Māori women are far and few between in the tech industry making it hard to diversify, but the sector is hoping to change that, with youth as their special weapon.
Yesterday intermediate and high school students were invited to a one-day full-on festival of innovation and discovery focused on Storytelling and Tech run by Tech Week 2019.
Leading all virtual, augmented and mixed reality projects and a key speaker at the event was Wrestler co-founder Kat Lintott.
She said for the industry to move forward it needed a pipeline of Māori and non-Māori to start creating.
"There are no women and no Māori in this space and when we are trying to create teams that are diverse it is impossible.