Bill Bennett

crowdfunding campaign
billbennett.co.nz

Billbennett.co.nz is a technology news, opinion and analysis site. The site looks at tech from a New Zealand perspective and about half the stories are local in scope.

As an independent freelance journalist, your contribution will go towards the expenses I incur in order to bring you quality technology news and analysis.

These expenses include maintaining the website, attending conferences and a modest income to enable me to spend more time writing.
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Cheers,
Bill Bennett
​Founder/Publisher
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About Bill Bennett

Bill is a New Zealand technology journalist. He started in 1980 as a writer on Practical Computing magazine. He left the UK in 1987 to work in Wellington on The Dominion as Computer Page editor.

He spent a decade working in Sydney, Australia. There he was managing editor of two regional editions of PC Magazine. He also wrote news, features and columns for The Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald. On returning to New Zealand he edited and became associate publisher of New Zealand Reseller News. 

Today Bennett works as a freelance journalist. In recent months his work has appeared in The New Zealand Herald and NZ Business. His writing also appears on Scoop.co.nz and Geekzone. Bennett is a regular on The NZ Tech Podcast and on television.

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