Taituarā's full 2026 events calendar contains no Summit, no Hamilton event and nothing at Claudelands — the listing is legacy SOLGM branding for the organisation's annual conference, Te Hui Taituarā, held 9-11 September 2026 at TSB Showplace in Ngāmotu New Plymouth.
Taituarā — Local Government Professionals Aotearoa, the body formerly known as SOLGM (the Society of Local Government Managers), lists its full 2026 programme on its own learning and events calendar, and across all 20 entries running from August to November 2026 there is no event called a Summit, no event in Hamilton and no event at Claudelands Events Centre. The organisation's single flagship gathering for the year is Te Hui Taituarā, its annual conference, confirmed on the Taituarā conference page as running 9-11 September 2026 at TSB Showplace in Ngāmotu New Plymouth, with a dedicated event site at taituaraconference.nz carrying the programme, speakers and forums. The "Annual Summit" name is legacy SOLGM branding — the last Summit page still live on the Taituarā domain is the 2020 edition, which ran as split one-day events in Christchurch and Taupō. This directory record should therefore be treated as an out-of-date alias of the New Plymouth conference already covered separately, not as a distinct Hamilton event.
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