The Insights Blog

Auckland, New Zealand – June 6, 2018 – New Era IT has been named a finalist in the 2018 Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards in three categories: Cloud for Good, Empowering Employees and Engaging Customers. The company was recognised among a national field of innova…

Experienced leaders, vintners, and cheese-makers (three of my favourite things) have something in common: They all understand the importance of the concept of time. The tension between the rise of technology, and humanity’s ability to make ethical and moral decisions …

Incredibly its May already. Term 2 has kicked off and the year is almost halfway through! In the past few months we have been busy supporting and attending a number of educational conferences and during the break, we have been assisting numerous schools to transition to…

The term two issue of Total Solutions for Schools is out now! In this Issue What’s New? We take a look at what’s new for educators in the technology space this term. Client Story: Fast Forward. A new direction in ICT for Tararua College. Changing for the Better.…

On Wednesday the 4th of April at Bayfield High School, New Era IT in partnership with the Ministry of Education will be begin a series of seminars focussed on the Schools’ Cloud Transformation Project. Providing a discussion around Digital Transformation and the …

The term two issue of Total Solutions for Schools is out now! In this Issue What’s New? We take a look at what’s new for educators in the technology space this term. Term One Giveaway. Win an Acer Switch 12 in this term’s reader giveaway. Client Story: Aorere …

New Era IT is proud to support a wide range of conferences and expos in the education sector. The season for conferences is nearly upon us! One of the first is the Secondary Principals Association of New Zealand (SPANZ) to be held in the ever-popular venue of Queenstown…

The term four issue of Total Solutions for Schools is out now! In this Issue What’s New? We take a look at what’s new for educators in the technology space this term. Term Four Giveaway. Win an Acer Spin R11 Chromebook in this term’s reader giveaway. …

I was taught that policy is an organisation’s overarching guidance and principles, which are clearly different from procedures. Procedures, on the other hand, are what we actually use on a day-to-day basis to support policy. Procedures can be refined and redefined…

Welcome back to school for 2018. Hopefully, you have had a great break and are fully recharged to take on the New Year. At New Era, we have been very busy over November, December and January assisting our client schools with numerous ICT projects across the country. Mov…

One of the most difficult challenges for an educational leader is to filter, shield and straight out destroy some of the internal and external noise that exists. Most of this noise is well-intentioned, however the sheer volume of it in education alone can make for littl…