8pm at the TSB Arena, tickets go on sale very very soon - https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

The episode in which Hīria decides to have a Whare Hauora rest ... only for a month, and only because she needs to focus upon earning $ to get a production run done. We wish Hīria all the best for the next few weeks and we'll be re-joining her sometime in November to catch-up on where's she's got to.Hugs, all the AG crew, x------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hīria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Owen Evans, second of our 5th birthday re-visits, is the CTO at JRNY and was last on the show back in August 2014, "Owen Evans - Data Lake", a true pioneer!Back in 2014 Owen had co-founded a company named Hoist from which he learned heaps (see the show title). He has since been at senior roles at 8i, and Zapier, a board adviser for other startups, and co-hosted the successful Web Developers Conference NZ (WDCNZ) which is back!Owen has a tonne of experience he passes on, how to support people through redundancies, what startups need to focus upon, and how to look after oneself in the tough times.- https://twitter.com/buildmaster- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/owenmevans- http://www.wdcnz.com/- https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2015/8/31/ep-14-the-data-lake-with-owen-evans------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Last week the world went on strike to protest the inaction from the power structures of society with regard to the current climate emergency and today New Zealand is showing their determination to be heard.So what can we, a podcast do?We have an audience, and so we are publishing the audio of Greta Thunberg’s emotional and, to some, confrontational speech at last Friday’s UN Climate Summit with the hope that it will inspire each and every one us into more direct and noticeable action.Good luck to all those who participate in the nation-wide strikes, and here’s to all of us, together making the world a place we want to live in.SIGN: https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/climate-declaration-from-the-youth-of-aotearoa-2SUPPORT: https://www.schoolstrike4climatenz.comREAD: https://thespinoff.co.nz/tag/climate-strike/RESEARCH: https://www.google.com/search?q=nz+climate+strikeSwedish climate activist Greta Thunberg chastised world leaders Monday, Sep. 23, for failing younger generations by not taking sufficient steps to stop climate change. "You have stolen my childhood and my dreams with your empty words," Thunberg said at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York. "You're failing us, but young people are starting to understand your betrayal. The eyes of all future generations are upon you. And if you choose to fail us, I say we will never forgive you," she added. Thunberg traveled to the U.S. by sailboat last month so she could appear at the summit. She and other youth activists led international climate strikes on Friday in an attempt to garner awareness ahead of the UN's meeting of political and business leaders.------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTech

Jordan Carter, first of our 5th birthday re-visits, is the Chief Executive at InternetNZ and was last on the show back in October 2017, "Jordan Carter – The plan is not to have a plan".Since then he's got a 'new' job, restructured the organisation, and been a part of the Prime Minister's "Christchurch Call" in reaction to the terrorist shootings earlier this year.Jordan has a LOT to catch us up on so listen in and then get along to Nethui 2019 at Wellington's Te Papa to continue the conversations ...- https://mobile.twitter.com/jordantcarter- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jordan-carter-ba988a4- https://2019.nethui.nz/- https://mobile.twitter.com/InternetNZ/status/1175508766676201472- https://internetnz.nz/blog/checking-christchurch-call- https://internetnz.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

There's nothing simple about Stephen Clarke, he is a mind on legs with a wealth of experience from the records / archival world with a focus on standards (published we'll have you know).Set yourself down, get a cup of tea, and take a journey through the world as seen through the incredible mind of Steff Clarke ... and YES, you will want to take some threads and continue them, so get in touch with him.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/steffclarke- https://twitter.com/steffclarke------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Hīria with the latest in the her journey of being being a founder, chief do-it-all, and startup good person as she fights to keep the value and integrity of the data collected from the community in THEIR hands and not transformed into megabucks and tracking resources for others.------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hīria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Emily Mason is a woman with a mission, in fact multiple missions from starting a company with values (Frank Advice), ensuring evidence based policies are created, and assisting philanthropic donors the greatest impact in their endeavours (Impact Lab).From a life of government work to running a startup is takes a special sort of person, Emily is that person. Listen in as she details the hurdles, the joy, and the focus needed to step out from under the wings of the large organisation - you will pic up tips!- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/emilymasondatainpolicy- https://impactlab.co.nz/- https://www.frankadvice.co.nz/PS: If you haven't already check out Kylie Reir'is recent episode, it not only compliments this but Emily & Kylie are both connected with Impact Lab: https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2019/9/5/kylie-reiri-better-decisions-everywhere------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Listen to Hiria, Kaiwhakahaere at Whare Hauora, and then PLEDGE - 5 days (at time of publication) left: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/6226-manawa-smart-home-sensor-kit-for-community-organisations------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Fantastic turn out in the very loud Hashigo Zake lounge for this coming together of the #WellyTech community to meet, greet, and ponder 3 topics on the podcast, namely:1: How can a social enterprise grow beyond it's initial idea?2: Using AI is merely sending money overseas to the big vendors.3: Consultancy is dead.See you at the next #WellyTech get together: https://accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/recording-system-error | RECORDING: System Error - Spring Is Sprung (Thursday, September 26, 2019, Hashigo Zake)------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Paul Armstrong has a long history in providing ICT consultancy to organisations in New Zealand and further afar with a long and illustrious career at Synergy/Fronde - but that's all history now!Paul takes us through the ups and downs of his career, and how he is excited again to be at TipoTapp bringing the cloud unicorns to all those that need to both move and develop upon the major cloud services out there.For those that need to sell (and let's be honest, who doesn't) Paul has a fascinating series of insights alongside hints & tips for us all.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/tgz-paul-armstrong- https://www.tipotapp.com/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Big updates from Hiria Te Rangi, Kaiwhakahaere at Whare Hauora.Hiria has had her first formal board meeting with her Directors: Amber Craig, Jay Daly, Dianne Minee - always good to communicate where the organisation is and where it should be heading.And then Hiria has been out and about speaking"The Power Of A Grandmother" TEDxWellington: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHq1waE-qIYHiria also spoke at JAFAC conference, "How Whare Hauora product development is driving the decolonisation of data collection and management." Why, "why" matters. In a World where everyone is connected, we assume that our personal data is being collected, managed and on-sold. It has become naturalised, that this is the fee we must pay in order to use the service. But what if it wasn't?We learn that the sensor hardware is changing in the future to include little LED screens making a massive UX difference.And finally Raj and Hiria discuss how funding for a "non-traditional tech/data" company is very tough, but Hiria is a tough wahine!Get amongst it on the Whare Hauora PledgeMe campaign: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/6226-manawa-smart-home-sensor-kit-for-community-organisationsListen to her latest story, it's gold and we're sure those of you with startups can totally related ... ------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Kylie Reiri is one of those treasurers of New Zealand, a values focused wahine leading a data scientists focused company working on the issues that matter to all of us.Once you've heard Kylie explain where she comes from, how she wants data to make a difference through actual supporting better decisions, for instance services provided by central government, then we would highly recommend her talk given earlier in 2019 at Hack Aotearoa (link below)- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/kyliereiri- https://twitter.com/kylie_reiri- https://www.curiousminds.nz/profiles/kylie-reiri/- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB6Ww9-WMGw------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Tweet from Jessica Manins, @JessicaManins - Aug 19"When Sir Richard Taylor plays your game @beyonddotfun and says it’s the most fun he’s had in #VR it’s hard not to feel like this #oddball #comingsoon #VR"There's no better introduction to Jessica Mannins' new venture, Beyond, than that - and having played / experienced it both Mike and Raj agree it is the best social VR fun ever.Listen to Jessica's plans for her co-founded company, where it all came from, why VR has tickled Jessica for so long, and most of all how you too could have the best VR time of your life ... with a VR fart gun (if you're quick enough)!- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jessicamanins- https://twitter.com/JessicaManins- https://www.beyond.fun/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Hiria is here! More on her journey, speaking at TEDxWelligton and the Zero Carbon Challenge PledgeMe campaign: https://www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/6226-manawa-smart-home-sensor-kit-for-community-organisations---Whare Hauora has created Manawa: a smart home sensor kit and platform that measures the temperature and humidity of rooms in homes and tells you if your home is making your whānau sick.We built Manawa specifically for whānau, so they gain insights into their health and wellbeing, via notifications and a dashboard.Our Vision is an Aotearoa where your home doesn't make you sick. But for a lot of families, knowing that your home is making you sick and having the resources to upgrade your home or access health services or even purchasing a Manawa kit are near on impossible.So Whare Hauora is running a Pledgeme campaign specifically for Community organisations that help families with housing upgrades like insulation installations or health services like respiratory illness prevention.------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Rowan Simpson provides an episode that replicates his professional life, one of two halves. From being the first non-family member employee of TradeMe before moving on to Xero in it's early years. Since then Rowan has taken his experience and insights to many companies as investor and director, spreading the product development messages, and sharing his approach to tech business with all that are keen to hear (check out his Hoku Ideas page linked below).Why is this show akin to his professional life - it's in two parts. First part recorded at an increasingly loud and busy Roxy Cinema before we decamped to overlook the Wellington harbour and record within a much quieter place - stick with it, it's gold - especially the second half.It's an honour to have Rowan on the show, he's been a shining light within the New Zealand tech industry for many years and with his new venture, OneMetric.io we see him not only filling a "startup hole" but also guiding and passing on his knowledge one more time.- https://hoku.nz/team/rowan/- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/rowansimpson- https://hoku.nz/ideas/- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD5TjNfJiJM- https://www.onemetric.io/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Trent Mankelow is currently the acting CEO of Summer Of Tech whilst Ruth McDavitt is off being a parent for the year and is loving it. With Trent's contacts he's looking to bring many more companies into the fold (you could be reading this in one right now, get involved with the link below).Trent has had a life of entrepreneurship co-founding Optimal Experience, being the Chief Product Officer for Vend, and most recently as Trade Me's inaugural Chief Customer Officer - not a bad Kiwi lineup of top tech companies.- https://summeroftech.co.nz/employers/internships/- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/trentmankelow- https://twitter.com/trentmankelow------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

With Duncan Greive, Managing Editor of The Spinoff website and co-host of the #realpod, you know you're going to get insight into the New Zealand media scene and where it's all heading to with Facebook and Google gobbling up all the advertising revenue.At the time of recording with Viv The Spinoff were in the throws of launching their Members feature, allowing readers (like all of us at AG) to help support the ongoing work - do it here: https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/25-06-2019/announcing-the-spinoff-members/As always we ask how you the listener can get in touch with our guests and with Duncan he prefers email: duncan@thespinoff.co.nzBut there is also:- https://www.linkedin.com/in/duncan-greive-8735179a/- https://www.instagram.com/duncan.greive- https://twitter.com/duncangreiveAnd never forget The Spinoff site, https://thespinoff.co.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Marie-Claire Andrews for a long time ran the event app start-up Show Gizmodo, and with a life change out to the Wairarapa she keeps connected to the industry via various international event groups. Being out in Carterton however she looked for a co-working space, couldn't find one, talked to the local mayor at a BBQ, and we now have 3Mile :)Marie-Claire is bursting with enthusiasm for the region, the community, and most of all the possibilities that the Wairarapa and all NZ regions have over and above the main centres - what are they, listen in ...- https://uk.linkedin.com/in/marieclaireandrews- https://twitter.com/marie_clair- https://www.3mile.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Brough Johnson, co-founder of Narrative Muse, and a person that is happy bringing together and community is very important to her. Coming from the TV and film industries for a number of years Brough she discovered that yes there is the content out there for LGBTQ+ audiences but it was harder to find than the mainstream and so from a review site to a full recommendation service Narrative Muse serves this community.Ever asked, “How do I ensure we have a diverse company?”, well Brough has a very simple step YOU can take … listen for the details.- https://www.linkedin.com/in/broughjohnson- https://twitter.com/BroughJohnson- https://www.nzonscreen.com/person/brough-johnson- https://www.narrativemuse.co/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

A bubbly and busy Hiria let's us know that the product is ready to go, she's prepping for some talks and is focusing her last week in the Zero Carbon Challenge on the PledgeMe campaign to get 200 kits to organisations.btw: product pricing is very hard :)Hiria has also published a stack of updates as LinkedIn videos, go check them outAnd finally, as Hiria hear's others are now able to "pitch" the product she is looking for a co-founder by asking around and gonna go 50/50.- TEDxWellington: https://www.tedxwellington.com/- LinkedIn: https://nz.linkedin.com/in/hiriaterangi------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the episodes: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

John Hart, otherwise known as FarmGeek, has had a life in tech for a number of years however with a change of lifestyle to become a farmer he has now combined tech and a rural viewpoint to take on introducing tech to the community and how New Zealand needs to be more than sheep.Recently Raj and Mike were invited to "Hemp & Crickets - Oh My!" at which John and the Breadcraft team showed off, "sustainable food using alternative sources of protein - the way of the future" using crickets. And that's now John's job - growing crickets by the many many many thousands.- https://twitter.com/farmgeek- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/farmgeek- http://www.breadcraft.co.nz- https://static1.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/afternoons/audio/2018699990/john-hart-on-why-he-s-farming-crickets-in-the-wairarapaPS: John also starred in our recent Fab Lab Masterton episode: https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2019/7/23/john-hart-tamara-olliver-engraving-bananas------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Paul Brislen is a well known voice on 'lesser radio', TV, media, and all over the webs with his commentary on the New Zealand tech industry alongside a deep understanding of the telecommunications field.Some fascinating truth about 5G, the Russian fake news, how in-building 5G needs help ... oh, and those extra darned 5G radio waves will NOT give you cancer, sheesh!Paul and Viv cover the latest tech trends, how data has become key but then ugh use of our personal information, taxing the tech multinationals, social media disrupting MSM, Herald's paywall and supporting journalism on the web, and critical thinking.AND, a brief chat about Paul's work with The Aunties - get involved, donate your unwanted hardware, and support the kids and their families.- http://www.brislen.nz/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbrislen/- https://twitter.com/paulbrislen- https://www.aunties.co.nz/- https://twitter.com/whaeapower- https://www.facebook.com/RefugeAunties/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

On a recent Wairarapa road trip Mike and Raj caught up with John Hart and Tamara Olliver at the current location of the Masterton Fab Lab, a space for them to, "equip our whole community with 21st century skills so we can all participate in the world of making with technology!"John and Tamara explained the Fab Lab's mission, successes, current home, and their future!We are left wondering WHY AREN'T THERE MORE IN NEW ZEALAND - you will to!- https://www.facebook.com/pg/fablabmasterton- https://mobile.twitter.com/farmgeek------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Whilst Whare Hauora has been around for 2+ years we only joined them on their journey 1 year ago ... but SO MUCH has happened in the intervening 12 months that we thought we'd have a wee celebration (coffee and tea all round, thanks Dom) and a review of how far Hiria and the ever growing Whare Hauora has come ... ------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the updates: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted takes you behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast - https://nstagram.com/accessgrantednz/ Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Looking after the team is spoken much on our podcast but we've yet to have had such a focused discussion on what that means day-to-day as we had with Nathan Donaldson (CEO) and Rebecca Jones (Agile Coach) from Boost.We cover a bit of background, especially how Rebecca made the move from hospitality to Agile Coach, before diving into how to support, grow, and love the teams within your organisation. We even talk about what the means for salary increases using Boosts medieval 'grading' approach - so so cool.You WILL learn loads you can apply from these two!(or get along to their free Agile sessions - Wellington based)- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/nathandonaldson- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jones-44ababb2- https://www.boost.co.nz/- https://www.boost.co.nz/agile-training/introduction-to-agile-methodology------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Viv first met Tash Bettridge when volunteering with kids at a STEAM workshop at OMGTech - from being a teacher to reinventing herself as a cyber security consultant Tash is one to watch out for."Aesthetically Pakeha", is a phrase Tash uses and whilst it's funny it's also slightly sad how passing privilege affects us all in different ways. Sometimes, like Tash talks about, it really works against you when you least expect it.We wish Tash good luck with her Google adventures, and perhaps we'll catch her up on the flip side. - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tashbettridge - https://www.cybertoa.com/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Ed Abraham certainly has a background to wonder at, and Mike most certainly did geek out about the times Ed spent in university with Professor Stephen Hawkins.And it's that big brain of his that see's Ed heading up a company, Dragonfly Data Science, full of very VERY clever people working with data, computers, and making them solve problems that clients bring to them - gotta have a reason, otherwise it's just playingA great example is Dragonfly's work on the Te Hiku Media Kōrero Māori project – applying machine learning to transcribing spoken Māori.- https://www.dragonfly.co.nz/people/abraham-edward.html- https://mobile.twitter.com/dflydsci- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/edward-abraham-86531034- https://www.dragonfly.co.nz/news/2018-05-14-miles-thompson.html------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Kerry Topp is the Associate Director of Transformation and Innovation for Datacom, but fancy titles aside, he is one of those humans that is naturally full of energy and genuinely want to do good for the world.Viv and Kerry talk about tech change through a human lens, developing capabilities through hackfests, and student led innovation before tackling psychological safety, Google’s Project Aristotle and workplace bullying!Whew, get your notepad out, this one is a doozy!- https://www.linkedin.com/in/kerrytopp/- https://twitter.com/kerry_topp- https://rework.withgoogle.com/print/guides/5721312655835136/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Ronja Gustafasson came over to New Zealand a year ago and started working as business development at Nowsnapp, a startup based all over the world but developed and delivered out of Kapiti.We also talk Pirate Party from Ronja's Sweden and how it's hiding out in Miramar (who knew).The app itself takes the crowd sourcing / "share economy" approach to all those jobs that you need doing but really can't be bothered with - from taking the dog for a walk, writing that proposal*, or even just popping down the shops to pick up a loaf of bread.Launched in New Zealand and having it's Auckland premiere it is already growing into a substantial hit.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/ronjagustafsson- https://twitter.com/RonjaJocosa- https://www.nowsnapp.com/- https://www.facebook.com/nowsnapp.nz/- https://nz.linkedin.com/company/nowsnapp- https://www.instagram.com/nowsnapp.nz/- https://twitter.com/NowsnappNZ- http://pirateparty.org.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Blockchain and digital identity was on Andy Higgs lips on his recent Wellington visit to the GOVIS annual conference ... we got the scoop before the attendees :)Andy works for Centrality* but in a previous life was "chasing the rainbows" building MTV in Europe, working at Deloitte Consulting, and co-founding Accelerate Sport (now CSM) based in London.Awesome talk, loads of hints & tips, and plenty of links for the developers out there to use Centrality's open source code. We also get a hint of the upcoming Digital Identity conference (Aug 26 - Aug 27, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington), Centrality's work with Yabble, Āhau, and much more ...- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-higgs-274ab3a/- https://centrality.ai/- https://portal.centrality.ai/- https://twitter.com/centralityai- https://www.facebook.com/centralityai/- https://centrality.ai/accelerator/yabble-team/- https://centrality.ai/accelerator/ahau-team/- https://digitalidentity.nz/- https://digitalidentity.nz/2019/06/05/nine-out-of-10-kiwis-want-more-control-of-their-digital-identity/* note: Centrality have sponsored this episode AND were sponsors of #WellyTech 2018------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

JP Tocker shares a similar cloud journey* with Mike and they discuss this, podcasting with and about successful people, the All Blacks, but mostly the passion that has driven JP to continue doing what he does ... which can include getting you married.- https://www.jptocker.com/- https://www.facebook.com/thejptockershow/- https://twitter.com/jptocker- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jptocker- https://www.instagram.com/jptocker/* “cloud journey”, sounds distinctly Flash Gordon-esque eh------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Talofa Lava and Kia ora! Welcome to Access Granted, taking you behind the scenes with conversations from the most interesting people of New Zealand tech, media or startups.Today Viv chats with Saia Mataele about what makes him tick and a wee bit about a few things he is doing in his spare time, from a social enterprise to connect Māori & Pasifika people here in Aotearoa to working on a Pacific-wide e-commerce platform - it's a wonder that he has anytime to sleep!So grab a drink, put your feet up and have a listen.- https://www.linkedin.com/in/saia-mataele/- https://www.facebook.com/NavigatorsofSuccess/- https://www.madpacific.com/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

It was perfect timing for Raj to chat with Ben Forman, co-founder at Wrestler, as he was recently announced by Forbes as a top 30 under 30 ... what an amazing story he has to tell.Ben is passionate about storytelling through technology, with a strong focus on future technologies - did you know he started one of NZ's first commercial drone companies, has been at the forefront of the online video wave since before it was cool, and now runs one of NZ's top VR / AR production companies.Check out the growth, why Ben believes he was at the right place at the right time, and where to next ...- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/benjamin-forman- https://twitter.com/benforman- https://www.wrestler.nz/- https://www.wellingtonnz.com/about-wellingtonnz/positively-informed/30-under-30-wrestlers-ben-forman/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Andrew Watkins has been working in tech for a while including embedded systems, navigation tools, and at NZTA. Aaaaad at an NZTA-run hackathon that Andrew met Walter Lim and then on to an actual Voluntarily hackathon before both joining the company.They discuss OMGTech! and, of course, the new Voluntarily system that is:"... a platform that connects corporate volunteer time with classrooms to teach science, technology, engineering, entrepreneurship, arts and design with the help of engaging content supplied by New Zealand’s leading innovators in educational content."Andrew- https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewwatkinsnz/- http://groat.nz/- https://github.com/avowkind- https://twitter.com/avowkindWalt- https://www.linkedin.com/in/waltzaround/- https://twitter.com/iWaltzAround- http://walt.online/Voluntarily is part of a wider initiative of the Pam Fergusson Charitable Trust:- https://voluntari.ly/- https://www.pamfergusson.org.nz/------------------------------------------------------Behind the scenes of tech, media, and startups, hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. See you at #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Tim Packer is a 'smart city' advocate having worked with NEC and the Wellington City Council on the potential use of sensors to help bring the heartbeat and incidents closer to those that need to monitor and respond.He now heads a startup, the gloriously named BucketLabs, to help cities collate their data in order for the stories to be told and for a "digital twins" to be created and used.But Tim's not all about data, he has a passion for gardening and permaculture!- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/timapacker- https://www.bucketlabs.nz/ ------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Sean Audain works at the Wellington City Council and has been a civil servant in one manner or another all his professional life ... wait, wait, come back, this is NOT boring! This is a story of how one man endeavours to bring silos of data together to open up to the true owners (citizens of the city and New Zealand). It is a story of one man guiding community groups through the red tape to successful outcomes. It is a story of one man who is passionate that measuring the city will mean better and more open decisions are made about it's future. This is a story about one man and his compassion for the startup.And most of all, this is a story that is in no way finished.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sean-audain- https://twitter.com/sean_audain------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Melody stares at the perceived Kiwi reticence to talk about anything uncomfortable and shouts SEX! (or rather BANG!), and takes the subject head-on with her ongoing and very successful RNZ podcast.Now, before you get all flustered under the collar this was Raj and Mike chatting to Melody and not the other way around, so no sex talk this time. Melody discusses how she got into podcasting, what the show itself has unleashed, and how and why she is hoping to do more live BANG! shows around the country.Melody is a star podcaster with a cracking story, everyone will learn from this episode.- https://twitter.com/melodyrules_- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/melody-thomas-47b75b28- https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/bang- https://thespinoff.co.nz/author/melodythomas/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Steve Paea, ERP (Netsuite) expert during the day and a Pasifika tech leader and advocate during the … night?From a small coffee meetup/networking informal organisation Steve has, alongside Tovia Va’aelua, Fred Piliu, Bernadette Ah Loo, Joanna Welch, and Joey Nanai, created Pasifika IT that is now partnering with government, and other organisations to provide not just events and networking but now tech mentoring for Pasifika kids,- https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepaea/- https://www.pasifikainit.org/- https://twitter.com/Stephen_Paea------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Terry Miller has a passion for engineering, making stuff, and getting out there ... just listen, you can hear it in his voice.Terry chatted to Mike about how and why he came to co-found a hardware (with software) company aimed at bringing a VR experience that will have you flipping all over the place. AND, the Eight360 is (currently) working in a garage, the true startup myth comes to life.It's a fascinating product, best to check it out in action with their latest video: https://www.facebook.com/eight360VR/videos/296402001236424/ - https://twitter.com/tmillertron- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/terrytron- https://eight360.com/- https://spacesciencefestival.org/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/#WellyTech news and events- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/- https://mobile.twitter.com/wellytechnz Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

A small and chilly catch up with some of the #WellyTech community as we discuss:1) Who would you like to see / hear from at the September WLG-X Festival?2) #WellyTech event, what should we do with it?3) The pot of event sponsor $ isn't growing, but we have more and more 'community'events - too many?These meetups are for anyone and everyone to come along, meet others, and have a yarn about the things uppermost of the minds of those along. COME ALONG and JOIN IN! Recording happens between 6-6:30pm== NEXT SESSION: System Error - Winter BBQ ==- Thursday, July 18, 2019, 5:30 PM 7:00 PM- San Fran, 171 Cuba Street Wellington, 6011 New Zealand- https://accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/recording-system-error- https://www.meetup.com/WellyTech/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, Follow and Like us on:- https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ - https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

In the run up to the (sold out, but get on the waitlist: https://data.sim.vuw.ac.nz/widsw2019/register/) Women in Data Science (WiDS) Wellington event we find out who, what, where, and why from four of the speakers - you will hear from:MARY-ELLEN GORDONMary-Ellen is a Senior Lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, and co-host of the WiDS Wellington event.- https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sim/about/staff/maryellen-gordon- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/maryellengordon- https://twitter.com/meginzKAT GREENBROOKKat is the founder of Rogue Penguin, a data visualisation company in Wellington.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/katgreenbrook- https://twitter.com/katgreenbrook- https://www.roguepenguin.co.nz/who- https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2017/9/11/kat-greenbrook-visualising-dataAMANDA HUGHESAmanda is a Senior Data Scientist with Nicholson Consulting.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/amanda-hughes-01a9b06b- https://twitter.com/amandahughes223ERNESTYNNE WALSHErnestynne is an experienced senior data scientist from the East coast (Ngāti Porou and Te Whānau-ā-Apanui) of Aotearoa, New Zealand.- https://ernestynne.github.io/index.html- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/ernestynne-walsh-1a16b795We will have a pt 2 with some out-of-towners (ie, non-Wellington based) speakers coming up next week AND a whole series of chats with as many of the speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, and attendees from the event itself.------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTech.All our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

With the change in System Error format (see: https://accessgranted.nz/jibberjabber/2018/12/13/a-change-for-system-error) we we have a concise discussion around the following subjects:1: Use of VR in the new Johnsonville library design / training2: Taking time off the phones, and how3: Can tech events demand MSM cover them?We love the question to event organisers, "So what do you want publicity to achieve for your event?"Thanks to Deb and Sean for joining Mike and Raj .See YOU at the next #WellyTech discussion forum: https://accessgranted.nz/coming-soon/recording-system-error- Thursday, April 18, 2019- 5:30pm-7pm (Recording happens between 6pm-6:30pm)- Amador- 78 Willis Street Wellington New Zealand------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

A SEASONAL THANK YOU AND TO ALL OUR LISTENERSAnd a massive shout out to all involved with Access Granted NZ during 2018 - #TechWeekNZ crew, Viv + Vic, the 40+ companies that made #WellyTech, the event coordinators that invited us along, and to each and everyone we've had on the show. THANK YOU!

Laura visited WellyTech 2018 - the tech world's end of year party - and spoke to some of the people who make it happen. You'll hear: Raj Khushal who helped to create WellyTech, Victoria MacLennan who nurtures tech startups in Wellington, Jono Tucker who makes Raj look good with photo and video prowess, and Vivian Chandra who improves the tech systems at the businesses and charities that make the world a better place. They are all part of the team supporting the Access Granted community and making Wellington's (and NZ's) tech world tick. https://accessgranted.nz/

The #WellyTech event doesn't happen without partners standing next to us and making it happen. We are honoured to hear from David Perks and Dorien Vermaas.David is heading up this large team for WellingtonNZ to help drive economic growth and make the Wellington region Wildly Famous.Dorien is leading WREDA's tech & innovation team and works with game developers, animation studios, AR/VR community and (digital) design sectors.David Perks will be talking on stage in the Access Granted Big Top at 5:55 pm.Watch out for our #WellyTech partner podcasts coming over the next few days:- Liz MacPherson (CEO Stats NZ, Government Statistician, and Chief Data Steward)- Colin Brown (Tribe Lead Network Evolution at Spark)- Andreas Spanner (Chief Architect Australia & New Zealand, Red Hat)Our 3 questions for the event partners are:1: How was 2018 for you and your organisation?2: What are you looking forward to in 2019?3: What’s the ‘state of the nation’ when looking at the Wellington / NZ tech scene?------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

The #WellyTech event doesn't happen without partners standing next to us and making it happen. We are honoured to hear from Andreas Spanner, Chief Architect Australia & New Zealand, Red Hat.Andreas is leading Red Hat’s Business Innovation & Digital Transformation efforts across Australia & New Zealand. His hands-on experience in startups as well as large scale enterprise transformation programmes and reporting through to CIOs and CFOs has given Andreas a solid understanding of business drivers and value creation. In his former role as Head of Enterprise Architecture Andreas led a team of architects during complex business transformation programmes. Andreas has worked on a wide range of initiatives across different industries in Europe, North America and APAC including full scale ERP migrations, HR, finance and accounting, manufacturing, supply chain logistics and scalable core banking strategies to support regional business growth strategies.Since joining Red Hat, Andreas is focussed on helping organisations to build the necessary capabilities and to make the best-fit technology, methodology and architecture choices to be a successful digital competitor.Justin Harrington (Red Hat NZ) will be talking on stage in the Access Granted Big Top at 6:15 pm.Watch out for our #WellyTech partner podcasts coming over the next few days:- Liz MacPherson (CEO Stats NZ, Government Statistician, and Chief Data Steward)- Colin Brown (Tribe Lead Network Evolution at Spark)- David Perks and Dorien Vermaas, (Wellington.NZ)Our 3 questions for the event partners are:1: How was 2018 for you and your organisation?2: What are you looking forward to in 2019?3: What’s the ‘state of the nation’ when looking at the Wellington / NZ tech scene?------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

The #WellyTech event doesn't happen without partners standing next to us and making it happen. We are honoured to hear from Colin Brown, Tribe Lead Network Evolution at Spark.As Tribe Lead for Network Evolution, Colin is responsible for ensuring Spark has the capability to evolve our network and enable New Zealanders to win big in a digital world. This means managing the strategy, architecture, design and delivery of Spark’s Mobile, Fixed, IP Voice and Legacy Networks service. In this role Colin draws on his 22 years’ experience in ICT and business change, 16 of these within Spark. Over the course of his career with Spark, Colin has played integral roles in some of our most significant technical projects, including the launch of the 4/4.5G Mobile Network, Optical Transport Network, Business Data, Consumer Broadband and IP Voice.Colin has also lead Spark through significant transformational change including the regulated Operational Separation, Structural Separation between Telecom and Chorus, Rebrand for Spark, Turnaround and the recent move to Agile. Colin’s current areas of focus include building capacity in our wireless broadband network, retiring the PSTN, transitioning Spark’s voice future to an all IP Voice Core and planning for 5G mobile networks.Colin is a Director of the Rural Connectivity Group and is on the Board of Trustees for Marram and was previously a Director of Connect8Colin will be talking on stage in the Access Granted Big Top at 5:35 pm.Watch out for our #WellyTech partner podcasts coming over the next few days:- Liz MacPherson (CEO Stats NZ, Government Statistician, and Chief Data Steward)- Andreas Spanner (Chief Architect Australia & New Zealand, Red Hat)- David Perks and Dorien Vermaas, (Wellington.NZ)Our 3 questions for the event partners are:1: How was 2018 for you and your organisation?2: What are you looking forward to in 2019?3: What’s the ‘state of the nation’ when looking at the Wellington / NZ tech scene?------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

The #WellyTech event doesn't happen without partners standing next to us and making it happen. We are honoured to hear from Liz MacPherson, CEO Stats NZ, Government Statistician, and Chief Data Steward.Liz joined the public sector with a strong appetite to make a difference. Despite being a self-confessed geek, she is very much a people person with a strong pragmatic side. She enjoys spending time with her family, cooking, and sharing good food with friends and family. In her (rare) spare time, Liz coaches netball, and as a trained opera singer has been known to shine during organisational Christmas carol performances.Liz will be talking on stage in the Access Granted Big Top at 4:50 pm.Watch out for our #WellyTech partner podcasts coming over the next few days:- Colin Brown - Tribe Lead Network Evolution at Spark- Andreas Spanner - Chief Architect Australia & New Zealand, Red Hat- David Perks and Dorien Vermaas, - The Wellington.NZOur 3 questions for the event partners are:1: How was 2018 for you and your organisation?2: What are you looking forward to in 2019?3: What’s the ‘state of the nation’ when looking at the Wellington / NZ tech scene?------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Jim Boutcher is mild mannered data nerd by day helping to keep you money safe from the nasty people around the world that want to take it out of the banks ... he does this by being neck deep in data and databases, this is his passion.Jim also has a passion for solving some obvious (to him) problems in society and has come up with the free app, Givahoy. With Givahoy you no longer have the problem of living in a cashless society, walking past the bucket shakers and wanting to give but having nothing in your pocket. Simply whip out the app, pledge your amount and at the end of the month pay the bill.We at Access Granted LOVED this concept and had to talk to JIm, and then we had to bring Jim and the #WellyTech charity, The Neonatal Trust together which we did. At the event (free tickets still available) you can drop your cash OR use the Givahoy app to your favourite collector, it will know using the Givahoy iBeacons being used - clever eh- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/givahoy- https://givahoy.com/who-is-givahoy/- https://twitter.com/givahoy- https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/wellytech-2018/the-neonatal-trust-auctionINSTALL the Givahoy app:- Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.givahoy.Givahoy- iPhone: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/givahoy/id1227172770?mt=8------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Keeping up with Hiria as the Whare Hauora journey continues with partnerships, agreements, terms, and the potential to ‘go public’ with some sort of social enterprise … listen to this space.Oh, and Hiria is “all in”: with her stall (she was the very first person to signup) at the #WellyTech 2018 event … a costume was mentioned, we can’t wait - get your free ticket: https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/------------------------------------------------------The Whare Hauora update is brought to you by Hiria Te Rangi and Access Granted NZ.All the updates: https://www.accessgranted.nz/whare-hauora/ Get all the Whare Hauora updates:- http://www.wharehauora.nz/ - https://www.facebook.com/wharehauora/ - https://twitter.com/WhareHauora Access Granted is the leading New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

Tony McDonald (CEO) and John Weaver (GM) of McDonald's IT joined us for a run through the many facets of their company - from offering transition to cloud services, full IT management, re-carpeting a business and providing full information security.Tony started the company out of a desire to stop the small businesses of Wellington being stung by the major IT vendors and service companies and they have grown their offerings to become someone that can remove the stress of being a business and allow them to focus on what it is they actually do.Tony also runs a record company and his son will be playing at this year's #WellyTech event - check out the details and get your FREE ticket: https://wellytech.accessgranted.nz/wellytech-2018/music- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/tony-mcdonald-29705312- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/johnweaver- https://www.mcdonaldsit.co.nz/- https://www.plasticgroove.co.nz/- https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/food-wine/drinks/106657443/wellington-man-sells-epic-beer-bottle-collection------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

People, they talk, mostly about tech stuff but not always - it's all about the community and letting them have their voice, and so we do ... enjoy (if you can).Heads-up: Raj and Mike are likely to change the format of these recordings in 2019 so that we get a more concise discussion whilst still allowing the #WellyTech community to come together and have their say - watch the blog for updates.------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Nat Dudley launched her UX career in a queue at Auckland's annual Gather event ... actually it started even earlier with a random conversation in a bar. From these events Nat has emerged as one of the countries top UX designers with a true empathetic approach to her work.Nat discusses not only her career, her approach to design but how there are very few, if any, true career paths for UX people within New Zealand.We also covered equability and diversity within tech, and what that means for all of us. Especially us as we heard about the most awesome "Do Better at Conference Diversity" that Nat wrote sometime ago and which we are taking to our hearts for all #WellyTech events.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/natdudley- https://twitter.com/natdudley- http://conference.hopper.org.nz/- https://www.webstock.org.nz/talks/be-kind-design/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and others. Hosts of #TechweekTV and #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/Buy the AG merch:https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

What a monster of an 2017 ending we have for you!In between the fantastic interviews with the #WellyTech Xmas Do guests, Raj and Mike name their top episodes of 2017 ending with their picks of the year - what was yours (leave a comment)We take the #WellyTech interviews in batches of 3, thus:- Hon Clare Curran (@clarecurranmp) - "Minister of the Future" (Mike's supplied title, not official)- Liz MacPherson (@GovStatistician) - CEO of Stats NZ- Vic MacLennan (@optimalhq) - best person, Director, Investor and Board Member- Nate Dunn (@nate) - 3Bit Solutions and Geekzone- Ruth McDavitt (@ruthmcdavitt) - CEO of Summer of Tech- Paul Matthews (@nzPaulM) - CEO of IT Professionals NZ- Kat Kolich -  ‎Head of Enterprise Data and Information Services at BNZ- Sunit Prakash (@sunitprakash) - lean, mentor and awesome dude- aimee whitcroft (@teh_aimee) - Flax Roots and many many civic / open movements- Paul Stone (@enotsluap) - Open Data at Stats NZ- Melissa Firth (@mslissa) - Chief Digital Officer of Te Papa- Justin Douché –  Zero Point VenturesBONUSWe've also added in our #WellyTech roaming and talks with Graham Muller from NZTech, Jesse Armstrong from Vaka Interactive (who make digital portraits) and our old friend and fellow co-host, Mauricio Freitas from Geekzone.This year has been one of expansion, road trips and amazing conversations - here's to many MANY more in 2018!Thanks for your time and see you next year with more tech people sharing their own stories. Ka kite anō au i a koutou----Previous episodes mentioned in this podcast- Miki Szikszai – Getting out of the building- Natalie Albert – Diversity is hard work- Sam Daish – Do little things that make a big difference- Vivian Chandra – OMG Tiger Mum- Lance Lones - Building new realities- Dr Rosie Bosworth at TechWeek Mahia - Mana At Mahia------------------------------------------------------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 websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

This week we talk to Donna Sorsa (from Fuelled) and Liz Riversdale. They dive into how and why women get into tech. Not just importing talent from overseas, but nurturing people from with NZ. Donna had a great opportunity – spending time in a variety of roles and then specialising as a Business Analyst. Donna was around during the transition of Synergy to Fronde and worked on some amazing projects here in NZ and in Australia. We also talk about getting back into work after making time for family, and the impact that has on your life and career. Liz also challenges the general assumptions people have on the decisions that are made – very interesting.------------------------------------------------------We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!Mike’s (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj’s (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.www.accessgranted.nzhttps://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://www.facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ

We have had a long year and this was a time to reflect, get together and have fun. We talk to many of the attendees of #WellyTech where we talk about the past year (the ups and downs) and what the future holds for the Tech community next year. Dan Randow also flips the script and interviews Raj about Access Granted's journey in digital transformation. "Thanks for your ongoing support of Access Granted. Its been a long year, enjoy the break and we will be back next year." – Mike and Raj.Thanks to our collaborators BizDojo, ColliderWgtn, DevAcademy, Geekzone, NZ Rise, Hack Miramar, Open Data NZ and Rails Girls Wellington.------------------------------------------------------We share New Zealand tech, social media, startup people's stories. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch!Mike’s (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj’s (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.www.accessgranted.nzhttps://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://www.facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ

What an amazing gathering of Tech, media, and Start up people! We had a vision of having a party where many people could connect and have fun. So we got together with Geekzone and Hack Miramar and came up with our end of year/christmas party – #WellyTech.Mayor Celia Wade Brown started off proceedings talking about the great hub we have here in Wellington.Hack Miramar organised a collaboration exercise that had everyone involved in creating a presentation of what their vision of the future of tech in Wellington looked like.From there we recorded a quick 15 min panel session with Victoria MacLennan, Laura Reitel, Tim Kong, Ruth McDavitt and Melissa Clark-Reynolds.The live band "Rose Road" featuring Hannah Fraser, Kerry Wood, Sharon Greally played and roaming magician Arjun entertained the crowd while the judge reviewed the collaboration pieces. Mauricio (our regular on "System Error") took the stage and presented the prizes to the winners.It was an amazing night, it was awesome to see so many people engaging and having a great time. Thanks to those that helped in creating the event (Steph – Organiser extraordinaire, Mauricio – Man with the prizes hook ups, and Jono – Video and sound magician) and big thanks to Hopgarden for having us. ------------------------------------------------------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 websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

Stepping out of the corporate life to run your own start-up always comes with a great deal of trepidation, but Jason Gleason (@runningpockets) and co-founders of Eight Wire prove that it can be done.------------------------------------------------------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 websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/

We get together with as many of our 2014 show alumni and get their thoughts on the past year and what they're exited about for 2015.------------------------------------------------------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 websitehttps://www.accessgranted.nzFollow and Like us on:https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZhttps://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcastSubscribe to the show however you want:https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/