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North American IT specialists

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North American IT specialists

Web design and internet communications industries in New Zealand have attracted specialist staff from Canada and the United States in recent years. The Wellington offices of communications and design firm Shift have several North American staff, shown here. They are (from left): Philip Fierlinger (California, USA), Brian Smith (Texas, USA), Sarah Goepel (Vancouver, Canada) and Alex Smith (Ohio, USA).

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Nancy Swarbrick, North Americans – 1940–present: closer contact, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4272/north-american-it-specialists (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Nancy Swarbrick, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.