The annual Transition Expo, run by Auckland charity Disability Connect, will be held on Wednesday 9 September 2026, 9am-2pm, at the Auckland Netball Centre in St Johns, connecting disabled young people and their families with education, employment and support providers.
Disability Connect will hold its annual Transition Expo on Wednesday 9 September 2026 from 9am to 2pm at the Auckland Netball Centre, 7 Allison Ferguson Drive, St Johns, according to the organiser's event page. The free, wheelchair-accessible expo brings together tertiary providers, employers, funding hosts and a wide floor of service stallholders to help disabled young people plan life after school.
The organiser lists confirmed participants including the Tertiary Education Commission, University of Auckland, Manukau Institute of Technology, Unitec and Te Wananga o Aotearoa, alongside Work and Income, the Ministry of Education, Auckland Libraries and employer partners. A separate upstairs "Chill Zone" offers a quiet sensory space, and sign language and Chinese interpreters are available throughout the day.
The expo is organised by Disability Connect, an Auckland-based disability information and support charity. Per the event page, it is supported by the Ministry of Social Development and sponsored by Clipboard (Imagination partner) and Mercury (Community Innovation partner). Disability Connect notes this is a long-running annual event, with prior-year guidebooks and media coverage referenced on its site.
Disability Connect states the expo is aimed at children aged 12 and over, young adults and their parents, family and whanau, plus people working in the disability sector. The programme centres on transition from school to community life, covering tertiary education supports, employer conversations, vocational and funding options, advocacy, banking, health, sport, recreation, arts and social enterprise.
The confirmed venue is the Auckland Netball Centre at 7 Allison Ferguson Drive, St Johns, in Auckland's eastern suburbs. The organiser advertises free parking and full wheelchair accessibility, with a large entry map and category-signed stall rows to help visitors navigate. St Johns sits roughly 10km from Auckland Airport and is served by nearby arterial routes and public transport into the central city.
While not a commercial trade show, the Transition Expo is a recurring, sponsor-backed sector exhibition that fills a mid-size Auckland venue each September and draws government, tertiary and corporate exhibitors. It is a reminder that the region's business-events calendar includes significant community and public-sector gatherings alongside its commercial conferences.
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