Status: Venue confirmed — organising programme and speakers
Date: Saturday 19 September 2026, 10:00–17:00
Venue: Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka, Murphy Building, Room MY501
Contact: John Billings,
Software Freedom Day is a worldwide celebration of free and open source software. This year we are bringing it back to Wellington!
We have a room at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka:
Building: Murphy (MY)
Room: MY501
Capacity: 50 people
Time: 10:00–17:00
The Murphy Building is on the Kelburn campus, easily accessible by cable car or bus.
Talks and demos on free and open source software
GPG key signing session
Space for community tables and project showcases
Networking and social time
Full schedule is being developed.
If you want to help organise, sponsor, speak, or host a table: email .
Donations for Software Freedom Day Wellington 2026 are managed through the OpsDev.nz OpenCollective project: opencollective.com/opsdevnz/projects/software-freedom-day-wellington-2026