Platforms in Aotearoa: our fast-growing sharing economy

Kevin Jenkins
2018 Policy Quarterly  
My favourite farmers' market in Aotearoa is in Dunedin. Over the warmer months it has the best fresh produce in New Zealand: Central Otago apricots the size of peaches, oldschool gooseberries, greengage plums. But the Otago Farmers Market also offers a physical pun. It's at Dunedin's famous Railway Station, and there on the station platform you'll also find many artisan products, like seaweed condiments, craft beer, and bread of every kind. A 'platform', according to Choudary and Parker, is 'a
more » ... usiness model that uses technology to connect people, organisations and resources in ecosystems to exchange goods, services and ideas' (Choudary and Parker, 2016). Take a broad view of 'technology' and the Otago Farmers Market is a platform on a platform.
doi:10.26686/pq.v14i1.4762 fatcat:5cpu2fptwvf7tprkxrww2uhksq