Past Events

AI is making it possible for small teams to build software, automate workflows, and create new capabilities at a pace difficult to imagine just a few years ago. However, greater speed creates a new set of questions: What should remain human? What structures sit underneath AI-enabled work? And how do organisations turn successful experiments into reliable business systems?

A BlockchainNZ webinar with Inland Revenue on the proposed cryptoasset tax changes in the current taxation bill.

A Tech Women and Deloitte workshop for Ada Lovelace Day that helps women build confidence using generative AI, in person in Auckland and Wellington or online.

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.

A free Excel in BI webinar on what a data warehouse really costs and takes for New Zealand and Australian SMEs without an in-house data team.

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.

A free 24-hour hackathon for New Zealand high school students at MIT Ngā Kete Wānanga Marae in Ōtara, part of the three-city KiwiHacks Nova series.

A full-day NZX conference connecting New Zealand's high-growth tech companies with investors, advisors and capital markets.

The Nexus Summit supports early and mid-career commercialisation professionals across Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Whether you are new to commercialisation, a seasoned veteran, or somewhere in-between, join us for a day of speakers, panel discussions, and workshops focused on innovative commercialisation models.

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

A relaxed 5km social jog around Westhaven Marina for founders and operators in tech, followed by a coffee.

An afternoon to discover Grok Bot, see what it can do, try it for yourself, and meet the growing SpaceXAI community in Auckland.

At this special edition of the Fuckup Nights Auckland event series, we’re going a little beyond professional failure stories to get real about building a business or career as a woman - the juggling behind the scenes and the pressure to have it all.

A free one-hour webinar on how angel investment works and what founders should prepare before raising capital.

Join Xero, Secure Code Warrior, and She Sharp for an inspiring and interactive experience designed to bring women and female-identifying people together to explore the future of cybersecurity and AI. Connect with an empowering community, build your skills, hear from inspiring leaders, and discover the many ways you can help shape a safer, more secure Aotearoa.

Celebrating the innovators and ideas shaping New Zealand’s future.
Every year, in research institutes across New Zealand, a spark is lit. A breakthrough takes shape. A possibility becomes a prototype, then a pathway to something bigger than any one researcher, entrepreneur or team.

The KiwiNet Awards exist to honour these sparks shaping our future, and the people behind them. Since 2002, this event has grown into the country’s premier celebration of research commercialisation, where science-based innovation takes centre stage. These innovations are powering high-value jobs, growing our economy, tackling global challenges, and doing good in our communities.

Victoria University of Wellington's Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence showcases its AI and data science research, industry partnerships and postgraduate study opportunities.

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

An informal lunch with First Table founder Mat Weir on building a two-sided marketplace, with a focus on go-to-market.

A DAMA New Zealand meet-up in Christchurch on building trusted, ethical and well-governed data foundations for responsible AI.

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.

Canterbury Tech's monthly TechTuesday, this time a bring-a-friend night of 10x2 Power Talks hosted by Foodstuffs South Island.

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.

When: Friday 2 October 2026, 11:00 am to 1:00pm
Where: QRC, Queenstown (top floor)
Cost: Free, thanks to our partners and supporters
Technology is changing around us and our roles are changing with it. Motherhood changes what we need from work. Both are shifts we are all working through, so let us navigate them together. 
Queenstown Women in Tech is back at QRC, and this one is a bit different. Two breakout rooms run side by side and you pick the conversation that fits where you are right now...

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.

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

Discover practical ways AI can boost your productivity, creativity, quality and efficiency in your work and your business.
​This friendly and informative event is practical with AI exercises that will supercharge your work or business.

​Welcome to another Wellington AI Engineering meetup. We have two talks on what happens around the code your agents write — what your team keeps from every session, and how quality keeps pace.
​MC for the evening is Seb Krueger, CTO of ZunoSmart Labs.

Healthcare is changing fast, and the decisions being made right now will shape how care is delivered for years to come. The Waiting Room Sessions brings together decision-makers across healthcare and technology to explore the issues shaping the future of care.

Join Outset Ventures and Ministry of Awesome for a post-NZ Aerospace Summit meetup designed for deep tech founders, summit attendees, and members of the Christchurch startup ecosystem.

This is a great opportunity to connect, share ideas, and grow your network in a relaxed setting.

The New Zealand Aerospace Summit is designed to bridge the gap between technical execution and global vision. Over two action-packed days, attendees will experience the full spectrum of Aotearoa’s aerospace ecosystem. Whether you are looking to lean into the granular details of emerging research or look up to the visionary insights of global industry leaders, our thoughtfully crafted programme ensures you leave with actionable knowledge and invaluable connections.

Day conference for SaaS professionals

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

AI won’t replace you. But someone who learns how to use it—without losing their humanity—might.

Ready to meet your future interns? Connect with NZ's top student and grad talent.

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.

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.

Ready to meet your future interns? Connect with NZ's top student and grad talent.

Explore the human and practical sides of AI adoption at September’s Second Monday Meetup. Pamela Simpson examines how organisations can preserve judgement and expertise, while Caelan Huntress shares how to onboard AI agents, transfer workflows, and build an internal AI Working Group. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.

Ready to meet your future interns? Connect with NZ's top student and grad talent.

Ready to meet your future interns? Connect with NZ's top student and grad talent.

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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

Skip endless coffee meetings and connect with multiple people at once.

Ski Commerce. Queenstown, 26 to 28 August.

We've spent the last couple of years at commerce events all over the world and kept asking the same question: why doesn't someone do this in Queenstown?

So we're doing it ourselves. Ski Commerce is three days for people building and running commerce businesses who want to know what's actually working right now.

The theme is Conversational Commerce. There's a lot of noise around AI Search. We've delivered 300+ AI Search strategies, so we'll show yo...

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.

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.

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.

In this free webinar, you'll learn the fundamentals of Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO)—the next evolution of digital visibility.
Instead of trying to rank higher in search engines, you'll discover how to structure your expertise so AI systems recommend you in responses to LLM prompts.
To get recommended by LLMs, you need to structure your website so AI can understand it, trust it, and include it in their answers.

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.

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.

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

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.

Explore how AI is transforming Marketing & Comms in August's Second Monday Meetup. Simon Rush and Nic Hendrie from Trimble will be sharing how enterprise marketing teams are accelerating campaign strategy with AI, while Caelan Huntress will be showing how to build a Brand Voice Kit that teaches AI to write in your unique voice. Drinks, demos, and practical takeaways included.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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!

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

​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!

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

​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.

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.

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.

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.

What if we're underestimating what could go right?

As intelligence becomes cheaper, faster, and more accessible, we're entering an era unlike anything in human history. Just as electricity transformed industry, and the internet transformed communication, AI is transforming intelligence itself.

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. Learn how to use AI responsibly in reporting and automation while protecting sensitive information and maintaining governance. Each session is pract...

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

Come along for three unique innovation stories about the times things didn’t quite go the way they thought they would - and the lessons those experiences taught them.

This session, you’ll hear from some really interesting founders, but we are keeping their identities a secret right now. But here's a hint: this session lands during Nano Week 2026 as part of the New Zealand International Science Festival, so expect some fascinating minds in the room.

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.

This free three-hour workshop provides Kiwi business owners with practical tools, frameworks, and templates to build a tailored business continuity plan.

Join for an evening with the Halter team to learn about what it takes to thrive inside a high-growth company building technology that's transforming an entire industry.

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.

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.Understand structured modelling, relationships, and why star schema matters for performance and clarity in reporting.Each session is practical, focus...

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