Convene South is a South Island business-events trade exhibition historically staged in Christchurch by Convene Group, but no 2026 edition could be verified. Its official domain no longer resolves and it does not appear in Meeting Newz's 2026 calendar.
Convene South is a South Island business-events trade exhibition historically staged in Christchurch, showcasing regional venues, hotels, AV and catering suppliers, speakers, convention bureaux and transport operators to conference and incentive planners; Meeting Newz reported in 2018 that organiser Convene Group, led by managing director Alyssa Eastaugh, moved the show to Addington Raceway Events Centre after six years at Wigram.
No 2026 edition could be verified: the event's own domain, convenesouth.co.nz, no longer resolves to any host, and Meeting Newz's full 2026 New Zealand business-events calendar lists no Convene South entry in any month.
Te Pae Christchurch's own What's On listing for 10 September 2026 shows FireNZ 2026 (8-10 September), not Convene South, and the event is not a Business Events Industry Aotearoa programme — BEIA's own 2026 events are MEETINGS (17-18 June, NZICC Auckland) and its Conference and AGM (28-29 October, Christchurch).
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The national road transport association's 2026 AGM and Sector Group Summit, a single-afternoon members-and-industry gathering on 6 November 2026 at the Hornby Club, Christchurch.
NZSA Conference 2026 is the New Zealand Society of Actuaries' annual conference (theme "ChCh...Changes"), confirmed by the organiser for 22-25 November 2026 at the Christchurch Town Hall - not Te Pae as an aggregator claimed.
A confirmed, registration-open NZHPA national hospital-pharmacy congress (theme 'Kotahitanga') at Manawa in Christchurch's Health Precinct, 20-22 November 2026.
The New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA / Tuia Pito Ora) holds its 2026 Firth NZILA Wānanga and Resene NZILA Awards in Ōtautahi Christchurch from 4–6 November 2026, with the two-day Wānanga at Majestic on Durham and the Awards Gala Dinner at One NZ Stadium at Te Kaha.
ChemEd BioLive 2026, the combined professional-development conference for New Zealand chemistry and biology teachers, runs 18–20 November at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch.
CHCon, New Zealand's dedicated hacker and information-security conference, returns to Majestic on Durham in Christchurch on 18–20 November 2026 for its 10th-birthday edition.