List of hackathons in New Zealand in 2018

Our event is a two-day function, based in Wellington CBD. We are bringing together problems from both public and private entities that can be solved by teams, with prizes for the best solutions in select categories. The event will include talks from industry experts, mentorship and workshopping opportunities, and mini-events to help interact and exchange with other teams. Check out our Facebook here: fb.me/datalandenzed Check out our Twitter here: https://twitter.com/DatalandN

Our inaugural Waihi Beach Groundswell event, this workshop is part inspiration; through presentations, and part interaction; through facilitated conversations in small groups and informal networking. Hear stories from entrepreneurs, their challenges, how they have addressed them and where they are on their journey. Interact with experts from various backgrounds to gain feedback on developing your business idea. Find out about the opportunities and resources available to support you on your entrepreneurial journey. Bring a notebook and pen. Stay afterwards for a drink and a chat. WORKSHOP MENTORS: Carl Menary For over 15 years Carl has been helping companies around the world use the design-thinking process to understand user needs and bring innovative products to market. He thrives on turning problems into opportunities. He is a senior product developer at Robotic Plus, working from end-user empathy, to design for manufacture. He also is the designer behind local lighting studio, Minnow. He is passionate about using design to improve lives and strives to help New Zealand companies achieve global success. Jamie Bell Jamie's expertise encompasses digital marketing, website and visual design. After seven years in the corporate sector, Jamie established her own freelance venture, and works with businesses local and abroad, to help them and flourish in the digital environment. An expert in the digital environment, her work also has a focus on the sustainability; she is passionate about working with businesses that prioritise the preservation of our natural environment. Pascale Hyboud-Peron Pascale is Co-founder & Director of Venture Centre, and is passionate about facilitating connections between people and ideas by delivering meaningful opportunities to do good stuff together. The Venture Centre is focussed on ecosystem development by connecting, engaging, understanding and celebrating entrepreneurial capability and culture. Pascale is an expert in integrating social and informal learning elements with evidence-based information to facilitate conversations on and offline that support engagement and active collaboration. Her skills include the provision of technologies and frameworks to enable open knowledge sharing and community building. Victoria Menary Victoria is a founder and director of Minnow. Minnow is a product design studio in Waihi Beach with a passion for design, craftsmanship and sustainability. Victoria has 5 years of startup experience, all while being a dedicated mother of 3 kids under the age of 10 years and is the president of the local playcenter.Maria King An innovative entrepreneur and investor with a background in applied science and technology, Maria's passions lie in developing and growing businesses, especially start-up and early stage business, and in governance. Approaching life with a discovery mind-set, love of learning and a healthy dose of genuine inquisitiveness, Maria has the ability to connect seemingly unrelated questions, problems or ideas and enjoys being able to challenge common wisdom and assumptions through astute questioning – which all come in handy when working with entrepreneurs and early stage businesses, which she does a lot.  Maria holds a number of directorships and is also currently working with companies involved in fields such as hyperspectral sensing technologies and digital technologies for sustainable commercial fishing and in healthcare.  Maria is an experienced facilitator and has mentored and judged at Start-Up Weekend events plus numerous other hackathons over the past few years so she will feel right at home helping you Kickstart your business.Natashia Lucas Co-founder | FareShare Software Ltd & Tauranga Community Co-op I wear a few different hats. Firstly, I’m a wife and mum of two clever girls (2 & 3). While working from home (and from Base Station), I keep myself busy with two related organisations. In 2017 I founded the Tauranga Community Co-op. We’re an incorporated society, and we exist to allow our members to buy food and various other products at wholesale rates. This led to us founding FareShare. FareShare is a software package that supports, administrates, and runs co-ops, intuitively. My heart beats for community.  Food is a wonderful way to connect. My aim with the work I do is to enable people to buy better food while spending the same they did before. Making this process easier has been my mission over the last 18 months and I think it will continue to take up a substantial amount of my time in the years to come. I love it!

Welcome to impactNPO! We are pleased to announce our second Wellington impactNPO event.  To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket. The weekend starting on Friday 13th July from 6 pm to 8 pm with networking, charity introductions, and team forming. You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 14th July and Sunday 15th July from 9 am to 5 pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities. We will be providing the food and drinks this weekend to keep you well fed and energised! A big thank you to our lovely sponsors, emhTrade who are sponsoring the food for the weekend and BizDojo via the Collider Programme, who are sponsoring the venue. The Charities that will be attending the event will be announced soon. Watch our Facebook page and website  for details.   FAQs What do I need to bring? An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on. What's in it for me? First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you're looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working as part of a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community!  Sweet stuff! What can we expect as results for the NPOs? This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO!  Over the many successful weekends we have run, we have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice. For a list of some of our accomplishments, and the NPOs that we have helped during the past weekends, have a look on our website: impactnpo.org What about catering options? To help us plan ahead and order food, we would love to know about your dietary requirement so please specify during registration whether you would require normal, vegetarian, or gluten-free option when you register. What if I have a change of plans? Please remember to let us know at least 3 days before the event if you're no longer able to come for the full weekend, as this will allow us to free up the reservation for people on the waiting list. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at info@impactnpo.org or drop us a message on Facebook (www.facebook.com/impactnpo)  Look forward to seeing you all there :) From the impactNPO organising team

Impact Challenge 2018 @ Massey Join us for a university-wide innovation hackathon to help solve Really Big Problems. The Impact Challenge 2018 is your opportunity to tackle some of the most significant problems facing us today, as outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This challenge is open to the Massey University community, and organised by the ecentre -- the enterprise and innovation centre at Massey University, along with industry partner PROJECTR®. Make an impact by hacking solutions to global challenges Experiment with new technology Work with interdisciplinary teams Meet amazing people and win prizes  Who can enter? YOU! Students from any of our colleges, both undergraduate and graduate, including business, science, creative arts, humanities and social sciences, and health.  No previous tech experience is required -- but bring an open mind. Why you should enter? Along with some sweet prizes you’ll get to work with industry professionals and experiment with new technology  while trying to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. You’ll get to learn, experiment with new tech and have a heap of fun in the process. Plus -- it looks good on your CV! How do I get involved? Join us at our kick off event to find out more about the hackathon. Guest speakers and our sweet, sweet prizes will be announced at the kick-off event.  Not based in Auckland but want to take part? Don’t worry. You’ll be able to stream in from Wellington or Palmerston North campuses.  Register your interest and we’ll be in touch.

The IoT Hackathon is your opportunity to find out about IoT technology, discover how it works and what it can be used for.  Join us to find a wide range of people that you can work with.  You can bring an idea, a project, your skills, your enthusiasm.  We'll help you find a group to collaborate with to build an IoT application.Event Sponsor GIFTWe are pleased to announce that we have a sponsor for the Hackathon - GIFT: Gulf Innovation Fund Together enables innovation that improves the environment of the Hauraki Gulf.  GIFT are setting a challenge and providing prizes and a celebration.  Read more about GIFT here www.giftofthegulf.org.nzThe challenge is showing how Internet of Things technology can be used to improve the environment of the Hauraki Gulf - the sea waters that Auckland sits next to and benefits from.  How can IoT sensing and control systems be used to prevent and remedy environmental degradation and allow us to preserve and improve the waters that give us life?  We have example challenges and you may suggest your own.  Prizes will be Pycom sensing kits to enable the winning concept to continue.If you have an existing IoT project that you'd like to work on, share or demo you are also welcome.  Any technology platform is welcome.If you are a software app or cloud developer wanting to know about IoT integration, you'll find the right people to work with.If you have some ideas you want to work on and discuss, you'll find amazing people to help and support you.  This could be the first step on a big journey!You don't have to be technical.  It's also important to have an ideas person, to know how to generate customer interest.  So if you just want to understand more, come along and meet some new friends.We're also open to platform developers that want to use cloud platforms for collecting and analysing IoT data.  Use your skills to integrate AI, Chatbots, AR, VR etc and make an outstanding application.AgendaSaturday 26 May9.30am - 10.30am   Arrive, register, setup10.30   Introductions11.00   Gulf Innovation Fund Together Presentationa and Challenge 11.30   Idea forming and project plan12.00   Pycom tutorial4.00pm  Finish for the day - kits may be left overnight (at your risk)Sunday 27 May10.00am  Arrive, continue projects3.00pm   Demo presentations and judging4.00pm  Winner announcements and celebration 5.00pm  Finish The bar and cafe at Generator will be open for the event.  

The Mind Lab by Unitec presents Tairawhiti's first kids hackathon. At this free creative tech event we'll give tamariki between the ages of 7 and 14 the tools & materials to explore technology and express their creativity in collaboration with others. Through this tech exploration kids are encouraged to be curious and empathetic towards each other and the world around them. We empower kids to take control of their future and not just passively consume what someone else has designed for them.

HackTaranaki is the region’s first Hackathon. Local companies and organisations will begin the process by presenting problems they are currently facing or opportunities for the future.  Teams of designers, developers and other creative and committed people will then form to address an issue.  Over the weekend the teams will design and test a solution and then pitch their developed solution on the Sunday evening. It’s a competitive but supportive process. A facilitator and a team of mentors will coach teams throughout the weekend. Hack Taranaki is a great opportunity to learn new skills and have a lot of fun. While solutions developed at Hackathons are usually software based, successful teams require people with a range of experiences.  Anyone can take part and contribute to a hackathon so please come along and contribute your skills, experience and knowledge to make a real difference to the Taranaki community. Thinking of participating? Got a problem worth solving? Or just want to find out more then head to  https://www.startuptaranaki.nz/hack-taranaki Proudly sponsored by DATACOM

Started by the French Space Agency (CNES) four years ago and now taking place in 60 cities across five continent this exciting global space event is coming to New Zealand for the first time, and it’s looking for Kiwis with a passion for space, data and startups to pitch new ideas. The event, ActInSpace®, is a 24-hour hackathon in Christchurch on the 25th and 26th of May, hosted by the Centre for Space Science Technology (CSST) and the New Zealand Space Agency.

Techweek’18 plays a big part in telling Auckland's innovation story and encourages people in Auckland's innovation 'ecosystem' to work together to promote our innovation and entrepreneurship. The Techweek’18 philosophy is ‘innovation that is good for the world’ and this event within the festival is an opportunity for Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) to showcase how entrepreneurs can access Auckland Council-held data to develop tech based solutions to better serve ratepayers. Join us for a breakfast session to hear a series of speakers present their various projects that are using Auckland Council data to build valuable tech solutions for Aucklanders, including: Project Bruce, a new system to manage data about assets wherever they may be and however they may be represented; How Auckland Transport is making their data available for Hackathons and private sector innovation; and How Figure.NZ utilises numerical data to tell stories. Programme 7:30am – 8:00am: Buffet breakfast and networking 8:00am – 9:00am: Speaker slots (5 x 12 mins each) 9:00am – 9.20am: Q&A session 9:30am: Event concludes

Harnessing artificial intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, and smart speakers – these emerging technologies are said to be redefining industries and have the potential to change the world on a scale that has never been seen before. So how do we even begin to venture into these technologies and use them for good? We invite you to find out how at Datacom’s Emerging Tech for Good Breakfast Event. We are delighted to invite you to attend Datacom’s ‘Emerging Tech for Good’. An event that will see internationally and nationally renowned speakers discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and smart speakers to sustainability. This year, we have 4 awesome speakers from 4 industries using 4 different methodologies to kick-start 4 different emerging techs. This event is taking place on: Who are the speakers? Speakers from both the international and national stage will cover a variety of topics, ranging from artificial intelligence (AI), augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR) and smart speakers to sustainability with each speaker informing us on how emerging technologies are redefining industries and changing the world on a scale that has never seen before. Line-up as follows:  Savannah Peterson, a 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 in Consumer Technology and the Founder of Savvy Millennial. She will separate the hype from truth surrounding Blockchain and the digital asset revolution. She will present a very special case featuring Sophia, the humanoid robot, and her newly cryptocurrency crowdfunded brain. Te Aroha Morehu, Innovation Officer and Tribal Digital Transformer, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei will take us on a visual journey of how AR/VR has been embedded into Maori education.  Roxanne Salton, Head of digital strategy & delivery for Mercury, will talk about how they adopted a new approach to deliver changes across the business and how they experimented across the business using the 5-day Rapid prototyping approach. James Wells, CIO, Vulcan steel, is here to talk playing it safe with the use of vision intelligence to ensure workplace safety. This was featured in the Microsoft Build conference and is first experimented via a hackathon - Datacomp. How can I attend? This event is completely free to attend but spaces are limited. Don’t delay in registering for this one-off event that will connect you with key figures in industry and provide the opportunity to network with like-minded individuals. Refreshments will be provided alongside the opportunity to ask our speakers questions and network after the presentations. We look forward to hosting you in Auckland. Please don’t hesitate to get in contact with any of the event organisers to find out more. Look forward to seeing you on the 23rd pf May. General Event details:  Parking is unfortunately unavailable onsite, however, there are multiple public carparks available within walking distance to the office, alongside great public transport links.  Refreshments will be available on arrival.