In this special edition of the NZ Tech Podcast, we offer a chance to learn more about the winners of the 2013 NZ Hi-Tech Awards – from why they are attracting international attention to how they are funded. Featured are founders and key staff from Vend, Wynyard Group, Trigger Happy, ikeGPS and Carnival Labs.

This episode produced and hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with assistance from Sim Ahmed (@simantics) and Gorilla Technology (@GorillaTech).

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This week Paul Spain is joined by Sim Ahmed to discuss the NZ Hi-Tech Awards, Google I/O, Wi-Fi smart bulbs from Limitless LED, Philips and Lifx. We also delve into the latest in smartphones, tablets and laptops.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) and guest Sim Ahmed @simantics.

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An update on the challenges and opportunities of Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) in New Zealand as Paul Spain chats with Graham Mitchell (CEO – Crown Fibre Holdings).

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain). Crown Fibre Holdings can found at www.crownfibre.govt.nz or on Twitter: @crownfibre.

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This week Paul Spain is joined by Nate Dunn and Rod Drury to discuss Slingbox, new HTC and HP Android devices, MYOB’s acquisition of BankLink, VDSL and UFB, Blackberry expansion to iOS and Android, 2degrees new prepaid mobile plans and more.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guests Nate Dunn (@nate) and Rod Drury (@roddrury).

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This episode Paul Spain speaks with Stephen Crombie (CIO, NZ Police) following his speech at the recent Mindstorm conference. We hear how the rollout of 10,000 iPhones and iPads is establishing our NZ Police as global leaders.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain).

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This week we discuss stopping the killer robots, Ford Kuga car technology, Galaxy S4, Blackmagic 4K Camera, Google Glass, the next Xbox, tablet market share figures, NZ’s demand for internet data, Budweiser’s Facebook mug and the sale of Revera to Telecom.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guest Bill Bennett (@billbennettnz).

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This week we discuss bite size Windows tablets, Asus Padfone, Samsung Galaxy S4, Slingshot’s Igloo bundle, I’m Watch, Sonos Playbar, Dlink Wireless Extender and an update from Orcon following its sale.

Despite having finished our recent giveaway, we’d value your assistance in completing our survey if you haven’t done so already, please visit our Survey page here.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guests John Buckley (@bucklesnz) and Quentin Reade (@quentinreade).

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This week we share hands on experience with the Samsung Galaxy S4, Lenovo ThinkPad Helix, Nokia Lumia 520 and Facebook Home. Also discussed is Wheedle’s re-launch, the sale of Orcon by Kordia and 2degrees new data rollover plans.

Despite having finished our recent giveaway, we’d value your assistance in completing our survey if you haven’t done so already, please visit our Survey page here.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guests Sim Ahmed (@simantics) and Mark Derricutt (@talios).

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For this special NZ Tech Podcast episode Paul Spain talks with Chris Quin, CEO at Telecom Retail about Business in NZ, Ultra-Fast Broadband, 4G LTE Mobile, The Icehouse (Quin is Chairman of the Board) and of Telecom NZ past, present and future.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guest Chris Quin (@chrisjquin).

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This week we discuss Facebook Home, Telecom’s 4G LTE news, HP’s massive loss in NZ, HP Moonshot server, new products from Panasonic including bone conduction headphones and the devices for the digital TV switchover.

We’re giving away three handsets as part of our audience survey:

• Google Nexus 4 (Kindly provided by 2degrees Mobile)
• HTC Windows Phone 8X (Kindly provided by Vodafone NZ)
• Nokia Lumia 920 (Kindly provided by Telecom NZ)

We’d value your assistance in completing our survey, please visit our Survey page here.

This episode hosted by Paul Spain (@paulspain) with guests Bill Bennett (@billbennettnz) and Paul Brislen (@paulbrislen).

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