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NASA Senior Economist Dr. Alex MacDonald connects with New Zealand’s emerging space sector

Dr. Alex MacDonald is NASA’s Senior Economic Advisor within the Office of the Administrator at NASA Headquarters and is one of the foremost experts on the economic history of American space exploration and contemporary private-sector space activities. During a one-week trip to New Zealand, Dr. MacDonald connected with a wide array of government, academic, and ...

By Ola Thorsen | 28 December, 2017 | Categories: Auckland, Business, Doing Business in the U.S., News, Science & Tech, U.S. & New Zealand, U.S. Consulate Auckland | Tags: AUT University, Consul General Melanie Higgins, NASA, Peter Beck, RocketLab, Space exploration, TedxAuckland, U.S. - N.Z. Youth Council

U.S. tech investment duo Steve Meller & Larry Howell visit NZ to discuss Govtech

By Public Affairs staff, U.S. Embassy Wellington. The U.S. Embassy and Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) welcomed U.S. tech investment duo Steve Meller and Larry Howell to New Zealand last week for a series of events and meetings in Wellington and Auckland. The area of focus for the week was the GovTech space – the area of digital transformation within the public sector ...

By Public Affairs Section | 13 June, 2017 | Categories: Business, Connecting with Kiwis, Doing Business in the U.S., News, Science & Tech | Tags: Bizdojo, CreativeHQ, CreativeHQ Startup Garage, demo day, Innovation and Employment, Larry Howell, MBIE, Ministry of Business, R9 Accelerator, Steve Meller

A Warm Dunedin Welcome for Nancy and Ambassador Gilbert

By Mara Hosoda, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate General, Auckland. On April 13 and 14, 2016 the U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert and his wife, Mrs. Nancy Gilbert, made their first official visit to Dunedin, New Zealand. The Gilberts met with a cross section of Dunedin’s government, business, university, and civil society sectors. It was a ...

By Mike Cousins | 21 April, 2016 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Doing Business in the U.S., First People's Connect, Former Ambassadors, News, Science & Tech, U.S. & New Zealand | Tags: Animation Research, Craig Halbmaier, Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Fulbright, Harlene Hayne, Nancy Gilbert, NASA, Otago Business School, Otago Museum, Pacific Islands Centre, TPP, U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert, University of Otago, Vice-Chancellor, Visiting Executives Program, Youth Council

Hello Hamilton!

By Mara Hosoda, Public Affairs Section, U.S. Consulate, Auckland On February 2, 2016, U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert and Auckland Consul General Melanie Higgins had a day trip to Hamilton to meet with the local government, businesses, iwi and the university. It was a fun-filled day to learn more about existing U.S. and New Zealand connections ...

By Mike Cousins | 3 February, 2016 | Categories: Connecting with Kiwis, Doing Business in the U.S., Former Ambassadors, Public Affairs | Tags: Consul General Melanie Higgins, Cooley Law School Krinock Lecture, Hamilton, Hamilton City Council, Hamilton Gardens, Mayor’s Office, Pacific Aerospace, Tidd Ross Todd, U.S. Ambassador Mark Gilbert, University of Waikato, Waikato Chamber of Commerce, Waikato Milking Systems, Waikato Tainui

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