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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/Access

aurynn shaw supplies an update on the scaled-up Mastodon social media NZ Project, challenges Mike on a number of view points, and discusses the concept of "lazy" (ie, there is no such thing) and how it affects the tech world.All as Dominic from Hashigo Zake (https://www.hashigozake.co.nz/) supplies the team with a free beer, it's not advertising but it certainly helps the conversation flow, thanks Dom.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/aurynn- https://twitter.com/aurynn- https://eiara.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/Buy the AG merch:- https://www.accessgranted.nz/shop/

Ruth Croft helps people use their voice, which might seem weird until you listen to her and find out how many many people fail to get their message across not because the content is terrible but they don't realise the effect their voice is having on those listening.Of course we, as podcasters, were fascinated but it also applies to those having to stand on stage, or merely present at work. In fact we were so fascinated we booked Ruth to run a 4 hour workshop with the whole AG team and we gained so much insight.Don't allow your voice to let you down, get in touch with Ruth:- http://captivatecoaching.co.nz/- https://www.facebook.com/captivatecoaching- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/ruth-croft-0b458846------------------------------------------------------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/com

As we get to the pointy end of starting up we here again from Hiria as she comes to grips with the makeup of the Whare Hauora ‘vehicle’, the challenges of going it alone, and advice she would want love all those looking to make a company would hear.------------------------------------------------------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 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.n

Another fantastic NZRise Fireside Chat hosted by Miki Szikszaiat at Catalyst IT's Wellington office.This time we hear Miki talk with David Shanks, the New Zealand Government's Chief Censor, as he discusses the fallout from the Christchurch terrorist attack, the on-going challenges with a digital world, and how the Office of Film and Literature Classification can no longer rely on a steady income from porn DVDs- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/david-shanks-a4650251- https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/- https://nzrise.org.nz/about-us/------------------------------------------------------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:

A journey up to the Kapiti Coast sees us chatting first with Hannah Delaney and then she is joined by business partner Jacinda Thorn.Hannah founded the Kapiti Collective, originally as a co-working space but now as a serviced workplace. Unfortunately we were all surprised by an alarm test within the building and so we headed to her business partner's home for a chat about both the Kapiti Collective space AND the separate business DelayeyThornPPR with Jacinda.Why did we go up - startups, tech PR, and to get out of the Wellington city bubble.Hannah Delaney and the Kapiti Collective- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/hannah-delaney-b06a5828- https://twitter.com/HannahDelaneyNZ- https://www.kapiticollective.co.nz/ - https://twitter.com/KapitiCollectivJacinda Thorn- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jacinda-thorn-744aa547- https://twitter.com/jacinda_thornDelaneyThornPR- https://www.delaneythorn.com/- https://twitter.com/delaneythornpr- https://nz.linkedin.com/company/delaneypr- https://www.facebook.com/delaneythornpr/---------

Aleisha Amohia has already achieved more than … YOU! No, seriously, had you in your final year of University jump started a very successful women in tech club running a highly successful annual expo, alongside an actual job at a tech company contributing to a massively popular open source project (Koha). No, neither had we - so listen in and find out how Aleisha manages it all.Oh, and in 2017 she was a finalist in NZ Hi-Tech Awards … - https://nz.linkedin.com/in/aleishaamohia- https://twitter.com/kohails- https://womenintech.nz/- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpM4ah3cq5I------------------------------------------------------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

Tough times call for tough decisions by tough people and if there's one thing you've learnt through the past episodes it's that Hiria Te Rangi is one tough woman.Covering the product (all fine), distribution (schools getting it, PledgeMe peeps you're all good), it comes down to the business (setting up the right structure) and that ever present demon of all businesses, cash flow.Whilst "Winter is coming" for some in the form of TV shows we here at Access Granted NZ are going to do much more when NZ winter arrives. On June 22nd we will be kicking off a major campaign to help Whare Hauroa raise the money it needs to ensure every New Zealander, no matter who they are and what socioeconomic band they land in, has the information to have a warm and healthy home. WATCH THIS SPACE!In the meantime check out Hiria and with the school sensors that she'll be installing in Windley school over the holidays. [Thank you! to Alan Brennan from Monkeytronics for being the Whare Hauora technology partner and Thinxtra Loïc Baran

The NZ Blackbots are a team of 6 kids from the Lucknow and Mayfair primary school's in Hawke's Bay looking to take on the world of older kids at the International First Lego League Tournament being held in California Legoland this coming May.THEY NEED YOUR CORPORATE HELP TO GET THEREhttps://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-get-the-nz-blackbots-to-the-world-champsWe spoke to the Principal of Lucknow school alongside ... as they explained what they're up to, what it means to them, and how WE CAN HELP!https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/help-get-the-nz-blackbots-to-the-world-champs"They will be going up against giants with endless funds like High Tech High, and despite their ripe old age of 10, competing against high schoolers. A genuine David & Goliath batter. We want to Burt Munro the snot out of everyone and charm the crowds with the old kiwi can do attitude. The team has gone to the next level at school in their own time. It is beyond amazing what they have done nationally, so now lets take on the world.This is

JD Trask takes us through how Raygun came to exist and Lana Vaughan joins in with the road forward and how the company is growing to meet it's international growth.Raygun, in our view, is likely to be the next big software success in New Zealand following Weta FX, Xero, and TradeMe ... spot the connection, yes it's geographical :)Nothing is simple, starting a software company has it's hurdles, and JD is very happy to share his lessons whilst "getting into" a growing company involves persistence as Lana explains through her own Raygun story.And yes, Raygun is growing and THEY WANT YOU: https://raygun.com/about/team#vacanciesJD:- https://twitter.com/traskjd- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/jotraskLana:- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/lana-vaughan-753a2898Raygun:- https://raygun.com/- https://github.com/MindscapeHQ- https://twitter.com/raygunio- https://www.facebook.com/raygundotio- https://www.linkedin.com/company/raygun-io------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podca

Mike had a virtual chat with Serena Chen discovering how and why she is fascinated and focused upon design within the security realm of tech. Serena currently works as a Product Designer at the Bank of New Zealand (BNZ) but her sights are set on companies further afield ....Serena also co-hosts her own podcast called, "Things of Interest":"... a podcast that encompasses, in its purest form, things that we find interesting. Our discussions often center around technological advancements and how they affect social issues. As two socially-conscious millennial nerds, who better placed to talk about artificial intelligence, leadership, modern dating, the job market, and fandom? Probably no-one."- https://serena.nz/- https://www.thingsofinterest.co/- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/serena-chen- https://twitter.com/sereeena- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9wViHbIN3olD34uPBkp60w------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Viv

A double session from Hiria as we catch up on the goings on with Whare Hauora.------------------------------------------------------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 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/

Cassandra Gray, a relatively new lover of New Zealand, a relatively new gamer, and a relatively new Weta Workshop employee has a story of "following your dreams" AND making it happen.Casandra is newly appointed Assistant Events Coordinator at Weta Workshop, works with the Magic Leap team, is Chairperson at the NZ Game Developers Association, and on the NZ Games Festival committee. Feeling like you don't do enough, we did?So much to learn, how to get here, how to make it happen when you're here, and never say no.- https://twitter.com/cassjadegray- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/cassandra-gray- http://cassandra-jade-gray.tumblr.com/- https://nzgda.com/about-us/board/- https://nzgamesfest.com/meet-the-team/------------------------------------------------------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 htt

Viv has a squee moment and catches up with Harper Reed at this year's Kiwifoo event (https://www.baacamp.org/). Harper worked as CTO on the Obama 2012 campaign, casually sold his startup to PayPal and recently left them to work on what’s next - hence his visit to Aotearoa.Harper has a fine Twitter profile that seems to sum him up beautifully:"A normal person doing normal things. Check out this guide to my tweets: http://bit.ly/r1GnK // I take photos and operate computers. Books are my friends."Viv finds out what makes him tick and why fun is the most important thing of all.- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Reed- https://harperreed.com/- https://www.linkedin.com/in/harperreed- https://twitter.com/harper- https://github.com/harperreed------------------------------------------------------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

Martin Krafft reached out to us late in 2018 during a Twitter conversation around "GDPR" and was keen to have a yarn about that plus online identification ... and of course we said, "Come on in!" ... and now you can hear exactly what he has to say about it, why blockchain is NOT the answer (despite having made a bit of $ from cryptocurrencies ;), and how control should be with the individual at all times.- https://keybase.io/madduck- https://twitter.com/martinkrafft- https://github.com/madduck- https://stories.ehf.org/ehf-fellow-martin-krafft-5ea6ddb5cecc- https://keyp.io/------------------------------------------------------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

At the start of March worldwide many people came together to celebrate 'open data' and unlock the value hidden within. Here in New Zealand we were first amongst many with events in Dunedin Christchurch, and Wellington.We visited aimee whitcroft and Dr Thomas Hartley, organisers of the Wellington event, had a chat with them about what it was all about and then a brief chat with the teams and what they were endeavouring to solve.(and after a long day of hacking Mike may have then met a few at the pub afterwards)- https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2015/10/19/ep-71-unfck-your-business-with-aimee-whitcroft- https://www.eit.ac.nz/staff/thomas-m-hartley-dr/- https://www.data.govt.nz/blog/international-open-data-day-saturday-2-march-2019/- https://www.data.govt.nz/------------------------------------------------------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 Fol

Note: you should also listen to part 1 and part 2 of the #WiDSWellington 2019 Speaker series.The day of the event and we got to catch-up with a staaaaaack of people including ALL of the speakers not already represented on the podcast (see above), and all of the exhibitors. With so many people we asked 3 simple questions 1) Who are you; 2) Who are you representing; 3) Why this event?With so many people to talk with this is both a long podcast AND we have added timestamps / chapters for you to skootle forward to the people you want to hear from.1.35: Speakers Frances and DonnaFrances Krsinich (MBIE) and Donna Cormack (Senior Research Fellow, Te Rōpū Rangahau Hauora a Eru Pomare, University of Otago, Wellington)10.44: SponsorFiona Thomson (Analytics Manager at the Social Investment Agency) with colleagues Akaliesh and Simon.18.38: Speaker LIsaLisa Chen – Chief Analytics Officer at Harmonic Analytics22.12: SponsorAkash Jattan representing Revera and Qrious.25.14: Speaker AkeDr Sally (Ake) Nicholas – lecturer in l

"Hiria Te Rangi - 1 March at 13:54 · HOLY WHAT!! Whare hauora, got through to round 2 out of almost 7000 organisations!!!WOW ...so I might be going to Dubai.."-----------------------------------------------------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 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/

Part two in the run up to the (sold out, but watch the live stream on Saturday: https://data.sim.vuw.ac.nz/widsw2019/streaming/) Women in Data Science (WiDS) Wellington event we find out who, what, where, and why from four of the speakers - you will hear from:AGATE PONDER-SUTTONAgate has been doing data science, with and without that title, in industry and academia for slightly less than twenty years.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/agatepondersuttonDAME DIANE RROBERTSONDiane is a successful social sector entrepreneur, giving her a unique combination of strong business and financial skills with strong social sector credentials. She has written and managed databases for a variety of businesses and agencies- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Robertson- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/dame-diane-robertson-768b43a8EMMA VITZEmma is an actuarial analyst at Finity Consulting in Auckland. She graduated from Victoria University in 2017 with a Bachelor in Science in Statistics and Psychology.- https://twitter.com/EmmaVitz- ht

Moved to local Wellington cult beer bar, Hashiho Zake, to find out from Hiria that the PledgeMe products are being tested, that getting $ for social investment in New Zealand is hard, what "social investment" actually is is not mandated in NZ, and that the boys may have a plan to get $100,000 ... watch this space.------------------------------------------------------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 #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-