Catalyst Election Manifesto 2026: Open, sovereign, built to last.
14 Jul 2026, 3:48 AMFor decades, Aotearoa New Zealand has accumulated a Big Tech dependency deficit. Our country deserves better.
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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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Blockchain 101 - part 2
Nov 23, 2017, 11:13 AMMoving away from Symantec Certificate Authorities
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Silverstripe at Catalyst
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Catalyst and the public sector
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Under the hood of Moodle’s cron system
Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 AMAt Catalyst we work with a lot of clients who have pretty big Moodle instances.
Open source underpins Open Knowledge
Sep 13, 2017, 9:00 AMCatalyst is passionate about education. All evidence shows that access to free education and knowledge transforms individuals and economies.
ScaleConf 2017
Aug 29, 2017, 9:00 AMPursuing a life of serenity
Jul 28, 2017, 9:00 AMIt is important, especially in the fast paced world we live in, to remember to take care of number one - yourself. In order to perform at our best, we need to rejuvenate, regroup and allow our bodies and our minds to rest from time to time.
Arduino Academy 2017
Jul 28, 2017, 8:00 AMHow many other IT companies have a Kapa Haka?
Jul 21, 2017, 6:26 PM20 Years Ago
Jul 12, 2017, 9:00 AM20 years ago Jim Bolger was still our Prime Minister, the All Blacks made a clean sweep of the Bledisloe Cup and Wellington became the first city in the world to lay a fibre loop in the CBD.
How to run a tech conference
May 24, 2017, 9:00 AMSo you want to run your own tech conference? Great! Here's everything you need to know.
DevOps Day Sydney 2016
Apr 28, 2017, 9:00 AMCatalyst Open Source Academy 2017
Apr 28, 2017, 9:00 AMThe Open Source Academy is two weeks of intense learning and mentored project work. Participants work towards making a change in a real open source project.
JMeter as a Load Testing Tool
Apr 28, 2017, 9:00 AMCatalyst manages many Enterprise web applications, enough that we always seem to be upgrading one instance or another.
