Māori Innovation & New Technology Sector: Grow

Māori Innovation & New Technology Sector

RAWA - Grow

2025 Goals

To grow a sustainable and generative asset base

for the Sector

Billions in Value Assets

Data and Technology Centres

Telco / Tier 1 Products

1000s Products and Services

In New Zealand, the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector includes 14187 firms who collectively contributed $8.4 billion to NZ GDP, and employed 73,398 people (see MBIE 2013 Report). It is a highly internationalized sector, has improved productivity, high rates of Research & Development and Innovation, and good return on investment. For Māori to benefit culturally, socially and economically, it is imperative that we co-create a strong Māori Innovation & New Technology Sector as owners, designers, creators, producers, manufacturers and distributors.

The NZ Government provides significant tax-payer funded support for science, technology, and business growth through various ministries, entities, and mechanisms. For some of those funding opportunities available to Maori, including potential indicators for Maori development, please read - and follow the links

NZ GOVT BUDGET 2014-2015 Maori Indicators for Science Innov Tech Funding-TW.19.10.2015.pdf

Sector Strategy / Organisational Support

Build assets portfolio
Increase broadband / spectrum asset base
Build infrastructure
Invest in quality capital items / goods
Telco Offering / Tier 1 Products
Build Data Centres & Technology Centres
Increase tangible / intangible / intellectual property
Future proof assets and investments
Accessible / affordable broadband / spectrum / fibre
Cloud brokerage platforms
Content delivery networks

Tactical Opportunities

Creation and consolidation of Māori / Pacific / Indigenous Content
Establish Network and Hosting Partnerships
Design Product and Service Offering
Māori Start-up / Incubation
Māori / Pacific / Indigenous Kick-Starter
Design Growth Plan for Hosting Options

The most dramatic value migration will be driven by the 3rd Platform (a post-disruption IT world built on mobile devices and apps, cloud services, mobile broadband networks, Big Data analytics, and social technologies) across almost every industry and sector - locally, nationally, and globally (IDC Predictions - see below for further reading)

International Data Corporation (IDC) - NZ ICT Predictions 2014: Unlocking the Potential of the 3rd Platform

NZ Predictions 2014 NZ2578504 - Final.pdf

Outcomes and Benefits