Following on from my previous post about the Pacific Mission I thought I’d share some of the highlights and learnings from my time in the Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands are a bit behind on their development journey in comparison to many of their...

The week before last I was part of the New Zealand mission to Melanesia visiting Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Both countries are major targets of the New Zealand Aid Programme, with New Zealand involvement and support in areas ranging from police...

On the 15th May 2019 Hon David Parker, Minister for Trade and Export Growth, Economic Development, Environment, and Associate Minister for Finance, and the Attorney-General, visited the Ackama office.

Our CEO, Breccan McLeod-Lundy, talked with...

I had an amazing week working remotely from Great Barrier Island, although I was severely infected by the “Barrier Bug”:

Symptoms include: A subtle but incessant sense of peacefulness and wellbeing, a loss of memory concerning responsibilities...

The 2019 Women in Data Science (WIDS) conference was fascinating, inspiring, and overwhelming.

I think that this is the intrinsic nature of data science at the moment - as Liz MacPherson, the Chief Executive of Statistics NZ explained, data is...

The Ackama Group is pleased to announce the addition of Simon Julian to its board.

Simon is an experienced and energetic Startup CoFounder, Executive and Company Director. He is a proven leader in organisation design and management, innovation,...

I worked at Ackama as an intern between November 2018 and March 2019. In that time I worked on an internally used Rails app that was built to help manage requests for purchases by Ackama employees. Below is a little bit about what I learned about...

So you're a growing junior developer, the University's summer break is coming up and you're looking for a new development job for some necessary upskilling. Maybe you have had an internship already and you’re looking for someplace new.

I've been...

“A word after a word after a word is power.” 

 - Margaret Atwood.

Book clubs are a great place to broaden your literary horizons, socialise, share a cuppa and your love of reading with other humans. I love reading and have a pile of...

These holidays I realised that one simple change I made last year did a lot of good. I feel great about it as I'd had a lingering sense of guilt for several years. I just didn't give away as much money as I felt I wanted to. 18 months ago I...