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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

Joining is free

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Nicola O'Rourke
Joy Consulting

Thursday 17th September   |  5.00 - 7.30pm
BNZ Partners Centre
639 Cameron Road  |  Tauranga

Gain real insights and tips on successfully acting with agility in a constantly changing business world.

Nicola (voted in Cuisine's New Zealand Top 50 Women in Food & Beverage in 2025) has a wealth of experience from Operations, Digital and Marketing Management roles through to General Manager and Board Directorships.

Hear about her time at brands like Lewis Road Creamery, Pics Peanut Butter, WOOP and Pals, and real-life examples from different roles of being adaptable, making decisions on the fly, and then actioning them at pace.  

She'll share practical insights into what worked well and what didn’t, learnings along the way, and her biggest successes.  Also, some pitfalls and watchouts — things she'd perhaps do differently if faced with the same circumstances again.

Gain tips on:

  • Managing or changing your mindset to act fast

  • Using support tools that could be helpful

  • Influencing and leading others when things are happening at pace

$40 + Ticketing Fee

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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

MA Charity Hackathon

June 30, 2026
The Marketing Association, with the support of Meridian Energy and MoPed, hosted the Charity Hackathon in Tauranga, bringing together talented local marketers to brainstorm innovative ways for these volunteer-run charities to promote themselves with limited resources. The Blood Cancer Foundation, Wo...
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