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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 Spa

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 you

Changes in the ownership, trip to China to talk tech suppliers, having a consumer-ready version and a community focused one. It’s all go with Hiria and Whare Hauora and there is much more to 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 #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/

It was with absolute pleasure that Mike caught up with Rebecca Caroe, long time listener and supporter of the show. Rebecca runs her own marketing company based in Auckland as well as being a keen podcaster herself around her passion of rowing.There is so much to listen to, and we guarantee you'll become enamoured of Rebecca's infectious laugh and her great hints and tips.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/rebeccacaroe- https://creativeagencysecrets.com/- https://twitter.com/rebeccacaroe- https://www.rowperfect.co.uk/rowingchat/------------------------------------------------------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/B

Katie Brown, from her own company brilliantly named Katie Brown Thinks, was at the forefront of social media use within the New Zealand government and particularly tying it's use to actual outcomes (she has a great story about that).Katie has since moved on and now applies her skills and experiences to her 'community' be that geographical, people. or even her own internal self. She has a great sense of care that again applies to all but especially tech workers ... we know, we bang on about this don't we - well we think it's important for not only the people that work in tech but for our industry as a whole!- https://katiebrownthinks.com/- https://twitter.com/katiebrownthink- https://twitter.com/katie_pai- https://www.linkedin.com/in/katiebrownnz/- https://www.facebook.com/katiebrownthinks- https://www.instagram.com/katiebrownthinks/------------------------------------------------------New Zealand tech, media, & startup podcast hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, Vivian Chandra, and others. Hosts of #T

Hear how Ackama (previously Rabid Technology) are now the technology partner and the on-going discussions, learning, and fun with Chinese manufacturers.A focus for Hiria is to ensure the firmware and software on the sensors and gateway can be updated to ensure the sensors can be upgraded to take advantage of functionality builtin - it’s not just about temperature and humidity, what about air quality.Hiria presented to the Community Energy Network (https://communityenergy.org.nz/) and is excited about how the data can be used to not only tell you about your house but then connect with those that can do something about it.And of course - yay, Hiria and Whare Haura won an Open Source Ward last week: https://nzosa.org.nz/finalists2018/------------------------------------------------------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.co

Adrian Owen was a big man, like a BIG man. After working in the design world for some years, (alongside Raj as it happens) he noticed that he was gaining weight at an exponential rate which only came to a stop when he was told by his doctor that he probably would be dead within a year.That sort of moment causes changes.Learn from Adrian as he talks about how he changed his life, his families lives, and is now helping others change their lives. We particularly love his “how to start the day” routine, something everyone in the tech world should take note of.- https://www.adrianowen.me/- https://www.facebook.com/dream.dedicate.do- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCli1WPmUIODrADj5ZIxpmEA/- https://www.instagram.com/adrianowen.me/------------------------------------------------------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://twitt

News: Whare Hauora won a 2018 New Zealand Open Source Award, the People’s Choice - go Hiria!!!!Hiria tells us about the challenges of finding a manufacturer, the change in ownership, and some updates on delivery dates for sensors.------------------------------------------------------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/

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/- h

Ben Gracewood is a stalwart of the New Zealand tech scene having worked his way through development, TV punditry, manager, event organiser, and all through it he has held his principles in front and his head high.We discuss a lot, over a slightly dodgy Internet connection, and really so let’s stop writing and let him guide you to how you can "spend your coins to the betterment of others".Oh, and maybe we will see him use his skills to work with wider NZ one day ... who knows :)- https://ben.gracewood.nz/- https://twitter.com/nzben- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/bgracewood- https://codemania.io/------------------------------------------------------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 how

Hiria's back with her weekly Whare Hauora catch up, and whilst it's fun, exciting, and definitely a rush running a startup there are times when it's stressful, draining, and lonely - it happens to each and every startup and we thank Hiria for allowing us to be alongside her in the journey------------------------------------------------------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 howe

James Macnee lives in the idyllic north of New Zealand where he is a consultant in the tech world designing systems that enable rapid delivery while increasing stability for such agencies as Ministry of Social Development and others.James is also founder of Dev2, an charity that, through the support of people like you, is able to educate, equip and employ poverty-stricken young people from the Philippines in web development and bring them and their families out of the cycle of poverty. Back to the his work at MSD we talked about a few of the benefits seen out of this new way of working: - David Habershon CIO - mentioned DevOps was the highlight of his year.- Significantly higher quality and throughput. Going from 1000s of support tickets for some project to under 10 per release and delivering more. It's hard to believe. The business mentioned for the first time couldn't spec new features fast enough. They could not keep up with the pace of the development teams.- Enabling the business rapid feedback ----

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 h

We welcome not just Sarah Bickerton (PhD Candidate, Tutor, and Research Assistant at Victoria University of Wellington) to the podcast but our co-host Vivian Chandra and her first recording ... and it was a meeting of kindred spirits as they are both Physics undergrads who then ended up doing more sociology! Whilst Sarah she doesn't work *in* tech right now, she is working *with* tech to work out our political participation. She is also helping to redefine political participation, what a public sphere vs a private sphere is, and what that even means in this day and age where all of our so-called spheres are owned by corporations.- https://www.victoria.ac.nz/sog/research/student-research/phd/sarah-bickerton- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/sarahbickerton- https://twitter.com/sarahhbickerton--------------------------------------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.accessgr

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------------

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/

The definition of a “social enterprise” is one that, here in New Zealand, is very woolly at the edges however Thankyou Payroll are old hands at being one, with their very definite approach.Christina Bellis (CEO) and Catarina Gutierrez (Marketing Manager) enjoyed a beer with the lads and talked them through how they see "social enterprises in New Zealand, how Thankyou Payroll is growing, why it matters to them personally, and how they ended up in such an organisation.- https://nz.linkedin.com/in/christina-bellis-0a84221a- https://twitter.com/meCatarina- https://mecatarina.com/- https://thankyoupayroll.co.nz/------------------------------------------------------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

Hiria is back from the west coast of the USA and has many a tale to tell - no least how she has re-found her mojo thanks to all the amazing start-up people she met. And thanks to her focus on her startup she takes us through the plans, the challenges, and the changes …------------------------------------------------------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:/

Chats with nearly all the 2018 Mobile Refresh speakers and organisers during the conference held in Wellington on 7th September. This was the third annual conference that sees itself growing and growing - don’t miss out on 2019, http://mrw.gdg.nz/.We asked each of the speakers 3 questions:Who are you?What bring you to 2018 Mobile Refresh?What did you tell the session attendees?Enjoy the answers from the following (not in order):- Zarah Dominguez - Keynote - 12 Years On: A Retrospective- Ilia Kopylov - Breaking the ice with Natural Language Processing- Inaki Villar - Dexs, R8 & 3.2- Sam Jarman & Jie Li - Android and iOS, a 100% fully serious comparison- Bridget Cowie - Golang ❤️ Mobile- Luke Sleeman - Build Better Android Apps with Vector Assets- Michal Pearse - Superheroes & Forgetful teenagers Remote Device Management for iOS- Christie Davis & Valerie Chan - iRow, Practical Machine Learning in iOS- Enrique Manas Lopez - TensorFlow for Mobile Developers- Jennifer Doherty - But doesn’t everyone

Conrad Johnston or Queen Olivia St Redfern, two amazing people in the same body and he has a lot to tell you.From the start-ups, the early partying, the change of life, and the social media explosion, he has lessons to learn and pass on at every moment.Ladies and gentleman, and especially Phil, we give you Conrad / Olivia!- https://www.linkedin.com/in/laquisha/- https://twitter.com/conradrjohnston- https://thequeenolivia.com/- https://twitter.com/queenoliviastr------------------------------------------------------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/