@billbennettnz and quite right too - I am more echoing how people talk - not the reality - as Chris pointed out in his article - the RL order was all about ‘war’ - which might explain the quiet.
Re the ‘more US’ angle - true of Xero as well - no? Another Kiwi success story.
Meanwhile New Zealand Story often talk about how NZ tech is responsible for so much export revenue - 🔗 latest news at Tin - reports $20Billion - Kiwi - TECH EXPORTS
This list includes
Fisher & Paykel Appliances - 1.6 billion - which last i heard was sold to China’s Haier - a long time ago - and I woudn’t call it tech
Datacom - 1.48 billion - which was actually Datacom TOTAL revenue
Xero - 2 billion - and yes a kiwi company headquartered in wellington - but not listed on the Kiwi exchange since 2018 and where
When does ‘Kiwi’ stop being Kiwi?
What is ‘tech’ - because this list includes white goods and media special effects - I would argue that the ‘special effects’ are the exports? If the tech could be exported - why would Cameron just about move himself here to make his films.
… and my belief is that all of this shouting damages the real stories.
Eg - like what a company like Buckley does - not massive revenues like the top 10 - but with revenue per staff member of over 600K (three times that of Xero for example) with products as deep as the are - not to mention the manufacturing issues - that a Xero doesn’t even have to think about is surely a more worthy story than big numbers that don’t add up - and are small anyway on the global stage.
