History
The Tairawhiti Technology Trust began as the Tairawhiti Computer Hub Trust, a project of 'Gizzy Geeks' — an informal group of Information Technology (IT) professionals that work with computers in this unique region of New Zealand.
Aims
The Trust’s strategic aims include enhancing local community's engagement with cutting edge technology, fostering innovation, entrepreneurship and offering future employment opportunity in the region.
Why
The Trust believes that the internet can be the “death of distance” and it is possible to use the internet to be based in Tairawhiti, receive education from around the world and then base a business here servicing clients in New Zealand or worldwide.