Young Māori came from across the region to battle it out in DNA’s inaugural esports comp, Te Wero. Rotorua Intermediate, Te Rangihakahaka, Murupara Area School, Galatea School, Kaingaroa Forest School, Te Kura Toitu o Te Whaiti-nui-a-Toi and Te Kura Kaupapa Motuhake O Tawhiuau have all […]
Esports, also known as competitive online gaming has emerged as a major contender during the time of Covid and while the world has been locked down, students from Rotorua, Murupara, Galatea and Minganui have been working with Digital Natives Academy and Manawa Rere Digital Hub […]
The NZ esports community is about to have some fun. Esports event organisers Shadownet and Digital Natives Academy (DNA) will host a month-long series of esports events to celebrate coming out of NZ’s first ever nationwide pandemic lockdown. Shadownet founder Ian Seaton explained, “we wanted […]
In an effort to showcase Australian and New Zealand artists that may have been impact by the spread of coronavirus, Twitch has launched a new creative showcase to enable artists of all kinds to share their works with a wider audience, according to Kotaku reporter […]
With growing concern regarding the impact of 5G on people’s health. DNA founder, Potaua Biasiny-Tule shared his thoughts on the new spectrum allocation and his concerns at the lack of information whānau Māori have been provided leading to concern, confusion and OTT conspiracy theories. Click […]
To give some much needed relief to those lock down blues Digital Natives Academy are hosting three competitive esports events. ― Potaua Biasiny-Tule, Founder DNA, Nativez Esports, Digital Basecamp, 4CompanyB $250 Apex Legends – 18 April 2020 $250 Team Fight Tactics – 19 April 2020 […]
In response to this worldwide pandemic DNA closed to the public on March 23th and as the world began to self-isolate and engage in social distancing, our team came together to plan and strategise the best way to provide access to our programme while students […]
GIRL GAMERS THROUGHOUT OCE (THE OCEANIA REGION) CAME TOGETHER TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR PC GAME, LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. GIRL GAMERS THROUGHOUT OCE (THE OCEANIA REGION) CAME TOGETHER TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR PC GAME, LEAGUE OF LEGENDS. DIGITAL NATIVES ACADEMY […]
A NEW ZEALAND CHARITABLE TRUST IS TEAMING UP WITH ONE OF THE LARGEST GAMING COMPANIES IN THE WORLD TO LAUNCH AN INNOVATIVE EDUCATION ESPORTS PROGRAMME IN ROTORUA, NEW ZEALAND. Riot Games, the creators of League of Legends – which has more than 100 million active players a […]
ROTORUA WENT BIG ON THE NEW ZEALAND ESPORTS SCENE DURING NZ’S TECHWEEK19. THE 20TH OF MAY SAW 4 TEAMS BATTLING IT OUT LIVE ON STAGE FOR A PRIZE POOL OF $10,000, THE LARGEST PRIZE EVER SEEN IN NZ LEAGUE OF LEGENDS HISTORY. Over 250 young […]