Grow locally together
Inspiring Bay of Plenty marketers to aspire to best practice marketing.
Welcome to MoPed
We’re a group of some 500+ marketers from all corners of the Bay of Plenty, here to connect, learn, share ideas, and support each other.
MoPed is all about people. Whether you’re a student, intern, new to marketing, scaling a business, or leading strategy, you’ll find a friendly community ready to swap insights, spark ideas, and help you grow.
Our mission
Igniting the marketer in all of us by making connections, networking, growing and being inspired through authentic stories and real people.
What we're about
Building a stronger, smarter marketing community
Bringing marketers together
Sharing real, practical knowledge
Hosting regular inspiring events
Learning from top-quality speakers
Why join?
Join the Bay's most connected marketing network. We'd love to have you.
To meet fun, like-minded people
To level up your marketing game
To get inspired
To feel part of something bigger
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From Marketing to Managing Director: What a career without a straight line can teach us about leadership
Wednesday 11 November
5.00 - 7.00pm | BNZ Partners Centre
639 Cameron Road | Tauranga
Wendy Rayner, Managing Director of Coca-Cola New Zealand and 2026 New Zealand Marketing Awards Hall of Fame inductee, shares how a career spanning accounting, sales and marketing shaped the way she leads one of New Zealand’s most recognised businesses.
Great leaders rarely get there by following a straight line. Wendy Rayner’s career has taken her from accounting to sales, then into marketing and senior commercial leadership — giving her the kind of broad, real-world business perspective that marketing and business leaders can learn from.
In this candid and practical conversation, Wendy will share the opportunities, challenges and career decisions that shaped her journey, including lessons from roles at TVNZ, Lotto NZ and Coca-Cola New Zealand. She’ll talk about what it takes to lead across functions, build strong relationships, understand the wider business, and keep learning as your career evolves.
Rather than a traditional keynote, Wendy wants this session to be a conversation. Bring your questions and come ready for honest insights on leadership, career change, marketing’s role in business, and the value of saying yes to opportunities that may not have been part of the original plan.
This is an evening for marketers, business owners and emerging leaders who want fresh thinking, practical career advice and a behind-the-scenes view of what it takes to lead at scale.
$40 + Ticketing Fee
Keen to speak?
Would you like the opportunity to present or speak about your brand at a MoPed event?
We would love to hear more about your story — what worked, what didn’t, and the successes, failures or pivots you took to become successful.
Past event
Nicola O'Rourke from Joy Consulting
