Wharf42 News
Wishing you a Happy Xmas & New Year holiday
As we get ready to close down for the Christmas & New Year holidays, Jacqui and I want to wish everyone a happy and safe festive season from the awesome Bay of Plenty. 2020 has been a challenging year for many, but the opportunities that we can...
Introducing the Agrifood Tech Singapore Association
I’m delighted to have been asked to join the Establishment Working Group of the nascent Agrifood Tech Singapore Association. The Agritech New Zealand playbook, developed over the past 3 – 4 years, is now being leveraged by agritech ecosystems...
SIGNIFICANT UPDATE: Building the relationship with Western Growers
On Friday, I was delighted to meet up with Nicholas (Nick) Snyder from the United States Embassy in New Zealand. Nick has the US trade portfolio responsibility between both countries. The meeting provided a great opportunity to talk about...
WEBINAR: Arama Kukutai & Ingrid Fung of Finistere Ventures discuss the 2020 Global Agritech Investment Landscape
I’m delighted to advise that Arama Kukutai & Ingrid Fung of Finistere Ventures will be discussing the 2020 Global Agritech Investment Landscape via an exclusive webinar, jointly promoted by Agritech New Zealand, the Sprout Accelerator and the...
Congratulations RiverWatch! Winners of the Bridge Hub 2020 Water Challenge New Zealand Startup Stream Category
As sponsors of the Bridge Hub 2020 Water Challenge New Zealand Startup Steam Category, Jacqui and I were delighted to join James Muir, co-founder of RiverWatch, at Zespri HQ on Friday as the winners of the Bridge Hub 2020 Water Challenge were...
Register for the Bridge Hub 2020 Water Challenge Finale and the Announcement of Winners – Friday 30 October
Wharf42 is delighted to be an official sponsor of the Bridge Hub 2020 trans-Tasman Water Challenge. At 2.00pm this Friday (30 October), you can join us online as we announce the winner of the New Zealand start-up category. We will be joined in...
Introducing growAG and the commercialisation of publicly-funded agri-focused research
For the past three years, I’ve sat on the evokeAG steering committee. A product of AgriFutures Australia, the team successfully hosted two significant events in 2019 and 2020 in Melbourne. Over 200 kiwis attended evokeAG and but for COVID, we’d be...
Accelerating trans-Tasman collaboration as ‘Senior Advisor’ to the Australian Agritech Association
Last week, I was offered and accepted the role of ‘Senior Advisor’ to the Australian Agritech Association. It’s a hugely exciting opportunity to work with a bunch of passionate people I know well on the other side of the Tasman. I’ve said for some...
Working with GlobalHQ to spread New Zealand’s Agritech Story
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been delighted to work with GlobalHQ and some of their great brands to help spread New Zealand’s Agritech Story. A couple of weeks back, Jacqui and I met up with Dean Williamson and members of the team in Fielding....