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NZ Tech Rally 2026

Z Tech Rally is a grassroots technology conference in Aotearoa New Zealand, designed for people and teams creating human-centered tech solutions. The event focuses on local stories, practical solutions, and fosters an inclusive environment for celebration, connection, and growth within the NZ tech community. With multiple tracks spanning engineering, design…

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23Voices

0Underwriters

0Exhibitors

28On the bill · sessions

19Companies · in total

§I

The Voices

Programmed at NZ, in alphabetical order.

Allan Munar

Principal Consultant · TTC Global

Barbara Gruber

Principal Engineer · Wires Uncrossed

Ben Chapman

Lead Full Stack Developer · UNICEF Aotearoa

Chris Jia

Senior Full-Stack Engineer & Automation Expert

Darshit Pandya

Senior Principal Engineer - Platform · Serko

Deep Pandey

Senior Consultant in AI · Planit

Dipin Thomas

Lead Engineer · Xero

Feilong Wang

Principal Engineer · Kiwibank

Greg Ng

Co-founder · BA Career

Kelsey Hallahan

Educational Programme Manager & Digital Equity Champion · Digital Future Aotearoa

Lauren Peate

Founder & CEO · Multitudes

Lora Vardarova

Lead Engineering Enablement Specialist · Culture Amp

Maia Miller

Managing Director · Aleph Accessibility

Norie Ape

Program Manager · EROAD

Oli Treadwell

Senior Software Engineer

Peter Jakowetz

Managing Director · PrivSec Consulting

Rachael Fitzjohn

People Director · Emerging Engines

Ramya Ravishankar

Lead UX/UI Designer · Ministry of Education

Sneha Pulapaka

Senior Insights Analyst & Product owner

Steve Barnett

Digital Accessibility Consultant · Intopia

Surya Baskaran

Senior QA Consultant · TTC Global

Tamara Buckland

Founder · Leadership Treehouse

— and 1 more, by name unsung —

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The Programme

Selected from 28 sessions on the bill.

10:00 am – 10:40 am
Keynote 2: Building with AI without losing our values
11:30 am – 11:55 am
Multi-track talk: Give an app to 5 different security testers, you'll get 5 different reports
Testing & Quality
11:30 am – 11:55 am
Multi-track talk: Invisible design: Making data governance work for regulated industries
Product, Design & UX
11:30 am – 11:55 am
Multi-track talk: Manager, leader or engineer? It’s a pendulum and a continuum
Engineering & Platforms
11:30 am – 11:55 am
Multi-track talk: RADical innovation: Circular economy meets digital equity
Community, Culture & Wellbeing
11:30 am – 11:55 am
Multi-track talk: Small voices, big stakes: How children's rights shape AI governance at UNICEF Aotearoa
AI, Data & Ethics
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm
Multi-track talk: Can AI really replace testers in the future?
Testing & Quality
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm
Multi-track talk: Getting "Accessibility Ready" for a design system
Product, Design & UX
12:00 pm – 12:25 pm
Multi-track talk: Strategic AI assessment and deployment for optimal adoption
AI, Data & Ethics

Intermission

Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 19 companies, parsed from the program.

“Nineteen companies in attendance.”

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

№ 01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House

0All threespeak · spons · exh

0Sponsoringsponsor only

0Exhibitingexhibitor only

19Speakingspeaker only

№ 02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

30% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

C-suite14%
Founder / Owner313%
Director / Head of313%
Manager / Lead1148%
Engineer · IC522%

Of 23 on the bill · classified by free-text title

№ 03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room

№ 04Fig. 04 — By Tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.

NZ Tech Rally 2026

Keynote 2: Building with AI without losing our values

Multi-track talk: Give an app to 5 different security testers, you'll get 5 different reports

Multi-track talk: Invisible design: Making data governance work for regulated industries

Multi-track talk: Manager, leader or engineer? It’s a pendulum and a continuum

Multi-track talk: RADical innovation: Circular economy meets digital equity

Multi-track talk: Small voices, big stakes: How children's rights shape AI governance at UNICEF Aotearoa

Multi-track talk: Can AI really replace testers in the future?

Multi-track talk: Getting "Accessibility Ready" for a design system

Multi-track talk: Strategic AI assessment and deployment for optimal adoption

“Nineteen companies in attendance.”