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Launch event a great success - thank you
Author: Adam Cooper
Date: 26 August 2009
NEWS: I'd like to pass on my sincere thanks to all the people that worked hard to make the event last night such a success. read more
LINZ media release - Spatial information adds hundreds of millions to New Zealand's economy
Date: 25 August 2009
NEWS: Innovative use of spatial information pumped more than $1 billion into the New Zealand economy in 2008 - and better access to data could see that figure soar, according to a report into the value of spatial information. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Ministry for Economic Development (MED) recently commissioned a report to uncover the contribution spatial information makes to the economy. read more
SIBA chairman Steve Critchlow speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report
Date: 25 August 2009
NEWS: A transcript of SIBA chairman Steve Critchlow's speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report. read more
LINZ CEO Colin MacDonald speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report
Date: 25 August 2009
NEWS: A transcript of LINZ CEO Collin MacDonald's speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report. read more
SIBA media release - Half a billion reasons for urgent action
Date: 25 August 2009
NEWS: Urgent action by Government and industry to organise a national approach to the spatial industry will give the economy a $0.5 billion annual productivity boost, according to the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA). SIBA Chairman Steve Critchlow said this was the clear outtake of a report released today by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) on the impact of the spatial industry on the New Zealand economy. read more
