Access Granted NZ

That’s it folks - thanks for everything and goodbye.--------We were a New Zealand podcast (2014 - 2019) sharing behind the scenes of Kiwi tech, media, and startups - https://accessgranted.nz/It was hosted by Mike Riversdale, Raj Khushal, and Vivian Chandra

Here it is, the final Access Granted interview and it gives us enormous pleasure that we have managed to ensure our very first ever guest , Victoria MacLennan long time friend and supporter of the show, bookends this AG run (June 2014 episode 3, Victoria MacLennan - Our First Ever Interview: https://accessgranted.nz/episodes/2015/8/31/ep-3).We simply ask, “So what’s been keepin

A discussion with Sarah Bickerton* about how we seem to focus on the commercial world led us to having a cracking chat with Dr Karl Löfgren who is Associate Professor at the Victoria University (of Wellington!) School of Government.We asked about the speed of change within government, the hurdles to government adopting new technology, and why it seems that many give the New Zealan

Shiffy Nayar is leaving a legacy and she’s not afraid if you’d like to do the same.Chatting with Shiffy we discover her More Than Rubies initiative that has awoken from it’s slumber - get involved:"... a movement for young women empowering them to make healthy and informed decisions by equipping them with the practical skills they need to achieve their dreams."During her day

The fifth of our birthday re-visits ("where are they now") has Mike and Dave catching up to discuss what has happened in the 3 years since our June 2016, "Brute force your way to success" episode.How does Dave see the New Zealand startup/ investment 'scene', what's he been working on since 2016, and what would he love you to hear based upon his ever evolving experience - if there's

Tamara Buckland has experience to share and, as it all comes together, she is now teaching others how to ensure they too look after themselves and their teams.With a discussion about diversity, wellness, and sustainability of teams within all types of teams, not just tech, we have someone that walks the walk as New Zealand evolves it's maturity away from the Silicon Valley view of

Today Viv ends her time with Access Granted by chatting with Chris McDowall. Chris and Viv first met at Kiwifoo earlier this year when he showed us a sneak peek of his latest project. If you haven’t seen the “We Are Here” book yet, check out the link below, it is beautiful and amazing.Chris first got into maps playing Dungeons And Dragons and learning about geography at unive

In the penultimate Viv hosted podcast she gets to go and talk with Gavin de Steur at Uneeq, well in fact she gets to talk to Gavin AND an online virtual human.Gavin, originally from South Africa, is interested in bringing back the emotional human-to-human connection and with UneeQ (formerly Faceme), started here in NZ, he has that opportunity. Uneeq has recently expanded out to Asi

As Access Granted moves towards the end it is our good fortune to have started the wonderful "where are they now" series to celebrate our 5th birthday year. With Ben Kepes we not only catch-up on how the past 4.5 years have treated him since we last chatted in May 2015 on his "In the cloud" episode but also share some of his insights gained on the way.Listen to the end, Ben has som

Kristen Lunman and Natalie Ferguson were last on the show just under a year ago and this the third of our 5th birthday celebration, and they are still “obnoxiously happy”. Of course Natalie is taking her third step into the AG limelight after being an early guest back in July 2014.We find out what has changed, a lot with Hatch, what still makes them happy and where it’s all h