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
May 2023
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Cyber resilient professionals and businesses: Nancy Taneja | 12 Hacktown | Manawatū | 13 Tech Week 2023 |
| 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Mega Meetup Mega Meetup: Tech Week | 20 |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
June 2023
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Testing (Shane from TTC) | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
July 2023
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| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 14 | 15 |
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| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Developer Character (Tony Bishop) | 28 | 29 |
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August 2023
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 11 | 12 |
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| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Monthly Software Meetup | 25 | 26 |
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Cyber resilient professionals and businesses: Nancy Taneja
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
11 May 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
156 The Square, Palmerston North
Cyber Resiliency broadly means, being able to withstand and getting back to business as usual as soon as possible following a cyber incident and minimising any disruptions or loss of data. It’s important to understand the correlation between Cyber security, IT and Privacy operations and the difference between cyber resilient systems and cyber resilience business planning. You can invest a lot or as little on cyber security. How to find a balance? **Nancy Taneja** has dealt with major national cyber incidents in Primary Healthcare and brings an understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing small-medium sized businesses. She has built the IT security operations from the ground up. She was a speaker at HiNZ in Dec 2022 and a panellist at the NZ Cyber Security Summit in March this year. Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast [https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Hacktown | Manawatū
Palmerston North Software Developers
12 May 2023, Friday 6:00 PM. RSVP
UCOL (Manawatu Campus), 18 Princess Street, Palmerston North
**EVENT POSTPONED**Not enough registrations. We will reshape the event and try again for maybe August Join us for a three-day hackathon focused on building sustainable solutions for our community that support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our goal is to bring together local tech enthusiasts, youth and community members to collaborate on innovative solutions that address pressing issues related to sustainable development, such as reducing waste, promoting sustainable lifestyles, and increasing access to safe and affordable housing. I (Steve) am a small part of the planning team. It sounds amazing: a chance to get our hands on PNCC data feeds about to be released, a way to help the city know how we are doing in balancing care for the environment with the needs of the people who live in it. AWS solutions architects will be on site (plus swag?). Toni Grace will teach us to work with the UN Sustainable Development goals. Dave Craig will show us how to use the Lean Canvas. Much more... Buy tickets here. [https://events.humanitix.com/hacktownmanawatu](https://events.humanitix.com/hacktownmanawatu) If you can afford it, choose for the "Buy One Give One" ticket option. Dave Craig (The Brave Trust) wants to bring a bunch of high school students who are interested in tech to be on teams with us and see how experienced devs and techs work.
Tech Week 2023
13 May 2023, Saturday 12:00 AM
TechWeek is NZs celebration of tech. Visit https://techweek.co.nz for more information and a list of local events 13-20 May 2023
Mega Meetup
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Victory Venue, 20 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
The Grand Finale of Tech Week[RSVP and more information on EventBrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mega-meetup-tickets-588446698917)
Mega Meetup: Tech Week
Palmerston North Software Developers
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Victory Venue, 20 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
The Grand Finale of Tech Week**[Register on EventBrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mega-meetup-tickets-588446698917)**
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
8 Jun 2023, 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](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark yourself as attending here on meetup.com as well. The Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Testing (Shane from TTC)
Palmerston North Software Developers
22 Jun 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
How to write testable code, how to write good tests, how to measure quality, what testers want devs to know. Thanks to Shane (who organises the Manawatu Quality Assurance Professionals meetup) Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
13 Jul 2023, 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](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark yourself as attending here on meetup.com as well. The Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Developer Character (Tony Bishop)
Palmerston North Software Developers
27 Jul 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
Grandpa Tony, (the man with the most character in the room at every meetup), will tell us what he thinks the essentials are for Developer characterWhat makes a good programmer?Obsessive (y) compulsive (Y) disorder?What makes a good team player?What makes a good team? Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
10 Aug 2023, 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](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark yourself as attending here on meetup.com as well. The Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
24 Aug 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon Thanks to Objective for hosting and sponsoring pizza. Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy. We usually walk to Aquaba or Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
14 Sep 2023, 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](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark yourself as attending here on meetup.com as well. The Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
28 Sep 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon Thanks to Objective for hosting and sponsoring pizza. Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy. We usually walk to Aquaba or Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
12 Oct 2023, 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](https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/) so they can prepare ahead.Please mark yourself as attending here on meetup.com as well. The Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
26 Oct 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon Thanks to Objective for hosting and sponsoring pizza. Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy. We usually walk to Aquaba or Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Nov 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon Thanks to Objective for hosting and sponsoring pizza. Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy. We usually walk to Aquaba or Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.