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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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Catalyst and University Canterbury use AI to better support students
Jul 1, 2020, 9:00 AMCatalyst has innovated with the University of Canterbury (UC) using Moodle and machine learning technology TensorFlow to help both staff and students identify engagement levels versus their cohort.
Keeping up with Kohacon20 – Episode 1
Jul 1, 2020, 9:00 AMKohacon is the annual conference of the Koha Software Community. This year we are celebrating 20 years of Koha so the conference is returning to where it all began – right here, in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Release of Koha 20.05
Jun 12, 2020, 8:09 PMThe Catalyst Koha team are delighted to celebrate the release of Koha 20.05.
Early Returns/Guard Clauses in JavaScript (and React)
May 25, 2020, 9:00 AMWhat Early Returns/Guard Clauses are, why you should use them, and examples of how to use them in React.
Mahara 20.04: Better support for large organisations
May 14, 2020, 9:00 AM
It pays to stay local; Open procurement
May 6, 2020, 9:00 AMYou may be supporting your local cafés with takeaways and buying gifts from local artists – well this approach needs to be mirrored in our ICT industry.
Koha: Let the people read, for longer
Apr 1, 2020, 9:00 AMA feature has been quickly developed within Koha that allows libraries to update the due dates of items currently on loan, in bulk. Before this feature, due dates could only be batch extended from inside the database – now, librarians can do it themselves
Lessons from an accessibility adventurer
Mar 31, 2020, 9:00 AM
Koha: Taking your library online
Mar 31, 2020, 9:00 AM
Quick tips for ‘Emergency’ Online Learning with Moodle
Mar 26, 2020, 9:00 AMNormally, when preparing to deliver courses online you would have had months of planning and discussions with a team of Learning Designers, Learning Technologists and possibly Multimedia Specialists.
Koha support during COVID-19
Mar 25, 2020, 9:00 AM
Catalyst gets more kiwi classrooms online with BigBlueButton
Mar 19, 2020, 9:00 AMCatalyst partners with Blindside Networks - founders and managers of the BigBlueButton project, to extend online classrooms to more learners across New Zealand.
Women in tech; past, present and future
Mar 12, 2020, 9:00 AMWith the recent International Women’s Day, I wanted to take some time to appreciate and think about women in the tech industry. So, ‘Ghost of Christmas Past’ style, let us take a journey through the past, present and future of women in tech.
Catalyst awards its 2020 Scholarships
Mar 9, 2020, 9:00 AMOpen source tile caching - Dana's intern experience
Mar 9, 2020, 9:00 AMInterning at Catalyst: first steps into free and open source software
Mar 9, 2020, 9:00 AMCatalyst goes to the zoo
Feb 26, 2020, 9:00 AM
The Future of New Zealand's Technology
Jan 31, 2020, 8:00 PMPreservation and protection of Christchurch's' taonga and kōrero
Dec 17, 2019, 9:00 AMCatalyst’s South Island branch fought hard to preserve Christchurch's history with two expert open source solutions.