The year that was #WellyTech 2017

What a monster of an 2017 ending we have for you!

In between the fantastic interviews with the #WellyTech Xmas Do guests, Raj and Mike name their top episodes of 2017 ending with their picks of the year - what was yours (leave a comment)

We take the #WellyTech interviews in batches of 3, thus:

- Hon Clare Curran (@clarecurranmp) - "Minister of the Future" (Mike's supplied title, not official)
- Liz MacPherson (@GovStatistician) - CEO of Stats NZ
- Vic MacLennan (@optimalhq) - best person, Director, Investor and Board Member

- Nate Dunn (@nate) - 3Bit Solutions and Geekzone
- Ruth McDavitt (@ruthmcdavitt) - CEO of Summer of Tech
- Paul Matthews (@nzPaulM) - CEO of IT Professionals NZ

- Kat Kolich -  ‎Head of Enterprise Data and Information Services at BNZ
- Sunit Prakash (@sunitprakash) - lean, mentor and awesome dude
- aimee whitcroft (@teh_aimee) - Flax Roots and many many civic / open movements

- Paul Stone (@enotsluap) - Open Data at Stats NZ
- Melissa Firth (@mslissa) - Chief Digital Officer of Te Papa
- Justin Douché –  Zero Point Ventures
BONUS
We've also added in our #WellyTech roaming and talks with Graham Muller from NZTech, Jesse Armstrong from Vaka Interactive (who make digital portraits) and our old friend and fellow co-host, Mauricio Freitas from Geekzone.


This year has been one of expansion, road trips and amazing conversations - here's to many MANY more in 2018!

Thanks for your time and see you next year with more tech people sharing their own stories. 

Ka kite anō au i a koutou

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Previous episodes mentioned in this podcast
- Miki Szikszai – Getting out of the building
- Natalie Albert – Diversity is hard work
- Sam Daish – Do little things that make a big difference
- Vivian Chandra – OMG Tiger Mum
- Lance Lones - Building new realities
- Dr Rosie Bosworth at TechWeek Mahia - Mana At Mahia

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Mike Riversdale (@MiramarMike) background is explaining stuff, connecting people and getting things done. Raj Khushal (@nzRaj) background is in video, design, media and making things happen.

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