Canterbury Tech is a fully independent, not-for-profit incorporated society. We receive no funding from government for running the organisation.

We operate 100% from our membership fees and sponsorships, so by paying your membership fees you are actively supporting the work we do in the community. We use this to pay our staff salaries to put on awesome events with delicious food and beverages for our attendees and build opportunities to showcase our Canterbury technology community at a local and international level.

When you sign up you will be asked to tell us how many employees you have in New Zealand and your membership tier will be selected automatically.

All the employees of a company are eligible for membership benefits - we find people fly from around the country for Tech Summit. We also run monthly online events which your whole team can access, regardless of location.

We are a fully independent organisation that operates for and because of our members - our operations run entirely on membership fees and sponsorships (no grants or other financial support), so by choosing the right membership level you will be actively supporting the work we do and we thank you for that.

All of your employees will have access to all of the membership benefits, and as a business you will have access to our expanding selection of corporate membership benefits.

Examples :

• A multi-national with a small team in Christchurch - please state the number of employees you have in New Zealand in total.

• A company with headquarters in Christchurch and global operations - please state the number of employees you have in New Zealand in total.

• A domestic company with headquarters in Christchurch - please state the number of employees you have in New Zealand in total.

The tickets will generally go on sale in May/June.

If you apply for membership, you can also go to the Tech Summit website on the same day and buy tickets (if they are on sale) - just tick the members box.

But please note that if you end up not paying your membership fee, you will be invoiced for the full non-member summit ticket price ticket or your tickets will be cancelled.

They sell out very quickly and you'll need to purchase to secure your place - subscribe to the Canterbury Tech Humanitix site.

We would, of course, love for you to stay.

But if really is time for you to go, you can find out everything you need to know on our website and fill out this form.

We have a small team so give us a few days to process your request. If you've already received an invoice, a credit note will be issued.

If you have any follow up questions please get in touch with [email protected] after you've filled out the form.

Change from an Individual membership to a company membership

You may want to change from an individual membership to a bronze company membership to increase the membership benefits such as listing on our members page and the ability to publish knowledge sharing blogs and events.

You'll simply need to fill out this form to cancel your individual membership and then apply for a company membership.

Company to individual

You may want to change from an company membership to an individual membership to reduce costs.

You'll simply need to fill out the form to cancel your company membership and then apply for an individual membership.

Change your membership tier

If you have increased or decreased your number of employees in New Zealand, you may need to adjust your membership tier. You will need to adjust so we can can cover the costs of your growing team needs. Fill out this form with your new number of employees and we'll update your membership information.

Change of name, address or key contact details

For additional help with your membership such as changes of addresses or key contacts please get in touch with
[email protected] with your request.

NZTech is a national technology assocaition that operates to promote and support the New Zealand Technology industry.

Canterbury Tech is a fully independent non-profit organisation but we have a strong bilateral working relationship with NZTech and fully support and endorse their 'Tech for Good' Strategic direction, Tech Alliance groups and their strong efforts to represent our industry to government and government policy.

Full company members may be elible for a discount to their Canterbury Tech membership fees so if you are a member - tick the box when you apply. This doesn't apply to individual or start-up members of NZ Tech.