Tech: Skills crunch, Aussies try encryption

The tech industry in New Zealand is approaching breaking point, with closed borders seriously exasperating an already stretched massive specialist skills shortage. Is New Zealand’s future economic prosperity at risk? The Australians are consulting on a set of new rules that have another go at breaking encrypted communications, in an effort to gain access to private conversations. Where’s the balance between privacy and crime-fighting? And Covid-19 conspiracy groups are getting more organised with the help of technology, communicating and organising online while also flouting Covid scanning rules across the ditch.