Claude Code Meetup Auckland

​Join a Claude Code Community Event, organized by local Claude Code enthusiasts for everyone who loves building with Claude Code!

​The first ever Claude Code meetup in New Zealand is happening in Auckland — backed by Anthropic and hosted at 2degrees. This is a practical evening focused on how people are actually using Claude Code and agents in real workflows today.

​This event has been organised by thecolab.ai

​Who it’s for

​You’ll get value if you are:

• ​Developer engineer data person building with AI

• ​CEO, CTO, CIO, product or business leader working out “how do we use this in our org?”

• ​Founder, consultant or operator turning AI from experiments into outcomes

​You do not need to be an AI expert. If you’ve used ChatGPT/Claude but haven’t yet wired AI into your day-to-day work, this is for you.

​What to expect

• ​Networking, food & drinks — name badges with company + role so you can quickly find relevant people

• ​Intro & context — why Anthropic is backing this and why Claude Code matters for NZ

• ​Claude Code 101 — clear mental model for agents, MCP, and real use cases

• ​Live demo — building and running useful agents against real workflows

• ​Anthropic Q&A (live dial-in) — pre-collected questions plus a few live ones

• ​Lightning perspectives from people using AI inside NZ organisations (TBC)

​Why it exists

​NZ has a lot of interest in AI, but the builders and decision-makers are still too scattered. This meetup is about creating a single, high-signal community around Claude and Anthropic in NZ, starting in Auckland and expanding to Wellington and Christchurch.