EdTechNZ Directory

Discover the companies and organisations that make up the Education Technology (EdTech) ecosystem in Aotearoa.

Using Kiwi innovation, these companies are changing the way we distribute and consume education, bringing kaiako (teachers) and akonga (learners) closer together through digital learning and experiences.

The companies are organised using the HolonIQ Global Learning Landscape classification system.


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Quantum Biology Research Institiute

EdTechNZ Member

Quantum Biology Research Institute is an online portal for learning the new science of quantum biology and its application to human biology. Quantum biology deals with the unseen. Making the unseen observable changes the paradigm of Materialism.

Main contact: Keryn Johnson
Website: https://www.qbri.org
Location: Wellington
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Knowledge

Te Kete Hono – SchoolTalk

EdTechNZ Member

Te Kete Hono - SchoolTalk is a social enterprise that turns innovation in education into products and tools that improve learning outcomes for students. Te kete hono represents a basket which holds and connects essential, everyday tools for learning.

Main contact: Judy Newcombe
Website: https://www.teketehono.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management,Knowledge and Content,Learning Support,New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Curriculum,Ed Resources,Learning Env,Teacher

Bloom Learning Technologies

EdTechNZ Member

We help your company amplify the impact you make in the world. Bloom pushes the boundaries in engaging and innovative learning design. ​ We co-create learning experiences with with our clients, using a range of learning experts at every stage.

Main contact: Rustica Lamb
Website: https://www.bloomlearningtechnologies.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management,Experiencing Learning,Knowledge and Content,New Delivery Models,Skills & Jobs,Workforce & Talent
Secondary Category: Performance,

ADInstruments

EdTechNZ Member

ADInstruments serves more than 100,000 students globally with Lt, an online learning platform for the sciences. Lt integrates with data acquisition hardware and hosts 500+ interactive and fully customizable science lessons used for active learning.

Main contact: Charlotte Steel
Website: https://www.adinstruments.com
Location: Dunedin
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: STEM / Coding

Pukeko Learning Solutions

We help organisations achieve their goals through the design and development of custom elearning. We work across corporates, government departments, educational institutions, and small companies who are just starting their online learning journey.

Main contact: Joanna Smith
Website: https://www.pukekolearning.com
Location: Auckland
Category: Workforce & Talent
Secondary Category: Development

Language Fuel

Language Fuel helps busy teachers to continually improve their practice by providing development on-demand. They find experts in the field of English teaching from all over the world, and invite them to share their wisdom in bite-sized courses.

Main contact: Joanna Smith
Website: https://www.languagefuel.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Upskilling

Zorbi

Zorbi makes studying easy by only showing you flashcards when you forget them. Utilising spaced repetition and active recall Zorbi is the most efficient way to study. It's free, backed by science, and it works on every device.

Main contact: Sukhans Asrani
Website: https://zorbi.cards
Location: Auckland
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Knowledge

Grok Academy

EdTechNZ Member

We're a team of educators and software engineers who want to give everyone the power to code. We are passionate about teaching the next generation the skills they need to become the creators of tomorrow.

Main contact: Kylie Williams
Website: https://grokacademy.org/
Location:
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Curriculum

Safe for Children

Safe for Children has an incredible team of experts who provide a full range of live online courses around behaviour guidance, child protection, health and safety, and more. Our certificated courses make learning easy, accessible and affordable.

Main contact: Donna Bouzaid
Website: https://www.safeforchildren.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

StudySpy

StudySpy is an education directory helping students make more informed decisions. StudySpy provides a tertiary database of all NZ programmes, scholarships and providers, as well as a high school directory. StudySpy powers NZ Government services.

Main contact: Michael Watson
Website: https://studyspy.ac.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management,International Education
Secondary Category: Discovery,

Creative Strategies

EdTechNZ Member

A strategic consultancy with extensive experience in EdTech including start-ups, mergers and acqusitions, content production and international export marketing.

Main contact: David Glover
Website: https://creativestrategies.co.nz/
Location: Bay of Plenty
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Knowledge

CORE Education

CORE Education is a forward‐thinking, values‐driven social enterprise. We co-design and deliver impactful learning products and professional services. Our vision is for an equitable and thriving Aotearoa where all learners can experience success.

Main contact: Josh Hough
Website: https://core-ed.org/
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

Lumin

EdTechNZ Member

Lumin, a top PDF editor for Google Workspace and Classroom and the #3 rated software 2022 in G2 best sellers ANZ. Today, over 65m users and businesses worldwide use Lumin to collaborate, edit and share PDFs online.

Main contact: Caleb Helm
Website: https://www.luminpdf.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Class Tech

Tech Futures Lab

EdTechNZ Member

Our postgraduate programmes, short courses and innovation workshops are designed specifically for the new world of work. We don’t rely on outdated textbooks or traditional academia models. We teach context, not content.

Main contact: Fee Webber
Website: https://techfutureslab.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Learning Env

The Mind Lab

EdTechNZ Member

We provide innovative postgraduate programmes by building relevant skills & capabilities, matching a constantly changing world. We redefine learning and professional development and aim to enhance human potential and create impactful futures.

Main contact: Fee Webby
Website: https://themindlab.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Network for Learning (N4L)

EdTechNZ Member

N4L is a Crown-owned tech company that connects 2,450+ NZ schools to faster, safer internet. We’re committed to helping ākonga thrive in a digital world - connecting, protecting & supporting kura, so kaiako & ākonga can focus on teaching & learning.

Main contact: Gail Baillie
Website: https://www.n4l.co.nz
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Learn English Live

LEL is on a mission to connect every NZ child with the world. We do this by facilitating and designing classroom-based online cultural exchanges between NZ & International schools from around the world

Main contact: William Clarke
Website: https://learnenglish-live.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education,New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online,

MAKEorBREAK

MAKEorBREAK equips teachers to review essential content knowledge using varied activities and quality content. MAKEorBREAK engages students, raises achievement and features ready-to-use NZ curriculum content.

Main contact: JARED C LYNN
Website: http://www.makeorbreak.co.nz/
Location: Waikato
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

Dacreed

EdTechNZ Member

Dacreed's platform is a New Zealand owned and operated learning experience platform (LXP) designed for training and compliance with feature sets to specifically meet the needs of training organisations and PTE’s.

Main contact: Tim Larkin
Website: https://www.dacreed.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification,Education Management,Knowledge and Content,New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online,

Autonomous Works/Kai’s Education

EdTechNZ Member

Kai's Education develops collaborative platforms that blend physical and virtual worlds to teach coding and robotics to students 5+years. We created an all-in-one STEAM toolbox, Kai's Clan as well KaiBot in Kainundrum, using Screen-free coding cards.

Main contact: Ronel Schodt
Website: https://kaiseducation.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & SimSTEM / Coding

Kiwrious

Kiwrious came from our desire to make “doing” science a fun form of learning. The Kiwrious Science Experience empowers students aged 10 to 14 years to explore scientific phenomena using sensors.

Main contact: Sonia Dupuch
Website: https://kiwrious.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management,Experiencing Learning,Knowledge and Content,Learning Support
Secondary Category: Learning Env,STEM / Coding,Teacher,

Peer Assess Pro

Peer Assess Pro Ltd provides Education as a Service (EdaaS) focussed on improving student learning outcomes and team performance through better teammate peer assessment and feedback.

Main contact: Patrick Dodd
Website: https://www.peerassesspro.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Assessment

Tōnui Collab

EdTechNZ Member

Tōnui Collab is a specialist bilingual education lab dedicated to creating innovative STEMM learning opportunities. Young people are empowered through to explore the diversity of Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Mātauranga Māori.

Main contact: Shanon O'Connor
Website: https://www.tonuicollab.com/
Location: Gisborne Eastland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: STEM / Coding

Pacific Kids’ Learning

EdTechNZ Member

We create effective digital classroom resources and song animations to help engage children with their learning. We offer effective technological solutions to assist with Pacific Kids' Learning that help achieve higher literacy levels.

Main contact: Evo Leota-Tupou
Website: https://pacifickidslearning.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management,Experiencing Learning,International Education,Knowledge and Content,Learning Support,New Delivery Models,Skills & Jobs,Workforce & Talent
Secondary Category:

Stylefit

EdTechNZ Member

Stylefit gives students immediate feedback on their writing. It is interactive, online, self-directed technology that enables students to independently experiment with writing. They can edit and improve their writing in their own time, in class or online. It maximises teacher’s time and expertise by freeing them up and giving them time for working one-on-one with students.

Main contact: Suraya Dewing
Website: https://www.stylefit.org/
Location: Auckland
Category:
Secondary Category:

Kiwi Education

Kiwi Education is an educational consultancy service with multiple offices across New Zealand Recently we have launched other destinations and now have offices in Australia, Canada and the UK/Ireland. Our goal is to build the biggest education and immigration agency in the world, by bringing various technological and innovative ideas.

Main contact: Dennis Vlasin
Website: https://kiwieducation.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Internat. Study

GoSkills Ltd

GoSkills.com is an online learning platform that helps anyone learn business skills to reach their personal and professional goals. For businesses, GoSkills provides a flexible learning platform for training teams of any size. Business can seamlessly manage, track, and assign in-house and third-party content.

Main contact: Franz Ombler
Website: https://www.goskills.com
Location: Wellington
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Upskilling

Chatterize

AI-led conversational cartoon characters in a virtual world that help young Chinese kids speak English with confidence!

Main contact: Lane Litz
Website: https://www.speakia.app/
Location: Wellington
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Voice & Chat

Geo AR Games

Geo AR Games helps Cities to drive behaviour change in their communities by gamifying their messages to the community. Geo AR Games developed a unique Pay-It-Forward model that creates affordable bespoke resources for communities in partnership with Cities and Government.

Main contact: Melanie Langlotz
Website: https://www.geoargames.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

ARA Journeys

Using immersive technologies and geo-location to tell indigenous stories, preserve indigenous knowledge and languages and (re)connect people to the land.

Main contact: Amber Taylor
Website: https://www.arajourneys.com
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

DOTDOT

DOTDOT is an award-winning educational content production company, specializing in educational games for the browser, interactive installations for museums and libraries, and 3D simulations for virtual and augmented reality.

Main contact: Chris White
Website: https://dotdot.studio
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content,New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Games & Sim,

MyMahi

EdTechNZ Member

MyMahi puts learners at the centre and offers a transportable profile for self-managing learning, future pathways, and wellbeing. Schools and rangatahi benefit from a complete one-stop solution for school and beyond.

Main contact: Jeff King
Website: https://mymahi.com/
Location: Manawatū-Whanganui
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Knowledge

Lift Education

EdTechNZ Member

We combine pedagogical expertise with innovative publishing to produce an extensive range of high quality, effective learning and teaching resources – including books, e-books, training manuals (some with AR), videos, and online teaching and learning resources in various formats.

Main contact: Alex Collins
Website: https://www.lifteducation.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

MoneyTime

Online gamified financial literacy program for 10-14 year olds

Main contact: Neil Edmond
Website: https://www.moneytime.co.nz/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

TTRO

EdTechNZ Member

TTRO is an organisation of passionate and talented individuals who offers its learning experiences across four pillars; L&D Advisory Services, Learning Content Development, Learning Technologies and Learning as a Service. Our learning approach aim is to help governments, academia, business and industry with learning transformation, with a lens on human capability and capacity development and talent empowerment to help meet today’s challenges and prepare them for the future.

Main contact: Kirsty Chadwick
Website: https://www.ttro.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

LearningWorks

We design, deliver and develop adult / tertiary training, teaching and learning resources and online learning management systems.

Main contact: Sandra Hutton
Website: https://www.learningworks.co.nz/
Location: Waikato
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

VR Voom

EdTechNZ Member

Future-proof classroom learning in digital technology. We do this by equipping teachers with resources to create emerging technologies, that are aligned with the revised NZ Technology Curriculum.

Main contact: Peter Dong
Website: https://www.vrvoom.online/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Career Central

Career Central provides a career management platform to secondary schools in NZ and Australia.

Main contact: Sue Hancock
Website: https://careercentral.school.nz
Location: Waikato
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Career planning

The Tarn group

The Tarn Group was originally focused on Video Analysis in sport but in 2010 we launched “Bracken” a LMS that is easy to author, simple to use and is focused on the learners needs. Bracken is now widely used across the sports, corporate, education and clinical sectors with more than 600,000 New Zealander users.

Main contact: Joe Morrison
Website: https://www.thetarngroup.com/
Location: Otago
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Chasing Time English

We provide original television drama series with teaching and learning resources for English language education.

Main contact: Scott Granville
Website: https://chasingtimeenglish.com/
Location: Waikato
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Language Learning

EDUCATION PERFECT

Education Perfect is a Kiwi technology company that has become the complete digital teaching and learning toolkit for thousands of schools across New Zealand, Australia and now in 60+ countries around the world. It contains over 40,000 curriculum aligned lessons for English, Maths, Science, Languages (nine including Te Ao Māori), Digital Technology, ESOL, Health and Social Sciences. It also assists with differentiation, student engagement, feedback, and assessment whilst providing rich data insights that are perfect for tracking student progress.

Main contact: ALEX BURKE
Website: https://www.educationperfect.com/
Location: Otago
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

FMCG Academy Ltd

FMCG Academy is a New Zealand based Global E-learning company. We offer courses in Marketing, Brand & Category Management to get ahead in the FMCG/CPG industry.

Main contact: Vikram Khanna
Website: https://www.fmcgacademy.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

NutriBlocks Limited

Developing engaging, entertaining, and educational video games for health. We are a team of nutritionists, game developers, educators, and computer scientists with a passion to improve the health of children through assessing nutritional needs, and developing engaging, entertaining, and educational video games.

Main contact: Claudia Leong
Website: https://nutriblocks.co.nz/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

RapidParrot Ltd

We are building the fastest way to learn anything using case based learning and a question first approach.

Main contact: Vivek Kumar
Website: https://www.learningcurve.so/
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Ed Resources

Arlo Software

Arlo is Training Management for organisations who sell training on a commercial basis. Value proposition: Arlo will transform your training business. It makes the future of learning accessible today; blending classroom, live online, self-paced, and virtual reality, within a single platform. It’s the complete solution to run a provider’s operation, incorporating a website, payment processing, CRM, marketing tools, and logistics. With Arlo your operation will run efficiently, you will sell more public courses, and close more private training contracts. We have an office in CA, UK, and head office in NZ. Operating in 70 countries and have processed over $1 billion in transactions.

Main contact: John Mitchell
Website: https://www.arlo.co/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Plink Software

We are genuinely connected to building a better Aotearoa by increasing the number of people using Te Reo Māori in New Zealand and helping Māori to connect with their identity through whakapapa. We are proud of our country and its uniqueness to the world, and we believe all New Zealanders believe in this identity as a nation.

Main contact: Jeremy Banks
Website: https://plink.co.nz/
Location: Nelson
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Language Learning

Synapsys N.Z. Ltd.

Learning solutions for change; strategy, systems, experiences, measurement

Main contact: Phil Garing
Website: https://www.synapsys.co.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Peer Assess Pro

"Peer Assess Pro™ helps student teams in higher education improve their performance, grades, and future-ready employability through teammate peer assessment and educational analytics."

Main contact: Patrick Dodd
Website: https://www.peerassesspro.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Assessment

Totara Learning Solutions Ltd

Totara develops and supports learning and talent management software for businesses and organisations all over the world. Totara’s mission is to improve the way people learn, engage and perform in the workplace.

Main contact: Richard Wyles
Website: https://www.totaralearning.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Amy.app

Amy is an AI-based private tutor for math that makes learning math easy for everyone. She does this by giving students feedback and automatically filling their knowledge gaps as they solve problems.

Main contact: Raphael Nolden
Website: https://www.amy.app/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

Ursamed Ltd

Ursamed is a medical training company which can provide: First Aid, Pre-Hospital, Medical Team, Medical Scenario's, Learning Design, Technical Advice, Team Building, for anywhere within NZ or overseas by request. The company is built around the CEO's award-winning Realistic Bleeding Simulation device invention.

Main contact: Mark Anderson
Website: https://wordchain.co.nz/
Location: Manawatū-Whanganui
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Wordchain/ Agility with Sound

Wordchain is designed to teach students - children and adults - the basic skills known to underlie reading and writing. Four successive apps.

Main contact: Betsy Sewell
Website: https://wordchain.co.nz/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Joy Business Academy

SkillsVR is a leading SaaS experiential learning provider of skills critical to the Future of Work. SkillsVR uses immersive 3D virtual reality and mobile content, providing industries, employers, employees and future talent with higher learning outcomes at a fraction of the time and cost.

Main contact: James Coddington
Website: https://skillsvr.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Melodics

Melodics makes software that helps people to learn to play musical instruments.

Main contact: Sam Gribben
Website: https://melodics.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

SharpReading

SharpReading is a collection of well researched, tried and tested online training courses and teacher resources for primary school teachers. We aim at delivering quality classroom reading programs for beginning to advanced readers. Our focus is on teaching levelled reading groups, commonly referred to as guided reading.

Main contact: Brian Parker
Website: https://www.sharpreading.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Learning Support
Secondary Category: Teacher

Educa

Educa is an online Learning Story documentation and family engagement platform for early childhood education. It supports heart-led and reflective documentation shared on any device that connects adults around each child. Educa supports data cycles end to end, from planning through to assessment.

Main contact: Geoffrey Nixon
Website: https://www.geteduca.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

Storypark

Storypark helps educators and families work together in supporting better outcomes for children. Stronger communication and capability building tools enable deeper understanding and greater personalisation of learning for every child..

Main contact: Peter Dixon
Website: https://uk.storypark.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

Livewire Learning

Livewire Learning began as a joint venture with the support of New House Publishing in 2003. After two years of development, we went to market in 2005 with a CD Rom delivery and then went fully internet based later in 2005. We have been in the market offering English, Mathematics, Science and Accounting subjects to secondary schools and after school tutorial businesses.

Main contact: Neil Riley
Website: http://www.livewirelearning.co.nz/
Location: Southland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

NZGDA

Founded in 2004, the New Zealand Game Developers Association is an interactive media advocacy group whose membership includes more than 50 digital media and video game studios that together generated over $320M in exports in 2020. The board members work closely with government, tertiary education providers, trade organisations, and cross-industry partners to advocate for the interactive media industry.

Main contact: Chelsea Rapp
Website: https://nzgda.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Orah (formerly Boardingware)

Orah is a Student Engagement Platform that provides schools with the tools to gain a single 360° profile for each of their students.

Main contact: Paul Organ
Website: https://www.orah.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

Virtual Industries Group

VIG makes online applications for the education sector, including School Interviews, SchoolAlert and CareBookings. With over 2 million people in 33 countries using our services every year, we know how to design, provision and support modern mobile-friendly applications on a truly global scale.

Main contact: Greg Fawcett
Website: https://www.vig.co.nz/
Location: Otago
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

Music Ecademy

Music Ecademy is an online learning resource for music teaching the concepts of music with gamification for students and progress management for teachers.

Main contact: Jaroslav Novak
Website: https://musicecademy.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

Litmaps

Litmaps is a next-generation research platform for Scientists and Engineers.

Main contact: Kyle Webster
Website: https://www.litmaps.co/
Location: Wellington
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Open Research

KidsCoin Limited

KidsCoin provides specialist education for Maori and Pacific in the technology sector. We have a full pathway set up from primary school age students through to Maori and Pacific looking to get into jobs in the industry. We run digital and tech workshops, earn and learn internships and employment services.

Main contact: Brittany Teei
Website: https://kidscoin.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Linc Technologies

Started by an principal and teacher to help schools communicate learning to all stake holders in more efficient and elegant ways.

Main contact: Paul Sibson
Website: https://linc-ed.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

Spring

Your employees do their best work when they’re not worrying about money. 83% of employers say that money problems impact employee productivity. With 20hrs lost per employee per month sorting out personal financial worries. Spring provides financial education direct to your employees through our action-based digital platform.

Main contact: Dana Gray
Website: https://spring.kiwi/
Location: Waikato
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

Skillsme

Tool for tech recruiters to find talents that has been validated using AI and Machine Learning/Data

Main contact: Bernard Leong
Website: https://www.skillsme.ai/
Location: Auckland
Category: Workforce & Talent
Secondary Category: Talent Acquisition

JIX Reality Limited

We are the go-to place for XR innovation in NZ with a focus on building commercially viable real world applications. We are a passionate team of researchers, designers, developers, thinkers and doers.

Main contact: Sakthi Priya Balaji Ranganathan
Website: https://jix.co.nz/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Arabic Digital Research Institute

The Arabic Digital Reform Institute (ADRI) is a technology firm from New Zealand, aspiring to expand the scientific capacities of the Arabic language in the world. We strive to do that through translating mass research from English to Arabic via the latest technologies and techniques. With offices in New Zealand and Bahrain, and a multi- national team across Asia, Pacifica, and the European continents, we pride ourselves on a strong vision and mission, and we are determined to make a major change in the modern Arabic academia in the coming months and years.

Main contact: Ali Mazraeh
Website: https://adri.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Open Research

Industry Connect Limited

Industry Connect is an IT Training organisation and we specialise in getting Participants Job Ready for the IT Software Market. We focus on Software Development, Software Testing and Business Intelligence/Data Analyst.

Main contact: Juanita Strydom
Website: https://www.industryconnect.org/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Upskilling

Kara Technologies ltd

Kara provides accessibility and improves the quality of service for the Deaf by translating contents to Sign language using a hyper-realistic fully customizable avatars.

Main contact: arash Taybei
Website: https://www.kara.tech/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Voice & Chat

Disrupt

Disrupt is a business growth education program delivered in a hybrid e-learning and group cohort process.

Main contact: Debbie Humphrey
Website: https://dsrupt.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Upskilling

Enroller

Enroller sells a SaaS marketplace to global K-12 schools and education agencies to help them to connect and grow their international student business.

Main contact: Michael Barry
Website: https://enroller.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Discovery

Celadon

Celadon is an app that helps students memorise their times-tables, by using psychological research to make learning more effective, and AI to personalise learning. Gamification reduces anxiety associated with maths and motivates students. Celadon is focused on the maths crisis in NZ and hopes to reduce the stigma around maths.

Main contact: Sophie Silver
Website: https://celadon.ai
Location: Auckland
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

Hapara

EdTechNZ Member

Hāpara powers awesome learning by enabling most effective and efficient way to organise teaching and learning workflows in G Suite seamlessly.

Main contact: Tony Kong
Website: https://hapara.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Class Tech

Essential Resources

Essential Resources provides educational solutions that support teaching and learning, giving teachers the tools and strategies they need to make a difference.

Main contact: Nicola Smith
Website: https://www.essentialresources.co.nz
Location: Southland
Category: Learning Support
Secondary Category: Teacher

KTM Ltd

We market recorded video English lessons online to our subscribers in non-English speaking countries. Our largest markets are France and Germany and the lessons target primary school aged children.

Main contact: Tony Gallagher
Website: https://www.samandmelenglish.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Language Learning

InGame

One of New Zealand's most experienced game-based learning, simulation, gamification consultancies.

Main contact: Stephen Knightly
Website: http://www.ingame.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

OceanBrowser Ltd

We’re the team behind OB3 – a web app for creating media-rich documents with embedded discussions in online education. OB3 enables students to engage in co-designing of study documents. Time-starved academic staff can author and update content within minutes. Our clients report when adopted, it increases participation and reduces social isolation.

Main contact: Gloria Gomez
Website: https://www.ob3.io/
Location: Otago
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Learning Env

Mission Ready HQ

Mission Ready is on a mission to bridge the skills gap in the tech sector through accelerated skills development in 9 to 19 weeks.

Main contact: diana sharma
Website: https://www.missionreadyhq.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Upskilling

Your Future Games

We make promotional games (Playable Ads) and Training Games. Also, provide training and subscriptions for learning Game Development that can be viewed in XR. Also have been involved in collaboration for Game-Based assessment for High School.

Main contact: Robin Hughes
Website: https://yourfuturegames.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Smartwork & Skillpod

We are award winning learning designers work with organisations to create bespoke training modules and through Skillpod we are building NZ's first templated learning library for businesses to tailor and create their own content.

Main contact: Kim Dovey
Website: https://www.skillpod.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

QuiverVision Limited

QuiverVision transforms everyday experiences using interactive Augmented Reality content. Proudly recognised as the world's leading AR developer for kids since 2017, our range of Apps (including our premier App - Quiver - 3D Colouring App) use AR to bring colouring pages to life in an engaging, immersive and educational way.

Main contact: Nils Reardon
Website: https://quivervision.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Maths Adventures

EdTechNZ Member

Maths Adventures helps kids learn mathematics. We build iPad apps and computer games to build understanding of the key mathematics concepts, in areas we know kids have problems with. Our iPad apps have been downloaded over 12 million times, with over 180,000 sales in the last 7 years.

Main contact: Ian Stevens
Website: https://www.mathsadventures.co.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Industry Connect

When you join Industry Connect, you will learn the in-demand, job-ready tech skills of coding, business intelligence or testing taught by real senior developers. Then you will be placed on a well-structured & mentored internship on local large-commercial-scale projects for three months or more. With this process and our exclusive employer network, we have helped hundreds of people like you kick-start a well-paid career in the local software industry. Our commitment is that we will support you all the way until you actually launch a tech career.

Main contact: Juanita Strydom
Website: https://www.industryconnect.org/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Internships

Youth Hub

EdTechNZ Member

Youth Hub is a professional network for young people to help maximise their potential and bridge the gap between education and employment. It is an end-to-end digital platform that allows youth to up-skill, personally create and showcase their journey, capture their talents, and drive positive change.

Main contact: Senthil Perumal
Website: https://www.youthhub.co.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Career planning

FLUENT IQ

Innovative assessment technology for testing real world English language capabilities

Main contact: Andy Mcleod
Website: https://altonacircuit.com.au/
Location: Canterbury
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Languate Testing

The Learning Staircase Ltd

The Learning Staircase produces StepsWeb, the leading online literacy teaching programme used in New Zealand. It is used by over 1,000 NZ schools with over 15,000 students using it each day.

Main contact: Ros Lugg
Website: https://www.stepsweb.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

RedSeed Ltd

RedSeed is an e-learning company. We offer an end-to-end training solution including LMS, content library, bespoke content development, face-to-face training, and consultancy. We are focused on changing behaviour and have specialised functionality that focuses on Coaching.

Main contact: Anya Anderson
Website: https://www.redseed.com/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Workforce & Talent
Secondary Category: Capability Dev

Crimson Education

Crimson supports high school students to find the best possible university and career pathway for them on the world stage and then mentor them every step of the way to get there through our global online learning network. We do this through a network of thousands of mentors from the world's best universities and have now sent more 2000 students to the world's top universities, more than 300 to the Ivy League and more than 120 to Oxford and Cambridge.

Main contact: Jamie Beaton
Website: https://crimsoneducation.org
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Discovery

Digital Future Aotearoa

We deliver high quality digital technology education accessible across financial, cultural and geographic lines through our programmes Code Club, The Electric Garden and Recycle A Device

Main contact: Bronwyn Scott
Website: https://www.digitalfutureaotearoa.nz/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: STEM / Coding

Kami

Kami is a leading digital classroom app built to transform an existing document of any kind into an interactive learning experience. Kami is currently used by 27 million educators in more than 180 countries looking to improve engagement and collaboration while teaching in the classroom or online.

Main contact: Hengjie Wang
Website: https://www.kamiapp.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Class Tech

Mahara Project

The open source Mahara project was founded in 2006 as collaboration of a number of tertiary institutions in Aotearoa. Catalyst as development partner was involved from the start and has been maintaining the web application since then, adding new features thanks to the worldwide community.

Main contact: Kristina Hoeppner
Website: https://mahara.org
Location: Wellington
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Portfolio

EDU Systems Limited

EDU Systems Limited is an innovative Māori EdTech company whose mission is to provide outstanding outcomes for children worldwide. EDU has developed the Tiaki technology that extends existing education management systems, uniquely built on cultural paradigms and models of success.

Main contact: Duane Grace
Website: https://edusystems.nz
Location: Wellington
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

Code Zero Limited

Car driving instruction. Promoting web app that helps parents or new teen drivers to know what they need to pass on and hints and tips on how to get the message across. App also tracks driving practice in terms of time, vehicle, weather and road environments experienced and gives credit for lessons with professional instructors

Main contact: Mark Revill-Johnson
Website: https://www.codezero.info/
Location: Bay of Plenty
Category: Knowledge and Content
Secondary Category: Curriculum

DigitalBadgeED

DigitalBadgeED seeks to improve learning and life outcomes for kids. Our platform - aligned to the Open Badges standard - makes it easy for schools and organisations to establish themselves as an issuer, and create and manage badges for their earners.

Main contact: Megan Mathie
Website: https://digitalbadges.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Credentialling

Gamefroot

EdPotential is web-based software that helps schools with actionable data to drive informed decision making and save teachers time. It enables schools to inquire into their student data, analyse it to identify gaps and strengths, and then act to target solutions that improve student achievement.

Main contact: Dan Milward
Website: https://make.gamefroot.com/
Location: Wellington
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: STEM / Coding

EdPotential

EdPotential is web-based software that helps schools with actionable data to drive informed decision making and save teachers time. It enables schools to inquire into their student data, analyse it to identify gaps and strengths, and then act to target solutions that improve student achievement.

Main contact: Charlie Tomlinson
Website: https://www.educationperfect.com/for-schools/edpotential/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Management

CloseRelations

Keeping​ unemployed graduates active in their area of study, by making distance dreams come true.

Main contact: Chris Simmons
Website: https://
Location: Wellington
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Gigs

Banqer

Banqer is an online financial education platform for schools. Through simulation, students navigate a raft of contextualised financial experiences in the classroom; providing a safe environment and to learn these life skills. Over 180,000 Australasian kids have experienced earning classroom income, paying taxes, exploring the property market and more as they learn how to manage their money. This activity, increasing their financial capability through educational simulation, and preparing them for the financial world ahead.

Main contact: Kendall Flutey
Website: https://www.banqer.co/
Location: Canterbury
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

Creative Forest Limited

Creative Forest provides an online platform and learning model that supports remotely located students and other communities to connect, collaborate, discover and develop skills and build confidence through facilitated project work.

Main contact: Paul Spence
Website: https://creativeforest.info/
Location: Canterbury
Category: New Delivery Models
Secondary Category: Proprietary Online

Method

Method is one of New Zealand’s leading creative tech studios. The Auckland-based studio is the voice of authority when it comes to immersive technology, and has been bringing experiences to life using digital, games, virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) across a multitude of different sectors. Method’s mission is to educate and challenge the status quo and make an impact through creating unforgettable experiences.

Main contact: Sam Ramlu
Website: https://www.method.digital/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: XR, AR, VR

Eurekly

Eurekly is a two sided tutor marketplace

Main contact: austen clarke
Website: https://www.eurekly.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Learning Support
Secondary Category: Tutoring

ImmerseMe

Using virtual reality to learn languages authentically.

Main contact: Scott Cardwell
Website: https://immerseme.co/
Location: Auckland
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Language Learning

JRT Industry Ready

Charity to support young professional engineers into their first job, offer soft skills training to get them Industry ready

Main contact: Julie Raine
Website: https://jrtindustryready.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Skills & Jobs
Secondary Category: Skills & Jobs - At - Apprenticeships

ShowHow

Learning that feels real. A platform to create scenario-based learning experiences for practicing skills and measuring learning impact.

Main contact: Ben Knill
Website: https://showhow.co/
Location: Wellington
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Games & Sim

LearnCoach

LearnCoach is moving exams and assessments online. This means that anyone can can sit exams at any time from anywhere and get the certification they need.

Main contact: David Cameron
Website: https://learncoach.com/
Location: Auckland
Category: Assessment & Verification
Secondary Category: Assessment

Wildlife.ai

We are a charitable trust that uses artificial intelligence to accelerate wildlife conservation.

Main contact: Victor Anton
Website: https://www.wildlife.ai/
Location: Taranaki
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Voice & Chat

Smata

Smata is an app that supports teachers who foster learner agency. It solves the practical problem of organising observational data so learning engagement can be kept track of and responded to. Smata graphs the data against the curriculum in real time and it is reviewable, so reflection can inform practice.

Main contact: Bevan Holloway
Website: https://www.smata.co.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: Education Management
Secondary Category: Class Tech

FreshAz Education Ltd

Providers of Personalised Learning Solutions - specialising in the Teaching of English, the Teaching of Teachers to teach English, and KidzConferences and KidzClubz for the child sector. We team up NZers with international education partners - as teachers supporting students, teachers - and increasingly so, refugees and migrants in their transition to resettlement.

Main contact: Jo Gibson
Website: https://www.freshaz.co.nz/
Location: Wellington
Category: International Education
Secondary Category: Language Learning

Pam Fergusson Charitable Trust

Our mission is to equip young people and their communities with skills and knowledge to thrive in STEAM fields through education, innovation & technology. We create future innovators and inventors. We focus on teaching and exploring the 3 C’s - Computational Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Creative thinking.

Main contact: Zoe Timbrell
Website: https://www.pamfergusson.org.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: STEM / Coding

Inclusys

Inclusys builds educational software for children with special needs. Our first product Talk With Me app is available in the market. Talk With Me app: Conversations help us connect with others and build relationships. Talk With Me gets children and teens with autism comfortable with proactive conversations, via symbols and sounds. It is easy to use irrespective of your child’s language skills. All it takes is a few taps!

Main contact: Swati Gupta
Website: https://www.pamfergusson.org.nz/
Location: Auckland
Category: Experiencing Learning
Secondary Category: Voice & Chat