Software Innovation NZ is the New Zealand software research network. It aspires to bring together software researchers from universities, Crown Research Institutes (CRIs), government agencies, other tertiaries and industry-based researchers in a coordinated network of research excellence with demonstrable industry impact. Software Innovation NZ will develop proven capacity to attract, grow and retain global research leaders who make a substantial and sustained contribution both to software-related research and to the NZ economy. Software Innovation NZ interacts with a wide range of companies, state agencies, educational bodies and international collaborators to deliver on its twin goals of science excellence and socio-economic impact.