New Zealand\u2019s space and advanced aviation sectors will be on show at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Sydney next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world\u2019s space community will descend on Sydney, and the New Zealand Space Agency will be in the thick of it, promoting New Zealand\u2019s innovation in space research and development, manufacturing, launch services and satellite technologies,\u201d said Space Minister, Judith Collins, who is travelling to the Congress.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of New Zealand\u2019s most exciting space companies will be joining me at the IAC as part of the New Zealand delegation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 2024, our space sector supported 17,000 jobs, with total estimated revenue of $2.68 billion \u2013 a 53 percent increase across five years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe space sector offers huge potential to grow our economy and improve the lives of New Zealanders, and we have set an ambitious target of doubling the size of both sectors by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n
While in Sydney, Ms Collins will speak at the International Astronautical Federation\u2019s Ministers and Members of Parliament meeting in the New South Wales Parliament and at an Australasian Space Innovation Institute event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She will also undertake a variety of defence engagements in Sydney, including visiting Defence personnel at the Royal Australian Navy\u2019s Fleet Base East.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The IAC in Sydney will be closely followed by New Zealand\u2019s largest aerospace conference, the New Zealand Aerospace Summit 2025, being held in Christchurch on 8 October.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving two major industry events hosted right here in Australasia underscores just how pivotal this region has become in shaping the future of space,\u201d said Ms Collins.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose attending the New Zealand Aerospace Summit will see why New Zealand is an ideal location for innovation in space and advanced aviation. I\u2019m confident they\u2019ll come away impressed by the talent, ambition, and momentum driving these sectors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Collins will return from Sydney on October 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Zealand\u2019s space and advanced aviation sectors will be on show at the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC)…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[111,139,69,147,392],"class_list":["post-47809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}