Welcome to your place of innovation
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We help innovators around the world transform their ideas into real-world solutions.
How? By giving them the energy and skills to innovate. Whether you have a problem to solve in government, hunger for new approaches in your work or an idea to launch a startup, we can help you get you there.
Innovators are everywhere. And innovation comes in all shapes and sizes, in all industries and sectors. So, what are you waiting for?
We give you the energy to innovate.
Are you ready to play on the edge?
Check out the options below and let’s get started.
Government innovation
We work with government agencies and enterprises to help them solve big and small challenges through innovation. We do this with workshops, sprints and programmes tailored to you.
School of Innovation
We demystify innovation for you and your team and teach you how to bring innovation to your work.
From foundation courses to facilitation certificates we have an option for you – find your match. Download the latest info pack here.
Startup Hub
From day one, startups have been at the core of everything we do. From one-day workshops to three-month accelerators and longer-term incubation programmes.
Impact Report 2024
Creative HQ recently celebrated its 20th birthday and we’ve been feeling particularly nostalgic. We delved into our archives, gathering data and engaging with numerous past alumni to compile the stories and statistics that capture the last 20 years of impact at Creative HQ.
As a token of appreciation, we’re excited to present our 20 Year Impact Report. We invite you to sit back, unwind, and take a stroll down memory lane as we guide you through the past two decades of innovation, collaboration and community.
Click the link below to download Creative HQ’s 2024 Impact Report.
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Expressions of interest open
50 Up programme
Calling all Aucklanders 50 and above – Say hello to 50 Up.
This is an 8-week programme for people over the age of 50 looking to turn their idea into a thriving pakihi/business.
The course is FREE, however applicants must meet five qualifying criteria. Expressions of interest close on 5 May, 2024. Apply now and kickstart your journey. Ka tono mātou kia tono koe.
Meet the cohort.
Climate Response Accelerator 2024
We’re excited to welcome nine outstanding teams to this year’s cohort, each bringing a distinct mix of skills, knowledge, and dedication to addressing global issues.
Spanning cleantech, biotechnology, energy, and agriculture, these teams promise tangible solutions and meaningful progress.
Read more about the teams
NZ Hi-Tech Awards 2024
Best Contribution to the NZ Tech Sector Finalist
Creative HQ has been announced as a finalist for the NZ Hi-Tech Awards in Best Contribution to the NZ Tech Sector category.
This category celebrates organisations who have made an outstanding contribution to the overall capability of the NZ tech ecosystem at a local and/or international level.
We’re so humbled to be nominated alongside Digital Future Aotearoa, Mission Ready, and Technology Investment Network and look forward to celebrating on 24 May.
Find out more
Register your spot
On the Business workshop series
Engage in hands-on workshops designed to bolster your startup or business, delving deep into critical aspects of achieving success in entrepreneurship.
Book a free session
Creative HQ Chartered Accountant in Residence
Creative HQ has partnered with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to bring you our first CA in Residence, Jonathan Rees from BoostNest Chartered Accountants Ltd.
Startup founders can book FREE half-hour sessions with Jono every Friday afternoon for expert advice on all things cash-money.
Exciting Opportunity
2024 Co-Creating Prosperity Conference
We are excited to welcome delegates from Xindu District, China, to our headquarters in Wellington to explore opportunities for business development, manufacturing, distribution and global expansion.
The 2024 Co-Creating Prosperity Conference, hosted by Creative HQ in partnership with Pegasus Tech Ventures China. Secure your spot today.
Our work
We put people at the heart of their own problems. We use tried-and-tested tools to help reimagine and reinvent an approach. We give you everything you need to unleash your innovations to the world.
Since 2003, we’ve worked with many different organisations, along with being there from the start of an idea with others. Sharesies, Hnry, Pyper Vision, TradeMe, Ministry for the Environment and Datacom to name just a few. Will you be next?
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