The Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) has been developed in partnership with industry over the past few years.

Maintaining and growing the digital skills of New Zealanders is essential so that our economy and social prosperity can continue to grow.

This page provides information on government-supported strategies and initiatives designed to grow New Zealand’s digital sector.

Tools and initiatives that support New Zealand businesses to use ICT to raise their productivity and drive innovation across all sectors of the economy.

Data on the digital economy and digital inclusion is important to government decision-making. This page lists some of the reports and research that have been completed on these issues.

Titles of documents the Minister for Digital Economy and Communications received from MBIE in 2020.

There is a significant growth story ahead for successful digital technology firms in Aotearoa New Zealand. Given our distance from markets, these companies are important because they are global from day one, have a lower environmental footprint on average, are not constrained physically so are scalable, and present a pathway to high paying jobs for more New Zealanders. These are some of the reasons for backing New Zealand’s digital technologies sector.