@Edent I'm in Wellington aka Te Whanganui A Tara in indigenous language, Te Reo Māori. I enjoy meetups with folk with overlapping interests. When will you be visiting?

FWIW I used to help with hackathons using open data sets and lots of other tech events.

I also met my partner at a science fiction convention years ago and we're both keen readers.

Wellington used to be livelier in tech sector before Covid and subsequently a change of government in 2023. Here's a flavour from @miramarmike
https://blog.mikeriversdale.co.nz/2025/12/which-wellytech-xmas-were-you-at.html

Cheers, Kay 🍻