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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

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 -

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/#

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 star

A catchup with a smiling Hiria as she rides the Zero Carbon Challenge team work, and has a focused future of GETTING THE MONEY! As with all startups it's not the promises of support everyone makes it's the putting the organisational hand in the deep pocket and standing alongside.------------------------------------------------------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, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our website- https://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 howev

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-cont

Our regular chat with Hiria Te Rangi and her journey with Whare Hauora, the social enterprise startup, giving residents data about how their homes are killing hem.A visit to the Band Rotunda in Wellington on a gorgeous winter’s day finds Hiria cogitating upon all the work to do, how tiring it is, and how excited and useful it is being a part of the Zero Carbon Challenge … and she has a team member!- https://www.zerocarbonchallenge.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, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our website- https://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on

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/

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:/

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:

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, med

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://ww

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.c

The ups of running a startup can be few and far between and once the rush of having your own company wears off it's pure grind to keep going. Hiria has a few ups to share, and a lot of downs to show how she can show the world she will not give up.------------------------------------------------------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, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our website- https://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.accessg

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 - htt

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://ww

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

Deep in the lounge at Hashigo Zake we catch up with Hiria as she takes us through this weeks bumpy road to running a startup and the big blocks she needs to put in place very soon.------------------------------------------------------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, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechAll our past shows are on our website- https://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/

Rochelle Stewart-Allen and Wael Aldroubi are looking to bring together 50 devs, designers, lived experiences, and problem solvers to tackle the issues refugees to New Zealand have on entering and settling into Aotearoa. As part of the worldwide Techfugees movement empowering displaced people with technology the New Zealand team are looking to not only create (or built upon) apps to solve real world hurdles for refugees but also connect them to the community ensuring New Zealand is utilising all of it's skill base.So, the details:- WHERE: Oraunui Stokes Valley Community Hub, 184 Stokes Valley Road, Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt(transport to / from Wellington CBD will be provided)- WHEN: Saturday 25th & Sunday 26th May, 9am-5pm each day- COST: $0 (free!)- REGISTRATION: https://techweek.co.nz/whats-on/2019/techfugees-koraunui-stokes-valley-hackathon-419/- https://www.facebook.com/groups/techfugeesnz/- https://twitter.com/techfugeesnz- https://techfugees.com/- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/rochellesa- https://twitte

Don Christie has made New Zealand, and Wellington especially, his home and fights for everything open tech knowing it will help grow NZ into a world leader of how to 'do tech and data' for the benefit of all.Don takes us through his weird early Gloucester (UK) connection with Mike, how Catalyst came to be and where it is with it's many off-shoots around the world, what+why NZRise, why open source is the key to everything, and how Worser Bay (Wgtn) is a fine fine yachting place.An honour to have Don on the podcast, thanks to him and to all Catalyst-ites past, present, and future for ensuring that tech is not merely about money.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/donald-christie-1652162- https://twitter.com/normnz- https://www.catalyst-au.net/about-us/our-people- https://www.nbr.co.nz/tags/don-christie- https://nzrise.org.nz/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #WellyTechShare, F