Today’s announcement that Andrew Button has resigned suddenly as CEO of the Rural Connectivity Group is bad news on two fronts. First, because Andrew is a thoroughly nice guy who has been well respected by people he’s worked with. Second, because it highlights that thi...

Chris O'Connell, my friend and one-time business partner - passed away in Wellington this past weekend. Chris had endured a series of debilitating health issues for several years. Nonetheless he was at the WISPA 2-day meeting in Wellington just 2 weeks ago, but his hea...

After a month's apprenticeship on the Management Committee of the Whakatane Radio Telephone Users Association, I accepted the role of Chairman at the AGM last week.

The WRTUA is a 49 year old Incorporated society set up to build and manage transmission sites for a numbe...

An excellent article here in e-Health News where Dr Will Reedy of Spark argues that if the health sector or Government doesn't make headway on personal electronic health records in a form that meets consumer expectations, the health IT vendors will.

All good fodder for...

I'm starting to get my head a round a presentation I'm giving in a few weeks at the HINZ - Health Informatics NZ - Conference in Wellington.

My theme is "Health - a digital laggard." That will surprise nobody.

Yesterday I heard this extended interview by Health and Disab...

HEALTH - A DIGITAL LAGGARD. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLAN

Presentation to the ITX Conference, Wellington, Wednesday 11 July 2018

Ernie Newman

Our health system is broken. The customer interface was designed for the 19th and 20th centuries and needs a complete re-engineerin...

UPDATE - Here's the video version of the presentation

Yesterday I presented the keynote address at the annual TUANZ rural event in Wellington. It was well attended with around 150 people and a lot of old faces to catch up with.

My brief was to flash back to the 2002 TUAN...

Cleaning out a drawer I came across this speech I gave a decade ago to the annual Telecommunications Summit in Auckland. The year 2008 was arguably TUANZ'smost stellar in my time there and the speech records the progress made for NZ Inc. A fascinating reflection.

I just about cheered this morning at Minister Shane Jones' cutting rejoinder to Air New Zealand. Their Board had loftily told him to mind his own business and stop criticising their creeping withdrawal from regional New Zealand. In this interview Jones gave it back to...