New Zealand tech news
December 2022 snapshot
The NZ tech news snapshot for December touches briefly on developments in Web3, the country’s games development industry, New Zealand fintech insights and more. Hit the links to read each article online, in full.
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- New Zealand gov’t to pursue legislation requiring tech giants Google and Meta to pay for local news they use, with an estimated $30M to $50M likely to flow on to New Zealand media
- New Zealand Centre of Digital Excellence funds 5 new Dunedin game development studios in latest round of grants, with the country’s gaming revenue hitting $407M this year
- New Zealand: Partly aims to connect car parts buyers globally with the correct parts, integrating with online marketplaces like eBay and Shopify with a database of 50M parts from 20K suppliers and OEMs
- New Zealand: Futureverse merges 8 Web3 firms to form single company of 300 people across 16 countries, aiming to create an open metaverse ecosystem
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