Schools and education providers
Help teachers, leaders and learners use AI in ways that strengthen learning, judgement and responsible practice.
Partners
Building New Zealand's AI capability together.
No single organisation can prepare Aotearoa for the AI era alone. AI Ready NZ is building an open national network that helps people participate confidently, safely and responsibly.
Why partnerships matter
Turn shared knowledge into local capability.
AI is changing faster than most organisations can adapt. AI Ready NZ works through organisations that already have trusted relationships, practical experience and a desire to help.
- Build AI confidence across New Zealand
- Support responsible, practical adoption
- Improve digital inclusion and accessibility
- Share useful resources instead of duplicating effort
- Create evidence about national AI capability
Partnership pathways
A role for every organisation.
Partnership is designed around shared goals, not a fixed package. Organisations can begin where they can make the strongest contribution.
Libraries
Become a trusted local access point for practical AI learning, family support and digital inclusion.
Community organisations and iwi
Shape support around the priorities, language, context and trusted relationships of your community.
Businesses
Pilot useful applications, share case studies and help SMEs move from curiosity to capability.
Councils and government
Support regional programmes, public access, evidence gathering and responsible adoption.
Technology and research
Contribute tools, expertise, evaluation and evidence while supporting an open public-good layer.
Education focus
Building AI-ready schools without outsourcing thinking.
Schools need support on both sides of the classroom: teacher confidence and purposeful student use. Education partnerships focus on strengthening learning, not simply increasing AI adoption.
Teachers and leaders
Build confidence and shared expectations.
- Professional learning and communities of practice
- Classroom examples and practical prompt resources
- School policy and governance guidance
- Assessment redesign and implementation roadmaps
Learners
Teach students how to think with AI.
- Critical evaluation and fact-checking
- Source, bias and evidence awareness
- Responsible prompting and transparent use
- Reflection, authorship and independent judgement
AI should strengthen human capability—not replace it.
The partner journey
Start with a conversation. Grow what works.
Partnerships begin with a focused opportunity, deliver a practical outcome and expand through evidence and shared learning.
- Express interestTell us about your organisation.
- DiscoverExplore where our goals align.
- DesignChoose a useful pathway.
- PilotDeliver a focused initiative.
- MeasureEvaluate outcomes and learn.
- GrowShare and scale good practice.
Ways to contribute
Partnership shaped by contribution.
An organisation may contribute in more than one way.
Community Partner
Creates trusted local opportunities to learn and participate.
Education Partner
Supports teachers, learners, leaders and evidence-based practice.
Business Partner
Tests practical adoption and contributes real-world experience.
Research Partner
Contributes evaluation, data expertise and national insights.
Technology Partner
Provides tools, infrastructure, expertise or innovation support.
Founding Partner
Helps establish the initiative's early reach and capability.
Our principles
Open in spirit. Trusted in practice.
We share knowledge openly wherever possible while protecting the quality and trust associated with AI Ready NZ.
- Human capability firstAI should extend judgement, creativity and independence.
- Accessible by designPeople of all abilities should be able to participate.
- Practical over hypeUseful outcomes matter more than novelty.
- Evidence before assumptionsWe measure outcomes and change course when needed.
- Community before technologyTrusted relationships make capability real.
- Collaboration over competitionShared learning makes the ecosystem stronger.
Expression of interest
Help build New Zealand's AI future.
Tell us where your organisation works and how you would like to contribute. We will begin with a practical discovery conversation.
Founding steward: Node builds and operates the platform, resources, partnerships and implementation support behind AI Ready NZ.