Friday, 23 July 2021, 9:43 am
Datacom Group and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu have signed a
strategic partnership agreement, which will see the South
Island iwi and New Zealand’s largest home-grown technology
provider working together to deliver a series of tech
projects and a new pathway for Māori youth interested in
the tech sector.
Datacom Group CEO Greg Davidson says
the agreement is part of Datacom’s approach to embrace new
channels for training and development, and the kaupapa will
help Datacom to better understand the needs of Māori in the
tech sector.
“By working with Ngāi Tahu, Datacom
Friday, 23 July 2021, 11:24 am
While the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it a lot of pain
and suffering, it also brought about some potentially
positive changes. On the part of individuals, the pandemic
forced many to reassess their priorities. For some, working
from home helped them to discover the value of spending
extended time with family. For others, a lack of income led
them towards burgeoning entrepreneurial
endeavours.
One lesser sung hero of the pandemic has
been the (re)discovery of hobbies, with businesses like RC Hobbies reporting
an increase in sales and queries regarding hobby-related
products. Indeed, where once few people found extended time
Friday, 23 July 2021, 10:22 am
Summary: The cashless payment system is
growing exponentially with evolving payment methods, rising
e-commerce use, enhanced broadband connectivity, and
emergence of new technologies. Can increasing incidences of
cyberattacks and spams hamper the growth of online payment
market or will it continue to grow at a rapid
rate?
The global digital payment industry is expected
to hit the USD6.6 trillion mark in 2021, registering around
a 40% jump in two years. The cashless payment methods are
rapidly evolving with ground-breaking innovations such as
mobile wallets, peer-to-peer (P2P) mobile payments,
real-time payments, and cryptocurrencies. In the growing
digital age, many payment technology companies are
Friday, 23 July 2021, 9:05 am
Auckland Council Property Development arm Panuku has
conceded that thousands of Māori and Pacific Island elders,
single parents and beneficiaries have been forced on to
Government Housing Waiting List by their flawed and unlawful
social housing quota.
In a letter to Waipareira CEO
John Tamihere, Panuku CEO David Rankin admits the 30% Social
Housing quota – which for the past decade has been
embedded in Panuku’s terms, had no real legal
basis.
The Ngai Tai Waipareira Housing Limited
development of Tavern Lane, Papatoetoe – of which
Waipareira is 50% owner – started proceedings against
Panuku in 2018 arguing their 30% social housing cap was
Friday, 23 July 2021, 11:02 am
The orca calf at Plimmerton Boating Club is responding
well to being back in the sea pen, while efforts to find the
stranded calf’s pod will ramp up through a fine weather
window.
Department of Conservation (DOC) Marine
Species Manager Ian Angus says the transfer of the orca calf
back into the sea pen on Thursday night went
smoothly.
“As soon as the calf was back in the sea,
he started calling and zooming around the
pen.”
Water quality tests came back showing there
are no issues with contamination and it is safe to swim
in.