Wellington

Contemporary Comics Panel Discussion – Wellington – 21 June 2018

What

Come and listen to 3 Wellington-based comics artists talk about their work and contemporary practice.

Giselle Clarkson, Jem Yoshioka, and Tara Black are accomplished artists with diverse styles and fascinating perspectives on the contemporary comics scene.

About the speakers:

Jem Yoshioka is an award winning comic artist and illustrator from Wellington, New Zealand.

Giselle Clarkson is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist based in Wellington. She has a comic strip about children’s books published monthly on The Sapling and has created non-fiction comics about science and conservation for Auckland Zoo, Forest & Bird, The NZ School Journal and others.

Her first picture book Secret World of Butterflies, a collaboration with author Courtney Sina Meredith and Auckland Museum, was released in May 2018.

Tara Black makes comics. Tara aims to wear at least three types of pattern in an outfit and can recite Pi to an underwhelming, 10 decimal places. She live illustrates book events for Booksellers NZ as well as making comics about otter-dogs, dead literary heroes who haunt teachers, and book dragons. You can find these things on her website, ablackart.com, but not Pi.

When and Where

5:30pm -6:30pm
Thursday 21 June 2018

Te Ahumairangi
Ground Floor, National Library
cnr Molesworth & Aitken Streets
Thorndon, Wellington

How Much

Free

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National Library Events page

Weta Workshop: School Holiday Workshops – Wellington – 16-20 July 2018

What

Weta Workshop is opening its doors once again, to give kids a chance to make movie magic! From sketching to sculpting, our hands-on workshops will excite and delight! Suitable for ages 6 – 12 years. Spots are strictly limited and fill up fast, book now!

CARTOONING AROUND: MONDAY 16 JULY

Your budding filmmakers can dream up their own comic book character, develop a storyboard, and draw the cartoon with help from a Weta Workshop artist.

SCULPTING SUPERHEROES: TUESDAY 17 JULY

The adventure continues, or starts anew, as kids bring a comic book character to life with plasticine!

BATTLE OF THE BLOOD MAKERS: THURSDAY 19 JULY

Learn how to make unique Weta Chainmaille as seen in The Chronicles of Narnia and The Hobbit. Then get your hands dirty learning to make fake blood!

COSTUME CHALLENGE: FRIDAY 20 JULY

Create a fantastical costume and prop, using only recyclable materials! Working in a team of 3 or 4, you’ll design and craft an incredible costume with the guidance of your friendly Weta Workshop crew.

Each workshop is limited to just 20 children per session to allow for the best care and learning opportunities for your child. Spots are strictly limited and fill up fast.

When and Where

Monday 16 – Friday 20 July 2018
Morning session: 9.00am – 12.00pm (6–9yrs)
Afternoon session: 1.30pm – 4.30pm (10–12yrs)

Weta Workshop
127 Park Rd
Miramar
Wellington

How Much

$50 per session

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Wellington Gopher Meetup – Wellington – 21 June 2018

What

We will be having two awesome speakers that will be gracing us with their knowledge and experience!

What to bring?

A wifi-capable laptop with Docker installed (if you are using windows you must enable linux docker containers)
Your awesome self

Whats happening?

cgo – binding to C/C++ libraries
Justin Israel, Weta Digitial will be providing a talk on cgo, which is a bridge allowing calls between Go and C. Justin will take a high-level look at when it might be appropriate to reach for a cgo solution, and some examples of interfacing with C/C++ code. Be afraid; The stabilisers are coming off.

Building Terraform Providers in Golang
Alex McNeill, Xero will be coordinating a workshop around how to build your own Terraform providers in Go. This lab should give attendees a good idea of how Terraform Providers work behind the scenes.

When and Where

Thursday 21 June 2018
5:30pm – 7pm

Level 3 Xero House
19-23 Taranaki St
Wellington

How Much

Free

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Event Meetup Page
Wellington Golang Meetup Group

Festival for The Future – Wellington – 27-29 July 2018

What

The Festival is an action-packed weekend of inspiring speakers, future-focused panels, workshops, entertainment and more.

It’s been called NZ’s most inspiring event, has grown year-on-year and attracted more than 1,300 delegates in 2017.

This year the 2018 Festival returns to Wellington. Imagine – Mayor’s, Ministers, CEO’s, creatives, entrepreneurs, future leaders from across the nation – and you. Be challenged. Be inspired. Build your network. Build your ideas and skills. The future is ours to create!

When and Where

Fri 27 Jul 2018, 4pm – 9pm
Sat 28 Jul 2018, 8am – 6pm
Sun 29 Jul 2018, 8am- 5pm

TSB Bank Arena,
Queens Wharf,
Wellington

How Much

Early Bird:

Student – $195+GST
Professional – $295 + GST

Regular:

Student: $245 + GST
Early Bird: $395 + GST

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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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Event’s Meetup Page
Wellington DevOps Meetup Group

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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ITx 2018 – Wellington – 11-13 July 2018

What

ITx is a collaboration of twelve tech-focused conferences and bodies and focuses on innovation, technology and education.

ITx brings IT professionals, decision-makers, leaders and academics together under one roof. This is a conference like no other: where industry, academia and government come together to network, learn and engage.

IT Professionals NZ is New Zealand’s leading body for those working or studying in Software and Information Technology (IT) related fields.
The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) is the only internationally recognised and independent organisation dedicated to IT Service Management.
Computer and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ) is the representative body for the IT departments of New Zealand’s Polytech and Institute of Technology sector.
NZTech is the voice of the New Zealand technology industry.
NZRise exists to represent the interests of NZ-owned digital technology businesses.
Health informatics is about getting the right information to the right person at the right time.
AgileDay is a new Agile software development-focussed day at ITx.
The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand exists to inform, educate and advocate.
InternetNZ’s vision is for a better world through a better Internet
TechCommNZ supports, educates, and encourages technical communicators around New Zealand
Project Management Institute is the world’s leading not-forprofit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession.
The New Zealand Open Source Society exists to share the freedom of open source software, open standards, and open information for the benefit of New Zealand.
ITx 2018 also sees the return of the New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards

There are also MasterClass Workshops on Tuesday the 10th of July.

When and Where

TSB Bank Arena and Shed 6 Complex
4 Queens Wharf, Wellington

Main Conferences:
9am – 6pm
Wednesday 11 July – Friday 13th July 2018

It Awards Gala Dinner
6pm – late
Thursday 12 July

ITx MasterClass Workshops:
1pm – 5pm
Thursday 10 July 2018

How Much

Earlybird Pricing:

Member 3 Days: $895
Non-Member 3 days: $1095
ITx MasterClass Workshops: ~$600 (not included in 3 day price)

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Weta Workshop’s Artist Speaker Series – Wellington – 31 May 2018 (+ more)

What

Bewitched by the artistry of special effects? Immerse yourself in the Weta Workshop Artist Speaker Series!

Each month, enjoy an exclusive presentation from the artists and technicians of Weta Workshop’s many creative divisions.

From swordsmiths to costume creators, concept designers to master make-up technicians and many more, gain never-before-seen insight into their unique artistry and creative process!

Highlights:
– Meet Weta Workshop artists and technicians: Learn about their challenges and triumphs and hear their first-hand behind-the-scenes stories
– Exclusive presentation includes behind-the-scenes photos, displays, personal work, and more
– Q&A session with the artist
– Artist signings

Thursday 31st May:
Jason & Kim Docherty, Senior Prosthetics Artists
Learn how ordinary human beings are transformed into creatures, cyborgs and superhumans with Weta Workshop’s senior prosthetics technicians.

Coming up:
– 28th June: David Tremont, Senior Model Maker
– 26th July: Flo Foxworthy, Costume Technician

When and Where

Thursday 31 May 2018 (other dates above)
6pm – 7:30pm
Weta Workshop, 127 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington

How Much

$75 per evening

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Wordcamp Wellington – Wellington – 23-24 June 2018

What

Join us for a conference that focuses on everything WordPress, with a healthy Aotearoa New Zealand twist.

Over two days on 23-24 June 2018 you’ll get a chance to hear a mix of inspirational, entertaining and useful talks from speakers from around Aotearoa and the world. It’s also a great opportunity to meet your local community.

WordCamps are informal, community-organized events held world-wide that are put together by WordPress users like you. Everyone from casual users to core developers participate, share ideas, and get to know each other.
When and Where

23-24 June 2018

BizDojo Wellington
3 Market Lane
Wellington

How Much

$50

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Wellycon – Wellington – 2-3 June 2018

What

Wellycon is a tabletop game convention held annually in Wellington, New Zealand. It is the largest board gaming convention in New Zealand

Since 2008 people have been gathering in the nations capital to enjoy two days of fun board gaming with friends old and new. Growing from an initial group of 20 gamers over 10 years ago, we now welcome over 400 people to the main event each year. People of all ages convene to enjoy learning new games, participating in workshops, play-testing games from designers, challenging friends and newcomers to favourite games and competing in a variety of tournaments…

The event revolves around a library of board games, card-, dice-, tile-based and other games brought along by the attendees e.g. Settlers of Catan, Ticket to ride, mainly in the ‘modern’ board games genres – Eurogames and American-style board games. Participants select a game, find some people who would like to play and a suitable table and go to it. Wellycon volunteers assist those who are new to board games or have difficulty getting enough players together to start a game. There are tournaments throughout the weekend and a game design competition where small groups create a game using a simple set of components. In addition there is a section where attendees can try out games which are still under development – Game Designers Corner – and give feedback to the creators.

When and Where

2nd and 3rd June 2018 (Queens Birthday Weekend)
10:00 AM to 10:00 PM

Wellington Girls College
18 Pipitea St, Thorndon
Wellington, 6011 New Zealand

How Much

1 Day – $19
2 Days – $33
Late Night – $15

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