Next Steps — Canterbury Disability Community Expo
Just ran: 25 August 2026. The next one is expected around August 2027.
Parakiore Recreation Centre, Christchurch
Free entry and parking
The South Island’s biggest disability community expo. Over 100 stallholders in one friendly space: support options, living options, work, study, recreation, day-to-day life.
Anyone exploring their disability journey, and their whānau. If you only get to one event a year and you live in Canterbury, this is the one.
aspirecanterbury.org.nz
Show Your Ability
March and April 2027: Auckland 2 March, Palmerston North 4 March, Christchurch 17 March, Dunedin 18 March, Hamilton 29 April.
Five cities. Christchurch: Airforce Museum of New Zealand, Wigram.
Free entry
New Zealand’s premier annual disability equipment show. Around 80 exhibitors of equipment and services for disabled people and older people, touring five cities each autumn.
Anyone weighing up equipment options, and the whānau and professionals helping them choose. No registration needed, just turn up.
showyourability.co.nz
ATSNZ Disability Expo
Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 November 2026
Due Drop Events Centre, Auckland
The national showcase of assistive technology and lifestyle services. Tools and services for independent living, all in one room, with people who can demonstrate them properly.
Anyone curious about what tools exist to make daily life easier, plus the professionals who help choose them.
atsnzexpo.nz
Transition Expo (Disability Connect)
Wednesday 9 September 2026, 9am to 2pm
Auckland Netball Centre, St Johns, Auckland
Free entry, free parking, wheelchair accessible
Over 140 stalls focused on the school-leaving transition: education, career pathways, supports, recreation, housing, transport. NZSL interpreters on site.
Young disabled people leaving school, and the whānau helping them plan what comes next.
disabilityconnect.org.nz
I.Lead Conference
Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 September 2026
Te Papa, Wellington
New Zealand’s conference run by and for disabled young people. Barriers and solutions, worked on by the people who live them, presented to policy makers.
Disabled young people aged roughly 16 to 30 who want their voice in the room.
ilead.org.nz
HCHA Forum (Home and Community Health Association)
Wednesday 16 September 2026
Wellington
The home and community support sector’s forum on system and sector change.
Providers and people working in home and community support.
hcha.org.nz
NZDSN Conference — “Unlocking the Power of Community”
Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November 2026
Tākina Convention Centre, Wellington
The New Zealand Disability Support Network’s annual conference. Sector direction, workforce, policy, and provider innovation.
Providers, support workers, and policy people rather than the community itself.
nzdsn.org.nz
Why this page exists
Your mind is for ideas, and Neuro Support builds the Agent that remembers the rest. Event dates are a small, honest example. Knowing an expo exists, remembering when it runs, and actually getting there on the day are three separate executive function tasks. This page does the first two. If the third one is the hard part, that's the kind of thing we work on together.
Spotted an event that belongs here, or a date that's changed? Email jamie@neurosupport.co.nz.