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March 12, 2026
Strengthening Theta’s AI Capability with Two New Specialists
As organisations increasingly look to AI to unlock efficiency, insight, and innovation, the demand for practical, scalable AI solutions continues to grow. To support our customers on this journey, we’re pleased to welcome two new AI specialists to Theta, who will also contribute to our existing GenAI Centre of Excellence.
March 4, 2026
Tech Trends Shaping Business in 2026
Businesses are navigating a rapidly evolving tech landscape. At Theta, we explored these trends in a two-part podcast series, drawing on insights from a series of executive events held across the country. Attendees used a custom web app to swipe right for trends they see as relevant in the next 12 months, giving us a real-time snapshot of what business leaders are prioritising. Here’s a summary of the key tech trends for 2026 identified by New Zealand business leaders.
February 12, 2026
Securing Your Data for the Age of AI: Lessons from Our Microsoft Purview Journey
In the latest episode of our podcast The Innovation Circuit, we unpacked what we learned from implementing Microsoft Purview sensitivity labelling and data protection, both internally and with our customers. The journey wasn’t always smooth, but the lessons were invaluable. Here’s what we learned.
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January 29, 2026
Five Power BI Updates That Deliver Real Business Value
Every month, Microsoft releases Power BI updates and announcements. Some introduce new capabilities, some improve existing ones, and some are simply informative. For business users and business analysts, keeping up with all of them, and knowing which ones truly matter, is both time-consuming and unrealistic. This blog highlights my top five Power BI updates from June 2025 to January 2026 that deliver the greatest business value.
January 22, 2026
Watch Now — The Innovation Circuit EP 9: A guide to data protection with Microsoft Purview during the AI revolution
In this episode, we’ll be discussing how to ensure your organisation’s sensitive data remains secure and confidential with Microsoft Purview.
November 12, 2025
What's New in Dynamics 365 Business Central 2025: wave 2
Watch the Dynamics 365 Business Central update with Head of Dynamics 365, Joerg Rau.
October 2, 2025
Azure North Migration: FAQs Answered by Theta Specialists
Since December 2024, New Zealand organisations have been able to start migrating to Microsoft's Azure North Data Centre. But what questions are organisations asking first? Here are our top FAQs.
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July 3, 2014
Theta at the movies: preview screening for customers and families
Last Sunday we were delighted to host 330 keen moviegoers for two special preview 3D screenings of How to Train Your Dragon 2, in Auckland and Wellington.
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May 3, 2014
2014 - The Race Day Report
Start location for our third CureKids Great Adventure Race was Tapapakanga regional park on the Firth of Thames. The start location is only known 3 day before the race and the course itself released half an hour before the race as a series of grid references. This is the most stressful part of the race, plotting the course accurately onto a map before the start gun goes.
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April 16, 2014
Theta wins at Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards
Microsoft New Zealand honoured its partners at a ceremony in Auckland this week, with Theta taking out the Business Intelligence Partner of the Year award, and named a finalist in ERP and Windows Azure Solution categories.
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March 31, 2014
Finalist in three categories at Microsoft New Zealand Partner Awards
Microsoft New Zealand has announced the finalists in their 2013 Partner Awards, with Theta getting the nod in three categories.
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March 26, 2014
Counting down to race day – late March Cure Kids fundraising & training
Every week Alan Moore sets up a course involving some sort of run and/or bike often with a river crash, so we learn to get through anything thrown our way in this year’s Cure Kids adventure race. On Friday 4 April 2014, we will be running and mountain biking in a race with a dose or orienteering thrown in. So we do have to get some training in, and yes, the map reading it does test our old eyes and brains as well, but now most of all, we are all full-on completing the fundraising part for ‘the kids’. Dave Mason, trained with us last year, and has taken on the task of facilitating the internal auction bids and encouraging some adventurous fundraising action.
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March 24, 2014
Training afternoon - Open to anyone
It was with a little trepidation over my ability to keep up with the super fit adventure racers that I agreed to participate on a training afternoon. I have previously watched first hand with awe and wonder the physical abuse the team put their bodies through on race day. The level of endurance is incredible so my angst was somewhat justified. Regardless I convinced myself that the hours in the gym would help to get me through and off to the wild West Coast I went.
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March 16, 2014
Cannibal Creek
Tuesday again, this time we met at the car park at North Piha and we had another beautiful hot summer's day.
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March 9, 2014
Hunua – March 9th 2014
We know the Curekids Great Adventure Race will be in the Hunua’s somewhere, but will only find the start location in the week of the race. We decided to have a training session out in the Hunuas to check out some tracks and get Jason familiar with the terrain.
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January 29, 2014
Piha Gap – January 28th 2014
After a layoff for Christmas and January it was great to be training again. Alan, Jason, Paul, Jon & Tony met on Piha road for some track running, beach exploring and stream bashing. First up was a long gnarly rooty descent into the back of Piha. A great start for everyone except Tony who found out that the regular training sessions are at a different pace to the pre-Xmas open sessions!
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December 4, 2013
November 5th - The first training (a non runner perspective)
Well - that was something. On November the 5th 2013 our 15+ (that's not the age but count - just to be clear) group took off from work at noon and headed over to the Waitakere Ranges - down to Karekare beach area.