As the demand for tech skills grows, particularly in SaaS, so too are those deciding to change careers to take advantage of the higher-paid industry and its flexible working conditions. Watch TVNZ's coverage of Mission Ready's tech boot camp.

New Zealand is 11th out of 34 countries for average hours worked, but its productivity is below the OECD average, when measured in GDP per hour worked. It’s partially about our failure to adopt the technological tools - SaaS tools like Xero - to keep up.

New Zealand's software-as-a-service (SaaS) sector is growing fast and in need of talent. Short training courses offered by organisations such as Dev Academy and Mission Ready HQ offer school leavers, or Kiwis looking for a job change as part of the 'Great Resignation', a promising SaaS career. Bruce Jarvis from kiwiSaaS talks to TVNZ's Breakfast.

Microsoft has announced a new initiative to encourage Software-as-a-service (SaaS) startups in New Zealand. The initiative will see Microsoft partnering and providing a marketing and sales channel for New Zealand SaaS companies to promote their products in overseas markets. Auror, LawVu​ and Volpara have already signed up to the initiative.

A high wage, low-emission economy is what New Zealand needs and the Government is investing in digital technologies to reach the goal. New funding could give the SaaS community momentum to further and expand its network. It will also support the delivery of short courses for digital skills development.

Joyous co-chief executive Ruby Kolesky says she’s not seeing the increase in diversity in the industry that many were hoping for. She wants to encourage tech organisations to open their doors to non-university graduates.

It shouldn’t really come as a surprise to employers that employees are choosing rewarding work, pay, and a flexible schedule, over freebie perks - according to kiwiSaaS members Kirsti Grant (Auror) and Ben Gracewood (The SpinOff).

Phoebe Harrop, principal of venture capital company Blackbird Aotearoa, believes New Zealand's SaaS businesses are crucial to weaning our economy off “the grass”.

Mission Ready HQ have 8 FEE FREE spaces left on their accelerator that starts on 18th April.

Frustrated with useless software that didn’t allow efficient sharing of financial data, two Kiwis revolutionalised accounting around the world by creating Xero, a Wellington startup now worth $15 billion.

Technology stocks have had a bit of a battering on the local sharemarket so far this year as rising interest rates prompt investors to re-evaluate the prospects of high-growth companies. Serko founder Darrin Grafton argues that local investor support for these companies is more important now than ever.

Today’s headlines are full of technology companies raising capital, and reaching eye-watering valuations every time they do so. Stuff's Dileepa Fonseka investigates.

Communications Minister David Clark might see “no reason New Zealand can’t be the Silicon Valley of the Southern Hemisphere”, but others are more than happy to point out some potential problems.