Events by Katie Whelan

Couldn’t make it to Electrify Aotearoa and keen to unpack the insights with other women founders? Join Wellington’s women in tech community as they unpack the most valuable lessons from Electrify Aotearoa!

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.

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 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.

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.

Join NZ Tech Rally for an inspiring evening as they bring together the tech community to discuss their learnings and reflections from NZ Tech Rally 2026 conference. The stage is open to all NZ Tech Rally 2026 attendees, speakers, sponsors, volunteers and crew members.

Join a facilitated discussion with leaders, managers and business owners exploring the real challenges of AI adoption, from managing change and building team capability to making confident decisions in a rapidly evolving landscape.