This year marks 30 years since TENZ was established, and throughout 2025 we’ll be celebrating the history, growth, and ongoing evolution of technology education in Aotearoa.

To guide our reflections, we’ll be drawing on whakataukī as a way to invite deeper conversation. As Joan Metge and Shane Jones remind us in He Taonga Tuku Ihō no Ngā Tūpuna: Māori Proverbial Sayings — a Literary Treasure, the true value of whakataukī lies in their discussion. Whakataukī are not ‘one and done’ translations, but prompts for thinking, for interpreting, and for making meaning in context. Each month, we’ll share a whakataukī to help frame our collective journey, past, present, and future.

We’ll also be exploring how much can change in 30 years… and how much stays the same. For example, it took from 1956 to 1982, a full 26 years, for hard drive storage to reach 1GB. But just four years later, that capacity had already quadrupled. Some shifts are slow and steady; others are exponential. As we look back on technology education over the past three decades, we invite you to reflect with us on the milestones, the constants, and the transformations.

We’ll be celebrating with you all year, stay tuned!