Meetups
Local meetups cover a wide range of specialised interests in the local tech industry. Some meet monthly, some are quarterly, some are a little more relaxed (but still worth joining). Meeting with others is a great way to pick up new skills, find help with tricky problems, and meet interesting people. Networking is a great way to find a job, because many are not listed publicly.
All the local meetups we know about are listed below, with their next event and contact details. Most are run by volunteers, so if you have a bit of spare time please step up and offer to help.
Palmerston North Software Developers
Interested in developing software, web and related tech? Join us for monthly meetups on a broad range of topics relevant to devs.
474 devs and techies in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Smaller Faster
23 Sep 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM, 10 attending
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
In a senior IT role with significant responsibility? Meet for breakfast 7:30am on the second Thursday of the month to share ideas / resources with your peers, discuss challenges, form a network of people you can call on for a bit of advice. This is also an IT Professionals meetup: a number of regulars are ITP members. Attendance is free (but pay for your own breakfast). Anyone can come: you do not have to be an ITP member.(This group was called "Senior IT Managers", but its really for anyone who has been around the block a few dozen times, got some deep experience to share, responsible for a few people or a few projects or a decent budget)
72 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns
14 Oct 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM, 5 attending
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Palmerston North Business Analysts Meetup
We are a growing community of Business Analysts and other professionals interested in business analysis skills and practice. People who share ideas, learn new things, have honest conversations, and support each other. A range of events are hosted throughout the year - we aim for one every second month, six in total - usually breakfast before work but sometimes we'll change it up. We intend to provide educational, inspirational, networking and promotional events that respond to our members feedback.
Keep an eye out for the next event to be advertised here, and register to attend. New members are welcome.
95 Members in Palmerston North
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Manawatu Tech CEOs
Leading a tech company? Join us for a quarterly-ish meeting to make new connections, swap ideas, dream up ways to build more fun and more profitable business that reaches the world from here in the Manawatu.
19 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns
14 Oct 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM, 2 attending
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Palmerston North Software Testers
We hope to create a community of Software Testers and those interested in the Quality Assurance side of Software (Manual and Automated testing). People who share ideas, learn new things, have honest conversations, and support each other.
64 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Testers Breakfast
21 Sep 2021, Tuesday 7:30 AM
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Palmerston North Linux Users Group (PLUG)
A group for those interested in Linux and other open source software. we have a monthly meetup on the second Wednesday of each month at there Milson community center in Palmerston North.
9 Members in Palmerston North
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Agile Palmerston North
We are a community of agile practitioners (and those interested) that regularly get-together to explore agile topics and thinking.
Join in on the fun and help collectively lift the agile capability in Palmerston North.
142 Members in Palmerston North
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Palmerston North Hardware Developers
Doing electronics? Writing or developing firmware for embedded devices or internet of things? Meet with your peers to swap ideas and talk about technical challenges
20 Members in Palmerston North
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Upcoming Events
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| 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Robyn Young: Developing and Retaining staff Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 12 | 13 |
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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.
Smaller Faster
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Sep 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 Purnesh deferred to next month because of Auckland's lockdown
Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns
Manawatu Tech CEOs
14 Oct 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Hope Kitchen Cafe, 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
Paula Richardson: Care and Feeding of Interns
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
14 Oct 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
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.
AWS Machine Learning: Let's get personal
Palmerston North Software Developers
28 Oct 2021, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
In this session we'll talk about how can you implement powerful personalization for your customers without having to learn machine learning. In the second half of the session we'll look into customizing the technology to make it applicable for your specific use cases followed by a QnA session where we'll have an AMA for attendees. Purnesh Tripathi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/purneshtripathi) is a Data Scientist at AWS, coming to Palmy specially for us. If you'd like to meet with him before, please contact him via LinkedIn. He is also keen for beer after, so you can ask him all the questions there weren't time for during the meetup.
Robyn Young: Developing and Retaining staff
Manawatu Tech CEOs
11 Nov 2021, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Hope Kitchen Cafe, 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
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
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
10 Feb 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
15 Feb 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
24 Feb 2022, 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
10 Mar 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
15 Mar 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
24 Mar 2022, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
More information coming soon