ComputHer Ōtepoti is a group for women and gender-diverse people who work in the technology industry.
The idea started with Courtney Shea and Jade Brett, two information technology recruitment consultants at Crew Consulting.
Miss Shea said there were some "epic" women in the technology industry in Dunedin.
"And there wasn’t really some sort of community or some sort of event that celebrates that."
So they decided to form ComputHer Ōtepoti.
Their very first gathering earlier this year attracted about 60 people, putting paid to the idea the tech industry was just for males.
"You can be a woman and absolutely smash it in the tech industry as well."
Amanda Veldman works at technology company Datacom.
"One of the things that we talked about as well is women in tech has been very important for a long time, but also there are a lot of other under-represented groups in technology," she said.
Being able to connect and share experiences was "quite uniting".
"We can be in a world where we all uplift each other.
"You can learn a lot from the experience of someone, even if they don’t have the same experience as you, about how do we all support each other when your voice is maybe not the one that is the loudest in the room."
On Wednesday, the group is running a leadership panel discussion with Education Perfect chief operating officer Emma McAllister, Animation Research chief executive Cheryl Adams, Nomos One people and experience partner Mel Warhurst and Datacom customer partnership lead Kylie Jackson.
The discussion will focus on how each of them came from different backgrounds but found a home in the tech world, and will include questions from the audience to help understand how to make working in the technology sector enjoyable regardless of identity or background.
ComputHER Ōtepoti
Leadership panel discussion
Wednesday, November 8
5pm to 7.30pm
Education Perfect
Level 1
77 Vogel St
To book visit eventbrite.com and search for ComputHer
