2018-06

Wellington DevOps Meetup – Wellington – 13 June 2018

What

Join us in our June monthly event. We have three great speakers sharing their experience and best practices for testing in a Devops world.

Vaughan Westray, BreakPoint
Paul Hicks, IntegrationQA
Katrina Clokie, BNZ

This group for all working professionals, enthusiasts to contribute and/or learn DevOps technologies. Who should join: Users of DevOps tools, software professionals looking to get information on DevOps, students and hackers who are interested in understanding more about the DevOps movement, culture, practice and tools.

When and Where

5pm – 7pm
Wednesday June 13 2018

Westpac – Level 16
318 Lambton Quay
Wellington

How Much

Free

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Waikato Boardgamers Monthly Games Night – Hamilton – 7 June 2018 (+ more)

What

Every first Thursday of the month, we meet up at Discovery Christian Centre for a night of board gaming.

There will be a selection of games available, but you can of course always bring your own.

We are also very happy to have first-timers, there are plenty of people on hand to teach games – and there is something for everybody!

When and Where

Discovery Christian Centre,
Cnrr of Peachgrove Road and Insoll Avenue,
Hamilton, Waikato

6pm – 10pm

How Much

There is a $3 charge to cover the hall hire.

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Network device programmability – Lower Hutt – 8 June 2018

What

Network programmability 101 with practical examples

There is significant effort in the industry to make networking equipment easier to install and use, and a large part of the focus is introducing and improving programmability for networking devices – especially for machine to machine interactions and interfaces. Although there is still the need for old-style command-line interfaces and SNMP, the industry is converging on NETCONF/Yang for management.

The Yang data models are not necessarily human-readable friendly, but they do make automation and programmability easier. In the end these enhancements and interfaces should make the entire systems easier to use and monitor. Some programming skills are useful though…

About Lower Hutt software Engineers Meetup

There are 10 types of people in Lower Hutt; those that get nerdy jokes and those who don’t. This is a call for all Software Developers, IT engineers, Software Testers, Scrum Masters, IT Project Managers and Digital Gurus who are keen on discussing interesting topics in Software with other like-minded folk. This group will meet at various locations around the Lower Hutt area, with a loose presentation / open discussion format and with any luck, some free pizza and drinks! We’re always open to new members, presenters and hosts, just contact an Organiser and let them know!

When and Where

Noon to 1:30pm
Friday June 8 2018

Avait Networks
20 Peterkin St
Lower Hutt

How Much

Free

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The Rise of the Microservice Frameworks – Auckland – 14 June 2018

What

Hosted by The Auckland JVM Meetup

Further to our Microservice series, comes the discussion around the rise of microservice focused frameworks that are designed to achieve specific end goals. We will start the talk with by sharing experiences of the positives and negatives of deploying vs writing such services, the increasing ownership that the developers need to take as they take further control down the deployment stack, and this includes techniques for optimising deployments.

We will cover the complexity of deployment and orchestration of monolith vs microservice vs serverless.

We will complete the talk by covering a small number of Microservice frameworks and their pros and cons.

If you have a particular framework that has arisen to address this need you would like to speak about, please contact us and we will try and fit you in!

Speakers: Robin Bygrave, Richard Vowles

About The Auckland JVM Meetup :

Meet other local Java/Groovy/Scala/Clojure developers to talk about code, architecture, and innovation. Both beginners and pros are welcome! We hold regular upskilling sessions about new languages as well as general topics applicable to all languages on the JVM. Except perhaps Cow.

When and Where

6pm – 8pm Thursday 14 June 2018

Clearpoint Auckland
7/9 Fenshaw St, CBD, Auckland

How Much

Free

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Retcon – Auckland – 10 June 2018

What

A back to basics comic and collectible convention. A strong approach to encouraging local business and private sellers to come together and share their love of everything comics and collectables. So come along and meet some like-minded people and grow your collection at the same time. Open to anything comics, collectibles, pop culture, hot wheels, die casts, marvel, dc, star wars, star trek, vintage toys, T.V, movies and everything in between.

Under 12s are free. So join our group and spread the Love of everything Nerdy and Pop Culture.

When and Where

Sun 10 Jun 2018, 10am – 2pm

Takapuna War Memorial Hall,
5 The Strand,
Takapuna, Auckland

How Much

Table: $20.00
Entry: $3.00
Door Sales Only

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The Star Regent 24 Hour Book Sale – Dunedin – 8-9 June 2018

What

From midday on Friday 8th June until midday Saturday 9th June, tens of thousands of books – over half of them just $1 – will be on sale for book lovers and bargain hunters everywhere.

We are proud to play host to this much anticipated iconic event; reputedly the largest book sale in the Southern Hemisphere!

You are invited to come along – more than once even – as books in your favourite categories are replenished regularly throughout the sale by our ever energetic volunteers, and live music will be featured throughout to provide additional enjoyment.

You will find books for all tastes: from thrillers to humour to child-rearing. If there’s a topic, we will have a book on it.

When and Where

Start: Noon Friday 8th June
Finish: Noon Saturday 9th June 2018

Regent Theatre,
17 The Octagon,
Dunedin, Otago

How Much

Free Entry

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Astrobiology Australasia Meeting – Rotorua – 25-26 June 2018

What

The third Astrobiology Australasia Meeting (AAM), a joint meeting of the New Zealand Astrobiology Network and the Australian Centre for Astrobiology (at UNSW Sydney, Australia).

This meeting will be held on 25-29 June 2018 in Rotorua, New Zealand. It will be preceded by a one-day astrobiology teachers workshop on the 24th of June, and followed by associated field trips through the hot springs of the Rotorua area on the 26-27 June.

Conference themes and sessions:

The Origin and Evolution of Life
Life beyond Earth & its detection
Future of life

When and Where

Novotel Rotorua Lakeside
Tutanekai St
Rotorua

Teachers Astrobiology Workshop: Sunday 24 June 2018
Astrobiology Australasia Meeting: 25-26 June 2018
AAM2018 Field Trip Taupo Volcanic Zone: 27-29 June 2018

How Much

Teachers Astrobiology Workshop: $120 + GST
Field Trip: $217 + GST
Main conference Professionals: $528 + GST
Main conference students: $320 + GST

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JuniorDev Meetup: What tf is Terraform?- Auckland – 12 June 2018

What

This month, we bring a technical talk!

Alix Klingenberg from Auror will be talking about infrastructure as code, using Terraform.

When and Where
Tuesday, June 12, 2018
6pm to 8pm

Grid AKL
101 Pakenham Street West
Auckland CBD Wynyard Quarter · Auckland

How Much

Free

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Event Link
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New Zealand Bird Conference – Waitangi – 2-4 June 2018

What

The 2018 New Zealand Bird Conference and the 79th Annual General Meeting of Birds New Zealand will be held in Paihia Northland during 2-4th June 2018 (Queens Birthday Weekend). We look forward to welcoming you to the sunny Far North for what should be a fantastic weekend of birds and birding.

The conference will comprise two days of scientific papers and workshops,with field trips to local birding highlights on the third day. The AGM will be held on Saturday afternoon.

The conference again aims to continue the fine work of previous conferences in making this the premier New Zealand event for the communication of new research findings on New Zealand birds while providing opportunity for discussion, networking and workshops for bird researchers and birders in New Zealand.

The format of the conference will be similar to the most recent conferences, with the first two days largely being devoted to scientific presentations. A variety of workshops are planned for the Sunday morning.

As in previous years we look forward having a number of local speakers sharing some of the latest research knowledge with you. Alongside this we look forward to bringing together researchers and Society Members from across the country to share their knowledge and findings to make for a dynamic and informative event.

When and Where

Copthorne Hotel and Resort Bay of Islands
Tau Henare Drive
PO Box 150
PaihiaSaturday 1 June – All day Conference
Sunday 2 June – All day Conferce
Monday 3 June – Field trips

How Much

Member late registration      $ 165.00
Non-member registration       $ 195.00
Daily registration member     $ 90
Daily Registration non-member $ 140
Dinners                       $ ~50
Field trips                   $ ~50

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PechaKucha Night Christchurch Vol.35: Celebrating 10 Years! – Christchurch – 1 June 2018

What

PechaKucha Night Christchurch is turning 10! We are excited to celebrate our 10th birthday at this special event. There will be live music by The Response, T-shirt spot prizes and of course your favourite collection of quick-fire talks by 10 speakers.

Speaker Lineup:

Vanessa Coxhead // Architectural Graduate and co-founder of PechaKucha Night Christchurch // Turn me around and take me back to the start…
Chris Flack // Type Geek // What Font to Use When Firing Someone
Kaila Colbin // Human // On The Phenomenon of Bullsh*t Jobs
Reuben Woods // Art Historian // Painting the Town: Reflections on Christchurch’s Relationship with Urban Art…
Cécile Tait // Traveller and Long Term PechaKucha Fan // Visiting Another Planet

T-shirt Giveaway + Beer Break

Jessica Halliday // Kaiwhakahaere – Director // Hope, Dreams and Absurdity
Kit Hindin // Coach, Facilitator, Designer // Gender, Sexuality and Labels
Caleb Ward // Vodafone Solutions Specialist // Learn, Create, Repeat: CHCHin1
Amy Marr // Christchurch Art Gallery Visitor Programmes Coordinator// Answering Nature’s Call
Richard Hayman // Architect // on Guided by Kaitiakitanga?

When and Where

7pm – 10pm, Friday 1 June 2018
The Transitional Cathedral, Latimer Square, Christchurch

How Much

$25

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PechaKucha Night Christchurch