About us
This is a group for anyone interested in the Python programming language. Join us to learn, share and network! You can even speak at this meetup.
We hold regular online and hybrid meetings in New Zealand.
You are welcome to join from anywhere in the world - please note our time zone here is NZST/NZDT which is UTC+12/UTC+13. Meetings in this group are via browser-based web conferencing.
Some local in-person events around New Zealand support online participation and will also be listed in this group:
Join the Python New Zealand Discord server to stay up to date, interact with others or help with upcoming events.
Python New Zealand's Code of Conduct applies to all Python New Zealand events and participants agree to abide by it.
The online meetings in this group use a BigBlueButton instance provided by the New Zealand Open Source Society using infrastructure donated by Prodigi. Thank you for your support!
Job Ads in Comments
The Python New Zealand committee generally welcomes the posting of Python-related job opportunities in the comments on meetup.com, provided they meet the following guidelines:
- The job is Python-related.
- The job is suitable for someone based in New Zealand, i.e., it is either located in NZ or open to remote work from NZ.
- This must be clearly stated in the post.
- All available job details should be included directly in the comment, rather than linking to an external site (especially not to a list of jobs).
The committee reserves the right to remove any comments — and/or ban accounts — that violate these guidelines, at its sole discretion.
Upcoming events
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Christchurch Python Meetup (online) - April 2026
·OnlineOnlineBrian Thorne: Awa, a Postgres-native background job queue
Python talks! Python people! Join our monthly meetup about all things Python. If all goes well there will also be pizza and drinks.
- We meet every fourth Tuesday of a month at 5:45pm (talks start at 6:30pm)
- 📌 Space is limited at the venue, so please only register (it's free) if you really intend to come. Also, as we will aim to provide some food and drinks, this will help us manage amounts and avoid waste. Thank you!
- Join the Python New Zealand Discord server to stay up to date, interact with others or help with upcoming events.
- Python New Zealand's Code of Conduct applies to all Python New Zealand events and participants agree to abide by it.
Brian will be talking about his new project, named Awa (Māori: river). It provides durable, transactional job enqueueing with typed handlers in both Rust and Python. All queue state lives in Postgres — no Redis, no RabbitMQ. The Rust runtime handles polling, heartbeating, crash recovery, and dispatch. Python workers run on that same runtime via PyO3, getting Rust-grade reliability with Python-native ergonomics.
Don't hesitate to pass this information around to whomever you think may be interested to hear and discuss all things Python.
Speak at a meetup - All presentations are by members of our Python community - people like yourself! First time speakers are absolutely welcome.
Join our meetings online or in person:
6 attendeesPython NZ Office Hours - Kickoff + Committee Meet & Greet
·OnlineOnlineThe Python New Zealand Committee invite the New Zealand Python community to join us for the first of an ongoing series of casual monthly drop-in sessions to hang out with members of the Python New Zealand Committee to talk about priorities, ideas, concerns or most importantly, just connect.
To celebrate and kick off this initiative, we're aiming to have the entire committee present for a meet & greet at the first event scheduled for Wednesday, 6th May.
- (new) Grace Morgan Maxwell - Secretary
- (new) Matt Westwood - Shadow Treasurer
- (new) William Hamilton - Officer
- (new) Kelsey Vavasour - Officer,
- (new) Simon Erkelens - Meetups Liason (new role)
- (returning) Chelsea Finnie - Chairperson
- (returning) Simon Merrick - Deputy Chairperson
- (returning) Danny Adair - Treasurer
Come and hang out with the new Python New Zealand Committee - just turn up to hang out or bring along any questions or suggestions - we'll bring our thoughtful responses and listening caps.
The Python New Zealand Code of Conduct Applies
'Office Hours' is a concept we've borrowed from the 'PSF Board Office Hours'. The committee extend this invitation to everyone in the New Zealand Python Community, including our valued friends and contributors from our extended global whānau. You do not need to be a financial member of Python New Zealand to participate.
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Past events
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