The year that was #WellyTech 2017

What a monster of an 2017 ending we have for you! In between the fantastic interviews with the #WellyTech Xmas Do guests, Raj and Mike name their top episodes of 2017 ending with their picks of the year - what was yours (leave a comment) We take the #WellyTech interviews in batches of 3, thus: - Hon Clare Curran (@clarecurranmp) - "Minister of the Future" (Mike's supplied title, not official) - Liz MacPherson (@GovStatistician) - CEO of Stats NZ - Vic MacLennan (@optimalhq) - best person, Director, Investor and Board Member - Nate Dunn (@nate) - 3Bit Solutions and Geekzone - Ruth McDavitt (@ruthmcdavitt) - CEO of Summer of Tech - Paul Matthews (@nzPaulM) - CEO of IT Professionals NZ - Kat Kolich - ‎Head of Enterprise Data and Information Services at BNZ - Sunit Prakash (@sunitprakash) - lean, mentor and awesome dude - aimee whitcroft (@teh_aimee) - Flax Roots and many many civic / open movements - Paul Stone (@enotsluap) - Open Data at Stats NZ - Melissa Firth (@mslissa) - Chief Digital Officer of Te Papa - Justin Douché – Zero Point Ventures BONUS We've also added in our #WellyTech roaming and talks with Graham Muller from NZTech, Jesse Armstrong from Vaka Interactive (who make digital portraits) and our old friend and fellow co-host, Mauricio Freitas from Geekzone. This year has been one of expansion, road trips and amazing conversations - here's to many MANY more in 2018! Thanks for your time and see you next year with more tech people sharing their own stories. Ka kite anō au i a koutou ---- Previous episodes mentioned in this podcast - Miki Szikszai – Getting out of the building - Natalie Albert – Diversity is hard work - Sam Daish – Do little things that make a big difference - Vivian Chandra – OMG Tiger Mum - Lance Lones - Building new realities - Dr Rosie Bosworth at TechWeek Mahia - Mana At Mahia ------------------------------------------------------ We share the stories from people that work in New Zealand tech, social media, startups. If you have a story or know someone that does - get in touch! Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen. All our past shows are on our website https://www.accessgranted.nz Follow and Like us on: https://twitter.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://facebook.com/AccessGrantedNZ https://linkedin.com/company/access-granted-podcast Subscribe to the show however you want: https://www.accessgranted.nz/subscribe/