Press Release – Premium SEO NZ Though many Kiwis dont know it, Dunedin has long been home to some of New Zealands top technology sector companies and continues to develop as a hub for homegrown software and tech innovators. Once thought of as just a student city, there are now …
Though many Kiwis don’t know it, Dunedin has long been home to some of New Zealand’s top technology sector companies – and continues to develop as a hub for homegrown software and tech innovators. Once thought of as just a student city, there are now more tech companies thriving in the heart of the city than ever before.
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He says innovation requires patient investors who are prepared to stay the course.
Māori firms may be more willing to take a long-term view and consider the needs of their descendants than being driven by a short-term focus on financial performance and shareholder returns.
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Polynesian navigators, America s Cup and inspiring kids with stories of their ancestors
5 Mar, 2021 12:53 AM
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Polynesian navigators, America s Cup and inspiring kids with stories of their ancestors.
Sir Ian Taylor s new project that teaches kids about Polynesian voyagers migration across the Pacific Ocean thousands of years ago is personal.
The 2019 Innovator of the Year and founder of Animation Research, the company behind America s Cup graphics, was near 70 years old when he heard his ancestors story. My ancestors were part of the greatest human adventure story of all time, and I d never heard it before, he said.
He learnt about the migration journeys of his Pākehā ancestors at school in Raupunga, but he was never taught about the journeys of his other tūpuna, his Polynesian ancestors.
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Animation pioneer Sir Ian Taylor started a project for more than two years on a kit to inspire kids into science and technology.
Despite his Māori heritage, animation entrepreneur Sir Ian Taylor was 68 before the lightbulb moment when he heard of the Polynesian migration across the Pacific and to Aotearoa thousands of years ago. Two and a half years later, Taylor has launched an online education programme which he hopes will inspire children, especially Māori and Pasifika, to believe they can pursue science and technology. Dunedin-based Taylor, said learning of the huge sea voyages in double-hulled waka, changed his view of his own success, and taught him innovation was a Polynesian trait that needed awakening in the young.