BizFest 2026 is Porirua’s annual business festival bringing together 300+ business owners, sole traders, entrepreneurs, and emerging founders for a day of practical learning, genuine connection, and collective growth. The festival features keynote speakers, interactive workshops led by local experts, structured networking sessions, and an exhibitor marketplace showcasing services and support for small businesses.

Join one of Cryptocurrency NZ's 12 crypto Meetups across Aotearoa New Zealand; where you can find other Kiwis active in the currency wars of the 21st century: Wellington, Palmerston North, Invercargill, Hamilton, Rotorua, Dunedin, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Auckland, Christchurch, Tauranga, Queenstown.

Led by Lee Bagshaw, Partner at Kindrik Partners, this practical founder workshop breaks down how to design and implement effective employee incentive schemes in early-stage startups. Whether you’re building your first team or scaling fast, this session will give you the clarity to make confident, informed decisions around equity and incentives.

​This edition of The Jam is for early-stage founders who are on that journey or getting ready to start it.

​We're bringing together founders who've been through it, the pre-seed grind, the first real conversations with VCs, the pivots, the nos, and eventually the yes, to share what actually made the difference. What patterns did investors respond to? What does traction really mean at seed stage? And what does Movac specifically look for through the Emerge fund lens, for both deep tech and enterprise?

​Real stories. No fundraising theatre.

This event features a panel of three women with hardware backgrounds followed by networking to support gender diversity.

​We're exploring how human creativity (using AI) is showing up in real life. How it's helping people generate ideas, manage projects, tell stories, make art, build businesses, and reimagine what’s possible. This is a night about curiosity over fear. It’s an invitation to see AI through a human lens...practical, playful, creative, and deeply personal.

​Expect to be inspired by bold conversations, thought provoking ideas and plenty of space to connect with the thinkers, makers and doers.

All ideas welcome. All voices valued. We look forward to seeing you there!

Joined by Hannah Hardy-Jones and Lucy Pink, Co-founders of Contented, an AI platform that turns conversations into actionable business documents, insights, and workflows.

This session is about turning raw inputs into clear priorities, exploring how founders cut through the noise and make confident decisions without perfect information. You will learn how to take customer feedback and turn it into the product decisions that keep teams moving.

Join us for a hands-on introduction to testing with a screen reader, facilitated by accessibility specialist Steve Barnett.

Empower Her Community and Stelar Business Event have joined forces to create The Business Roadshow. A nationwide series of intimate, high-value events for women in business, rolling out across Aotearoa ahead of the Stelar Business Event in October. Each event is two focused hours, packed with real value, real connection and the kind of conversations where you'll genuinely meet and get to know other brilliant women in business in your area

This event is suitable for any women in business - whether you're a business owner, manager, corporate, business founder or aspiring entrepreneur!

We'll kick off the event with a light lunch and hear from our guest speaker (to be announced). This will be followed by networking and an opportunity to talk to support agencies about how they can support you and your business.

Join NZ Tech Rally for another inspiring evening in Wellington Central. We're bringing together our community for a nuanced discussion on AI-assisted coding. Our July panel features three senior engineers who use LLMs in their day-to-day and will get real with us about their experiences.

Join for a lively and interactive 90-minute online session with Jeff Wallace​, founder of Silicon Valley in Your Pocket.
In this session, Jeff will walk through the Nine Vital Signs used to evaluate startups, sharing practical insights on what you can do in the early stages to strengthen your venture’s viability and improve market readiness.

Ministry of Awesome’s Coffee and Jam meetup brings the Christchurch startup community together to connect, learn from founders, and collaborate on ideas.

Join us at the Aurora Climate Tech Summit — New Zealand’s largest annual forum for climate tech connection and a celebration of the Aurora Climate Lab’s founding teams. This event brings together founders, investors, industry buyers and policymakers to accelerate solutions, investment and partnerships across Aotearoa’s climate tech ecosystem.

Explore Japan and South Korea’s fast-growing EdTech markets—and what NZ companies need to enter and succeed. Get practical insights from in-market experts on opportunities, challenges, and pathways to grow in North East Asia.

Connect in-person with the New Zealand EdTech community! Hosted by EdTechNZ Executive Director Dean Watson, this is an informal event that could formally change the trajectory of your life.

Discover how AI is helping MYOB teams work smarter, solve problems faster, and deliver more value. This interactive session will showcase practical AI use cases, explore how AI is reshaping the Software Development Lifecycle, and highlight lessons learned across different business functions.

Invite the people you've connected with online and meet them all in one place in real life. For founders and people in tech.

Location will be revealed 24 hours before the event in our private LinkedIn group

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Understanding your motivation for becoming an angel investor and having an appreciation for the risk profile and mechanics of angel investment is all covered in this succinct 'awareness raising' course.

The workshop will be run by Ken Erskine, who has extensive experience as an angel investor, both from managing his own broad portfolio and leading the Ice Angels team for six years. Ken has developed and run the AANZ's Angel 101 workshops across New Zealand, receiving rave reviews for the content and his unique and fun delivery style.

This is a practical workshop that will completely change how you think about selling. We will look at the whole sales conversation from start to finish - the mindset, the structure and the skills. You will leave with a clear, simple framework you can use straight away.

Apply the skills and life experiences you already have as we help you learn to think, work, and build like a startup in 54 thrilling hours. Techstars Startup Weekend is an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you’ll receive world-class innovation training and meet the very best mentors, co-founders and funders who will help you learn and innovate rapidly. This could be your start in building Taranaki's — or New Zealand's — next big success story!

Come and join to learn with Ramon, presented by Excel in BI. In these live sessions, we explore practical topics across Data, AI, and Automation, always focused on real business application. If you are a curious professional who wants to better understand how data can improve your work, your decisions, and your career, these sessions are for you. Discover how small and medium businesses can build a simple and scalable data structure that supports reporting and growth without enterprise budget...

For nearly two decades, the New Zealand CIO Summit & Awards has been the definitive platform for enterprise technology and transformation leadership in the country. Join a powerful dialogue between global thought leaders and local experts at the New Zealand CIO Innovation Summit.

An informal monthly drop in/coffee chat for the Digital Identity NZ community. The session runs for 45 minutes to allow more time for discussion and ideas exchange.

Not just another business conference. Revved is the beginning of an ongoing movement bringing together 800+ of New Zealand’s brightest business minds. From founders and CEO’s to industry leaders and rising talent, Revved promises a full day of perspective-shifting content, honest dialogue, and real momentum.
Use code: Start-upDigest_Table for an exclusive discount for our community

Building a better Aotearoa with AI
This isn't just a hackathon, it's a launchpad. Work on challenges and use the weekend as a springboard to build new ventures and startup, with Seen Ventures helping shape the boldest ideas, after the hackathon.

Join us for monthly coffee mornings on the first Friday of every month. These are relaxed, informal catchups: a chance to expand your network, swap news and ideas, and meet others in the space. We'll have a table booked and some Women in Health Tech signage so you can find us easily.
Come along for a barista coffee, a good yarn, and the chance to connect with other women working in health tech.

Connect with IT & AI professionals, discover job and internship opportunities, gain career insights, and grow your network at the New Zealand IT & AI Job Forum — designed for students, graduates, new migrants, and aspiring tech professionals.

The Digital Trust Hui Taumata 2026 - Towards Universal Trust - is Aotearoa New Zealand’s flagship gathering for digital identity, trust technology, and the governance frameworks that underpin them. The Hui Taumata provides the digital identity and trust ecosystem with an opportunity to share their insights into building a thriving and resilient trust economy for the benefit of all New Zealanders. Created by Tech New Zealand and Digital Identity New Zealand (DINZ) this is a must-attend event for New Zealand’s digital identity and trust ecosystem.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Joined by Emma Yee Yick, Head of Global Community at Notion, the connected workspace used by startups and teams to manage projects, documents, notes, and workflows, bringing knowledge, planning, and collaboration together in one platform.

This session is about building communities that create lasting momentum. We will discuss how strong communities drive retention and advocacy, how to identify and empower early believers, and turn trust into a long-term growth engine.

Join Wāhine Fuelled tech for an evening celebrating the women growing families, careers and businesses. This event is an opportunity to honour the amazing capabilities of mums in every kind of workplace. On the night you’ll be hearing from 3 incredible mums – they’ve not only grown their own families but have grown brand new businesses as well.

Let's come together kanohi ki te kanohi / face to face and learn from each other about the art and science of entrepreneurship, and how to improve our entrepreneurial ecosystem. Join your ecosystem colleagues and new ones for a barely controlled explosion of entrepreneurial energy.

Agritech Unleashed is a series of regionally distributed experiences that will celebrate and explore the unique characteristics of each region’s agritech ecosystem. Every region has distinct agricultural priorities, challenges, stakeholders, and infrastructure, which influence the adoption, interoperability, and scaling of agritech innovations.

Join the summit that brings together Aotearoa’s full crypto and digital assets ecosystem—regulators, builders, investors, and enterprise —to move from ideas to implementation and deliver real‑world outcomes.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

An informal monthly drop in/coffee chat for the Digital Identity NZ community. The session runs for 45 minutes to allow more time for discussion and ideas exchange.

An inspiring annual event showcasing AUT's emerging research and technologies, and the innovative people making it happen.

SPS is a 1-day virtual event for Heads of People building the people function inside scaling companies. It features lessons and connection so you can see how others are grappling with similar problems and build a network that stays with you long after the day finishes.

A two-hour online session on the tools and techniques of managing an angel investment portfolio, the second course in the AANZ Angel 101/102/103 series. Run by Ken Erskine, who has extensive experience as an angel investor from managing his own portfolio and leading the Ice Angels team for six years.

Join us for monthly coffee mornings on the first Friday of every month. These are relaxed, informal catchups: a chance to expand your network, swap news and ideas, and meet others in the space. We'll have a table booked and some Women in Health Tech signage so you can find us easily.
Come along for a barista coffee, a good yarn, and the chance to connect with other women working in health tech.

Step into a day of inspiration, empowerment, and action at New Zealand’s premier women’s business event. You’ll hear the real stories, winning strategies, and mindset shifts that fuel lasting success.

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, established business owner, or ambitious professional, this event is your chance to level up, connect with like-minded women, and reignite your business journey.

The Aotearoa AI Summit was New Zealand’s essential AI gathering, uniting industry leaders, researchers, policymakers, and innovators to explore cutting-edge advancements and real-world applications of AI.

The one-day summit featured keynotes, panels, and workshops spanning AI ethics, innovation, business, and emerging tech—showcasing how AI is transforming sectors like healthcare, finance, agriculture, and government.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

The world is evolving at a rapid pace, and with it comes both uncertainty and opportunity. What better time for our Canterbury Tech community to come together – to collaborate, share insights, and explore how we can accelerate the growth of Aotearoa New Zealand’s tech sector.

The definitive annual gathering for NZ's tech ecosystem on September 17-18. Day 1: executive roundtables and founder conversations. Day 2: expo floor, demos, and full ecosystem access. Shed 10, Auckland.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Day conference for SaaS professionals

Join us for monthly coffee mornings on the first Friday of every month. These are relaxed, informal catchups: a chance to expand your network, swap news and ideas, and meet others in the space. We'll have a table booked and some Women in Health Tech signage so you can find us easily.
Come along for a barista coffee, a good yarn, and the chance to connect with other women working in health tech.

An informal monthly drop in/coffee chat for the Digital Identity NZ community. The session runs for 45 minutes to allow more time for discussion and ideas exchange.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Here on the edge of the Pacific, the world’s next revolutionary idea is being born. Come together with founders, innovators, investors and corporate partners for a week-long festival of events designed to inspire, challenge and connect.

Day event for SaaS professionals, topic TBA

Stelar is a thriving business community empowered by women-led leadership, where integrity, inclusivity, and intelligence shape how we grow.
You'll be in a room of purpose-driven women in business who share your drive and values. Founders, business owners, leaders and the key people driving things forward.

You'll hear directly from influential business leaders, connect with mission-driven peers, and be supported before, during and after the event.

The 2026 Velocity Student Leadership Committee and the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) present the Velocity $100k Challenge Grand Final prizegiving at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.

This annual celebration recognises the creativity and ambition of student and staff innovators. On the night, the five winning teams will be announced, sharing a $100,000 prize pool and taking their ventures to the next level.

Join University leaders, industry partners, and members of Aotearoa’s start-up community for an evening of inspiration and celebration.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Sunrise is Blackbird’s love letter to founders and the beautiful things they create. It’s a festival of creativity, technology and ambition, where Kiwis and Australians come together to dream up the future. At Sunrise, you will meet new people, be inspired, and learn new things.

An informal monthly drop in/coffee chat for the Digital Identity NZ community. The session runs for 45 minutes to allow more time for discussion and ideas exchange.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Join us for monthly coffee mornings on the first Friday of every month. These are relaxed, informal catchups: a chance to expand your network, swap news and ideas, and meet others in the space. We'll have a table booked and some Women in Health Tech signage so you can find us easily.
Come along for a barista coffee, a good yarn, and the chance to connect with other women working in health tech.

Agritech Unleashed is a series of regionally distributed experiences that will celebrate and explore the unique characteristics of each region’s agritech ecosystem. Every region has distinct agricultural priorities, challenges, stakeholders, and infrastructure, which influence the adoption, interoperability, and scaling of agritech innovations.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Angel 103 workshop we will take attendees through the lifecycle of a company and the key considerations that need to be made at each investment round. We will look at what terms become important and when; that different methodologies that can be used for determining valuation and what things to look for in future rounds.

Where founders meet investors, ideas meet capital, and innovation meets opportunity.

This one-day summit brings together Aotearoa’s most exciting Māori and Māori-aligned technology founders, alongside investors, venture capital firms, iwi, PSGEs, and innovation partners.

Expect energy, authenticity and insight from leaders reimagining what innovation looks like in tomorrow’s economy.

An informal monthly drop in/coffee chat for the Digital Identity NZ community. The session runs for 45 minutes to allow more time for discussion and ideas exchange.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.

Join us for monthly coffee mornings on the first Friday of every month. These are relaxed, informal catchups: a chance to expand your network, swap news and ideas, and meet others in the space. We'll have a table booked and some Women in Health Tech signage so you can find us easily.
Come along for a barista coffee, a good yarn, and the chance to connect with other women working in health tech.

Kapiti innovators get together to share startup stories, exchange ideas, and build a local support network for entrepreneurs and business growth.