Events Calendar
IT Events in Palmerston North and the wider Manawatū. We aggregate a number of calendars: meetups, local ITP events, NZTech, and other tech related events we hear about from time to time.
Upcoming Events
July 2021
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 ManawaTech AGM | 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 |
August 2021
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 Funding Interns: Peter Ellingham Breakfast at Hope Cafe: Funding Interns Mentor Training | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 Testers Breakfast | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 Smaller, faster | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
September 2021
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 Testers Breakfast | 22 | 23 Machine Learning | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
October 2021
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 Robyn Young: Developing and Retaining staff | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 Testers Breakfast | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 Monthly Software Meetup | 29 | 30 |
| 31 |
ManawaTech AGM
1 Jul 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM
156 The Square, Palmerston North
The Annual General Meeting is open to all ManawaTech members. You are a member if your company has a current (paid) subscription. Employees of member companies can be voted to the board. Have your say in the year ahead.
Funding Interns: Peter Ellingham
Manawatu Tech CEOs
12 Aug 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Hope Kitchen Cafe, 156 The Square, Palmerston North
Peter Ellingham from CEDA will discuss options for funding internships locally. He says "I would like to talk mainly about the Callaghan Innovation R & D Experience grants but can also cover interns from Massey and UCol" This is a combined event with IT Professionals, the Senior IT meetup and ManawaTechHope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Breakfast at Hope Cafe: Funding Interns
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
12 Aug 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Peter Ellingham from CEDA will visit and discuss options for funding internships locally. He says "I would like to talk mainly about the Callaghan Innovation R & D Experience grants but can also cover interns from Massey and UCol" This is a combined event with IT Professionals, Tech CEOs and ManawaTech. Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead.
Mentor Training
12 Aug 2021, Thursday 7:00 PM
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Kickoff meeting for the mentoring program. If you want to be a mentor, come and hear how the program will work, receive some simple skills that will help you with your mentee, get to know the leadership team (so they can find a good match), have some easy nibbles, meet other mentors.
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
17 Aug 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Smaller, faster
Palmerston North Software Developers
26 Aug 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
Aaron: getting big software to work on small microcontrollersSteve: avoiding web framework and infrastructure bloatJonathon: compiling Java to machine specific assembler More information coming soon
Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
9 Sep 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
You came last month and heard Peter speak about finding and funding interns / graduates. This month, have a conversation with Paula from UCOL around how to look after interns / grads: what to expect from them, what they need to succeed, options for ongoing support for you (as manager / owner). Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
21 Sep 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Machine Learning
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Sep 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon
Robyn Young: Developing and Retaining staff
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
14 Oct 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Robyn Young (of Robyn Young HR) will join us for breakfast to answer your questions on developing and retaining staff. This is in context of the previous two meetups: finding and funding interns; care and feeding of interns; then hopefully keeping and developing your interns into the kind of people that are really hard to at the moment. Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
19 Oct 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
28 Oct 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
11 Nov 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
16 Nov 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
25 Nov 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
9 Dec 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
21 Dec 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Dec 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
13 Jan 2022, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead
Testers Breakfast
Palmerston North Software Testers
18 Jan 2022, Tuesday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Cafe Express, 41 The Square, Palmerston North
Last year went by so quick, and with all the disruption and a lot of us having new ways to work. Let see if we can start this year afresh with a good turnout and get a consistent ball rolling on talking all things testing. Come and meet your peers and other professionals working in this area within the city. Come, have breakfast, and some good conversations.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
27 Jan 2022, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17-23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon