New Zealand Software Association

In 1991 the NZ Government sponsored the Porter Project identified software exports as growing four times faster than New Zealands exports as a whole, with 10-20 times the profitability. It sparked the coming together as an industry cluster under the banner of the NZ Software Exporters Association.The NZSEA was born. The NZSEA united companies with an ambition to grow New Zealands weightless exports, leverage our high education levels and create a new platform for NZ to grow from. In the early years the NZSEA, working jointly with NZTE, led several trade missions into a variety of markets. As the sector grew, the role of the NZSEA evolved to focus on inspiring businesses to think bigger and to make going global do able. This sparked the name change to the NZ Software Association, as we undertook a number of initiatives to nurture a vibrant domestic eco-system for businesses built on developing software products and services. Just over 30 years later our tech sector has grown to be...