We’re celebrating 7 Weeks of SaaSmas with learning and joy. We’ve got 20+ workshops, events and epic SaaSmas parties across the motu. We’re also spotlighting our fastest growing rising stars in our SaaSmas Advent calendar!

During 7 Weeks of SaaSmas we’re packing the calendar with events to help your company go faster in 2026!

Here’s your events round-up: a fast, scannable overview of what’s coming up. This isn’t a newsletter, just your cheat sheet for the next wave of happenings. 

KiwiSaaS, the national community for software‑as‑a‑service (SaaS) companies, has relaunched under a new industry‑led model to help accelerate the growth of Aotearoa New Zealand’s SaaS sector.

We’re back: industry-led, member-driven and focused on helping Aotearoa’s SaaS companies grow smarter and faster. We’re celebrating our relaunch with 7 Weeks of SaaSmas, showcasing more than 20 volunteer-run workshops, events and SaaSmas parties across the country.

Gentrack Group Limited (NZX: GTK) has been selected for inclusion in the S&P/NZX 20 Index, following the June 2025 quarterly review by S&P Dow Jones Indices. The change takes effect prior to the market open on Monday 23 June.

The 2025 NZ Tech Ecosystem Report is out and it’s a milestone moment for Aotearoa’s innovation economy.

We’re pressing GO!

We’ve got our first founding members (YASS!), we’re pushing on with the raise, but still need your input and support. Plus: don’t miss Movac’s AI pricing event!

With support from NZTE, NZTech is helping re-establish kiwiSaaS as a membership organisation — built by the SaaS community, for the SaaS community.

NZ Herald (paywalled): Executives at Xero, Datacom, Gallagher (CEO Kahl Betham pictured) and many rising software firms call for public funding of kiwiSaaS to continue.

Newstalk ZB: Nick Whitehead, Serko Chief Marketing Officer, says the tech industry is seeking "engagement' not just to talk "funding" on what the Government’s plans are for the sector going forward.

NZ Herald (paywalled): Some of New Zealand’s tech industry’s biggest names have sent a letter to Technology Minister Judith Collins - in the context of millions in public funding to boost the cloud software sector being about to expire.

Orchestra.io is teaming up with Sharesies — a move that aligns with their vision and purpose of enabling more investor confidence to support businesses to succeed.

VoiceQ, owned by Kiwa Digital, appoints Grey Willow Music and Production Studios to represent the localisation software to grow its presence in indigenous markets in the USA.

Southern SaaS 2024 speaker Aaron Ward (Ngāti Maru), co-founder of AskNicely, is one of the few Māori working in the tech industry. He believes tangata whenua could help combat a pressing shortage of staff in Aotearoa.

As the only Māori in his company, AskNicely, Aaron Ward raises the issue of including more indigenous people in the tech sector. Aaron will speak at Southern SaaS 2024 on 12 March.

A New Zealand tech startup has secured a multi-million dollar funding boost from Silicon Valley.

Sean O’Brien and Jason Ennor are North Shore entrepreneurs with global ambitions for their hybrid HR service. Having established a strong presence across New Zealand and Australia, they’re now working hard to take MyHR even further afield.