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Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're changing it up with myself and Andrew Cushen discussing the latest news and generally giving our views on their impact.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 56th episode, I spend time talking with Paul Littlefair who is the Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Kiwibank, as well as being the Chair of the TUANZ Board.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 55th episode and the first, we're talking with Kris Dempster-Rivett and Kelsey Hallahan about our selection of the Recycle a Device programme as our social impact partner for 2026.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. It's the last episode of techbytes for 2025, and I thought we'd do something a little different for episode 54. I've gathered together a panel of "experts" including Ange Nash, Oliver Hill, and Paul Brislen to take a look back on the year that was in a not always overly serious manner. It was a lot of fun recording this episode, it includes a lot of laughs and some very insightful conversations from AI, to 3G and includes discussion about kids and smartphone usage.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 53rd episode, I spend time talking with Paul James was appointed Secretary for Internal Affairs and Chief Executive for Te Tari Taiwhenua Department of Internal Affairs in 2018. And he also holds the role of Government Chief Digital Officer (GCDO) where he is responsible for digital leadership across government agencies.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 52nd episode I spend time chatting with Alex Stewart who founded the WISP Wombat.Net at age 14!

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 51st episode, I spend time talking with Mark Aue, the CEO at Chorus.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month for our 50th episode, I have my very first guest back on - Jason Paris, the CEO at One NZ.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some months we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month I'm talking with Matt Bain who is the Marketing and Data Director at Spark, and a well know proponent of using AI tools in his organisation and others. We talk through the growth and the implications of GenAI as well as a couple of websites he keeps an eye on.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month I'm talking with the well known fibre guy, Benoit Felten from his home in France. We talk about how he became a guru as well as what his thoughts are on technology developments now and into the future.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. In this months episode, I have a conversation with Nicky Preston (One NZ), Wenzel Hunter (Defend) and Stuart Wakefield (TechLeaders Co-Chair) about the recently released Aotearoa's Digital Priorities Report for 2025.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month I'm republishing the latest flint talks podcast where Caitlin Tennant and Eden Robertson talk with the Hon Nicola Grigg, Minister for Women.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're talking with Annaliese Atina, MD of Ford NZ and a member of the Board of TUANZ.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're talking with Bridget Snelling, the NZ Country Manager for Xero.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're talking with Megan Tapsell, the GM Enterprise & Pacific Technology and the Chair of AI Forum NZ.

This episode is an experiment that we undertook by loading the recently released 2024 Rural Connectivity Symposium Communique into a new AI tool from Google called NotebookLM. Once there you can ask the tool to develop a summary of the document, an FAQ, and in this case a podcast. You can listen to this for a summary of the communique and you can see how the tool does with outputting a podcast. We have not edited it at all - so mispronunciation of te reo Māori, American accents and other querks have been left in. Enjoy.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're doing a special episode bringing Lee Timutimu back to chat about his important mahi to develop and deliver an affordable fast broadband service for those who can't afford a standard retail service.

Every month we host conversations with people who are leaders in the digital technology and communications space. Some weeks we might be talking to them about new tech opportunities, or other weeks about developing as a leader in this fast changing environment. This month we're talking with Mike Smith, the CEO and founder of The Connectivity Group and the Chair of the Wireless ISP Association of NZ.