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.
531 devs and techies in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Casey Orr: Serverless, coupling, and wider impacts (AWS)
27 Apr 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM, 4 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)
115 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Breakfast at Hope Cafe
13 Apr 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM, 6 attending
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
Manawatū Microsoft 365 Meetup
**We are re-establishing our Manawatū Microsoft 365 Meet-Up group back together.**
It’s going to be the same, same, but a little different. It’s been a while since this group has been together in-person, so I’ve asked Hine Bishara to join me as my co-pilot for these events – which will be Online.
We are planning on getting together online, roughly every six weeks.
The Manawatū Microsoft 365 User Group is designed to help the local M365 community come together and discuss topical M365 themes and gain insight as to how others are using and innovating on the platform.
There will be presentations on anything related to SharePoint, Office 365, and other Microsoft Technologies. It is for anyone who uses these tools – customers, companies, providers, students and is free to attend.
**Cheers**
Dan Sanders (Organiser)
156 Members in Palmerston North
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.
115 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Mega Meetup: Tech Week
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM, 1 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.
77 Members in Palmerston North
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.
24 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.
54 Members in Palmerston North
Next meetup: Mega Meetup
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM, 1 attending
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
23 Members in Palmerston North
Join or RSVP on www.meetup.com
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Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
13 Apr 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/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Casey Orr: Serverless, coupling, and wider impacts (AWS)
Palmerston North Software Developers
27 Apr 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Objective Corporation - Palmerston North Office, 17 - 23 Victoria Avenue, Palmerston North
Decisions we make as software or infrastructure architect/engineers always involve tradeoffs regardless if they are made due to comfort or deliberate choice. For this session join us as we unwind a tiny portion of the puzzle to talk through their choices and the wider impact they have on the project, team, and business. 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.
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.
Mega Meetup
Manawatu Tech CEOs
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Victory Venue, 20 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
The Grand Finale of Tech Week[More information and RSVP on EventBrite](https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mega-meetup-tickets-588446698917)
Mega Meetup: Tech Week
Palmerston North Business Analysts Meetup
19 May 2023, Friday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Victory Venue, 20 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North
The twice-a-year networking event for the local tech industry. Past events have had up to 100 people including students, tech people, business owners, local politicians, vendors, startups and more. Its mostly social with a very brief speaker and a shout out to the various groups in the room who you may want to meet. ManawaTech tries to overlay the event with options for many groups to connect with each other. Last time we had IT Professionals, Chamber, Young Chamber, Incubators like The Factory and Sprout, UCOL/Te Pukenga student displays, employment corner to connect workers with work opportunities and more. Nibbles and drinks provided. We may have a brief talk from the event sponsor around something topical. The rest of the time is an opportunity to say hi to old friends, meet new ones, make business connections. Registration link [https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mega-meetup-tickets-588446698917](https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mega-meetup-tickets-588446698917)
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[More information and RSVP 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 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
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 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.