IT Professionals New Zealand

29/09/2025

It's your last chance to win a $100 Prezzy Card! Our Membership Survey closes tonight, so make sure to get your voice heard and have an active say in how ITP moves forward, and you could win!

Your response would be greatly appreciated.

24/09/2025

Complete our membership survey, and you could win a $100 Prezzie card!

As a small (ish) membership organisation, ensuring that we deliver the things you, our members, value most is key. We have a tiny team and a supportive board, and we're doing our best to stay relevant in a world where the pace of change is unprecedented. So it's incredibly valuable for us to know what you think about what we do, how we do it, what we need to do differently or better - here's your opportunity to tell us.

https://survey.itp.nz/zs/4D4f4W

If you are willing to include your contact details at the end of the survey, you will be entered into a prize draw for $100 Prezzy Card.

The survey will close on 30 September, and we'll do the draw at the end of that same week.

Your response would be greatly appreciated.

14/09/2025

The latest cartoon by Jim, ‘Apple Watch' - you can view our full archive of cartoons here: https://itp.nz/techblog/tag/cartoon

09/09/2025

ITP Cartoon by Jim - ‘Amazoning’

Check out our full archive of tech cartoons here: https://itp.nz/techblog/tag/cartoon

31/08/2025

The latest cartoon from Jim - The 'C' Word. Check out our full archive of cartoons here: https://itp.nz/techblog/category/Cartoons

28/08/2025

Cut through the Noise and Influence with Impact with our Critical Influencing Skills course!

This one-day online course is designed for professionals who need to motivate and align others without relying on formal authority. You’ll learn practical strategies, language techniques, and stakeholder mapping tools to shift perspectives, manage tough conversations, and bring distracted or resistant people back on track.

Perfect for project managers, analysts, product owners, and IT professionals, this course equips you to build credibility, drive outcomes, and influence with impact in today’s fast-paced, high-distraction world. Sign up here:

Cut Through the Noise: Influence with Impact! Need to get things done through others but feel like you are trying to sprint through treacle? In a fast-paced world, attention spans are shorter and demands are greater than ever – you need quick cut through to win support and make visible progress to

27/08/2025

2degrees has finished stitching together 2.3 million mobile, broadband, and energy customer accounts after its merger with Vocus Group, a technical feat the company claims is the largest ever customer migration by a New Zealand telco:

Telco 2degrees has just finished what it says is the largest customer migration for a New Zealand telco, as it unifies its services on a single new custom-built platform - Tahi.

17/08/2025

Latest Cartoon by Jim! 'PQC' Check out our archive of cartoons here: https://itp.nz/techblog/category/Cartoons

13/08/2025

At this week’s member meetup, one topic sparked real concern: Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). Around the world, governments and critical industries are already making moves to prepare for a post-quantum world, while here in Aotearoa New Zealand, we risk falling dangerously behind:

Quantum computers are coming — and they could break today’s encryption. Post-Quantum Cryptography is about future-proofing our data, but migrating is no small job. Here’s why we can’t wait to start.

11/08/2025

OpenAI launched ChatGPT-5, its most advanced conversational AI model, following notable delays that fueled speculation that Sam Altman’s start-up was struggling to squeeze more performance out of its large language models (LLMs):

ChatGPT-5 finally drops, as the Government unveils plans to ditch NCEA after more than 20 years, and Elon Musk celebrates his US$29 billion share package being approved.

11/08/2025

The latest comic by Jim, 'Two Roads'

Read more of Jim's Comics here: https://itp.nz/techblog/category/Cartoons

05/08/2025

There's still time to register for our Incident Response Fundamentals course, which is running online!

Master the basics of cybersecurity incident response in just three hours. This hands-on online course gives you practical tools, real-world scenarios, and best-practice frameworks to confidently handle incidents!

Register here:

Many organisations worry about how they might hold up in the face of a real cybersecurity incident. Stop worrying and start planning! Get pragmatic advice on how to effectively response to cybersecurity incidents from a cybersecurity expert.