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Introduction 15
Anthony Dowling, 31st president of ITPNZ, 2020–
ITPNZ and NZCS: A history spanning 60 years (1960–2020) 17
Paul Matthews
Part One
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Setting the scene
Chapter 1
The clandestine computer on The Terrace 33
Brian E Carpenter
Chapter 2
Telecommunications infrastructure: Entering the fibre era 45
Bill Bennett
Updating
Chapter 3
Primary, secondary and tertiary computing education in Aotearoa New Zealand 57
Tim Bell
Chapter 4
A new environment for digital start-ups 75
Chris Gardner
Chapter 5
A history of digital accessibility in Aotearoa 85
Chandra Harrison
Chapter 6
Speed and stability: Redefining IT with DevOps 105
BMK Lakshminarayan
Chapter 7
The future of testing? Challenges in application automation testing 115
Adesh Pednekar
Chapter 8
Indian IT professionals in New Zealand 129
Sunit Prakash & Lalita Kasanji
Chapter 9
60 years of cybersecurity in New Zealand 147
Andy Prow
Chapter 10
Advances in Agile software development 157
Diane Strode
Chapter 11
Fragments of the Real Me: National identity in New Zealand 171
Richard Williams
Tomorrow
Chapter 12
Challenging technologies: Perspectives from the Privacy Commissioner 185
John Edwards & Lauren Bennett
Chapter 13
Te Hīkoi Roa: A journey of Māori towards information technology mastery 199
Robyn Kāmira
Chapter 14
Re-connecting the public service: Openness and data sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic 215
Jon MacKay
Chapter 15
Making New Zealand’s cities smarter 231
Mark Thomas
Part Two
Return to Tomorrow
Introduction 249
Don Robertson, 27th president NZCS, 2007–10
A history of ICT: Selected highlights 253
Henry B Wolfe
From Eftpos to Trade Me: The growth of electronic commerce 267
Janet Toland
Returning
Triumph and disaster: The tumultuous history of health IT 277
Ray Delany
Computing in local government 295
Jim Higgins
ICT in New Zealand universities, 1985–2010 307
Neil James & Marjan Lousberg
Progeni, 1968–89: Success and failure 325
Perce Harpham
Building digital communities: A history of the 2020 Communications Trust 337
Laurence Zwimpfer
The digitisation of New Zealand’s research, heritage and culture 367
Nigel Stanger
Hobbyist computing in 1980s New Zealand: Games and the popular reception of microcomputers 385
Melanie Swalwell
Early days in school programming competitions 399
Derham McAven
Hypermedia’s influence on business and social interaction 409
Lesley A Gardner
The open source business in New Zealand 427
Johnny Chan
Memories of the early days — NZCS: Why and how it was so 441
Bruce Moon
Sonnets 53 and 54 from 60 Sonnets 447
by Wellington poet Llewelyn Richards
Part Three
Looking Back to Tomorrow
Foreword 451
by the Rt. Hon. DR Lange, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Introduction 453
CR Boswell, President 1983–1985
Aotearoa before the computer 456
W Winiata
From monsters to micros 462
GJ Tee
Looking back
The impact of computers on the public sector 474
AC Shailes, Controller and Auditor-General 1975–1983
Computers and banking 487
IH Archibald
Computers in business and industry 506
SJ Bell
Expert systems and their impact on the professions 517
WR Williams
Personal computers 530
Selwyn Arrow
Computers in education 541
CJ Potter
The social implications of computers 554
Paul Bieleski & Jim Higgins
A new industry for New Zealand 564
MS Kaiser
Annex
A few of the first 578
Epilogue 594
NZCS/IITP/ITP presidents 599
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