Run a Techweek Event
Bring your ideas, your community, and your passion — and be part of Aotearoa’s biggest week in tech.
Each year, Techweek NZ is powered by a nationwide network of local coordinators and volunteers who run hundreds of events across the motu. Anyone can be part of the programme — individuals, startups, community groups, schools, and everyone in between. If you’ve got a story to tell, a skill to share, or an audience to inspire, Techweek is your platform.
It's free to run an event during Techweek, but if you'd like to showcase your story or brand as part of the Techweek Headline programme, consider becoming a sponsor.
Who will you reach?
At Techweek26, we encourage you to create events to serve one of our four key audiences — so when planning your session, think about which group you’re speaking to most clearly:
- NZ technology ecosystem → Help founders, researchers, investors, and industry leaders connect, share knowledge, and grow together.
- International visitors & media → Showcase how Kiwi innovation is world‑class, attract partnerships, and tell New Zealand’s tech story to the world.
- Government → Contribute to the big conversations shaping policy, regulation and the role of tech in New Zealand’s future.
- Rangatahi / youth → Inspire the next generation of innovators by making technology accessible, exciting, and relevant to their world.
Why host a Techweek26 event?
- Connect → Build networks across the motu — and across the world.
- Showcase → Put your ideas, technology, or mahi on a national stage.
- Inspire → Empower rangatahi, creators, and decision‑makers alike to see tech’s positive impact.
- Collaborate → Create opportunities with people who share your vision for what’s next.
The Techweek advantage
Running an event as part of Techweek26 means you’re joining a collective platform — one that amplifies your impact and makes your event easier to pull off. You’ll have access to:
- Regional support: Connect with our network of Techweek Regional Coordinators for on‑the‑ground help and introductions.
- Marketing tools: Branded assets, templates, and promotional support to help you spread the word.
- Amplification: Your event featured in the official Techweek26 programme, backed by national and international promotion.
- Credibility: Host under the Techweek banner — a brand that invites trust, attention, and reach.
How to list my event 
How to be part of Techweek26
Techweek is open for event submissions from any interested individual, group or company nationwide.
Important Dates
- First call for events: Jan 2026
- Last call for events: April 2026
- Techweek Festival Dates: May 18-24, 2026
Themes for 2026
The Techweek26 programme is guided by six themes — helping you to tailor your event content for maximum impact:
- Foundations – Tech strengthening our national infrastructure
- Future – Emerging technologies and breakthrough innovation
- Growth – Tech growing New Zealand’s economy
- Life – Tech making everyday life easier
- Social Good – Tech solving social challenges
- Governance – Frameworks to guide tech responsibly
How to list your event
Techweek uses Humanitix as our exclusive ticketing platform. To be part of the Techweek programme, you will need to list your event using Humanitix. There is no listing fee or koha to be part of Techweek (but standard Humanitix event fees apply).
Follow one simple process to build your event listing in Humanitix and get it live in the Techweek programme, and get in touch with the team if you need support.
Start by creating your account on Humanitix.
Follow this Quick Start Guide to build your event on Humanitix.
Once your event is ready to publish, give us access:
- Go to Account > Permissions.
- Click Share Permissions.
- Enter events@techweek.co.nz.
- Select Event/feature specific and choose your Techweek25 event.
- Set permissions to Event editing AND Manage orders, attendees, and email campaigns. (note: we will use these permissions to add tags to your event for navigation purposes, and to add your event to the Techweek programme display)
- Need help? Check out this guide.
We’ll review your event and add it to the Techweek26 programme.
FAQs
Techweek event submissions are open to any individual, group or company interested in leveraging the Techweek platform.
If you would like to be part of the Techweek Headline Programme, consider becoming a Techweek sponsor.
The Techweek26 programme is guided by six themes — helping event organisers tailor content for the biggest impact:
- Foundations – Tech strengthening our national infrastructure
- Future – Emerging technologies and breakthrough innovation
- Growth – Tech growing New Zealand’s economy
- Life – Tech making everyday life easier
- Social Good – Tech solving social challenges
- Governance – Frameworks to guide tech responsibly
Techweek is all about helping New Zealanders to discover new and emerging technologies, and learn about how it can impact their lives for the better. It's also an opportunity for us to connect, share and up skill across the tech sector.
As such, the Techweek programme includes a diverse range of event types, from conferences, expos and demos, to networking, webinars, workshops and classes. Techweek events can be in person, virtual, or hybrid.
There is no restriction on the type of event that can run within the Techweek programme, the most important thing is understanding who the audience is, and what the objective or desired outcome is for each event.
This helps our nationwide team of coordinators categorise your event correctly so the right audience can find it on the platform.
There is not cost to run a Techweek event in 2026, but we encourage you to become a sponsor or supporter if it's within your means!
Techweek is run by the NZTech Group — Aotearoa New Zealand’s united voice for technology. We’re a not-for-profit NGO supercharging the growth and uptake of technology in service of a better tomorrow for all New Zealanders.
We rely on industry support to run Techweek, if you think aligning your brand with our Aotearoa's biggest tech festival would be beneficial, find out more about becoming a Techweek26 Sponsor
Event Inspiration
Need Inspiration? Check out the highlights and insights from Techweek25 here.
More questions?
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