Comments on: NZ’s “huge” security opportunity https://istart.co.nz/nz-news-items/nzs-huge-security-opportunity/ iStart technology in business leading the way to smarter technology investment - A/NZ ERP, CRM, BI, HR, eCommerce software research, trends and buyer's guides. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 15:02:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: chris https://istart.co.nz/nz-news-items/nzs-huge-security-opportunity/#comment-2316 Sat, 14 Mar 2015 04:15:20 +0000 https://istart.co.nz/?post_type=news-items&p=9891#comment-2316 Trust NZ? Really? After yet another spying scandal, this time against our South Pacific allies?

The whole world knows NZ is now a NSA pawn, and that our spies are eager to earn “brownie points” with their US colleagues.

Sadly, the “Trust NZ” brand is deadborn, and wil be joined soon by the “100% pure” brand after the release of GMOs and the multiple dairy scandals.

Our govt knows the value of nothing that doesn’t have a price tag on it, especially not intangibles like image. How not to capitalise on our main weakness and make our remoteness an asset!

We could be a trusted secure financial hub (remember that?), a reliable data hub, a trusted food source producer. But a quick buck is much easier to make.

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