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NZ Tech Rally 2026

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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
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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
  1. 01TTC Global2V
  2. 02Aleph Accessibility1V
  3. 03Atlassian1V
  4. 04BA Career1V
  5. 05Culture Amp1V
  6. 06Digital Future Aotearoa1V
  7. 07Emerging Engines1V
  8. 08EROAD1V
  9. 09Intopia1V
  10. 10Kiwibank1V
  11. 11Leadership Treehouse1V
  12. 12Ministry of Education1V
  13. 13Multitudes1V
  14. 14Planit1V
04Fig. 04 — By Tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this convocation.