Join Startup Queenstown Lakes and LOGIC1 for the monthly Wānaka Tech Meetup. There are no talks or pitches. Just good people, a drink and a chance to connect, swap ideas and have a chat about what’s happening in the local tech scene.

Founders, operators, creatives, people working in technology and the tech-curious are all welcome.

Come along, meet some new people and connect with Wānaka’s tech community.

A great opportunity for Christchurch IT professionals to meetup over a good curry.

Synlait's Manvi Tandon on how data professionals can communicate their value, build influence with executives and create trusted data foundations.

A Creative HQ and FinTechNZ panel at Auckland Startup Week on how open data and digital identity will shape the next wave of New Zealand fintech startups.

Early-morning coffee catch-up with three quickfire talks from local entrepreneurs, for Mountain Club members and their guests in Queenstown.

A one-day summit from DHA and TUANZ bringing the health and technology sectors together on the digital foundations they share.

A free, accessible talk at Wellington's Central Library on what AI is, where it shows up in daily life, and how to use it responsibly.

A hands-on Auckland Startup Week workshop helping deep tech researchers size their market and validate it directly with customers.

Join us for the next Fintech Welly Meetup

We’re bringing together four speakers from across banking, investing, consulting and startups to tackle one deliberately provocative question: Will AI kill the bank?

AI is already reshaping financial services — from how banks operate and serve customers, to how investment platforms work and how new fintech products are built. So, let's talk about it. Hear different perspectives on what AI means for traditional banking, where fintechs can find opportunities, what’s changing for customers and businesses, and the challenges practitioners are wrestling with right now.

Nelson's monthly developer meetup, with a lightning talk, Lean Coffee discussions and a chance to meet local peers at The Bridge Street Collective.

Small-group workshop with ad agency founder Jessie Healy on growing e-commerce brands with Meta and Google ads, for Mountain Club members and their guests.

Free, informal drinks for AUT innovators, researchers, students and staff at Vesbar on AUT City Campus.

Waikato Entrepreneurial Meetup is a series of free events, designed to strengthen Waikato’s entrepreneurial community by providing an accessible space where people at different stages of business can meet, share experiences, learn from others and discover new opportunities and support.

Expect practical tips and techniques, opportunities to network with like-minded people, and drinks and nibbles in a casual, welcoming atmosphere.

An Auckland Startup Week evening from Medtech-iQ Tāmaki Makaurau and BioTechNZ on how technology is reshaping preventative and personalised healthcare.

A Her Tech Circle panel on what women leaders need to unlearn to lead effectively as AI reshapes the workplace.

One night, one hundred women, and a room full of the kind of energy that reminds you exactly what you are capable of.
Businesses will be recognised, connections will be made over a meal worth lingering over. A keynote that will leave you thinking bigger than when you walked in. And a DJ keeping the party going long after the awards are done, because why would you want to leave?

A KiwiSaaS half-day for SaaS leaders on new market strategies, operating models, AI and practical moves for the next era.

Join us for Positioning for the Future: Business Beyond Your Comfort Zone, to hear the latest economic insights and gain new perspectives on how businesses can respond to change, move beyond familiar ways of working and position themselves for what comes next.

Delivered by Te Puna Umanga Venture Taranaki, the regional development agency, this is an opportunity to hear first-hand how our region is trac

An informal online lunchtime conversation for Tech Marketers NZ members about where media and PR fit in the tech marketing mix in 2026.

Six NZ startup leaders share their most honest leadership stories with live Q&A, followed by networking drinks, closing out Auckland Startup Week.

Informal after-work drinks for people working remotely in Queenstown.

If the Internet gave everyone access to infinite information, AI has given us access to infinite skills.

A free day-long co-working session in Queenstown for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

A free day-long co-working session in Wellington for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

You’ll experience a fast-paced, high-impact morning of powerful storytelling, practical insights, and real, honest kōrero, all designed to challenge your thinking and expand what’s possible for you!
Each speaker brings their own lens. Their own journey. Their own “golden nuggets.” And with just 10 minutes…they get straight to the good stuff!!

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.

A relaxed waterfront walk and coffee for women founders and builders with the From Scratch community.

This casual, community-driven meetup offers developers of all skill levels a relaxed space to work on coding projects, share progress, and connect over coffee. Attendees can participate in optional short talks and project demos to showcase their work and learn alongside peers.

A free 45-minute online chat for people doing product research in New Zealand to think out loud, swap ideas and talk through current challenges.

EdTechNZ's members-only Annual Meeting on Zoom, with an update from Chair Noah Ghebremichael on strategy and plans for the coming year.

Meet the founders in cohort 6 of Aurora Climate Lab - Aotearoa's leading Climate Tech Accelerator
Join us for an inspiring evening as we introduce NZ's next innovative founders of Aurora Climate Lab. This cohort is Aotearoa’s next wave of innovators tackling the planet’s biggest challenges with cutting-edge tech.
This is your chance to meet these founders at the start of their journey, show them how much our community has their back, and be part of the movement that is making New Zealand a world leader in climate innovation.

Two-day Auckland summit on customer experience and contact centres, including how organisations are putting AI to work.

GD1's Doug Bohaboy runs a workshop for early-stage founders on what going global from day one really means and how to do it.

Priority One launches the DayBreak Festival of Innovation 2027 with a fireside chat featuring RUSH Digital founder and CEO Danu Abeysuriya.

Security professional Hugh Davenport tells the story of reverse engineering an old DOS game to build a level editor, at Sec for Devs in Wellington.

An IoT Forum New Zealand evening of insights and networking for the country's Internet of Things community, hosted at Hudson Gavin Martin.

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.

Winning tenders - not rocket surgery, but definitely brain science!
In order to grow, many companies need to secure contracts that are only available through the tender process. But navigating that process can be a killer. It’s complex, expensive and, so often, seemingly random in its outcomes.
In this two-hour workshop, bid specialist Ken Grace will share his experience of how companies win tenders and why others miss out.

A practical AI Forum NZ webinar with Maria Mingallon of Mott MacDonald on getting real value from Microsoft Copilot for M365 in architecture, engineering and construction practice.

Small-group peer workshop led by James Bayly for engineers using AI across spec, design and early verification, for Mountain Club members and their guests.

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

A full day of practical capital, growth and connections for founders
Show Me the Money is a capital-focused event bringing together Creative HQ, Movac and Angel HQ, with practical workshops in the morning, a Movac Growth Jam focussed on capital access in the afternoon, followed by the annual Angel HQ Showcase. The day is designed to help founders better understand their options when it comes to raising and accessing capital, and to connect them with people who have practical experience navigating the funding journey.

Richard will share his New Entrepreneur's Path to Sustainability model that makes creating sustainable ventures a shorter journey than ever before! This workshop will give local entrepreneurs a fresh perspective built off Richard's experience across 120 businesses in 61 countries.

A free Excel in BI webinar showing how Xero, MYOB, Simpro and spreadsheets can be connected into one Power BI reporting layer, and what that costs.

A free, international, fully online and non-competitive four-day game jam designed to empower women in games.

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.

Hackathon-style AI design sprint at academyEX where SMEs and business teams go from challenge to concept to prototype, for Revved Assembly Members.

Join Saskia Thornton (Mad Millie, Grainfather, FTN Motion) for an honest conversation on founder gritty realities, strategy, and balancing parenthood. Pizza and drinks provided for local networking.

A casual drinks and kai evening for founders, operators, investors and other startup ecosystem supporters in Tāmaki Makaurau.

Join us for a monthly AI for Good Lunch & Learn series, with each session featuring a different speaker, startup, or organisation working at the intersection of AI, sustainability and social impact.

Each virtual session (BYO lunch) we’ll spotlight a fresh perspective, practical use case, or emerging idea, giving participants the chance to learn directly from people building and applying AI for good. The series is designed to inspire discussion, surface new opportunities, and deepen understanding of how AI can be used responsibly to support better outcomes for people and communities.

A HiNZ eHealth webinar panel on how clinical workstations should evolve around clinician experience, modern endpoint strategy, identity, AI and security.

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.

A BioTechNZ networking evening for Dunedin's biotech community, with a talk and site tour from Lab Supply.

An evening celebrating how New Zealand university research is being turned into globally relevant companies, with a panel of spinout CEOs.

An after-work social for Wellington's biotech community at Fork and Brewer, hosted by BioTechNZ.

A free day-long co-working session in Wellington for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

A hands-on morning AI course in Auckland showing practical ways to use AI to boost business productivity, creativity and efficiency.

Wellington's two-day technical computer security conference returns to the Michael Fowler Centre.

Building solo, together. A free fortnightly co-working day for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own thing.

Te Mana o Ngā Wāhine 2026 is a one-day kaupapa Māori event that celebrates and centres wāhine Māori, not just as professionals, but as people.

This year's theme, Puāwai: Stories of Becoming, honours the quiet journey of growth before we bloom. It's about new beginnings, embracing change, and finding the courage to step into what's next.

Te Kāinga Wāhine is bringing together an inspiring lineup of speakers who will challenge your whakaaro, ignite your mana, and share stories of leadership, resilience, and becoming.

This casual, community-driven meetup offers developers of all skill levels a relaxed space to work on coding projects, share progress, and connect over coffee. Attendees can participate in optional short talks and project demos to showcase their work and learn alongside peers.

AI Forum NZ's members-only Annual Meeting on Zoom, with an update from Chair Maria Mingallon on strategy and plans for the coming year.

Canterbury Tech's monthly TechTuesday networking evening, this time at EPIC Christchurch.

A one-day online te reo Māori immersion wānanga with technology-focused classes, for members of Te Hapori Matihiko.

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.

Re-Leased CTO Tony Schollum shares how the team went all-in on agentic engineering and what it took to ship software faster.

An evening of short talks, a panel and networking on how AI is being applied across Aotearoa's infrastructure and built environment sector.

A relaxed monthly lunch catch-up for Christchurch product people, hosted by ProductTank Christchurch at Scoundrel on St Asaph Street.

STRONGER TOGETHER
Partnering for Economic Impact

Economic development is the deliberate work of turning local potential into lasting prosperity, building the sectors, careers, communities and opportunities that allow future generations to thrive.

Join economic development professionals, thought leaders and changemakers from across Aotearoa to share insights, spark ideas and strengthen the foundations of local and national prosperity.

What’s next for New Zealand tech? Be among the first to find out.
The 2026 TIN Report is launching — and we’re bringing the industry together to celebrate, connect and unpack what the latest data tells us about the future of New Zealand’s tech sector.
Join us for an evening of insights, ideas and great company, with drinks, canapés and shared platters, plus the chance to hear directly from industry leaders.

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

A members-only KiwiSaaS online workshop, open to large members ($5m+ ARR), comparing how SaaS companies are adapting screening, interviews and hiring workflows for AI.

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.

A free Excel in BI webinar on designing one trusted dashboard that brings together Xero, MYOB, Simpro and CRM data.

Christchurch's monthly AI meetup hears from Environment Canterbury councillor Joe Davies on AI in the public sector and Blake Harkness on running businesses with an AI-powered back office.

FinTechNZ's members-only Annual Meeting, held on Zoom on Tuesday 10 November.

A great opportunity for Christchurch IT professionals to meetup over a good curry.

Connect in person with Aotearoa New Zealand’s EdTech community in Hamilton.

A speed networking evening where people early in their tech careers sit down with senior leaders to talk about careers in the NZ tech industry.

Nelson's monthly developer meetup, with a lightning talk, Lean Coffee discussions and a chance to meet local peers at The Bridge Street Collective.

Aerospace New Zealand's final meet-up of 2026, looking back on the year in Aotearoa's aerospace industry with networking and presentations in Christchurch and online.

A members-only KiwiSaaS x Kiwi Finance Leaders in Tech half-day workshop in Auckland for senior finance leaders on how AI is reshaping finance.

Connect in person with Aotearoa New Zealand’s EdTech community in Wellington.

Connect in person with Aotearoa New Zealand’s EdTech community in Dunedin.

Connect in person with Aotearoa New Zealand's EdTech community in Hawke's Bay.

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.

Product Aotearoa's two-day conference for New Zealand's product community, with keynotes at Tākina on day one and hands-on workshops at Te Papa on day two.

A members-only, hands-on AI security workshop in Auckland for engineering and security leaders at large KiwiSaaS member companies ($5m+ ARR).

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!

A free day-long co-working session in Wellington for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

A hands-on morning AI course in Wellington showing practical ways to use AI to boost productivity, creativity, quality and efficiency at work.

Building solo, together. A free fortnightly co-working day for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own thing.

RECOGNISING THE STARTUPS ALL NEW ZEALAND FOUNDERS SHOULD BE LEARNING FROM
The Caffeine Prize is an ongoing effort to identify the high-growth New Zealand startup and scaleup companies creating the most economic value – and to share what they’ve learned with New Zealand’s current and future founders. At the Prizegiving, our six winners will be announced, and will give 15 minute talks on how they built their company and the most important lessons they learned.

This casual, community-driven meetup offers developers of all skill levels a relaxed space to work on coding projects, share progress, and connect over coffee. Attendees can participate in optional short talks and project demos to showcase their work and learn alongside peers.

A one-day research and industry event in Wellington on the future of superconductivity and cryogenic technologies in New Zealand, hosted by Paihau—Robinson Research Institute.

Connect in person with Aotearoa New Zealand's EdTech community in Christchurch.

The Aotearoa AI Awards recognise individuals, teams and organisations working in the field of artificial intelligence in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Awards acknowledge leadership, originality, and practical outcomes in the research, development, and application of AI — celebrating work that makes a measurable difference in the real world and brings responsible AI to the forefront.

Join us for a monthly AI for Good Lunch & Learn series, with each session featuring a different speaker, startup, or organisation working at the intersection of AI, sustainability and social impact.

Each virtual session (BYO lunch) we’ll spotlight a fresh perspective, practical use case, or emerging idea, giving participants the chance to learn directly from people building and applying AI for good. The series is designed to inspire discussion, surface new opportunities, and deepen understanding of how AI can be used responsibly to support better outcomes for people and communities.

The Project Community Christchurch presents Much Ado About SteerCo Meetings, a Shakespeare-style performance on what makes steering committee meetings succeed or fail.

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

Two-day Christchurch training course for school leaders and educators on AI governance, policy and classroom practice.

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.

A free Excel in BI webinar on what AI in reporting can practically do today for 20 to 100 person New Zealand and Australian 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.

A relaxed evening of short idea pitches, introductions and pizza to help Taranaki ideas people find co-founders and collaborators.

One-day Auckland summit for engineers shipping AI in production, covering agentic development, LLMOps, responsible AI, AI architecture and data infrastructure.

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.

The inaugural Indigenous Tech Summit 2026 brings together Māori, Pacific, and global Indigenous communities to explore AI, data sovereignty, innovation, and enterprise, drawing on ancestral navigation to guide future digital capability.

A free day-long co-working session in Wellington for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

Building solo, together. A free fortnightly co-working day for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own thing.

This casual, community-driven meetup offers developers of all skill levels a relaxed space to work on coding projects, share progress, and connect over coffee. Attendees can participate in optional short talks and project demos to showcase their work and learn alongside peers.

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.

The in-person December session of simpact AI's monthly AI for Good lunch and learn series, at AcademyEX in Grafton, Auckland.

A relaxed monthly lunch catch-up for Christchurch product people, hosted by ProductTank Christchurch at Scoundrel on St Asaph Street.

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

A one-day Wellington summit exploring the tools, platforms and ideas shaping the future of screen, gaming and entertainment, with talks, workshops and an interactive networking showcase.

A hands-on morning AI course in Wellington showing practical ways to use AI to boost productivity, creativity, quality and efficiency at work.

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.

A free Excel in BI webinar on using AI automations over Power BI to flag margin risk on jobs before it reaches your P&L.

Annual Christmas party for Aerospace New Zealand Associates in Christchurch, with a Formal Christmas & Space dress code.

A great opportunity for Christchurch IT professionals to meetup over a good curry.

Nelson's monthly developer meetup, with a lightning talk, Lean Coffee discussions and a chance to meet local peers at The Bridge Street Collective.

A free day-long co-working session in Wellington for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own projects.

Building solo, together. A free fortnightly co-working day for startup founders, indie hackers, designers and makers building their own thing.

This casual, community-driven meetup offers developers of all skill levels a relaxed space to work on coding projects, share progress, and connect over coffee. Attendees can participate in optional short talks and project demos to showcase their work and learn alongside peers.

The calendar year is nearly done, the dashboards are probably still open, and your Q4 pipeline has either been heroic, character-building, or both. Either way, it’s time to down tools and come hang with the SaaS squad.

Join us for our SaaSmas Party in Wellington — a relaxed, mildly ridiculous, very well-earned night with the people building, scaling, funding, selling, marketing, supporting and generally holding together SaaS companies across Aotearoa.

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

A free Excel in BI webinar comparing Power BI and Looker for New Zealand and Australian SMEs on cost, integrations and fit.

An informal evening crypto and blockchain meetup at Rimu Wine Bar on Mapua Wharf, part of Cryptocurrency NZ's nationwide meetup network.

A casual Sunday afternoon co-working meetup for Auckland developers to code, share progress and connect over coffee at Patch Cafe on Lorne Street.

A casual early-morning coffee catch-up for Kāpiti Coast founders, entrepreneurs and startup enthusiasts at 180 Degrees Cafe in Paraparaumu Beach.

A relaxed monthly lunch catch-up for Christchurch product people, hosted by ProductTank Christchurch at Scoundrel on St Asaph Street.

The 18th eResearch NZ / eRangahau Aotearoa conference, bringing Aotearoa's research communities to Wellington to share their latest ideas and innovations.

BioTechNZ's national gathering for New Zealand's life sciences ecosystem, held at Tākina Wellington under the theme Life. Reimagined.

FinTechNZ's national gathering for the fintech and financial-services ecosystem, themed Open Finance | The Next Frontier, at Tākina Wellington.

Tech New Zealand and Brightstar's two-day summit for New Zealand's cyber security community, examining national cyber resilience through policy, practice and people.

A one-day conference on accelerating digital transformation in New Zealand's public sector, presented by Tech New Zealand and Brightstar with the Government Chief Digital Office.

NZ Tech Rally's annual community-run conference for Aotearoa's tech practitioners, with 3 keynotes and 20 talks across five tracks at Tākina Wellington.