Membership Benefits

ManawaTech is industry led and industry funded. It keeps us focussed on meeting our aims.

Prices exclude GST. All plans are an annual subscription payable from the date you you join, automatically renewing around the 1 year anniversary.

Your subscription provides direct benefits to you. It also helps build and support the local tech community.

Individual Member Benefits

• Free access to paid ManawaTech events like the Mega Meetup
• Discounts on training by Digital Skills Agency and other events
• Slack channel access
• Members only update meeting twice a year. Gain inside info on the local tech scene, plus a chance to shape what we do
• Voting rights at our Annual General Meeting. Eligible for Board membership 
• Looking for work? Receive personalised / targeted advice on who to call locally. Promo you on LinkedIn and our monthly Email newsletter.
• Join the Mentoring program as a mentee or mentor
• Stay up to date on what's happening in the region
• First in line for random opportunities as they arise (surprisingly often)
• That warm fuzzy feeling of doing something warm and fuzzy. Help us keep building the region

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"I decided to join as an individual member of Manawa Tech as I believe that together we can help the local community become a lead tech space within New Zealand. For this to happen my contribution (and hopefully yours too) is needed. Plus giving back is always good" - Patricia, JuniorTech leader.

Company Member Benefits

For you and your people

• Free access to paid ManawaTech events like the Mega Meetup
• Slack channel access
• Discounts on training by Digital Skills Agency
• Join the Mentoring program as a mentee or mentor

As a company

• Voting rights at our Annual General Meeting. Eligible for Board membership 
• Access to members only content
• Recruiting support
  • CV Database access (sign up for daily email of new profiles uploaded)
  • Summer of Tech access for interns and graduates (for when UCOL and Massey run out of local students)
  • Discount on recruitment fees with Digital Skills Agency
  • Access to the #hiring slack channel for pre-screened senior and intermediate candidates
• Brand Promotion
  • Detailed listing at the top of the regional Companies page (includes extra information to help people find you)
  • Your logo in our email newsletters, posters, presentations
  • Referrals: people ask us who can help them
  • Your story told wherever we go to whoever will listen
  • TechWeek opportunities (run or sponsor an event)
• First in line for random opportunities as they arise (surprisingly often)

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Benefits to Everyone

Supporting ManawaTech directly supports and builds the broader tech ecosystem. Board members and a network of volunteers are all working to make our region an excellent place to have a career in tech.

Your support directly enables

• Monthly meetups for a broad range of interests (we provide speakers, coordination and support)
• Monthly email newsletter with locally relevant news
• A LinkedIn page with local focussed news, events, opportunities
• TechWeek events
• A Podcast talking about the people doing tech here
• Mentoring program
• Skills assessment tools
• CV database: when its time to move on, we can help you stay local.
• Someone to ask when you have a question about tech in the region
• An interconnected community with wide interests
• Building the future
  • School trophies + prizes
  • Resources for schools: 123Tech, Shadow Tech, KiwiBots, local events
  • UCOL scholarships for ICT students
  • Support for internship placements, industry projects
• Regional Economic development
  • Adding your voice to our push on local government, tertiary education providers, national bodies like NZTech and IT Professionals
  • Showing "mass" to attract big brands and events here
  • Ecosystem Map: How do we fit together? What is our regional speciality?
  • Physical Map: Where are we all?
  • Regional Statistics
  • Skills Profile Heat Map showing the top skills in the region
  • Building community through many conversations
  • Celebrating your success (sharing stories widely)
  • Regional awards database

Your voice is added to the others in the region, which helps us all get the attention that once voice alone could not get. It helps us to gradually "lift the tide" so that everyone benefits.

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"I see the work being done by ManawaTech - things like software meetups, helping people find jobs and fill roles, and working with people on professional development, mentoring, and helping in schools and on community projects. I jumped at the chance to join as an individual member, so that these efforts may continue to exist, and to help foster the future of software development in the Manawatu." - Jonathan

How else can I help?

Thanks for your enthusiasm!

• If you know of tech companies who aren't members, spread the word. The more we have, the better / bigger / more attractive we look as a combined ecosystem.
• We'd love to hear your success stories and publish them through as many channels as we can find.
• Add a ManawaTech membership badge to your web site, which helps all of us with search engine optimisation
• If you are facing challenges, maybe we can find someone in our network who will know how to help.
• Lending a hand at events is always welcome.
• Join the board and offer your unique perspective.
• Sign up as a mentor to help the next generation up.
• Follow and Like our stuff on LinkedIn to help get the story out
• Add a membership badge to your web site to help more people find us
• Many more volunteering opportunities