Auckland Tech Scene Social for Matariki 2025

#### Let’s gather to toast to Matariki — a time for renewal, reflection, and reconnection. Please RSVP on Humanitix to get your free ticket: https://events.humanitix.com/auckland-tech-scene-social-matariki2025

Join us for our quarterly Auckland Tech Scene Social with our friends from UX Auckland, Analytics & Optimisation Auckland, and the BA Career meetup.

This is a relaxed social networking event for anyone in the tech space – UXers, developers, data folk, product people, business analysts, entrepreneurs, students, and anyone curious or new. Expect great conversations, community vibes, and a reminder that we’re all in this together.

As we have a number of groups coming together for this event please RSVP to get your free ticket via the shared Humanitix page here.

Matariki marks the rising of the Pleiades star cluster AKA Ngā Whetū O Matariki in the north east, near the Winter Solstice for us in Aotearoa. Matariki public holiday is Friday, 20th June 2025.

The beautiful "Mānawatia a Matariki" graphic was created by Kathryn George for the UX Auckland Matariki Design Contest last year.

#### The Deets:

📍 Where: The Broken Lantern, 198 Ponsonby Road (top of Franklin Road)
🕔 When: Wednesday, 18 June 2025, from 5pm to 7:30pm
🍸 Broken Lantern Happy Hour: 4pm–6pm — come early for the best deals!
💬 Tickets: Free — Please RSVP on Humanitix to help us manage numbers

This is an unsponsored event, so drinks and food are pay-your-own-way. The Broken Lantern has a lovely menu of bites, cocktails, and craft beers to explore.

Let’s open the winter season together with warmth, laughter, and connection.