About Techweek
Techweek is Aotearoa New Zealand’s festival for tech that’s good for the world. In 2025, the festival returns nationwide from 19-25 May.
Who runs Techweek?
Techweek is run by NZTech — your united voice for tech in Aotearoa. NZTech is a not-for-profit membership funded NGO that connects, promotes and advances tech to create a better tomorrow for all New Zealanders.
The nationwide programme is developed and curated locally by our regional partners. With local programmes and events created by local people, Techweek New Zealand is globally unique in presenting a grass roots, authentic national festival that accelerates the growth of New Zealand's impactful tech sector.
Techweek’s key objectives are:
Whanake — Grow awareness of the value of tech to NZ’s economy
Mātau — Increase understanding of the opportunities tech offers to NZ
Whakamahi — Increase uptake of technology in NZ
The audience for Techweek covers the whole ecosystem—business, government decision makers, educators, rangatahi, community groups and the general public.
Techweek25's strategic pillars
Our strategic pillars shape the Techweek programme, and help guide our event organiser community to create events that will have a tangible impact on the growth of New Zealand technology for the benefit of all New Zealanders. We work with strategic partners across the public and private sectors to bring these pillars to life during Techweek.
Growing Exports
Improving Sustainability
Creating Good Tech
Developing Careers & Skills
Lifting Productivity
Our history
Techweek24 activated the tech sector across Aotearoa for a week-long festival in order to:
🔊 Grow awareness for the value of NZ's tech sector to our people and economy
💡 Increase understanding of the opportunities technology brings to NZ
🚀 Increase the uptake of technology in NZ
Why? Because we know a strong tech sector can build a better tomorrow for all of us 🌱
312 events
18 regions
19k attendees
280k digital impressions
Techweek23 was an opportunity to inspire, inform, and educate businesses, educators and our communities about the digital year ahead and a platform to run successful virtual, hybrid and in-person events across New Zealand. It ran from 13th - 20th of May.
288 events nationwide
69k attendees
Techweek is not only a tech festival, but a platform designed to help communities, educators, businesses and organisations create, promote and run successful virtual, hybrid and physical tech events across New Zealand.
Techweek 2022's festival was a call to action for Aotearoa to tell its story. With opportunities to demonstrate how technology can help keep people connected and the economy active, by showcasing local tech talent, inspiring the next generation, and building tech capability throughout New Zealand.
- 417 events run throughout New Zealand
- 576 speakers
- Attended by more than 30,000 people online and in-person
A window of opportunity allowed Techweek21 to run its busy schedule of in-person and online events in 2021. Acknowledging the digital dividend provided by COVID-19, TW21 lay the foundations for accelerated innovation and uptake of digital systems in Aotearoa.
- 374 events
- 28 locations
- Attended by more than 27,200 people online and in-person
The Techweek team responded positively to the challenges of COVID-19 and successfully implemented a 100% digital platform for all events.
Looking ahead to focus on ‘connecting our future’ by being recognised as the platform for everyone to meet, share ideas and create connections to enhance our future world.
- 308 online events
- Attended by more than 20,428 people online
Sticking with the theme of ‘good for the world’. TW19 saw the growth of TechweekTV to daily live webcasts and the creation of the Techweek Schools Series.
- 562 events
- 28 locations
- Attended by more than 46,000 people
Building momentum and focusing on ‘innovation that is good for the world’ and launching TechweekTV.
- 540 events
- 24 locations
- Attended by more than 21,000 people
Expanding to become a Nationwide initiative with a curated programme focused on ‘finding local answers to global questions’.
- 287 events
- 24 locations
- Attended by more than 20,000 people
NZTech and ATEED join forces to produce TechweekAKL - a festival of innovation ecosystem.
- 55 events across
- Auckland only
- Attended by 10,000 people
Was created by NZTech and the Hi-Tech Trust to coincide with the Hi-Tech Awards, to build enthusiasm around new technologies being developed in New Zealand.