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What we build matters, but how the state supports it matters more
25 Jun 2026, 2:47 PMOpinion piece: Don Christie, Managing Director and Co-founder of Catalyst, explores why open source and open standards should become the default for government procurement.
Getting the big moments right: A spotlight on digital government support for life events
11 May 2026, 12:41 PMFor over a decade, the Department of Internal Affairs has led cross government collaboration to shape digital services around the moments that matter most to New Zealand citizens.
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NZOSA Finalists Part 5: Open Source in Education, Social Services and Youth
Nov 8, 2021, 9:00 AMOver the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements.
NZOSA Finalists Part 4: Open Source Contributor
Oct 28, 2021, 9:00 AMOver the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements. Congratulations to all the finalists, and we look forward to celebrat
NZOSA Finalists Part 3: Open Source Software Project
Oct 20, 2021, 9:00 AMOver the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements.
Building a bridge: PLE and integration with other tools for assessment purposes
Oct 18, 2021, 6:48 PMMahara is an ePortfolio platform where learners have control over their own learning journeys. It can also connect to learning management systems for assessment purposes.
What's in the future of Mahara?
Oct 18, 2021, 9:00 AMLooking to the future of Mahara, in the final part of this Mahara series.
Mahara: It takes a village
Oct 18, 2021, 9:00 AMWhile Catalyst does the majority of the development work, we don't come up with new features and changes to Mahara in a vacuum. Together with our clients and the wider community, we learn what students, educators, and professionals need.
NZOSA Finalists Part 2: Open Source Use in Business
Oct 13, 2021, 9:00 AMOver the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements. Congratulations to all the finalists, and we look forward to celebrat
NZOSA Finalists Part 1: Open Source in Government
Oct 6, 2021, 9:00 AMOver the next two months we'll be featuring the finalists from each category in the 2021 New Zealand Open Source Awards, preceding the February 2022 gala dinner and award announcements. Congratulations to all the finalists, and we look forward to cel
Koha – reflecting on the name
Sep 30, 2021, 9:00 AMKris Wehipeihana reflects on the meaning of Koha and how this is relevant for libraries.
My year so far: Koha and accessibility
Sep 16, 2021, 9:00 AMWainui Witika-Park Rōpū kohinga Developer at Catalyst, shares an update on her first year working on Koha and how she focuses on web accessibility in her role.
Catalyst's birthday is a day-long celebration for all staff
Sep 1, 2021, 10:09 AMCatathon began in 2017, as a way of celebrating Catalyst’s 20th birthday. The idea was simple: staff could work on anything they liked for a day. See photos of our 2021 Catathon event.
Moodle project ACE wins international student success award
Aug 3, 2021, 9:00 AMCatalyst is honoured to have worked in collaboration with the University of Canterbury on this positive and important tool, and is thrilled to see ACE recognised and celebrated with this award.
How to explain things better using analogies
Jul 13, 2021, 9:00 AMThis article is an adapted version of Maia's talk at the nz.js(con); 2021 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Increasing clicks to your Koha
May 26, 2021, 9:00 AMAleisha Amohia, Rōpū kohinga Technical Lead at Catalyst shares tips for marketing Koha to your users and increasing traffic to your library site.
Global demand sees Catalyst IT expand to Canada
May 18, 2021, 9:00 AMCatalyst is excited to announce the official launch of a Catalyst team in Canada.
Global Accessibility Awareness Day event
May 18, 2021, 9:00 AMHere at Catalyst we take digital accessibility seriously, embedding it into our development projects from the beginning.
Catalyst is New Zealand's first Web Accessibility supplier
Apr 22, 2021, 9:00 AMCatalyst was the first supplier in New Zealand to be approved by the Department of Internal Affairs on the New Zealand Marketplace for Web Accessibility.
Cutting Gordian knots: Funding improved Kerberos testing in Samba
Apr 9, 2021, 3:37 PMThe old test suite the Samba team are replacing is similar to sand in the way that each time the team touched it or what was already built on, it just crumbled, because it was overly sensitive.
10 tips to build an LMS your learners will love
Mar 25, 2021, 9:00 AMJulia's open source internship experience
Mar 15, 2021, 9:00 AMCheck out Julia's review of being an intern at Catalyst.