Ngā Hui | Events

Know your Customer, Know your Market Workshop
A lack of robust market validation is one of the most common weaknesses of healthtech businesses searching for investment. It can lead you to make the wrong product for the wrong customer and cause you to miss valuable opportunities.

NZ Association of Clinical Research 2025 Conference
Horizons of Health: Exploring the Future of Clinical Research

Raising the Bar
20 Talks. 10 Bars. 1 Night. Brought to you by the University of Auckland.

Maunuhanga and the Malaghan Institute’s seminar series
Maunuhanga and the Malaghan Institute’s seminar series continues Wednesday, August 27th at 3 pm in HMLT103, with Associate Professor Clive Aspin speaking on Māori Health Research.
MedTech Explorer: TIKI Tour at Fale o Samoa
This TIKI Tour aims to build and strengthen relationships between Pacific communities, researchers, health professionals and technology developers to encourage future collaborations. This is an opportunity for Pacific voice to strengthen in HealthTech research, innovation and solutions and for you to introduce and showcase MedTech innovations to our Pacific community.

Queenstown Research Week 2025
Queenstown Research Week (QRW) will be held in Christchurch in 2025 at the new convention Centre – Te Pae. Consisting of several annual meetings of health research bodies such as, AWCBR, QMB, NZ Medical Science Congress, QMB, and several satellite events

Whaia te Tika Workshop Series
A workshop series hosted by Iwi United Engaged to support researchers to engage more effectively with Māori by providing a better understanding of Kaupapa Māori in a research context.

Vaka Moana Workshops
Join Moana Connect and Te Tītoki Mataora for the next Vaka Moana workshop series delivered across two days, aiming to support researchers in their awareness, understanding of, and responsiveness to the needs of Pacific communities.

GITEX Digi Health & Medical Fair Thailand 2025
Thailand’s leading medical and healthcare exhibition. Organised by Messe Düsseldorf Asia, the exhibition has been at the forefront of the industry since 2003, bringing together healthcare professionals, innovators, and industry leaders in a dynamic environment for collaboration, discovery, and business growth.

The AUT Innovation Showcase
Join us at The AUT Innovation Showcase to explore the research and technologies that AUT offers to the world. From early-stage research to full-scale prototypes, you will discover commercialisation initiatives alongside a range of expertise and capabilities we make available to industry.

Startup World Cup New Zealand Final
For the first time ever, Kāpiti will host the Startup World Cup New Zealand Final on 9 October 2025, powered by Pegasus Tech Ventures – the world’s largest startup pitch competition.

Commercial Planning and Strategy Workshop
Whether you’re making your first sales or planning for future market entry, the complex nature of healthtech supply chains can make health a tougher sector to plan for and succeed in than most. This workshop focuses on the principles of commercial planning, strategy and activation, to provide key knowledge and frameworks for excelling in the business development process.

Te Ao Mārama for EMCRs
Researchers wishing to refresh or expand their knowledge are warmly invited to attend Iwi United Engaged's Te Ao Mārama Workshop — a two-day intensive wānanga designed to support meaningful and effective engagement with Māori communities. Day 1 will be held online and Day 2 will be held in Auckland.

ABI & Te Tītoki Mataora Summer Studentships - Application now open!
Kia ora, Kia orana, Noa'ia, Talofa lava, Mauri, Mālō e lelei, Tālofa, Ni sa bula vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Mālō ni, and warm greetings to all! The Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and Te Tītoki Mataora are proud to offer paid summer studentships to ambitious Māori, Pacific, and other tertiary students to experience what conducting research in health and medical technologies is really like. Students can be placed with established research groups at one of our partner institutions, and work in a range of fields including brain research, medical device and digital health design and development, experimental physiology, computational modelling, software/algorithm development, clinical translation of new medical technologies, and more.

International Life Science and AI Investival
From June 2–3, 2026, Germany’s capital will become a central hub for life sciences in Europe and across the globe. From biotech and TechBio to diagnostics and artificial intelligence – this is where bold scientific and industrial innovation meets capital and politics.