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.
Building Fintech’s
in NZ
It’s here – a guide for Kiwi startup founders.
Built in collaboration with NZ’s Fintech community and brought to you by Creative HQ.
This guide is packed with wisdom, honest reflections and advice from founders who’ve been where you are— and want to help you get where you’re going. Welcome to the start of your Fintech journey.
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Aurora Climate Lab 2026
The Aurora Climate Lab is New Zealand’s leading climate-tech accelerator.
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Fintech Lab Launch Party
Aotearoa’s fintech sector has reached a new peak, so we’re bringing everyone together for the Fintech Lab 2026 Launch Party at Creative HQ. On the night, we’ll reveal the new accelerator teams shaping how Kiwis build, pay and invest, with short pitches and time to connect with founders, investors, mentors and supporters from across the ecosystem.
This is an open event for anyone interested in the next wave of fintech innovation.
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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