Skip to content

Startup events in New Zealand

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

October 202634

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

Conference Tech Users Summit 2026 Tue, Oct 13, 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM Grand Millennium Auckland, Auckland TUANZ

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

Networking Recurring Wānaka Tech Meetup Tue, Oct 13, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Verve, Wānaka Startup Queenstown Lakes

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 Payments was the easy part: what's next in Fintech Tue, Oct 13, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM GridAKL / John Lysaght, Auckland FinTechNZ

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

Networking Recurring Waikato Entrepreneurial Meetup: October 2026 Thu, Oct 15, 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM HIKO Hub, Hamilton Soda Inc.

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

Newsletter

Once a week, newly added startup events in your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.

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

Networking DayBreak Launch 2027 Wed, Oct 21, 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM The Phoenix, Tauranga Priority One

Networking IoT Community Connect Wed, Oct 21, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Hudson Gavin Martin, Auckland IoT Forum New Zealand

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

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

Meetup Recurring Done Something Meetup: Saskia Thornton, Founder Talk Wed, Oct 28, 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM Manifold Coworking Space, New Plymouth DOSO

Networking Founder & Friends Hui: Auckland Wed, Oct 28, 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Icehouse Ventures, Auckland Ministry of Awesome

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

Networking Dunners Biotech 'n' Beers Evening Thu, Oct 29, 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM 19 Saint Albans Street, Dunedin BioTechNZ

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

Meetup Recurring HackAotearoa [AKL]: Co-working for startup builders Fri, Oct 30, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM GridAKL / John Lysaght Startup Coworking space, Auckland HackAotearoa

Networking Recurring Welly Biotech 'n' Beers: October 2026 Fri, Oct 30, 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM Fork and Brewer, Wellington BioTechNZ

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

November 202618

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 AI in the Built Environment Wed, Nov 4, 4:30 PM to 7:00 PM Mott MacDonald, Auckland AI Forum NZ

Networking 2026 TIN Report Launch Thu, Nov 5, 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM The Cloud, Upper Mezzanine, Auckland Technology Investment Network (TIN)

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

Newsletter

Once a week, newly added startup events in your inbox. Unsubscribe anytime.

Networking FLINT Auckland: Meet a CXO Wed, Nov 11, 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM Google Auckland, Auckland TUANZ

Meetup Aerospace New Zealand Meet-Up #45: 2026 Over & Out Wed, Nov 11, 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM EPIC Innovation, Christchurch Aerospace New Zealand

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

Networking EdTechNZ Community Connect: Wellington Thu, Nov 12, 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM Taiawa Wellington Tech Hub, Rutherford House, Wellington EdTechNZ

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

Event Aotearoa AI Awards 2026 Wed, Nov 18 AUT City Campus, Auckland AI Forum NZ

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

Conference Indigenous Tech Summit 2026 Thu, Nov 26 to Fri, Nov 27 Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington Matihiko

December 20261

Networking SaaSmas Party Wellington 2026 Thu, Dec 17, 5:00 PM Dockside Restaurant & Bar, Wellington KiwiSaaS

March 20274

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

Conference Life Sciences Summit 2027 Mon, Mar 15 to Wed, Mar 17 Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington BioTechNZ

Conference FinTech Hui Taumata 2027 Wed, Mar 17 to Thu, Mar 18 Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington FinTechNZ

Conference National Cyber Security Summit 2027 Mon, Mar 22 8:30 AM to Tue, Mar 23 3:15 PM Tākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington Brightstar

‹

January 2028

›

MoTuWeThFrSaSu

27

28

29

30

31

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

1

2

3

4

5

6

Organizing an event?

Organizing a startup event? Send it to [email protected] and we will take a look.

[email protected]