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Startup events in New Zealand

Conferences, meetups, workshops and pitch nights of the local startup scene in one place.

October 202624

Meetup Recurring Co-working day at Tupu'anga Coffee Fri, Oct 9, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM Tupu'anga Coffee - Mt Eden, Auckland HackAotearoa

Meetup Recurring Jev, Dots, and more: Automating the Day-to-Day Sun, Oct 11, 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM Auckland Auckland AI Collective

Meetup Christchurch AI Meetup: Building with AI, Speed, Structure & Scale Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EPIC Innovation Centre, Christchurch Christchurch Artificial Intelligence

Networking October AI Meetup - Building with AI, Speed, Structure & Scale Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM EPIC Innovation Centre, Canterbury Canterbury Tech

Conference Auckland Startup Week 2026 Mon, Oct 12 to Fri, Oct 16 Various venues in Auckland CBD, Auckland Auckland Council

Meetup Fix One Thing: Auckland | With Base44 Tue, Oct 13, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM Auckland Auckland AI Meetup

Workshop Build for Auckland: Build Night with Base44 Tue, Oct 13, 5:15 PM to 9:00 PM 125 St Georges Bay Rd, Auckland Auckland AI Meetup

Networking Recurring Christchurch IT Curry Club Tue, Oct 13, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Christchurch Christchurch IT Curry Club

Meetup Fintech Welly: Will AI Kill the Bank? Wed, Oct 14, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Creative HQ, Wellington Creative HQ

Conference SaaSpocalypse Now: Auckland Thu, Oct 15, 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM Pipiri Lane, Auckland KiwiSaaS

Meetup WIT Christchurch: Not Just Another AI Meet-Up Thu, Oct 15, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Appetise, Christchurch Women in Tech Christchurch

Meetup Recurring Wellington Python Meetup: Python for GIS Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Sharesies, Wellington Python New Zealand, Wellington

Networking The Jam | Leadership Edition Fri, Oct 16, 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM Pipiri Lane, Auckland Movac

Meetup Friday Drinks @ the EPIC Exchange Fri, Oct 16, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM Christchurch Christchurch Artificial Intelligence

Meetup Recurring Ethan Huang: How I Designed an AI-Powered App to Improve My English Mon, Oct 19, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Auckland Auckland Ruby

Pitch Aurora Climate Lab: Next Accelerator Launch Tue, Oct 20, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Creative HQ, Wellington Creative HQ

Conference Agentic Engineering Day NZ Tue, Oct 20 to Thu, Oct 22 Aotea Centre, Auckland mate.dev

Meetup Agentic Engineering Day New Zealand Wed, Oct 21 8:00 AM to Thu, Oct 22 6:00 PM Auckland mate.dev

Pitch Velocity $100k Challenge Grand Final Prizegiving 2026 Wed, Oct 21, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM OGGB 4, Sir Owen G Glenn Building, Auckland Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Auckland

Networking Recurring Coffee and meet Thu, Oct 22, 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM Paraparaumu Kapiti Startup & Innovation Network

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Conference Show Me the Money Thu, Oct 22, 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Harbourside Function Venue, Wellington Creative HQ

Conference Sunrise Aotearoa 2026 Thu, Oct 29, 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM ASB Waterfront Theatre, Auckland Blackbird

Meetup First Wellington Apache Airflow Meetup Thu, Oct 29, 5:00 PM to 8:30 PM Te Toki a Rata Building, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington New Zealand Apache Airflow Meetup

Conference Kawaiicon 2026 Fri, Oct 30 to Sat, Oct 31 Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington Kawaiicon

November 202611

Networking TechTuesday - November 2026 Tue, Nov 3, 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM Christchurch Canterbury Tech

Meetup Recurring October Meetup Tue, Nov 3, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Dunedin Code Craft Dunedin

Meetup Recurring Product Lunch @ Scoundrel Wed, Nov 4, 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM Christchurch ProductTank Christchurch

Meetup November AI Meetup - AI in Public Sector & Private Business Mon, Nov 9, 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM Christchurch Christchurch Artificial Intelligence

Conference Agritech Unleashed: Otago Thu, Nov 12, 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM Otago Business School, University of Otago, Dunedin AgriTech New Zealand

Conference Product Aotearoa Conference 2026 Thu, Nov 12 9:00 AM to Fri, Nov 13 Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington Product Aotearoa

Workshop Startup Weekend Taranaki 2026 Fri, Nov 13 5:30 PM to Sun, Nov 15 8:00 PM Manifold Coworking Space, New Plymouth DOSO

Conference CHCon 2026 Wed, Nov 18 to Fri, Nov 20 Majestic on Durham, Christchurch CHCon

Networking Hark! A Most Unruly Meeting Approaches Thu, Nov 19, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Rangi Ruru Drama Theatre, Christchurch Canterbury Tech

Conference DevFest Auckland 2026 Sat, Nov 21, 8:30 AM Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland GDG Auckland

Conference AI Engineering Summit Auckland 2026 Wed, Nov 25, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM SO/ Auckland, Auckland TESTINGMIND

March 20271

Conference NZX Tech Investor Day 2027 Thu, Mar 11, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM New Zealand International Convention Centre, Auckland NZX

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