Whangārei Startups

30/09/2026

What an excellent community we’re growing!

Tonight we heard three founder pitches, exciting and scalable tech ventures.

~40 people in the room - 38 of them founders!

An excellent discussion of the questions:

“What would make Tai Tokerau the best place in the world to startup?

And

“What do you need for your startup to thrive?”

We’ve always got such a great crew, convos and friendships and opportunities popping.

Excited about the next twelve months!

And grateful to our sponsors, Henderson Reeves Lawyers, Get Better Problems, and Northland NZ - Business.

17/09/2026

Here’s where we are tomorrow! The fabulous WOTSO, 31 Hannah St.

Check out the cool as offices they’ve launched, too. Such a great thing for our town to have this startup-to-scaleup friendly space.

16/09/2026

Last chance for free tickets to Electrify (women in entrepreneurship) community builder - 8-9am tomorrow (18Sept). at WOTSO Whangārei (31 Hannah Street)

https://events.humanitix.com/electrify-community-connections-northland

Northland NZ - Business
Whangarei Business Womens' Network
Northland Regional Council

Electrify Aotearoa Community Connections are designed to bring wāhine founders together - to connect, share what you’re working on, and build local networks.

19/07/2026

Local talent spotted in the wild! Did you know Love Muscle protein sodas are a local startup? Created by Karina Young, is a delicious, protein-powered sparkling, available at New World now.

Support local, and definitely support startups. It’s a bloody hard road, and to make it this far is impressive.

30/06/2026

A fantastic video of our last pitch and mix, created by the team at Level, one of our three sponsors for this event.

Thanks so much to Katy and her team for capturing the event so beautifully.

And thank you to co-sponsors, Henderson Reeves Lawyers, and The Pick.

23/06/2026

That was fun! Looking forward to seeing the photos people took - post them here, if you have them!

Don’t forget to get your entry into The Pick - it’s closing 3 July.

The next Startup Social will be announced soon.

19/06/2026

New sponsor alert! A million thanks to our sister kaupapa, The Pick - Tai Tokerau's business ideas competition and accelerator - for jumping on the sponsor train.

We're 100% volunteer-powered, and we want to be able to offer founders a free ticket when they need one.

Sponsors like The Pick, and Henderson Reeves Lawyers, and Level marketing agency, and WOTSO, and Whāriki... they all help us keep throwing parties (oops, I mean, running high value networking events) for this community.

Boom!

See ya Tuesday, I hope!

And if you'd like to put YOUR idea through The Pick, and gain support to take it to the next step... maybe even pitch on stage as a finalist ... sign up here, before 3 July. (Don't miss out - it's great!) https://www.northlandnz.com/business/get-business-support/start-your-business/thepick/

14/06/2026

Startup PR - and a pitch and mix! Next Tuesday - 23, June - get your tickets today, there is a free tier if money is a barrier.

Startups Social - A Whangārei Startups Community Event, Mix and mingle with Whangārei's startup ..., ONEONESIX, Whangārei, Northland, 23 June 2026,

09/06/2026

A happy bunch of the Tai Tokerau contingent loving our first Electrify Aoteroa workshop.