Digital Tech and Creative were left out of the Industry Skills Board Vocational Education model - here is our latest effort to ask the Minister to help establish one for ourselves so we can embrace earn-while-you-learn models.

Well, it finally happened. The bromance that launched a thousand memes, inspired a thousand think pieces, and forced thousands of US government employees to update their résumés is over. 

In a Budget literally saved by the rollback of pay equity provisions that cut over $12 billion in future costs for the Government, there was little in the kitty for new digital and tech-related initiatives.

New Zealand’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) must embrace digital transformation or risk falling behind in an increasingly competitive global economy, says accounting software giant Xero. 

Summarised submission to the government on the proposal to establish Industry Skills Boards excluding Digital Technologies, Creative and others as industries.

AI efficiencies and investment priorities features strongly in the latest wave of job layoffs at Microsoft, but a revamp of vocational training locally sees a glaring gap when it comes to all things tech.