The New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub plans to improve relations between the two nations through tech collaboration and NGO initiatives
Last month saw the opening of the New Zealand Israel Innovation Hub (NZIIA) in Tel Aviv, designed to foster collaboration and new partnerships between the two countries. The non-profit organization aims to facilitate communication and enterprise while also taking on a business council role and advocating for export and trade in both directions.
“I think the main thing for me was having frustration working for the governmental bureaucracy, working with the government of New Zealand,” explained Josh Brown, the Founder and Executive Director of NZIIH. Brown was working for the country’s Treasury as a Senior Analyst before moving to Israel. “Governments by their nature are very slow-moving creatures, whereas I think New Zealand needs to quickly undertake a tech transformation… I believe that an organization like this could possibly provide some solutions.”
Israel and New Zealand don’t have many formal ties, the country has roughly 6,800 Jews (although the official number is contested) and the nations do not have a free trade agreement in place. While Israel has an embassy in the city of Wellington, New Zealand’s embassy to Turkey is accredited to Israel with an honorary consulate in Tel Aviv. A major media source for New Zealanders is Qatar-owned Al Jazeera, whose anti-Israel sentiments have caused civilians to generally have a negative or...
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