Kia ora,
As 2025 draws to a close, it’s the perfect moment to reflect on an incredible year of innovation, collaboration, and progress across the New Zealand EdTech community. Together, we’ve continued to shape the future of learning in Aotearoa and beyond…strengthening connections, celebrating new ventures, and championing digital inclusion for learners of all ages and stages.
This final newsletter of the year features our member spotlight on Saasyan, perspectives from Susana Tomaz on AI’s role in education, and Dr Nuddy Pillay on educator-led EdTech design, plus opportunities with AUT engineering students. Whether you’re busy planning the year ahead, wrapping up projects, or just wrapping up gifts(!), we hope these updates spark ideas and connections to carry you forward.
From all of us at EdTechNZ, thank you for your ongoing support and commitment to making education more connected, accessible, and impactful. Wishing you a restful holiday season and a bright, innovative and tech-powered start to the new year!
👋 New Members
A warm welcome to our new members, ByteEd, Deep Knowledge, Fastvue, Iaso Automated Medical Systems Limited, New Zealand Qualifications Authority | Mana Tohu Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Technovashield Limited, and The AI Assembly Limited. We’re excited to welcome you to our ecosystem!
The following members are celebrating their membership anniversary with us this month – we appreciate your continued commitment to growing the EdTech ecosystem together! The University of Auckland, Accessit Software, Kami, Mission Ready HQ, and Pacific Stride Limited.
Partner with AUT Engineering Students
EdTechNZ members can partner with final-year engineering students at AUT for their capstone projects (March-November or July-June). These partnerships provide 300+ hours of dedicated student work on your technical challenges—whether that’s IoT sensor systems for learning spaces, embedded systems for interactive displays, or software solutions for educational platforms. It’s an ideal way to test innovative ideas you lack capacity for internally, with fresh perspectives from electrical, mechanical, mechatronics and software engineering students eager to tackle real-world problems. Plus, you’re building connections with future talent who gain hands-on experience solving real industry challenges. Learn more.
Share Your News With Us!
Got exciting updates? We’d love to highlight your achievements. Make sure to add info@edtech.org.nz to your press releases and stay connected with the EdTechNZ community. Let’s keep the spotlight on your success!
Ngā manaakitanga,
Sarah Weersing
EdTechNZ Executive Council
P.S: The AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region is now live, bringing new business opportunities to our shores. Three Availability Zones, single-digit millisecond latency, and your data stays in Aotearoa. This $7.5 billion investment brings world-class cloud infrastructure home, and is forecast to add $10.8 billion to our GDP. Our member AWS alongside NEXTGEN, a trusted AWS distributor, have hand-picked expert partners ready to help you make the most of this opportunity – from AI tools and communications to security, cloud migration, contact centres and app development.
Read full news here: Celebrating a year of innovation and connection
