Hon Craig Foss
Minister of Commerce
Parliament Buildings
Wellington
BY EMAIL
10 September 2012
Dear Mr Foss,
1. This letter has been jointly authored by the Institute of IT Professionals
New Zealand, InternetNZ, NZRise and the NZ Open Source Society and is
endorsed by Orion Healthcare and Jade Corporation, the two largest
software exporters in New Zealand, as well as over a thousand software
developers and companies.
2. We are jointly writing as representatives of the New Zealand software
industry in relation to the Supplementary Order Paper (SOP) you recently
released for the Patents Bill, and specifically the changes to the
patentability of software.
3. The New Zealand software industry is, by and large, strongly in favour of
removal of patentability of software and the change we are requesting
below to your SOP. As an indication, 1024 individuals representing a
variety of software companies have counter-signed a request for this
change in just a few days. Their names and companies (where
applicable) are included as an attachment to this letter.
4. We applaud the Government’s intentions in relation to the Patents Bill in
general and agree that the Patents system in New Zealand is very overdue
for a revamp and by and large, the changes being made are positive and
will support and incentivise innovation.
5. We support the approach you are intending in relation to software in
principle, being the removal of patentability of software in general while
providing for the patentability of inventions that utilise embedded
systems in otherwise physical implementations, e.g. as component control
mechanisms in equipment and whiteware.
6. The Government’s decision to remove patentability of software has
helped promote a favourable innovation environment and a very positive
reputation for New Zealand as a technology destination. As an indication
of this, a number of overseas tech companies serious about relocating to
New Zealand as a result of this decision have approached a number of the
associations co-signing this letter.
7. However with respect, we strongly believe the wording put forward in
the Supplementary Order Paper will not achieve the desired
outcome. We are of the view that it will create major ambiguity resulting
in significant expense to New Zealand software innovators.
8. Further, the ambiguous wording will erode, and is eroding, the goodwill
gained for New Zealand in the international software community as a
result of the earlier announcement from Government that software
would cease to be patentable.
9. We have provided alternative wording in section (18) below which meets
the Government’s intended outcome for New Zealand while maintaining
compatibility with New Zealand’s international obligations. At the same
time this will provide a less ambiguous outcome in law.
10. Due to the ambiguous nature of the current wording, we are unable to
support the SOP as currently written and respectfully request that you
modify the wording to that outlined below to create greater certainty and
less opportunity for abuse.
11. Should you change the proposed wording, we stand ready to strongly
support this change and to join with you in publicly advocating this law as
an example of New Zealand’s innovative approach and suitability as a
technology destination.
Current approach
12. The current Supplementary Order Paper replaces the previous clause
explicitly removing the patentability of software, with the following:
10A(1) A computer program is not an invention for the purposes of
this Act.
10A(2) Subsection (1) prevents anything from being an invention
for the purposes of this Act only to the extent that a patent or an
application relates to a computer program as such.
13. We understand the rationale for 10A(1) and endorse this change.
14. We also understand why 10A(2) has been included (the stated intention
being to be clear that inventions that may rely on embedded systems for
part of their implementation would remain patentable), however are of
the view that the wording is ambiguous and, as has been the case in all
other jurisdictions that have used similar wording, will come under
sustained legal attack at significant expense to kiwi innovators.
15. A representative body of Australian IP lawyers Institute of Patent & Trade
Mark Attorneys of Australia wrote to your predecessor in 2010 stating:
“We would be concerned that if New Zealand adopted wording
comparable to that of the [European Patent Office], that there is no
such body of precedents in New Zealand that would guide an
understanding of use of the terminology "as such" and the "technical
effect" requirement. In our view, adopting the EPC approach would
create a significant degree of uncertainty as to how the section is to
apply and which, in any event, is inherent in the EPO approach.”
They also go on to say that use of "as such" would cause significant
unpredictability.
16. The view of the Patent Attorneys has been borne out in other jurisdictions
including in Europe itself, where this wording has caused significant
uncertainty and unpredictability.
17. In our view, Parliament has an obligation to state more clearly their
intentions in enacting this law through the Bill’s wording itself, rather
than implementing ambiguous wording and leaving it to the Courts to
decide what is intended.
Alternative wording
18. We propose that 10A(2) from the Ministerial SOP be replaced with the
following less ambiguous wording:
10A(2): Subsection (1) does not prevent an invention that makes use
of an embedded computer program from being patentable.
19. We acknowledge that the term “embedded computer program” is not
defined in law, however note that “computer program” is not either and
believe Parliament’s intention is clearer with this alternative clause,
leaving the boundaries of embedded software to be determined by the
Courts on a case-by-case basis as appropriate.
Outcome sought
20. We request that either:
a. The SOP wording for 10A(2) is replaced by the alternative wording
in (18) above, or
b. The Minister briefly delays the passage of the Patents Bill to
consider this change, engaging with the software industry, or
c. In the alternative, this clause is referred back to the Commerce
Select Committee for consultation and consideration.
Who we are
21. This letter is sent on behalf of the following organisations:
•
Institute of IT Professionals NZ, the largest and oldest IT body in
New Zealand, representing thousands of IT professionals nationwide;
•
NZRise, a nationwide association representing New Zealand owned
and operated ICT, Software and Technology companies;
•
NZ Open Source Society, a non-profit charitable organisation set up
to protect, advocate and advance the use of Open Source Software;
•
InternetNZ, a non-profit open membership organisation dedicated to
protecting and promoting the Internet in New Zealand and fostering a
coordinated, cooperative approach to its ongoing development.
•
Orion Healthcare and Jade Corporation are New Zealand’s two
largest software exporters, collectively producing over 50% of
software exported from New Zealand. Both have endorsed this
request.
•
Attached are the names of 1024 individuals and representatives of
kiwi software companies who are jointly calling for this change.
22. Further comments can be found at http://softwarepatents.org.nz and
background to this call at http://www.iitp.org.nz/newsletter/article/380
We trust you will consider this matter with urgency.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Matthews
CEO, Institute of IT Professionals NZ
Paul Ramsay
Co-Chair, NZRise
Dave Lane
President, NZ Open Source Society
Vikram Kumar
Chief Executive, InternetNZ
[Note: Signatures removed in public version]
Endorsements for this changed wording
We, the undersigned:
• Believe that innovation is hindered, not helped, by software patents;
• Believe that the current clause 10A(2) of the Patents Bill undermines the
exclusion of software patents;
• Request that Commerce Minister Craig Foss alter the Supplementary Order
Paper for the Patents Bill currently awaiting its second reading before NZ
Parliament to read as follows:
10A(2): Subsection (1) does not prevent an invention that makes use of
an embedded computer program from being patentable.
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William Buick
Rob van der Linde
Christopher James Lee
Benjamin Reichelt
Neil Forster
Bruce Aylward
Jan Larres
Jonathan Staniford
Mohamed Alsharaf
Arryn Pidwell
Terry Booth
James Hancock
Andrew Esler
Dave Cottlehuber
Andre Geldenhuis
Dominic Tarr
Darryn Brooking
Sean Hamlin
Nicole Williams
Greg Elisara
Justin Scott
Glen Walker
Julian Oliver
Will Bryant
Andrew Crosby
Bruno de Paula Kinoshita
Brenda Chawner
Representing
Embedded Engineering
Innes 48-hour Business Competitions
Jack Yan & Associates
Ninex Ltd.
Karere Inc.
Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology
sole trader
Individual
Capsaicin Limited
Encode Ltd
[benjamin:reichelt]
Psoda Limited
Victoria University of Wellington
sole trader
Grapefruit Media
i.deas.digital.consultants
sole trader
Catalyst IT
Digitribal
Sole Trader
Sekuda Ltd
R.E.A.L
TupiLabs
#
Name
Representing
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
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521
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525
526
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528
John Rankin
Lewis Christie
Sumit Kumar
Aaron Roydhouse
Olivier Carlier
Paul WIlson
Sigurd Magnusson
Simon Anderson
John Billings
MIchael Baxter
Garreth Victor Morgan
John Pell
Cameron Scott Beattie
Jeffrey Bruce Cool
Clark Raymond Farrant MILLS
Berend de Boer
Bruce Ingleby Clement
mikael letang
Anthony John Marsden
Steven Thomas
Andrew Murphy
cal marsh
hardik
Roger Searle
hardik
Ron Raikes
Kevin Carillo
Desmond
Bryan Winters
Tom Skunca
William Howard
Nick
Craig Russell
Nicholas Loomans
Quentin Quaadgras
Steve Holdoway
paul rollin
Rhys Davies
Jacky Wither
Josh Campbell
Affinity Limited
529
Paul Milliken
Outwide Limited
self
Sole Trader
Utopia
Conversant Ltd
Opus International Consultants
The University of Auckland
Xplain Technology Ltd
Representing Myself
90 TEN LIMITED
Otago Polytechnic
Digital Retail Systems Limited
bocapa.com
patel seles
Opus
Victoria University of Wellington
Orcon
Yellow
OPUS
Traff1k
Green Gecko Global ltd
Egressive
Egressive
Egressive Limited
Nicolaou Consulting Limited (Mechanical and
Automation Engineers)
#
Name
Representing
530
531
532
533
534
535
536
537
538
539
540
541
542
543
544
545
546
547
548
549
550
551
552
553
554
555
556
557
558
559
560
561
562
563
564
565
566
567
568
569
570
571
Patrick Davey
Drew Whittle
Steven Vincent
Aman Pilgrim
L. James Pluck
Gynn Rickerby
Jason lemoto
Kevin Sparks
Carl Penwarden
Roger Bruce Byers
William Graham Seabrook
Glenn Parker
Max Coyle
Rob Brown-Bayliss
William Gaze
Tamara Jacqueline Olliver
Michael Birch
Ronnie Smart
Brenda Wallace
Guy Bibby
Leon Matthews
Robert Keir Taylor
Caleb Holland
Jethro Carr
David Jones
Bruce Chapman
Allan McPherson
Donal McMullan
Matt Hancock
Svend Andersen
Carl Robben
Glenn Walbran
David Michael Firmin
Ricardo Furtado
Lee Begg
Christian Hipp
Dan Wallis
Daniel Hughes
Dave Clarke
Paul Waite
Reed Wade
Stanley Wing
Snowpool - Carpooling to the hills
As an Individual
TechnologyWise
Sole trader
Courage Web Solutions Limited
Sole Trader
Individual
Just Digital
Abletech
Sole Trader
Themesandmodules.com
Coyle Media Consultants
ENZ
Windrush Design
sole trader
Ubiquity
Messiah Studio
Individual
Sole Trader
Resolve Digital Ltd
Sole Trader
Maxx Information Systems Ltd
Sole trader
sole trader
Sole Trader
Success Monkey Limited
Begg Digital Ltd
sole trader
sole trader
NEC NZ Ltd
#
Name
572
573
574
575
576
577
578
579
580
581
582
583
584
585
586
587
588
589
590
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593
594
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596
597
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603
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605
606
607
608
609
610
611
612
613
Manfred Kraemer
Morgan Loomis
Jonathan Stanger
Johannes Hanika
Thomas Edwards
Nicolas Petit
Aaron Wallis
James McGlinn
Phillip Hitchcock
Greg Fawcett
Richard William Russell
Max Annear
Elliott Young
Stuart Kent
Stefan Sepanaho
Mike O'Connor
Simon Davis
Daniel Evan May
Tristan Lovett
Alexey Botkov
Mr. D. McKay
Rebecca Downes
Andrew Russell
Dennis Sosnoski
Benjamin Ariel Levy
marcus michael yass
Erik Winquist
Jason Grindlay
Justine Sake
Mark Wilcox
Carl Laufer
Anthony John Henry Yates
Donovan Jones
Paul Richard Bennett
Liam Colmer
Jens Dietrich
Hans Werner Guesgen
Douwe Ykema
Kudakwashe Dube
Melissa Draper
Matthew Dombroski
Stephen Shkardoon
Representing
sole trader
weta digital contractor
Sole Trader
sole trader
Sentinel Technologies
Virtual Industries Group
CloudG6
Sole trader
sole trader
freelance
Idiom Ltd
Director - Catalyst IT
Sole trader
sole trader
sole trader
Mindware Ltd
Sosnoski Software Associates Limited
Catalyst IT Limited
MoveForward 2011 Ltd
164 Walter Strevens Drive
Massey University
Massey University
Sole trader
Massey University
#
Name
614
615
616
617
618
619
620
621
622
623
624
625
626
627
628
629
630
631
632
633
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635
636
637
638
639
640
641
642
643
644
645
646
647
648
649
650
651
652
653
654
655
Calum Peter Matthew Shaw
Daniel Miles
Zane Duncan
Lindsay Gordon
Shevaun Coker
Antony Fendall
Dan Marsden
Paul Murrell
Finn Cardno
Caleb Sawtell
Joseph Russell
Bill Borman
Joseph Russell
Hayden Eastmond-Mein
Warwick Sullivan
Tom Butlin
Ian Batterbee
Shaun Lee
Jiri Schlemmer
Tyrone Mapp
Greg Signal
timothy cox
Kevin Zhou
Sophus Glasgow
Nicholas Molhoek
Graham Harris
Che Comrie
Leslie Viljoen
Rory Varcoe
Mani Kanth Athyala
Ian Aldridge
Ryan Williams
Sam Firth
Cole Maguire
Joseph Loader
Margaret Harris
Nik Coughlin
Benjamin Zambo
Joel Lauterbach
Chris Haddock
Neil Bertram
Di Kun Ong
Representing
sole trader
sole trader
Caleb Sawtell
sole trader
Sandcastle Consulting
SureFire Search
between jobs
Lee ter Wal
New Zealand Business Network (2004) ltd
littlemoneky
sole trader
Localist
Sole Trader
sole trader
Sole Trader
Margaret Harris
Information Age Limited
#
Name
Representing
656
657
658
659
660
661
662
663
664
665
666
667
668
669
670
671
672
673
674
675
676
677
678
679
680
681
682
683
684
685
686
687
688
689
690
691
692
693
694
695
696
697
Michael Reitzenstein
Anthony Wood
Robin Stark
Mark Cranness
Lance Watson
Lawrence Thompson
Joseph Mark
Peter Bulmer
Paul Ferris
Aaron Chester
Ben Abbott
Sam Rodgers
Stacey Banks
Stuart McDonald
Eben Miller
Mike Crump
Matthew Sprigings
Phil Stevens
Luke McKee
Kawaii Gardiner
Robert Murray
Jared Sanson
Matthew Hattie
Alexander Ronald McMillan
Mitchell Reid
Nick Breese
Joey Parr
Maxim Kuvyrkov
Joseph Fox
Alex White-Robinson
Matt Currie
Yoon Hong
Andrew Easterbrook
Andrew Maxwell
Daniel Schramm
Jordan Craig Hornblow
Wayne Tsai
Michael Schramm
Alistair King
Thomas Coats
Cormac McBride
Matthew Lang
Big Block Games
Victoria University of New Zealand
sole trader
sole trader
Sole trader
sole trader
Massey University
freightClarity
Alpha Geek Ltd
Sole Trader
Sole Trader
Sole Trader
(individual)
Sole Trader
sole trader
Individual
Convoy Design Ltd
Kiwi Development
Sole Trader
Cyberglue Software Limited
University of Canterbury
#
Name
698
699
700
701
702
703
704
705
706
707
708
709
710
711
712
713
714
715
716
717
718
719
720
721
722
723
724
725
726
727
728
729
730
731
732
733
734
735
736
737
738
739
James Michael Fuller
Diarmaid Ruth
Jason Motha
Joe Stringer
Jordan Brizzell
Byron Andrews
Frank Mullenger
Robin Sheat
Larissa Ralph
Michael Annan
Brent Crammond
Warwick Rigby
Rob Pearson
Samuel Williams
Andrew Carr-Smith
Daniel de Waal
Liam Chadwick Mitchell
Lloyd Hasson
Robert John McNeur
Leslie Chisholm
Julian Melville
Greg C
tim foley
matt fordham
Vincent Hall
Stathi Triadis
Ethan Smith
Torleif West
Lauren Parr
Mathieu Joseph Jules Boonen
Tom Mohammed
Daniel Jensen
Cam Findlay
Irina Benediktovich
Brad Rush
Tim Salter
Caleb McDougall
Slade Winstone
Chris Chen
Tim Klein
David Fyfe
Josh Brake
Representing
Abstract Factory
Student
Anameg Consulting Ltd
Southern Communications Ltd
Presbyterian Support Otago
Orion Transfer Ltd
rowIT Ltd
Telco Technology Services
Opus International Consultants
Jampan Ltd
Otago Polytechnic
sole
Slade Winstone
Dodat Ltd
sole trader
#
Name
740
741
742
743
744
745
746
747
748
749
750
751
752
753
754
755
756
757
758
759
760
761
762
763
764
765
766
767
768
769
770
771
772
773
774
775
776
777
778
779
780
781
Rawiri Blundell
Trevor Preston
Leon fields
Ridge Kennedy
Christopher Hamilton
Zachariah McLean
Daniel Richards
Kris Pritchard
Roger Smith
Jason Millar
Oliver Wilson
Daniel Tibbotts
Tom Eastman
Leon Leslie
Byron Bos
Mitchell Dunn
Tamati Blundell
Simon Frost
Mark Allan Hansen
Roger Nesbitt
Anthony Prisk
Nicholas de Bruin
Michael Shallcrass
Edwin David Welch
Andrew McMillan
Matthew Rounthwaite
Robert Sinton
Vaughan Hunt
Chris Clarke
Yuri de Groot
Leonard Palmer Sunmo
Crystal Valente
Philip Donovan
Steve Ngapo
Geoff R G Williams
Aaron Fulton
Gareth Popplestone
Greg Brown
Cameron Wright
David Christie
Aaron Henderson
Matthew Holland
Representing
Gravity Computing
Catalyst IT
Cherami Ltd
Student
Telogis
sole trader
Dave Welch Computer Consultant
Meric Consulting Limited
39South Consulting
sole trader
Sole trader
sole trader
SHORE, Massey University
Primal Blaze Ltd
sole trader
Greg Brown
Web Vine Ltd
#
Name
Representing
782
783
784
785
786
787
788
789
790
791
792
793
794
795
796
797
798
799
800
801
802
803
804
805
806
807
808
809
810
811
812
813
814
815
816
817
818
819
820
821
822
823
Igor Portugal
Daniel O'Kane
Alasdair Coull
Sam Blackmore
Michael
Adam
Steven McArdle
Lindy Valente
David Ian Cowman
Kevin Williams
Chris Fourie
Frayne Cooke
Arthur William Protin, Jr.
Megan Bowra-Dean
Dustan Dowsing
Phil Wheeler
Simon John Mahony
Robert O'Brien
Ryan Harte
Henry Ashton-Martyn
ashley buckwell
Josiah Spackman
Shea Dawson
Joshua Forde
Jon Pawley
Benjamin Mark Kenny
Amy Ninnes
Nathan John Torkington
Stephen Pearce
Ketan Morar
Christopher Bull
Ian Shuttleworth
Darren Hewett
Brad Reeve
Ruben Blok
Bruce Spedding
Julian Waters
Jeff James
Tim Jordan
Tony James Randle
Stephen George
Chris Webb
Vadacom Ltd.
Webscope
EOSSOnline Limited
Gypsy Pickers
sole trader
Talentzeal Ltd.
NATCOM
sole trader
Office Acuity Limited
Avalon Technology Ltd
Sole Trader
Personal
Shea Dawson
Rabid Ltd
White Cloud Solutions Limited
Kiwi Foo Camp
POPin Network Limited
sole trader
Personal
wiNZurf
controlroom ltd
Stoneyridge Software
sole trader
sole trader
National Institute of Water and Atmosphere
#
Name
824
825
826
827
828
829
830
831
832
833
834
835
836
837
838
839
840
841
842
843
844
845
846
847
848
849
850
851
852
853
854
855
856
857
858
859
860
861
862
863
864
865
Uwe Duesing
Jason Edwards
Chris Mackey
Chris James Baxter
Nigel Macpherson
Jason Schwarzenberger
Simon Wellborne
Michael Homer
Clare Elizabeth Nixon
Oliver Bridgman
Aaron Tuwhangai
Duncan Blair Parker
Jon Lemmon
Russel Garlick
David Hicks
Henry Collingridge
Rohan Wakefield
Shane Paul
Nigel Woolf
Richard Dennis Bartlett
Justin Soong
Paul Catling
William Travis Holton
Orlon Petterson
Paul Smith
Paul Clark
Malcolm Bell
Michael Watson
Levent Okyay
Kenneth May
maree munro
Joy Cottle
Stephen Gorton
Aaron Thornton
Matthew Whitehead
sam nobs
Christopher Wood
Paul Crane
Ajay Murthy
Hamish Campbell
Iain Urquhart
Joshua Vial
Representing
Loaded Reports
Sole Trader
Face to Face Technology Ltd
sole trader
sole trader
Loomio Limited
Enspiral Limited
Simian Software Ltd
sole trader
Loomio
Ractivis
Catalyst IT
PS Web
Sole Trader
Watson IT Limited
Copono
Institute of IT Professionals
Loomio Ltd.
Pirate Party of New Zealand
PhD Student, University of Otago
(individual)
Jam Digital Ltd
Enspiral
#
Name
Representing
866
867
868
869
870
871
872
873
874
875
876
877
878
879
880
881
882
883
884
885
886
887
888
889
890
891
892
893
894
895
896
897
898
899
900
901
902
903
904
905
906
907
Gerhard Kessell-Haak
William Andrew Elvey
Simon Russell Tegg
Chris Toynbee
Sam Rye
Grant McLean
Ian Callard
Anna Norman
Jeremy Paul Norman
Paul Sinclair
Will Lau
Brian King
Edward Comer
Alex Gibson
Jun Yamog
Jonathan Hardie
Volkert Jurgens
Danyl strype
Alex Korban
Jesse Pattinson
Thomas Carl Grelecki
Eryn Lovell
Anthony Cabraal
Grayson Mitchell
Florence Irene Hill-Rennie
Michael Clark
Shawn Hamman
David Johnson
Lachlan Priest
AJ Guillon
Marcus McBride
Kale Worsley
Robert James
Chris Brkoken
Paul Starling
Chris White
Matthew Clarkson
Cameron Storey
Petrus Andre Lategan
Sam Cannell
Daryl Pearson
Matthew Hunt
CogniSen
n/a
Enspiral
Enspiral Limited
Bucky Box
Catalyst IT
sole trader
LearningSource Ltd
Bucky Box Limited
All torque productions
Hashbang
sole trader
Disintermedia
Aotea Studios
Sole Trader
Sole Trader
Enspiral
sole trader
Sole Trader
sole trader
Sole Trader
Geomechanica Limited
Canterbury Computer Services Ltd
The Last Word Consulting Company Limited
Sole trader
#
Name
908
909
910
John Rees
Keith Allen Fletcher
Brent Whiteley
911
Paul Barnett
912
913
914
915
916
917
918
919
920
921
922
923
924
925
926
927
928
929
930
931
932
933
934
935
936
937
938
939
940
941
942
943
944
945
946
947
948
Peter Reutemann
Daniel Lim
Reg Hammond
moshe jacobson
Phil de Joux
Brian Straka
Chris Deaker
Bernhard Pfahringer
Richard Nelson
Stu Paulin
Eibe Frank
Peter Lock
Jonathan Kyle
John Alexander Holley
Thrain Shadbolt
Nathaniel Bacchus
Michael Tapp
Oliver Layug
Henrietta Hall
bruce warren kelly
Brendon Livingstone
Simon Welsh
Lisa Matthews
Jonathan Santaana
Will Rossiter
Simon Morris
Paul Ashton
Amanda Peet
Amanda Peet
Hamish Fraser
Leighland Okey
AProf. Mark Utting
Jodi York
Michael Zeff
Bryan Muir
Pete Nicholls
Julian Muenster
Representing
Gallagher Group Ltd
The University of Auckland
BarnettLaw Limited, Barrister, Solicitor & Notary
Public
University of Waikato (Research Programmer)
Reg Hammond Consulting Ltd
sole trader
Block Scope Limited
Te Ngahere Native Forest Management
University of Waikato
Traffic Design Group
University of Waikato
Zelasoft (Lock Design Ltd)
Visible Results Ltd
Sole trader
Cyma Ltd
Henrietta Hall
kk farms
Representing my personal view
PocketRent
Interested member of the Public
Fullscreen Interactive
individual IT professional
Verb ltd
The University of Waikato
New Zealand government
Zero Five Right Limited
Respond IT
MetaNation Ltd
#
Name
Representing
949
950
951
952
953
954
955
956
957
958
959
960
961
962
963
964
965
966
967
968
969
970
971
972
973
974
975
976
977
978
979
980
981
982
983
984
985
986
987
988
989
990
Warwick Eade
Murray Singleton
Dennis Viehland
Edwin Flores
Gordon James Milne
Geoffrey Spurr
Christopher John Edsall
Ben Smith
Vinesh Naicker
Ben d'Anvers
Julian James Apatu
Alireza Haghnia
Hills Hurricks
Andrew McEwen Mason
Andrew Cooke
Brendan McCane
Allan Anderson
Brian Douglas Calhoun
Reuben Bell
Paul LeBeau
Tim Renouf
Justin Maloney
Douglas Keel
Eric David Peachey
Mark Hallam Howie
Tom Isaacson
Hazel Jennings
Jesse Kershaw
Jas'n Forlong
Ben Knight
Andrew Donald Sewell CITP MIITP
Keith William Hannon
Tom Seaman
Michael Pollmeier
Richard Eltringham
Simon Bishop
Anthony Dowling
Toby Ruckert
Miriam Odlin
Wayne Worsfold McDougall
Chris Mahoney
Sean Linton
Lancom Technology Limited
Massey University
Mozilla
Institute of IT Professionals
Julian Apatu
Curious Cuts
The Knowledge Group Ltd
Rezare Systems
University of Otago
Enspiral
CFK Productions, Ltd.
Cave Rock Software Ltd
Software developer
Leo Architecture Ltd
Sole trader
Sole trader
Dale Jennings Associates Ltd.
Sole Trader
Loomio
knowledge.update Ltd.
Nuway ltd
Sole trader
Viewnamics Ltd
Sjones Limited
UIB Limited
sole trader
Don't Panic! Solutions
lateral exponential
#
Name
Representing
991
992
993
994
995
996
997
998
999
1000
1001
1002
1003
1004
1005
1006
1007
1008
1009
1010
1011
1012
1013
1014
1015
1016
1017
1018
1019
1020
1021
1022
1023
1024
Stephen Marsland
Nathan Gracie
John Francis Stoke
jonathan harrington
Michael Gray
Jeremy Bank
Nathaniel Flick
Brendan Joseph Seerup
Nathan Overall
C Lam
Nik Turner
Douglas Davey
Carlin Archer
John Lennard
Eric Crampton
Elizabeth McKendry
Katie Graham
James Gilberd
Daniel Wallace
Andrew Gall
Shiv Manas
Steve Reeves
John Wells
Nathan Parker
Simon Dallaway
Tino Koschinski
Alan Moore
Michael Norrish
Harry Maurice Johnston
Ben Herron
Mario Marzuki
David Faulkner
Jane Cowdrey
Roger Wayne Willcocks
Massey University
As a member or the IT Profession
Wekandu Ltd
sole trader
4or Strategic Design
Dirt and Rust
AndroidNZ.net
Redweb Limited
Economist
An ordinary person
Webscope
Datacom
The Laptop Company
sole trader
The University of Waikato
Cascade Computer Solutions Ltd
Warrington School
Tait Electronics
Definition Ltd
Armchair Guitarist
sole trader
Sole Trader
L-space Design Limited