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In-depth features, founder profiles, and business stories from across New Zealand. Real journeys, real impact.
tech
Boring on Purpose: The NZ Founders Who Built Moats Out of Regulation
New Zealand celebrates consumer app heroes. Its most durable tech is built by founders who embed in regulated systems nobody notices.
Noteworthy StaffYesterday
tech
Christchurch Founder Launches LDOO, the Tool That Lets You Ask Your Data a Question
After twenty years in digital marketing, Gideon Banks has launched LDOO, a conversational analytics tool that answers plain-English questions about your data in seconds instead of building dashboards.
Noteworthy Staff2 days ago
business
Fix the Product or Fix the Person: How NZ Fintech Founders Disagree About Money
Four NZ fintech founders, two theories of why people are locked out of money. One camp rebuilt the products. The other set out to teach.
Noteworthy Staff2 days ago
business
Sell, Stay or Franchise: Three Ways a New Zealand Brand Goes Global
Five NZ brands, three routes to going global, and what each one cost. Sell, stay independent, or franchise the model.
Noteworthy Staff1 week ago
food-tech
New Zealand Food-Tech Startups to Watch
New Zealand’s economy runs on food, and a growing group of founders are now applying biology, engineering and data to how protein itself is made.
Noteworthy Staff1 week ago
food-tech
What Is Precision Fermentation?
The “fermentation” part has been with us for millennia, bread, beer, cheese, yoghurt. The “precision” part means using modern biology to make a microbe.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
business
How SYSCA Built a Global Youth Media Brand From New Zealand
How SYSCA grew from a Wellington university blog into a global, social-first youth media brand — and what other media founders can learn from it.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
aerospace
Christchurch Aerospace Startups
It’s not obvious why a mid-sized city at the bottom of the South Island became a centre of gravity for aerospace, but Christchurch has.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
business
Shit You Should Care About: The New Zealand Media Company Helping a Generation Care
Shit You Should Care About is a New Zealand-born media company helping younger audiences engage with news, culture, and global issues.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
aerospace
What Is a High-Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)?
A high-altitude platform station, HAPS, is an aircraft or airship that operates in the stratosphere for long periods, doing some of the jobs we normally.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
aerospace
Dawn Aurora: The Spaceplane Aiming to Make Suborbital Flight Repeatable
The Mk-II Aurora is Dawn Aerospace's uncrewed, rocket-powered spaceplane: built to take off from a runway, fly toward the edge of space and land again like an aircraft, ready to fly the same day.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
business
New Zealand Media Founders to Watch
Meet the New Zealand media founders building new platforms across social, newsletters, podcasts, and creator-led brands, from SYSCA to The Spinoff.
Noteworthy Staff2 weeks ago
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