We are hosting our next monthly ADI at NorthTec’s Future Trades (19 Dyer St, Whangarei). Please book your mentoring session now – so you won’t miss out. So far we had some of the following ideas brought to us: natural ice cream, manure pots, back fitness tool, first nation tourism concept, an electric buggy and … More Monthly entrepreneurial support

Steve West has achieved serial disruption by now. The young Kiwi entrepreneur will be in Tai Tokerau on 15. March to workshop with young Northlanders on how to change the world using cool technology. Steve first developed a technology to digitise the analog DJ business when he and his friends started Serato in 1997. After … More EV and Music Disrupter in Northland

I like the following thought provoking piece by the Singularity University on digital disruption. It is important to consider the societal change this will trigger. NIC is convinced that times haven’t been better to capitalise some of these opportunities for the best of Northland. Rather than being disrupted, we can and should become the disrupters. … More Digital Disruption

NIC’s subsidiary the Northland Transport Technology Testbed (N3T) has identified a number  of challenges on Northland rural roads. road safety dust on rural roads We have put together a consortium of regional and national businesses, as well as researchers to assist addressing these Northland challenges. If you like to know more about this, please contact … More Addressing rural road challenges

Fifth Kiwi Innovator Series  with  Dr Wolfgang Kessling. Wolfgang is a global expert on sustainable and affordable building. He is a physicist and climate engineer based in  Munich, Germany. Wolfgang is a principal of Transsolar and is frequently lecturing on sustainable design. His project and research work focuses on high comfort – low energy buildings and design for outdoor comfort in urban settings. In … More Sustainable/ affordable building 2./3. Nov 16 workshop

NIC is proud to announce that one of NZ’s best industrial designers, Alain Brideson, is coming to Northland. http://www.brideson.com Alain is one of NZ’s most foremost industrial engineers. He has designed a globally leading autonomous concept car – including drone landing platform  at the back. This car was showcased to US President Obama and German Chancellor … More Kiwi Innovator Series 04: Alain Brideson

NIC strongly believes that innovation & entrepreneurship will assist Northlanders to thrive and enjoy life further. One exciting example is Thought Wired. This is an innovative technology developed by passionate entrepreneurs/ scientist in New Zealand. They are helping New Zealanders with severe physical disabilities to use their brain waves to communicate with their family, friends … More Start-up encouragement in Northland