Hardware Meetup NZ (not-just-software)
Showcasing New Zealand’s coolest products, and the founders and engineers creating them.
Next event
Innovation in Christchurch
Friday, 27 November 2026, 5:30pm
EPIC Innovation
Join Hardware Meetup NZ on 27th November 2026 for a relaxed evening at EPIC Innovation in Christchurch, where we will showcase several companies leading the way in innovation.
Why we do this
Engineers and founders in New Zealand are building world-leading products.
In response, Hardware Meetup NZ brings together some of New Zealand's brightest engineers, hardware entrepreneurs, product designers and enthusiasts to meet each other and…
Our missionAt a meetup
What to expect
Founders and engineers on stage
Talks and fireside chats with the people building hardware in Aotearoa: what they made, how, and what went wrong along the way.
One-minute pitches
Anyone can take the mic for a minute: hiring, looking for help, or showing off something they've built.
Pizza and good people
Founders, engineers, investors, students and the hardware-curious, from all around New Zealand.
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