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New innovation hub in Auckland hopes to attract Kiwis from all over the country to tech sector

October 6, 2017

A new arm of Auckland's innovation precinct opened today in an effort to grow the 47,000 people in the city already working in the tech industry.

The race is on to make Auckland a tech power-city and a new innovation precinct was unveiled yesterday in a step towards making that possible.

It was a first look at virtual hospital procedures including MRIs and X-rays which are all being trialled in an Auckland Hospital.

They also revealed the latest model of a virtual baby with a theoretical brain and central nervous system.

With already 47,000 people working in Auckland's tech industry, the expansion hopes to make it the technology epicenter of the Asia-pacific.

The new precinct is expected to inject close to 400 million into Auckland's economy by 2024.

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