TechNZ’s new Tech & Innovation Manifesto 2026 reads less like a lobbying document and more like the national tech strategy ministers ponder but never deliver.It starts with a familiar and grim diagnosis – lagging productivity, a projected labour shortfall of at least 250,000 people by 2045, and a growing infrastructure deficit, all while our best tech firms and talent drift offshore in search of capital.It’s a situation that requires a coherent response, a compelling vision and strategy backed by concrete actions and prior...
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